Journal•ISSN: 1545-8741
Amber Waves
United States. Department of Agriculture
About: Amber Waves is an academic journal. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Food safety & Agriculture. It has an ISSN identifier of 1545-8741. Over the lifetime, 603 publications have been published receiving 5622 citations.
Topics: Food safety, Agriculture, Food security, Rural area, Food systems
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TL;DR: Rural America is less racially and ethnically diverse than urban areas as discussed by the authors, with whites making up nearly 80 percent of the rural population, compared with 58 percent of urban population.
Abstract: Rural America is less racially and ethnically diverse than urban areas. Whites make up nearly 80 percent of the rural population, compared with 58 percent of the urban population. Hispanics are the fastest growing segment of the rural population but make up just 9 percent of the rural population, compared with 20 percent in urban areas. Blacks constitute 8 percent of the rural population, while American Indians are the only minority group with a higher rural than urban share (2 percent versus 0.5 percent). Relatively few Asians and Pacific Islanders (included in the “Other” category) are rural residents, with these groups accounting for only 1 and 0.1 percent of the rural population, respectively. The rest of the “Other” category (accounting for 1.8 percent of the rural population) are residents reporting multiple races.
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