Persistent Low-Income Counties in Nonmetro America. Rural Development Research Report No. 12 [electronic resource] / Thomas F. Davis.

In the period from 1950 to 1970, there were 298 persistent low-income (PLI) counties in the United States, but between 1970 and 1975, 43 counties left the persistent low-income status (LPLI) due to private sector influence and earnings from mining and agriculture. LPLI counties were largely located...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Davis, Thomas F.
Corporate Authors:	United States. Department of Agriculture. Economics, Statistics, and Cooperatives Service, United States. Department of Agriculture
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1979.
Subjects:	Agriculture. Blacks. Community Change. Community Characteristics. Demography. Employment Patterns. Local History. Low Income Counties. Migration Patterns. Poverty. Poverty Areas. Rural Areas. Rural Economics. Rural Population. Socioeconomic Status.