DEVELOPING A RURAL DEFINITION : Analysis of South Carolina Counties

Bunch, Braden; South Carolina Department of Commerce, Division of Research

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This report was undertaken to reexamine the South Carolina Department of Commerce’s definition of a rural county and propose changes to the definition, if necessary. Upon examination, this study found that while the change to the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) definition of rural status, adopted in early 2007, improved the rural vs. urban classifications of South Carolina’s counties when compared to the actual conditions on the ground, the method still has several rankings that belie the actual conditions in several South Carolina counties.

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Bunch, Braden; South Carolina Department of Commerce, Division of Research

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Creator	Bunch, Braden
Creator	South Carolina Department of Commerce, Division of Research
Date Accessioned	2014-06-10T21:34:34Z
Date Available	2014-06-10T21:34:34Z
Date Created	2014-06-09
Date of Issue	2008-01
Identifier (URI)	http://hdl.handle.net/10827/15126
Description	This report was undertaken to reexamine the South Carolina Department of Commerce’s definition of a rural county and propose changes to the definition, if necessary. Upon examination, this study found that while the change to the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) definition of rural status, adopted in early 2007, improved the rural vs. urban classifications of South Carolina’s counties when compared to the actual conditions on the ground, the method still has several rankings that belie the actual conditions in several South Carolina counties.
Item Format	application/pdf
Media Type	Document
Item Language	English
Publisher	South Carolina State Library
Digital Collection	South Carolina State Documents Depository
Rights	Copyright status undetermined. For more information contact, South Carolina State Library, 1500 Senate Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29201.
Subject	Rural geography--South Carolina
Title	DEVELOPING A RURAL DEFINITION : Analysis of South Carolina Counties
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