Rural areas within metropolitan counties encompass a wide variety of landscapes and settle-ment patterns—from sparsely populated desert lands within large metropolitan counties in the Southwest …

Rural-Urban Commuting Area codes (RUCA) framework. VHA, and thus ORH, determine rurality based on RUCA codes, which use population density and commuting patterns to assign these designations …

Overview of Rural Definitions While there are multiple ways to define a geographical area, such as a borough, independent city, or township, the majority of urban/rural definitions are based on three …

Rural Definitions: Data Documentation and Methods Identifying Nine Rural Definitions The rural definitions presented here are based on four sources described in detail below: Census Bureau's list …

On average, rural places lag behind non-rural places on nearly every measure of economic well-being from poverty rates to labor force participation. The average poverty rate in rural areas is nearly three …

Locale Classifications and Criteria The NCES locale framework is composed of four basic types (City, Suburban, Town, and Rural) that each contains three subtypes. It relies on standard urban and rural …

Rural is an inexact term that can mean different things to different people, organizations and governments. Trying to define what "rural" is, in a nation of diverse geography, can be a daunting …