Rural Populations
Spotlights
Rural Populations: New in the Library's Rural Collection
United States Department of Agriculture. National Agricultural Library. Rural Information Center.
Type of Material: Book Author(s): Miller, Robert J. Title: Reservation "capitalism" : economic development in Indian country. Published: Santa Barbara : Praeger, c2012. Description xii, 208 p ; 24 cm. Find this book at your own Library through WorldCat Or use one of your favorite booksellers to purchase this book. USDA Employee? Use the Login Form to request this title.
Rural Veteran Outreach Toolkit
Veterans Affairs. Office of Rural Health.
"Using this toolkit can increase partnerships between VA and rural communities and enhance VA’s ultimate goal of "Improving the quality of life for Veterans who live in rural communities." "
Find Information for Rural Families
USDA. NAL. Rural Information Center.
Look at these Rural Families programs and information.
National Center for Farmworker Health
National Center for Farmworker Health
"Mission is to improve the health status of farmworker families through appropriate application of human, technical, and information resources."
Rural Income, Poverty, and Welfare
USDA. Economic Research Service.
Provides the information on poverty trends and demographic characteristics of the rural poor.
Rural Families
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
The Foundation invests to improve the outcomes of children and families in isolated and economically distressed rural communities. This section has "resources including data on families living in rural areas and strategies to promote their economic success."
National Resource Center on Native American AgingUniversity of North Dakota. School of Medicine and Health Science. Center for Rural Health.
National Resource Center for American Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiian EldersDHHS. Administration on Aging. University of Alaska Anchorage and the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium.
Rural Population and Migration: Challenges From an Aging PopulationUSDA. Economic Research Service.
Data Sources for Research in AgingUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison. Center for Demography and Ecology and Center for Demography of Health and Aging.
Population Dynamics Are Changing the Profile of Rural AreasUSDA. Economic Research Service.
From Amber Waves, April 2007
Native Americans
USDA. NAL. Rural Information Center.
Contains links to Native American organizations, planning tools, case studies, funding programs, federal, state and local contacts, statistical data and online publications.
Welfare Reform: Rural TANF Programs Have Developed Many Strategies to Address Rural Challenges (PDF|843.18 KB) (PDF | 843.18 KB)United States Government Accountability Office.
State Profiles
USDA. Economic Research Service.
"The ERS State Fact Sheets provide information on population, income, poverty, food security, education, employment, federal funds, organic agriculture, farm characteristics, farm financial indicators, top commodities, and exports. Links to county-level data are included when available."