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

  Federal agencies (other than the U.S. Postal Service) are required to first consider locations in central business areas when making urban relocation decisions. How do you rate federal agencies' compliance with these requirements over the last 5 years? Number of Cases
Not urban No relocations Excellent Good Fair Poor Very poor Uncertain Other No answer
Counties Total 19.2 34.8 2.0 11.5 7.9 4.8 2.5 15.8 0.3 1.3 609
Rural 34.5 32.7 1.2 4.8 9.1 4.8 1.8 9.7 0 1.2 165
Nonrural 13.5 35.6 2.3 14.0 7.4 4.7 2.7 18.0 0.5 1.4 444
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 9.2 47.4 4.3 10.4 9.2 6.5 4.1 7.3 0.2 1.4 949
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 2.7 37.4 5.8 16.2 13.8 7.7 6.3 8.5 0.2 1.4 414
Noncentral 14.2 55.1 3.2 6.0 5.6 5.6 2.4 6.4 0.2 1.3 535

Note: The percentages in each row add to 100.
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