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Cook, Peggy J.; Mizer, Karen L. – Rural Development Perspectives, 1994
Summarizes the revised economic and policy types of the Economic Research Service's rural county classification system. The new typology is based on conditions in more recent years, includes Alaska and Hawaii, redefines persistent poverty, includes more county types, makes economic types nonoverlapping, and classifies counties designated as…
Descriptors: Classification, Counties, Economic Status, Employment Patterns
Download full textSinclair, Bill; Manderscheid, Lester V. – 1974
Eleven indexes of rurality and their effect on the classification of Michigan's 83 counties were investigated. The indexes were based on different concepts of rurality: (1) percent of employment in agriculture, fishing, and forestry; (2) population density and distance to urban centers; and (3) economic conditions. Index rankings were compared to…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Classification, Cluster Grouping, Comparative Analysis
