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Data shows that the gap has grown in recent years. Hyejin Kang/Shutterstock.com

April 14, 2020

Income inequality is getting worse in US urban areas

Brian Thiede, Penn State; David L. Brown, Cornell University; Jaclyn Butler, Penn State, and Leif Jensen, Penn State

For most of the past five decades, income inequality has been higher in rural counties than in urban areas. Now, urban areas are catching up.

The divide is in the data. American Community Survey (ACS) 2011-2015 5 year estimates, Table S1810

March 17, 2017

Six charts that illustrate the divide between rural and urban America

Brian Thiede, Penn State; Lillie Greiman, University of Montana; Stephan Weiler, Colorado State University; Steven C. Beda, University of Oregon, and Tessa Conroy, University of Wisconsin-Madison

More and more people are talking about the ‘rural-urban divide,’ but what does that phrase actually mean? We asked experts from around the country to illustrate the gap in graphs and maps.

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