Rural Development: Profile of Rural Areas
RCED-93-40FS
Published: Apr 29, 1993. Publicly Released: May 18, 1993.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided a demographic and economic profile of rural areas, focusing on: (1) trends in the population and age of persons in nonmetropolitan counties; (2) trends in nonmetropolitan per capita income and employment, and economic activities in nonmetropolitan areas; and (3) the geographic distribution of farm program payments.
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Agricultural programsComparative analysisFarm subsidiesIncome statisticsLabor statisticsPopulation growthPopulation statisticsRural economic developmentUrban areasCensus