Rural Poverty
Rural areas are defined as "open country and settlements with fewer that 2,500 residents," (Measuring Rurality, 2003). Rural areas in the United States compromise over 2,000 counties, contain 75 percent of the nation's land, and include 49 million peopleĀ7.5 million of which are living in poverty (Enhanced Quality of Life for Rural Americans, 2005).
Persistently poor communities are often compromised of a disproportionate number of economically at-risk people, including racial/ethnic minorities, female-headed households, and high school dropouts. The characteristics of rural communities and the people living in these areas present many challenges. Compared with urban areas, many rural communities have higher poverty rates, greater unemployment, lower education levels and lower incomes. Low population densities in rural areas equate to people being forced to travel further to jobs creating an increased need for reliable transportation, less accessibility to key social and......
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