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'''Rural''' areas are defined as "all territory, population, and housing units located outside of urbanized areas and urban clusters ([[cities]]) and their surrounding [[suburbs]]<sup>1</sup>. According to the 2000 Census, 2,052 rural counties account for 97% of the land area in the United States.<sup>2</sup> The 2000 Census puts the rural population of the United states at 59 million.<sup>2</sup> Only one percent of the rural population are farmers.<sup>3</sup> The average size of the nation's 2.1 million [[farm]]s is 441 acres.<sup>3</sup> Rural areas are often admired for their strong American and family values, and they usually vote [[Republican]].
'''Rural''' areas are defined as "all territory, population, and housing units located outside of urbanized areas and urban clusters ([[cities]]) and their surrounding [[suburbs]]<sup>1</sup>.
==Rural in the United State==
According to the 2000 Census, 2,052 rural counties account for 97% of the land area in the [[United States]].<sup>2</sup> The 2000 Census puts the rural population of the United states at 59 million.<sup>2</sup> Only one percent of the rural population are farmers.<sup>3</sup> The average size of the nation's 2.1 million [[farm]]s is 441 acres.<sup>3</sup> Rural areas are often admired for their strong American and family values, and they usually vote [[Republican]].
[[http://www.census.gov/dmd/www/glossary.html]]U.S. Census Bureau Glossary
[[http://www.census.gov/dmd/www/glossary.html]]U.S. Census Bureau Glossary
[[http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/June05/DataFeature/]]Amber Waves
[[http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/June05/DataFeature/]]Amber Waves
==Urbanization==
Urbanization is defined as the increase of the percentage of people who live in Urban Areas. This may occur due to people moving from Rural Areas to Urban areas, or Rural Areas becoming Urban Areas in their own right (such as a growth in population). For example, artificially new cities such as [[Brazillia]], [[Brazil]] turn a rural area into an urban area. Rapid urbanization may result in [[Rural Decay]] where rural areas fall into disarray due to a a decreased or non-existent population.
==Political Leanings of Rural Areas==
Rural areas tend to be more conservative than cities in many countries. In the United States, heavily rural states such as [[Montanta]] and [[Kansas]] on the whole vote [[Republican]] while more urban states such as [[New York]] and [[California]] leant Democrat. Other countries follow the same trend such as in Britain and Japan where cities traditionally vote for the [[Labour Party]] and [[Democratic Party of Japan]] respectively (left-wing) and rural areas vote for the [[Conservative Party]] and [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]] respectively.
The continued trend of urbanization in the United States has led some commentators to remark that in the future, southern states may flip Democratic, as new migrants from the northern [[Rust Belt]] bring their left-wing political vote with them. [http://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/strategist/2010/11/the_democratic_south_will_rise.php]
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For all the bad tidings, there is one important development that could bode well for Democrats in some Southern states. While they may never get back the rural areas that once served as their bulwark, Southern Democrats are now competitive in some fast-growing suburbs in states that have a significant number of transplants. There was a reason why Obama won Virginia and North Carolina in 2008 -- both are filled with newcomers who are open to supporting either party.
Jonathan Martin [http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1110/45627_Page3.html]
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== See Also ==
== See Also ==
*[[Urban]]
*[[Urban]]