Jobs have been lost all over the country. But losses are higher in exurban counties, the fast-growing communities that can be found between the cities and rural America.

Unemployment is still higher in rural American than in the cities. But the jobs picture changes from state to state, region to region.

The United States lost jobs in January — and the losses in rural and exurban America were more severe than in the cities.

Rural and exurban counties provided more than their share of recruits to the U.S. Army in 2008. Rural counties have been disproportionately represented in the military since the beginning of the Iraq War.