One-third of Alabama's rural counties lost more than 10% of their population since 1994.
The folks at Stateline report a 3.5% drop in Alabama's rural population since 1995. Three Black Belt counties are in the top ten shrinking Alabama counties: Macon, Perry, Lowndes and Greene.
Alabama is a rural state.
95.64 percent of the land area has rural status. But the majority of the population lives in urban areas.
A few years ago, The University of Alabama did the math:
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Alabama is a rural state.
95.64 percent of the land area has rural status. But the majority of the population lives in urban areas.
A few years ago, The University of Alabama did the math:
“....most of the people live in our urban areas. High-population density is one of the criteria for determining urban status. In fact, 59 percent of the population of Alabama lives in urban settings, and 41 percent lives in a rural area. “
(Those) comments are based on data from the 2010 census released recently by the U.S. Census Bureau about urban and rural areas and how their status is determined.
(Annette Watters, manager of the State Data Center at The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce.)
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