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Amid widening gaps in politics and demographics, Americans in urban, suburban and rural areas share many aspects of community life
BY KIM PARKER, JULIANA MENASCE HOROWITZ, ANNA BROWN, RICHARD FRY, D’VERA COHN AND RUTH IGIELNIK
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Large demographic shifts are reshaping America. The country is growing in numbers, it’s becoming more racially and ethnically diverse and the population is aging. But according to a new analysis by Pew Research Center, these trends are playing out differently across community types.
Urban areas are at the leading edge of racial and ethnic change, with nonwhites now a clear majority of the population in urban counties while solid majorities in suburban and rural areas are white. Urban and suburban counties are gaining population due to an influx of immigrants in both types of counties, as well as domestic migration into suburban areas. In contrast, rural counties have made only minimal gains since 2000 as the number of people leaving for urban or suburban areas has outpaced the number moving in. And while the population is graying in all three types of communities, this is happening more rapidly in the suburbs than in urban and rural counties.
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Rural areas have slightly higher proportions of people in higher managerial and professional occupations (12 per cent of people aged 16 to 64 compared with less than 10 per cent in urban areas), and lower proportions of people who have never worked (which include students) than urban areas.Men aged 50-64 yr in urban areas had a higher BMI than men in the same age group in rural areas. However, women had different residential patterns from men. Urban women in the 20-34 and 35-49 yr age group showed a lower BMI than that for rural women, on the contrary, urban women aged 50-64 yr showed a higher BMI.The life in urban areas is fast and complicated, whereas rural life is simple and relaxed. The Urban settlement includes cities and towns. On the other hand, the rural settlement includes villages and hamlets. There is greater isolation from nature in urban areas, due to the existence of the built environment.