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Overview 4
Nonmetropolitan Population Has Recently Grown Due to Migration 6
Changes in Metropolitan Areas in 2023 Caused a Small Reduction in Nonmetro Population 10
Recent Trends Suggest Progress in Reducing Rural Poverty 11
Housing Insecurity Risk Is Greater for Some Rural Household Groups 14
Nonmetro Employment Resumed Slow Growth and Unemployment Rates Reached Record Lows in 2022 16
Clean Energy Jobs Are 1 Percent of Rural Employment 19
Conclusion 23
Figure 1. Population change and components of change, metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, 2019-20, 2020-21, and 2021-22 7
Figure 2. Net migration change and components of change, metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, 2019-20, 2020-21, and 2021-22 8
Figure 3. Net domestic migration rate, nonmetropolitan counties, 2020-22 9
Figure 4. Counties changing metropolitan status, 2013-23 10
Figure 5. Poverty rate trends for nonmetropolitan counties, 2007-21 12
Figure 6. Change in nonmetropolitan county persistent poverty area status, 2007-21 13
Figure 7. Compared with homeowners, low-income renters in nonmetropolitan areas are more likely to experience severe housing problems 15
Figure 8. Severe housing unit problems by race and ethnicity, total renters and owners, all income levels in nonmetropolitan areas over the 2015-19 period 16
Figure 9. Quarterly employment change in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan counties: first quarter 2019 to second quarter 2023 17
Figure 10. Nonmetropolitan employment percent change by State, 2019-22 18
Figure 11. Clean energy employment per 1,000 jobs in nonmetropolitan counties, 2021 20
Figure 12. Trends in solar, wind, and ethanol in nonmetropolitan counties, 2017-21 21
Figure 13. Percent of energy jobs in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan counties, 2021 22