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By Tim Murphy and Bill Bishop

Main Street Economics | Politics and Government
U.S. Army Recruits from Urban Counties, 2008
03/01/2009
Growth and Development | Main Street Economics
Job Losses Explode in Rural America
02/25/2009

Rural Job Losses in December 2008

In the last 13 months, the number of unemployed people living in rural America has increased by 297,000. All but 15,000 of those jobs were lost in one month, December 2008.

Broadband and Tech
Broadband Connection Highs and Lows Across Rural America
02/11/2009

Rate of Broadband Connections in Rural Counties The highest percentage of rural broadband connections cluster in recreation counties and areas with large farms and ranches.

Growth and Development | Main Street Economics | Special Projects
Recession Strikes Cities Harder Than Rural Communities — So Far
01/22/2009

In the first 11 months of this recession, the most dramatic decreases in employment have taken place in urban counties. Rural counties, however, still have higher rates of unemployment.

Racing For '08/Archive
The 2008 Election : State By State
12/05/2008

Barack Obama won the 2008 election by running up large margins in the cities. But within states, the story gets more complicated. The Democrat won the rural vote in a dozen states.

Racing For '08/Archive
Barack Obama's Vote In The Cities Overwhelmed Rural
11/19/2008

The city vote for Barack Obama was so large it washed away the returns from more than 2500 rural and exurban counties.

Racing For '08/Archive | Special Projects
Them Changes: The Counties That Switched Parties in 2008
11/13/2008

There were 375 counties that voted for one party in the 2004 presidential election and a different party this year. The Yonder is keeping a list.

Politics and Government
So, Who IS Getting All Those Congressional Earmarks?
10/30/2008
Republican Sen. John McCain says he hates them and would veto any bill with them. Congress keeps putting them in. They're earmarks, the way Congress pays for its pet projects — and rural America is getting its fair share.
Racing For '08/Archive
Is The Past Prologue? Looking At The 2004 Rural, Urban And Exurban Vote
10/17/2008
The rural vote won the election in 2004 for George Bush. The Yonder provides a complete state-by-state breakdown of the rural, urban and exurban vote in that election.
Growth and Development | Special Projects
Minority Youth Are Majority In Many Southern, Southwestern Rural Counties
10/01/2008

There are growing numbers of rural and exurban counties where minority youth are a majority of the population under 20 years of age.

Daily Yonder | Keep It Rural
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