Voters’ partisanship has long varied by the type of community they live in. Those in urban counties mostly align with the Democratic Party, while the reverse is true among those in rural counties. In ...
A growing number of urban hospitals are reclassifying themselves as both urban and rural to reap financial benefits Congress ...
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The Origins of the Urban-Rural Divide

This divide continues to be relevant in our own fractured and fractious age. The red state/blue state divide is the most obvious manifestation of this in 2025—but so is the rural/urban divide, first ...
Rural environments are often difficult to define in administrative and professional contexts and carry notable biases and complexities. Population and density thresholds are the most common ...
Rural areas have lower colorectal cancer screening rates than urban areas, with over 70% of the disparity unexplained by measurable factors. Education and income are significant contributors to the ...
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We can bridge the rural-urban divide in our state Re: “Why rural Coloradans feel ignored — a resentment as old as America itself,” Aug. 24 commentary Years ago the Colorado Humanities Council (as it ...
Some residents of Strafford, Vt., are trying to preserve their general store by buying it and hiring an operator with a promise to keep it local. In many New England towns, the local general store is ...
In Morocco, despite significant progress, maternal and infant mortality rates remain high, especially in rural areas. In 2018, there were 111 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in rural areas ...