Codes for Spreadsheet
Description | |
FIPS Code | |
County Name and State | |
Area in Square Miles | |
Beale Code, see Below for Definitions | |
Economic Code, see Below for Definitions | |
Policy Code, see Below for Definitions | |
1850 Population | |
1860 Population | |
1870 Population | |
1880 Population | |
1890 Population | |
1900 Population | |
1910 Population | |
1920 Population | |
1930 Population | |
1940 Population | |
1950 Population | |
1500 Population | |
1970 Population | |
1980 Population | |
1990 Population | |
1904 Population |
Column D: Beale Codes Definitions
Description* | |
Central counties of metropolitan areas of 1 million population or more | |
Fringe counties of metropolitan areas of 1 million population or more | |
Counties in metropolitan areas of 250,000 - 1,000,000 population | |
Counties in metropolitan areas of less than 250,000 population | |
Urban population of 20,000 or more, adjacent to a metropolitan area | |
Urban population of 20,000 or more, not adjacent to a metropolitan area | |
Urban population of 2,500-19,999, adjacent to a metropolitan area | |
Urban population of 2,500-19,999, not adjacent to a metropolitan area | |
Completely rural (no places with a population of 2,500 or more), adjacent to a metropolitan area | |
Completely rural (no places with a population of 2,500 or more) not adjacent to a metropolitan area | |
*Metropolitan areas refers to metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) | |
Source: Calvin L. Beale, Senior Demographer, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
Column E: Economic Codes for Rural Counties
Description | |
Farming-dependent - Farming contributed a weighted annual average of 20 percent or more labor and proprietor income over the three years from 1987 to 1989. | |
Mining-dependent - Mining contributed a weighted annual average of 15 percent or more labor and proprietor income over the three years from 1987 to 1989. | |
Manufacturing-dependent - Manufacturing contributed a weighted annual average of 30 percent or more labor and proprietor income over the three years from 1987 to 1989. | |
Government-dependent - Government activities contributed a weighted annual average of 25 percent or more labor and proprietor income over the three years from 1987 to 1989. | |
Services-dependent - Service activities contributed a weighted annual average of 50 percent or more labor and proprietor income over the three years from 1987 to 1989. | |
Non-specialized - Counties not classified as a specialized economic type over the three years from 1987 to 1989. | |
Counties within metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs). | |
Not be classified as an economic type because of data suppression. | |
Source: Peggy J. Cook and Karen L. Mizer, The Revised ERS County Typology, Rural Development Research Report 89, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, December 1994 |
Column F: Policy Codes for Rural Counties
Description | |
Not classified. | |
Retirement destination - The population aged 60 years and over in 1990 increased by 15 percent or more from 1980-90 through immigration of people. | |
Federal lands - Federally-owned lands made up 30 percent or more of a county's land area. | |
Persistent poverty - Persons with poverty-level income in the preceding year were 20 percent or more of total population in each of four years, 1500, 1970, 1980, and 1990. | |
Commuting - Workers aged 16 years and over commuting to jobs outside their county of residence were 40 percent or more of all the county's workers in 1990. | |
Transfers-dependent - Income from transfer payments (Federal, state, and local) contributed a weighted annual average of 25 percent or more of total personal income over the three years from 1987 to 1989. | |
Source: Peggy J. Cook and Karen L. Mizer, The Revised ERS County Typology, Rural Development Research Report 89, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, December 1994 |