A Further Look at Nonmetropolitan Population Growth Since 1970.

Autor/in	Beale, Calvin L.
Institution	Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Office of Technology Assessment.
Titel	A Further Look at Nonmetropolitan Population Growth Since 1970.
Quelle	(1976), (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Comparative Analysis; Demography; Metropolitan Areas; Migration Patterns; Population Growth; Population Trends; Residential Patterns; Rural Population; Urban to Rural Migration + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Demografie; Ballungsraum; Population increase; Bevölkerungswachstum; Bevölkerungsprognose; Wohnsituation; Landbevölkerung; Stadtflucht
Abstract	Late in 1973 it became evident that the trend of population growth in the U.S. had turned toward rural and small town areas. Growth and migration rates for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas were compared. Counties were classified by certain basic functional characteristics, and the trend was examined in those that were dominated by some feature or function. Principal source of current population data was the annual series of estimates for all counties conducted by the Census Bureau in cooperation with State agencies. Causal data such as the Social Security Administration's statistics on covered employment and on location of retired worker beneficiaries were also used. Findings included: from April 1970 to July 1974, the nonmetropolitan counties increased in population by 5.6%, while metropolitan counties grew by 3.4%; as measured by the rate of net migration, all but two States showed increased net retention or greater acquisition of population in their nonmetro areas in the 1970's as compared with the 1960's; the nonmetro counties that showed the most rapid growth were those that were termed retirement counties; the second most rapidly growing class of nonmetro counties was those where a senior State college was located; and counties with high dependence on farming were still having net outmigration though on a far lower pace of outmovement than in the 1960's. (NQ)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01