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Rural areas in the United States, often referred to as rural America, [1] consists of approximately 97% of the United States' land area. An estimated 60 million people, or one in five residents (17.9% of the total U.S. population), live in rural America. Definitions vary from different parts of the United States government as to what ...
American Villagers (1926) online, heavily statistical. Fry, John J. " 'Good Farming–Clear Thinking-Right Living': Midwestern Farm Newspapers, Social Reform, and Rural Readers in the Early Twentieth Century," Agricultural History (2004) 78#1 pp.34–49 online; Fuller, Wayne E. RFD, the changing face of rural America (Indiana UP, 1964) online
Rural areas in the United States, often referred to as rural America, [2] consists of approximately 97% of the United States' land area. An estimated 60 million people, or one in five residents (17.9% of the total U.S. population), live in rural America. Definitions vary from different parts of the United States government as to what ...
Cyclopedia of American agriculture; a popular survey of agricultural conditions, ed by L. H. Bailey, 4 vol 1907-1909. online edition highly useful compendium; Baron, Hal S. Mixed Harvest: The Second Great Transformation in the Rural North, 1870-1930 (1997) Bowers, William L. The Country Life Movement in America, 1900-1920 (1974).
Rural diversity refers to the presence of a diverse population of people in a low-density area outside of a city. While the term "rural" is contextual, it generally refers to a relatively low population density, a land-based economy (particularly agricultural), and a distinct regional identity.
Everglades, Florida. Population 65+ (%): 38% Livability: 70 Annual cost of living: $49,522 Annual cost after Social Security: $27,012 How many years $250K will last: 9.26 For You: I’m a 70-Year ...
American millennials aren’t the only ones trying to escape the rat race. In China, young people are heading to “youth retirement villages,” whether for a weekend, a few weeks or much longer.
Rural poverty refers to situations where people living in non-urban regions are in a state or condition of lacking the financial resources and essentials for living. It takes account of factors of rural society, rural economy, and political systems that give rise to the marginalization and economic disadvantage found there. [1]