Data and Discussions:

Publication Resources for Rural Issues:

• NDKC Inform Fact Sheets:
  • See Economics and Family Fact Sheets
    • Building Economic Security for Rural Families (April 2005)
• Issues affecting rural families are addressed in the report Family Economic Security for Rural Americans

• Publications from AECF:
  • Knowledge Center
    • Rural Families
      • Rural KIDS COUNT Pocket Guide
      • City and Rural KIDS COUNT Data Book
• Other Publications:
  • Broken Communities: Planning for Tomorrow (Economy That Works)
  • Making Ends Meet in North Dakota (NDSU Extension Service)
  • One in Five Children in Rural America Lives in Poverty (Population Reference Bureau)
  • Place Matters: Addressing Rural Poverty (RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center)
  • Strengthening Rural Families: America's Rural Children 2004 (Population Reference Bureau)
  • Taking Charge of Family Finances: Family Living Trends in North Dakota (NDSU Extension Service)

Other Data on the Web:

• North Dakota State Data Center
  • Rural/Urban/Metro/Nonmetro and Frontier Discussions
• Population Reference Bureau
  • Is There a U.S. Shortage of Scientists and Engineers? It Depends Where You Live
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Statistics
    • Rural/Urban Status and Metropolitan Areas
• U.S. Census Bureau
  • Census 2000: Data tables on American FactFinder can be accessed using "rural/urban" designations as the geographic level