Rural areas have been hit hard by the opioid epidemic. The injury is, in part, self-inflicted. Primary care physicians in rural areas are mo...

Yet another study has found a widening health gap between rural and urban areas. In an analysis of suicide rates by urban status over the pa...

With the Affordable Care Act and expanded access to health care services under threat, the CDC has released a report suggesting any erosion ...

Two-thirds of the nation's nonmetropolitan counties lost population between 2010 and 2014, according to the USDA's Economic Research...

Between 2012 and 2013, the number of adults in nonmetropolitan areas declined, perhaps for the first time ever, according to the USDA's ...

Between 2010 and 2013, the nation's nonmetropolitan areas lost population. One factor behind the loss is slower growth of the Hispanic p...

The more urban the county, the greater the population growth during the 2010-to-2012 time period, according to  my analysis  of the Census B...

The nation's urban areas are growing, and rural areas are losing people. This is one of the distinguishing characteristics of the post-G...

The larger the metro, the more likely college graduates are to land a job that makes use of their degree and college major. This is the unsu...

A record number of nonmetropolitan counties are losing population, according to the USDA's Economic Research Service. Between 2010 and 2...