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49 million people live in rural
America. Despite declines in poverty, 340 of the
386 poorest counties are rural, and the rural poverty
nationwide rate 14.6%, exceeding the metropolitan rate by
three percentage points. Before Stand Up for
Rural America, no one knew how many community
developers were addressing working to transform distressed
rural towns and counties. Nobody had documented where
these grassroots groups are, the activities they are
undertaking and what they achieve. One result was that
rural community developers received fewer resources and less
policy support than their urban counterparts. (To learn
more about the challenges and opportunities facing rural
America, and what community developers are doing to meet them,
read A
Place in the Country and Unharvested
Bounty. Read the Directory
of Rural Community Developers which lists some 1,385
rural community based development organizations (CBDOs) and
summarizes their activities. For more data on rural
conditions and trends go to the USDA's Economic
Research Service's website.)
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