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Manufacturing is Relatively More Important to the Rural Economy than the Urban Economy

September 12, 2017 Sarah Low, Economic Research Service

Compared to urban areas, in 2015, manufacturing represented a greater share of both private nonfarm rural jobs (14 percent vs. 7 percent) and rural earnings (21 percent vs. 11 percent). A new report from USDA’s Economic Research Service, Rural Manufacturing at a Glance, examines the manufacturing...

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