Measuring Rurality: What is Rural?

by Karen Wylie on January 4, 2009

 

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Sometimes it’s difficult to define what constitutes ‘rural life’ or a ‘rural business’. According to official U.S. Census Bureau definitions, rural areas comprise open country and populations or ‘settlements’ with fewer than 2,500 residents. 
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