Rural economy

Exploring economic dynamics in rural areas of the United States.

Project structure

• Public datasets preparation: CBP, BDS, BEA IO tables, Census population estimates, NAICS classification.
• Geographic data: working with shapefiles of administrative units.
• Rurality definitions: Census, OMB, ERS.
• Agricultural and food industries (AFI) definitions.
• InfoGroup data preparation.
• Dynamics: summary statistics by geography and sector.

Control panel