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Figure 32: Comparison of changes in poverty rate from 1970 to 2020 between the Park Towns and Rural America
From 1970 to 2020, 34% of USDA Nonmetro counties had a larger increase in their poverty rate than that of the Park Towns. These counties were home to 20.7 million people, 46% of the population of Rural America.
U.S. metropolitan counties
664 Rural America counties with a larger increase in their poverty rate from 1970 to 2020 than that of the Park Towns
1,275 Rural America counties with a smaller increase in their poverty rate from 1970 to 2020 than that of the Park Towns
Figure 33: Comparison of poverty rate in 2020 between the Park Towns and Rural America
In 2020, 75% of USDA Nonmetro counties had a higher poverty rate than did the Park Towns. These counties were home to 35.2 million people, 78% of the population of Rural America.
U.S. metropolitan counties
1,463 Rural America counties with a higher poverty rate in 2020 than that of the Park Towns
478 Rural America counties with a lower poverty rate in 2020 that that of the Park Towns