Overview
ERS has developed several classifications to measure rurality and
assess the economic and social diversity of rural America. The Rural-Urban
Continuum Codes, the Urban-Influence Codes, and the Rural-Urban Commuting
Areas are used to classify counties, census tracts, and ZIP codes by
degree of rurality. The ERS typology code classifies rural counties
by their economic and policy types. These classification schemes have
been used to determine eligibility for Federal programs that assist
rural areas.
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