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For 2020 the Census Bureau redefined what qualifies as “urban” living (population thresholds were doubled). Despite this, the share that live in rural areas onl
by spamizbad 3y ago
For 2020 the Census Bureau redefined what qualifies as “urban” living (population thresholds were doubled). Despite this, the share that live in rural areas only increased 0.7 points (19.3 -> 20.0). Using the previous metrics, rural populations shrank relative to urban.
Source: https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2022/urban-rural-populations.html https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2022/urban-ru...
https://carsey.unh.edu/publication-rural-america-lost-population-over-past-decade-for-first-time-in-history#:~:text=Between%202010%20and%202020%2C%20the%20rural%20population%20declined%20by%20289%2C000,of%20221%2C000%20(0.5%20percent) https://carsey.unh.edu/publication-rural-america-lost-popula....
- pnpnp 3y agoI think there’s also a shift in which rural areas people are living in. For example, not as many people are needed to farm, but many rural areas are attractive to new remote workers. The areas don’t necessarily overlap. My hometown farm community has shrank dramatically, but my new rural community has been extremely successful at attracting white collar workers.