My rural county was, astonishingly, in the 80th percentile and my first thought was energy jobs over the last decade. A quick google search gave me this map: h

My rural county was, astonishingly, in the 80th percentile and my first thought was energy jobs over the last decade. A quick google search gave me this map: http://earthjustice.org/features/campaigns/fracking-across-the-united-states http://earthjustice.org/features/campaigns/fracking-across-t... When overlaid on top the NYT map, seems to smooth out some of the outliers.