Survey of Local Growth Issues (RCED-00-272, September 2000)

		How did the level of compliance by federal agencies with considering the impact of their programs on the preservation of farmland affect your community's ability to plan for and manage growth over the last 5 years?										Number of Cases
		No farmland	No decisions	Greatly helped	Somewhat helped	No impact	Somewhat hindered	Greatly hindered	Uncertain	Other	No answer
Counties	Total	0	0	1.0	9.2	16.9	5.6	2.6	33.0	0	31.7	609
	Rural	0	0	1.8	13.9	16.4	4.8	3.0	32.7	0	27.3	165
	Nonrural	0	0	0.7	7.4	17.1	5.9	2.5	33.1	0	33.3	444
	Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Noncentral	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cities	Total	0	0	0.1	1.1	4.5	1.4	0.8	14.9	0.2	77.0	949
	Rural	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Nonrural	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Central	0	0	0	1.4	6.3	2.4	0.5	18.6	0.5	70.3	414
	Noncentral	0	0	0.2	0.7	3.2	0.6	1.1	12.0	0	82.2	535

Note: The percentages in each row add to 100.

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