What is Rural, Anyway?

Today Kevin and Alanti travel down the ultimate rabbit hole with attempting to answer the age-old question: What is Rural, Anyway?  There’s a pop-quiz…

2010 Census Tract Reference Maps - https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-maps/2010/geo/2010-census-tract-maps.html

Walmart Closure in Winnsboro, SC - https://www.thestate.com/news/business/article56269905.html

Fairfield County Hospital Closure- https://www.thestate.com/latest-news/article216722145.html

Rural Definition Resources:

Metropolitan and Micropolitan - https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/metro-micro.html

Rural-Urban Commuting Area Codes (RUCA) - https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/rural-urban-commuting-area-codes/

How Does the Census Bureau Define Rural? - https://gis-portal.data.census.gov/arcgis/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=7a41374f6b03456e9d138cb014711e01

Health Resources and Service Administration List of Rural Counties - https://www.hrsa.gov/sites/default/files/hrsa/ruralhealth/resources/forhpeligibleareas.pdf

USDA National Agricultural Library - https://www.nal.usda.gov/ric/what-is-rural

Rural Health Information Hub - https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/topics/what-is-rural