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	Rural/Urban Differences in Health Care Are Not Uniform Across States
		Counties encompassing metropolitan statistical areas were classified as urban; those contiguous to metropolitan areas were classified as rural, adjacent; and counties not contiguous to metropolitan areas were classified as rural, nonadjacent.
		The data in table 3 also show that the percentage of the population that visited a doctor or other health professional during the 12 months prior to the survey was consistently lower in nonadjacent counties relative to urban counties across all of the study states.
		For adjacent counties in Alabama, Michigan, Minne-sota, and Texas, the percentage of the population with a visit was significantly lower than the rate in urban counties.
	www.urban.org /url.cfm?ID=309533 (3846 words)

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		Urban counties with executed agreements without end dates that are requalifying during the 2001-2003 qualification period (see Attachment B) do not have to execute and submit to HUD new cooperation agreements unless the agreement has been amended.
		This includes urban counties newly qualifying during this qualification period; urban counties that continue to include the same communities previously included in the urban county; and those urban counties that are amending their urban county configurations to add communities that chose not to participate previously.
		Counties and metropolitan cities considering a joint request should be aware that significant effects could occur where either the urban county or the metropolitan city would otherwise fall under the "exception rule" criteria for activities that benefit low-and moderate-income residents on an area basis [see 24 CFR 570.208(a)(1)(ii)].
	www.hudclips.org /sub_nonhud/html/pdfforms/00-7.doc (4692 words)

	ULI - the Urban Land Institute \| Future Too Big for Counties: Bush, Urban Planners Urge Regional Action
		Officials are used to focusing on the city or county where residents elect them; funding is often assigned by county, not region; and counties long have competed for business -- not collaborated, panelists said.
		Talk of regionalism came at a morning conference of the Urban Land Institute, an international, not-for-profit group focused on research and education about land use and development.
		The institute and its four district councils in Florida in 2003 launched an initiative on regional cooperation, spent a year doing studies and holding forums, and recently released its recommendations.
	www.uli.org /AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&CONTENTID=55186&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm (585 words)

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		Urban counties with executed agreements without end dates that are requalifying during the 2003-2005 qualification period (see Attachment B) do not have to execute and submit to HUD new cooperation agreements unless the agreement has been amended.
		Any county that has been classified as an urban county after FY 1999 and is so classified for at least 2 years will retain its classification as an urban county, unless the urban county qualified under section 102(a)(6)(A) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended (the Act), and.
		Counties and metropolitan cities considering a joint request should be aware that significant effects could occur where either the urban county or the metropolitan city would otherwise fall under the "exception rule" criteria for activities that benefit low- and moderate-income residents on an area basis [see 24 CFR 570.208(a)(1)(ii)].
	www.hudclips.org /sub_nonhud/html/pdfforms/cpd02-5.doc (5574 words)

	Urban Counties Council----ii770823.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		But they do, indeed, affect the rapidly growing "urban counties" whose populations and problems are far divorced from the Johnson Counties of the state, and yet are different enough from Chicago and its surrounding county to merit special legislative attention.
		It rankles counties, especially the large ones, which have higher costs, that the new Constitution eliminated the fees a county used to be paid for collecting the taxes for all the districts in the county.
		The counties also have complaints against the General Assembly because the legislature increased workmen's compensation but did not prescribe how counties are to pay for it, and the legislature gave the judges a pay raise and decreed the counties should pay it.
	www.lib.niu.edu /ipo/ii770823.html (1704 words)

	Washington State Department of Health - Guidelines for Using Rural/Urban Classifications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Adjacent counties must be physically adjacent to a Metropolitan county and have at least 2% of the resident labor force commuting to a central Metropolitan county.
		Urban counties are all Metropolitan counties with the exception of Island county which was classified as Less Remote.
		Counties with less than 75% of the population residing within Urban Core, Suburban RUCAs, Large Town, or Small Town and Isolated Rural RUCAs as defined in the Four-Tiered Consolidation of RUCA Codes system are classified as mixed counties.
	www.doh.wa.gov /Data/guidelines/RuralUrban.htm (3538 words)

	HoustonChronicle.com - Senator, urban counties feuding over fair defense bill
		The Texas Conference of Urban Counties is lobbying to change the time requirements for appointing attorneys from 24 hours to three days.
		He said the conference of urban counties attempted to derail the bill in 2001 by attaching an amendment changing the time requirements.
		The bottom line, Lee said, is that state funding allocated for counties to implement the changes does not cover the actual costs, which are being picked up at the local level.
	www.chron.com /cs/CDA/story.hts/politics/1776857 (667 words)

	Rural Redux
		Second, migrants from Pike or Harlan counties opting to leave the eastern Kentucky mountain region tend to migrate to a county in the urban triangle, usually Fayette or Madison County.
		Counties in which the change in average earnings per job from 1990 to 1999 ranged between –3.8% and 30% are included in the “low” category.
		Counties with growth rates between 39.5% and 46.1% are “medium-high,” and the “high” category is reserved for counties with rates of 47% and greater.
	www.kltprc.net /foresight/Chpt_57.htm (1406 words)

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		Renkow and Hoover found that the rural North Carolina counties that are growing tend to be neighbors of urban counties.
		There has also been growth in selected rural counties on the coast and in the mountains that aren’t adjacent to urban centers, but that growth can be explained largely by the attraction these areas have for retirees.
		Most of these counties are in the eastern part of the state, are not close to urban areas and are heavily dependent on agriculture.
	www.cals.ncsu.edu /agcomm/magazine/spring01/moving.htm (684 words)

	Foster Care Dynamics in Urban and Non-Urban Counties
		In this analysis, primary urban areas are defined as the counties with the largest child welfare system in a given state; secondary urban counties encompass other urban areas; and non-urban counties include all other counties in the state.
		Second, the incidence rates for secondary urban areas and non-urban areas were relatively steady over the decade while the incidence rate for the primary urban area decreased from 5.0 in 1996 to 3.8 in 1999, a drop in the admission rate that coincides with the overall drop in admissions.
		In primary urban counties, the number of admissions and corresponding placement rates did in fact fall in the late 1990s, a pattern that is more consistent with trends in maltreatment and poverty.
	aspe.hhs.gov /hsp/fostercare-issues02/dynamics (9613 words)

	Urban Extension Programs
		Urban county faculty expressed concern about: their effectiveness in programming, demands on their time from the telephone and clientele requests that leave them little time for program planning and implementation, and lack of clear direction and expectations from administrators.
		Educational programs offered in urban areas can't be construed as being in competition with programs offered in rural areas, but rather should be complementary, covering the total spectrum of the issues.
		As Texas urban areas continue to grow, this initiative is an effort to position Extension to serve the educational needs of all the people.
	www.joe.org /joe/1992summer/a3.html (1512 words)

	Rural Health Care Safety Nets: Tools for Monitoring the Health Care Safety Net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Rural populations, on average, tend to be older than those in urban areas and suffer from greater levels of poverty and unemployment and lower levels of income (Eberhardt et al., 2001).
		As a result, it does not detect those FQHCs that are located in urban counties but serve rural populations; located in urban counties with significant rural populations; or that have satellite clinics that operate on a hub and spoke basis (National Advisory Committee on Rural Health, 2002).
		The definition of urban is overly inclusive, as it includes very small towns; the definition of urbanized areas is not inclusive enough, as it includes only large cities of 50,000 or more (Washington State Department of Health, Office of Community and Rural Health, 2002).
	www.ahcpr.gov /data/safetynet/hartley.htm (3698 words)

	Rural Counties Draw Urban Dwellers
		White urban residents are fleeing metropolitan areas as they become home to increasing numbers of people of color.
		Migration of urban dwellers to rural areas is being greeted with mixed reactions.
		Rural counties that have experienced years of population decline, often fueled by the departure of young adults, welcome new resources brought by new residents.
	gbgm-umc.org /response/articles/rural.html (773 words)

	SECTION 5: Rural Population Change by Metro/Nonmetro Character
		For example, a county that has been designated as metropolitan (with central city of greater than 50,000) may have within its boundaries residents who are urban (living in urban areas of 2,500 residents or more) and rural (living in communities of less than 2,500 or the open country).
		In 1950, the fringe counties of the largest metro counties contained 336,929 rural residents or 14.2 percent of the state’s rural population.
		By 1990, the fringe counties of the largest metro areas contained 584,491 rural residents or 20.8 percent of the state’s rural population.
	ohioline.osu.edu /~dataunit/ru-1/ru1_10.html (776 words)

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		The Texas Conference of Urban Counties is a non-profit organization composed of 34 member counties.
		Member counties represent nearly 80% of the population of Texas.
		The Urban Counties supports and coordinates communications among member counties, studies policies and programs of the State of Texas that affect urban counties, advocates county issues, primarily at the state level, and provides training and education programs appropriate for urban county officials.
	www.cuc.org /about.aspx (111 words)

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		The urban counties studied, home to 50 of the nation's largest cities, contain 52 percent of their states' adult-headed cases, compared to just 33 percent of their states' total population.
		In 32 of the 47 urban counties, the county's share of statewide welfare recipients exceeds its share of the state's general population.
		The 47 urban counties contained more than 70 percent of their state's adult-headed cases with a long-term history on welfare.
	www.brook.edu /comm/news/20020924waller.htm (595 words)

	Peanuts and Pandas: Marketing Georgia Agriculture to Urban Audiences (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Counties in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida and Georgia are expected to lead in population and employment growth between now and 2025.
		Forsyth County was the fastest growing in the nation with a population of at least 10,000, increasing by 13 percent in one year; Henry County was fourth with a 7.2 percent increase; Paulding County was sixth with 6.9 percent growth and Dawson County was seventh with 6.5 percent.
		According to the Georgia County Guide, Oconee County and Fayette County were the two leading counties for number of voting age population that actually voted in the last election.
	agnews.tamu.edu /saas/Peppers2001.htm (2362 words)

	Urban counties leave rural ones behind in the technology race (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Urban counties are leaving rural ones behind in the technology race, according to a study by the National Association of Counties.
		It concludes that the nation's smallest counties, particularly those under 50,000 people, are least likely to provide interactive services on the Internet and least likely to have policies governing Internet use.
		Of survey respondents, 83 percent said that every department in the county had computers, while 49 percent said every employee in general government had a personal computer.
	www.fcw.com:8443 /civic/articles/1999/civic_11181999_rural.asp (219 words)

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		In addition to advancing the interests of the urban counties in the legislative process, the IGR Program provides analysis of all proposed legislation, attorney general opinions, and proposed administrative rules.
		Reports and newsletters are produced by the staff and sent out to urban county officials as needed to keep them informed of new issues that may impact their counties.
		The Events and Programming Program covers all Urban Counties activities to develop continuing education courses for urban county officials that are tailored to their needs.
	www.cuc.org /programs.aspx (253 words)

	NACo \| Large Urban County Caucus
		As the nation's 100 largest urban counties move into the 21st century, the National Association of Counties' Large Urban County Caucus (LUCC), a bipartisan coalition of elected county executives, is prepared take advantage of new opportunities and address new challenges.
		We are proud of urban county leaders nationwide, whose invaluable vision has prepared urban counties for sustainable growth in the next decade.
		To achieve this, elected members can use this website as a guide as they identify urban challenges, provide input in developing national solutions and implement grassroots programs within their communities.
	www.urbancounties.org (218 words)

	Urban, 'mixed' counties studied - PittsburghLIVE.com
		The same was true for Beaver (21 percent) and Erie (23.2 percent) counties, though these figures may have changed since they are based on the 1990 census, according to James Martin, deputy director of Partnerships for Children.
		According to spokeswoman Diane McCormick, Partnerships for Children is preparing separate reports examining childhood poverty in urban and mixed counties in the state.
		The group's examination of rural counties, from which the statistics on single-parent households was drawn, was released in December.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/s_20382.html (274 words)

	Texas Association of Counties: Online Resources - TACNews Archive
		With county operation costs escalating and a more pronounced demand for accountability by the citizens, county officials have become strained to determine who the recipients of their programs are.
		Their desire to study the issue comes from a perception that 'state-wide' associations like TAC have only looked out for rural counties, while standing silently by while anti-urban county policies and proposals are advanced.
		Urban officials point to events like the Tobacco settlement, where urban counties, without state association help, hired lawyers to fade the kitchen heat of baking a $2.2 billion pie for all Texas counties by intervening in the state suit, and the state association hired lawyers only to help cut a bigger slice for rural counties."
	www.county.org /resources/archive_tn/news02189.html (1007 words)

	Urban Park Recreation Recovery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Urban Park and Recreation Recovery (UPARR) program was established in November 1978 by Public Law 95-625, authorizing $725 million to provide matching grants and technical assistance to economically distressed urban communities.
		Only cities and urban counties meeting established criteria are eligible for assistance.
		In consultation with the Bureau of Census, NPS is reviewing the list of eligible applicants (cities and urban counties) in light of recent census data.
	www.ncrc.nps.gov /uparr (165 words)

	USATODAY.com - Census: Immigration sustains urban counties (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Rockwall County, Texas, about 20 miles east of Dallas, was the fastest growing county, ballooning by 8% between July 2001 and July 2002.
		After Rockwall County, the next three fastest-growing places were Loudoun County, Va., which is west of Washington; and the Atlanta suburbs of Henry and Forsyth counties in Georgia.
		To compile the Census Bureau's annual estimate of county populations, demographers studied birth and death records while estimating immigration and domestic relocations based on the 2000 census.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/census/2003-04-19-counties_x.htm (606 words)

	SEDLETTER: "Urban" Counties in the South and Southwest
		Schools and school districts are eligible for different E-rate discounts based on whether their location is in an "urban" or a "rural" area as specified by the federal Office of Management and Budget's list of Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs).
		If the county or parish where your school or district is located is not listed below, you are entitled to seek the higher discounts offered to rural schools and districts.
		In other words, every Arkansas county not listed here is considered a rural county and eligible to receive the higher discounts available to rural schools.
	www.sedl.org /pubs/sedletter/v10n02/urban.html (149 words)

	Bureau of Justice Statistics Felony Defendants in Large Urban Counties, 1998
		Bureau of Justice Statistics Felony Defendants in Large Urban Counties, 1998
		Presents data collected from a representative sample of felony cases filed in the Nation's 75 largest counties during May 1998.
		To view a list of all in the series go to the publications page.
	www.ojp.usdoj.gov /bjs/abstract/fdluc98.htm (191 words)

	Relationship between rural counties near urban areas and crime rates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Query for all the rural counties in Arkansas
		The counties with a relationship between the two factors are in green
		There are a total of 14 counties which there is a relationship between rural counties near urban areas and crime.
	www.cast.uark.edu /local/uaclasses/vgis_fall99/vgis6/ex5_howto3.html (303 words)

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