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International Handbook of Rural Demography pp 207–223Cite as

Rural Race and Ethnicity

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The roots of minority groups in the United States extend deeply to rural areas. Despite the urbanization of these groups over time, there continues to be significant minority populations in rural areas today. Moreover, new migrants to rural communities, especially in the South and Midwest, have originated from Latin America. This chapter uses data from the 2009 1% American Community Survey (ACS) to examine the four major rural racial and ethnic groups (whites, blacks, Native Americans, and Latinos) on demographic, language, socioeconomic, and health dimensions. In addition, multivariate analysis is conducted to assess the relationship between racial and ethnic membership and employment and earnings. The results demonstrate the persistence of inequality between whites and persons of color in nonmetro areas as well as in metro areas. However, while foreign-born Latino men have high rates of employment, their wages are quite low. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the major findings of the analysis and the need for the creation of policy to improve the social and economic conditions of rural minorities and immigrants.

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    Rogelio Sáenz

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    László J. Kulcsár

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    Katherine J. Curtis

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Sáenz, R. (2012). Rural Race and Ethnicity. In: Kulcsár, L., Curtis, K. (eds) International Handbook of Rural Demography. International Handbooks of Population, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1842-5_15

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