Rural Texas: Wrangling with Change
Summary
Rural Texas – Currently, the population of rural Texas exceeds the population of 22 individual states and is greater than the combined populations of Alaska, North Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming, and the District of Columbia.
Uninsured population, Preliminary estimates, 2002
Poverty, 2002
40%
30%
18%
20%
10%
15%
0%
Under 19
19-64
Under 65
Rural
16%
34%
28%
Urban
14%
27%
23%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates Program
Source: Texas Health and Human Services Commission
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Employment (total jobs)
Children in family violence shelters, Per 1,000 3.6
Rural
2003 2004
Urban
3.2
Rural 1,445,414 1,465,643
Urban 10,998,155 11,186,624
Unemployment rate 2004 2005
2.8
Rural 6.2 5.5
Urban 6.1 5.3
Texas 12,443,569 12,652,267
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Texas 6.1 5.3
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service 2.4 2000
2001
2002
2003
Source: Texas Health and Human Services Commission
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2003 U.S. Office of Management and Budget classification scheme is used for this chart. Ibid.
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