Strength in Numbers: How to Build a Stronger Rural America Through Economic Partnerships
There’s no single definition of rural America. Some rural communities are a small, but bustling, town center surrounded by vast swatches of farm land. Other communities are mountainous with a few homes and businesses scattered about the region.
What they have in common is a population that wants to live and work in a community that offers a slower pace of life, one with financial stability. Providing quality jobs is key to making that happen. It takes a coalition of partners to make it work.
There are about 48 million people living in the U.S. in these rural communities. That’s about 15% of our population. Rural American communities makes up 71% of the country’s geography and contribute about $2.7 trillion dollars to the U.S. economy, or about 10%, and that is poised to grow.
