title: Renewed population growth in rural America.
abstract: This chapter documents the fact that "nonmetropolitan America has experienced widespread population gain and net in-migration since 1990.  This contrasts with the trend evident through most of this century....  However, this deconcentration has been selective and tempered by economic period effects. Future nonmetropolitan demographic change is likely to be even more dependent on migration because recent rural fertility patterns, together with age structure shifts, have diminished the contribution natural increase can make to rural growth. This increasing dependence on migration, coupled with the greater integration of nonmetropolitan areas into the national and international system, makes rural America increasingly sensitive to national and global economic, political, and social forces."
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005843:Geography; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011158:Population Growth; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012424:Rural Population; D013383:Suburban Population; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Geographic Factors; Migration; Migration, Internal; Nonmetropolitan Population; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Population Growth; Residence Characteristics; Residential Mobility; Rural Population; Spatial Distribution; Turnaround Migration; United States