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Some of you might be interested in this file.  RURSOC-L is a good source
for people interested in data and reports on rural development and affairs
in the USA.

Best,
Jim
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Jim Cassell                                        Jim_Cassell@UNC.EDU
Institute for Research in Social Science           Phone:  919-962-0782
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill           Fax:    919-962-4777
Chapel Hill, NC  27599-3355   USA

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Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1993 14:01:15 EST
From: John Hannum <JHANN00@UKCC.uky.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list RURSOC-L <RURSOC-L@UKCC.uky.edu>
Subject: Rural-Urban codes

This is a most useful data set.  Enjoy.

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Notice

The 1993 Rural-Urban continuum codes (also known as the "Beale codes")
for counties are now available from the ERS listserver.

The rural-urban continuum codes form a classification scheme that
distinguishes metropolitan counties by size, and nonmetropolitan
counties by the degree of urbanization or proximity to metro areas.
The standard Bureau of the Census metro and nonmetro categories
have been subdivided into four metro and six nonmetro categories,
resulting in a 10-part county codification.  This scheme allows
researchers to break county data into finer residential groups,
beyond metro and nonmetro, particularly for the analysis of trends
in nonmetro areas that are related to population density and metro
influence.

The file available from the ERS listserver (code93 data) contains data
for 3140 counties, and is approximately 2.5 megabytes.  The variables
are: fips code, state abbreviation, county name, and the rural-urban
code.  Descriptions of the codes are provided at the begining of
the data file.

To request this file from the ERS listserver send a note to
LISTSERV@ERS.BITNET with the following command:

GET CODE93 DATA

>From a CMS machine with bitnet you can type:

TELL LISTSERV AT ERS GET CODE93 DATA

If you have any problems retrieving this file please send me a note,
Tim Parker TPARKER@ERS.BITNET