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What is Rural? – Resources

Selected recent or important resources focusing on What is Rural?.

Rural-Urban Continuum Codes
Provides access to Rural-Urban Continuum Codes (RUCCs), a classification system that distinguishes metropolitan counties by population size and nonmetro counties by degree of urbanization and adjacency to a metro area.
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Last Updated: 1/30/2025