Campaign for a Renewed Rural Development

Rural by the Numbers

• May 18, 2007

  Map: Congressional Districits by Percentage of the Population That is Rural

  
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• May 17, 2007

  Map: Employment Growth in Nonmetro Areas has Lagged Metro Areas

  
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• May 17, 2007

  Map: Low Income and High Poverty Counties are Predominantly Non-Metro

  
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• May 17, 2007

  Map: Counties by Core Based Statistical Area Designation

  
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“Thirty Four of our nation's most influential policy advocacy organizations, working together to assure a renewed federal commitment to rural people and places.”

• American Association of Community Colleges
• American Planning Association
• American Public Works Association
• Association for Enterprise Opportunity
• Association of Small Business Development Centers
• Center for Rural Affairs
• CFED
• Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education
• Council of State Community Development Agencies
• Council of State Governments
• Housing Assistance Council
• League of Rural Voters
• Main Street Project
• National Association of Conservation Districts
• National Association of Counties, Chair of the Campaign for a Renewed Rural Development
• National Association of Development Organizations
• National Association of Federally Impacted Schools
• National Association of Regional Councils
• National Association of Towns and Townships
• National Business Incubator Association
• National Catholic Rural Life Conference
• National Conference of State Legislatures
• National League of Cities
• National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health
• National Rural Development Council
• National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
• National Rural Health Association
• National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
• National Telecommunications Cooperative Association
• Opportunity Finance Network
• Partners for Rural America
• Rural Community Assistance Partnership
• Rural Community College Alliance
• United States Composting Council

Member Quotes

“We are pledging ourselves to a vigorous and active campaign to make sure that this farm bill has a strong rural development section. We are fully engaged in how best to get this done.”

Glenn English
CEO
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association