The Revised ERS County Typology: An Overview

Peggy J. Cook andKaren Mizer

United States Department of Agriculture

关键词: economic base;    typology;    county types;    rural;    farming;    mining;    manufacturing government;    services;    nonspecialized;    retirement-destination;    Federal lands;    commuting;    persistent poverty;    transfer payments;    rural development;   

RP-ID  :  RDRR-89

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: United States Department of Agriculture Publications

【 摘 要 】

Describes an expanded and revised version of ERS' 1979 classification of nonmetro counties, commonly called the ERS typology. The classification has been widely used by researchers, policy analysts, and public officials as a source of information about the economic and social diversity characterizing rural America. Classifies nonmetro counties into one of six types: farming-dependent, mining-dependent, manufacturing-dependent, government-dependent, services-dependent, and nonspecialized.