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Urban-rural poverty gap closing
Nov 27, 2017, 11:27 AM
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A new report from the USDA shows the urban-rural poverty gap continues to close.
“Today the gap is around three percentage points, around 16 percent rural poverty versus 13 percent urban poverty.” John Cromartie with USDA’s Economic Research Service says the gap has been slowly declining from 17 percent in 1960 when the Rural America at a Glance Report was first published.
He says while overall rural poverty rates declined slightly from last year, persistent rural poverty, or rural counties with 20 percent or more of their population poor for at least 30 years, continues to be very regional.
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