In rural America more women are saying ‘I don’t’
Shelley Clark and Matt Brooks published an op-ed in the Washington Post on the sharp decline in traditional married families in rural America, based on their recent article published in the journal Demography on “Are rural areas holdouts in the second demographic transition?”
Rural America at a Glance 2024
The 2024 edition of Rural America at a Glance focuses on rural population aging and associated economic implications.
Rural Population Research Network scholars publish report on future directions for rural population research
November 11, 2024
Kristina Brant, Paige Kelly, Danielle Rhubart, Gloria Mangoni, John Green, Katherine Curtis, Sreedhar Upendram, Jason de Koff, and Eleanor Green published a report summarizing findings from listening sessions with rural development practitioners from across the United States.
NYT article on rural voting references rural scholars
November 5, 2024
NYT article references rural population scholars Tim Slack, Leif Jensen, and Ann Tickamyer.
Rural Population Research Network/W5001 Multistate Research Project Annual Meeting
September 20, 2024
Kansas City, MO
RPRN will be hosting its annual meeting on September 20-21st in Kansas City, MO. Meetings will take place at the Economic Research Service (Friday) and the Hotel Indigo Downtown (Saturday). Registration closes on August 12th. Please contact the RPRN Chair (Danielle Rhubart - dcr185@psu.edu) with any questions. Friday, September 20th will include: (1) Background presentation for new members and member updates; (2) Presentation of "Future Directions for Rural Population Research: Findings from RPRN’s Stakeholder Listening Sessions"; (3) Guest Presentations from ERS, NIFA, and the Federal Reserve Bank representatives; and (4) Member Flash Talks. Saturday, September 21st will include a morning business meeting and an afternoon educational field trip to Flint Hills and the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve.
Rural America at a Glance 2023
November 15, 2023
USDA Economic Research Service released the 2023 version of the Rural America at a Glance report. This edition focuses on population change, energy, poverty, and housing.
W5001 Annual Report FY23
Is Rural America Growing Again?
The Daily Yonder published this story, based on Ken Johnson's article on "Population Redistribution Trends in Nonmetropolitan America, 2010 to 2021" published in the journal Rural Sociology (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ruso.12473) and the related Carsey Institute Brief showing "Recent Data Suggest Rural America Is Growing Again After a Decade of Population Loss" (https://carsey.unh.edu/publication/snapshot/recent-data-suggest-rural-america-is-growing-again).
Population Matters: Demography and Well-being in Rural America
September 16, 2022 | 10 AM (EST)
Washington DC, or Virtual.
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