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Subject: USDA Introduces Online Atlas of Rural and Small-Town America
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 12:19:34 -0600 (CST)
From: Linda R Zellmer <[log in to unmask]>
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Hello,

This came across my Agriculture RSS Feeds today:

"Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the debut of an
online mapping tool that captures a broad range of demographic,
economic, and agricultural data on rural areas across the United States.
The Atlas of Rural and Small-town America, developed by USDA's Economic
Research Service, provides county-level mapping of over 60 statistical
indicators depicting conditions and trends across different types of
nonmetro regions."

The full press release can be found at the Newsroom section of the USDA
web site [http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome -- click on
Newsroom](talk about LOOOONG URLS-their's take the prize!).

The atlas is located at: http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/ruralatlas/

Linda Zellmer

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