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How 18 million Americans could move into rural areas – without leaving home

  • Written by Devon Brenner, Assistant VP for Outreach and Initiatives, Office of Research and Economic Development, and Professor, College of Education, Mississippi State University
imageLawrence, Kan., is one of the communities that would go from being considered urban to rural.Ian Ballinger via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

About 46 million Americans – 14% of the nation’s inhabitants – are currently classified as living in rural areas. That number could jump to 64 million – an increase of nearly 40% –...

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