Rural Development's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 2009 ... Rural Utilities Service BroadbandUSA.Gov ... See Secretary Vilsack's Rural Tour...
www.rurdev.usda.gov/
USDA Rural Development Home Page ... Rural Community Empowerment Program ... This webpage describes activities and accomplishments of participating rural communities, and offers access to resources that may be helpful to all rural communities that seek to enhance the quality of their futures.
www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/ezec/
The Census Bureau identifies and tabulates data for the urban and rural populations and their associated areas solely for the presentation and comparison of census statistical data.
www.census.gov/geo/www/ua/ua_2k.html
Table 1. Urban and Rural Population: 1900 to 1990 Source: US Census Bureau Released: Oct. 1995 1990 1990 1980 1980 1970 1970 1990 total total 1990 1990 1980 total total 1980 1980 1970 total total 1970 1970 total urban rural percent percent total urban rural percent percent total urban rural percent percent...
www.census.gov/population/censusdata/urpop0090.txt
Federally funded since 1991, the purpose of SORH is to assist States in strengthening rural health care delivery systems by maintaining a focal point for rural health within each State.
ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/funding/50sorh.htm ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/funding/50sorh.htm
Delta States Rural Development Network Grant Program ... The Delta States Rural Development Network Grant Program provides 3 years of funding to rural organizations to address local health care needs in the rural Delta region.
ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/funding/Delta.htm ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/funding/Delta.htm
The following instructions and the directory of rural areas will help you determine whether your organization is located in a rural area. ... If your county is listed, and there is an N/A in the exception field, your organization is located in a rural area.
www.rhc.universalservice.org/eligibility/ruralareas.asp www.rhc.universalservice.org/eligibility/ruralareas.asp
This summer, over the course of the next few weeks and months, top Administration officials, including Cabinet Secretaries, will fan out across the nation to hold a series of discussions on how communities, states, and the federal government can work together to help strengthen rural America.
www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/President-Obama-Ann... www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/President-Obama-Announces-Rural-Tour-with-Cabinet-Secretaries-and-Administration-Officials/
Growth in India's poor rural states helps explain why the country continues to grow even as the U.S. recession drags on the world economy. ... In poor and largely rural states from Orissa in the east to Rajasthan in the west, many new leaders have invested in health, education and infrastructure. That has set the stage for...
online.wsj.com/article/SB123931787215706747.html
Microenterprise Development in Rural United States; Uniqueness of Rural Microenterprise; Microentrepreneurs in rural areas face unique challenges that urban entrepreneurs typically do not face:  Isolation: Limited access to customer markets.
www.microenterpriseworks.org/index.asp?downloadid=401