Doug Bowers and Karen Hamrick Rural Conditions and Trends is published three times a year by USDA's Economic Research Service.
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To order Rural Conditions and Trends , please visit the ERS-NASS Sales Desk . This issue was published in October 1997 by the Food and Rural Economics Division. We are pleased to resume publishing the Current Population Survey unemployment rates for metro and nonmetro areas. This issue also includes discussion of long-run trends in personal income, population, and farm operator household income. Some of the earlier appendix tables, such as per capita income by residence, which are usually included here, are not included in this issue.