Multidimensional Approaches to Ranking State-Level Rurality to Enhance Comparisons Across States

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Provides a rurality index for all 50 U.S. states, utilizing measures of rural population percentage, rural land area percentage, and rural population density. Discusses the need for a multidimensional measure of rurality to provide an accurate tool for health policy research.

Daniel Baslock, Nari Yoo

The Milbank Quarterly: A Multidisciplinary Journal of Population and Health Policy

12/2025

Policy · Research methods and resources · Rural definitions · State-by-state data · State-by-state