McGranahan, David A.; Cromartie, John; Wojan, Timothy R. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2010
Population loss through net outmigration is endemic to many rural areas. Over a third of nonmetro counties lost at … least 10 percent of their population through net outmigration over 1988-2008. Some of these counties have had very high … unemployment rates, low high school dropout rates, and average household incomes. For these counties, low population density and …