Census Bureau uses much smaller geographic building blocks to define rural areas as open country and settlements with fewer than 2,500 residents.
ERS Typology Codes, which classify rural counties by their economic and policy types.įor some research and program applications, counties are too large to accurately distinguish rural and urban settlement patterns. Some of these classification schemes have been used to determine eligibility for Federal programs that assist rural areas. In addition to conducting research that uses the basic metro-nonmetro dichotomy, ERS has developed multi-level county classifications to measure rurality in more detail and to assess the economic and social diversity of nonmetro America. The achievements of rural sustainability and its resilience towards de-growth is deeply tied to urban economics. urban areas with populations ranging from 2,500 to 49,999 that are not part of larger labor market areas (metropolitan areas). rural towns (places with fewer than 2,500 people), and. Nonmetro counties (see the map below) include some combination of: Counties are the standard building block for collecting economic data and for conducting research to track and explain regional population and economic trends. 
This is due to more availability of land and less demand for real estate which keeps the cost of living low, a reason why many city dwellers have started moving to the countryside.
ERS researchers and others who analyze conditions in "rural" America most often study conditions in nonmetropolitan (nonmetro) areas, defined on the basis of counties. Housing is more affordable in rural areas and the cost of living is less compared to cities.
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