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"Reservations are . . . remnants of our homelands that have been reserved for our use and for us to live on. So these weren't given to us." - David Treuer, NPR Talk of the Nation, 2012
"The Tribal Nations are not a special interest group or to be considered race based. The Tribal Nations are sovereign governments." - "Nevada's Great Basin Tribes" Legislative Factsheet, 2015.
Note the Plural. This free weekly newspaper examines the different rural communities of Nevada from the statistical and policy perspectives.
"Noteworthy is the dominance of Latino or Hispanic contributions to growth in places that otherwise might have lost population during the 2010s." - William H. Frey, Brookings Institute, 13 August 2021

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Censuses have consequences. On Thursday, 29 December 2022, the Census Bureau published the updated list of urban areas based on the 2020 Census.
"Elko County is a vast land county . . . striving to build a sustainable economy for generations to live, work and play." - from the Elko County Vision…
"The future of rural America is increasingly marked by demographic, regional, and economic diversity." - DW Rowlands and Hannah Love, The Brookings…
"Nevada has been and will continue to experience an aging tsunami." - Center for Healthy Aging, "Elders Count Nevada 2021", 28 January 2021
"Nationally, 1 out of every 7 students . . . is enrolled in a rural school district. In Nevada, 1 out of every 11 attend." - The Guinn Center, "Rural…
A new "American Gothic" would probably eliminate the farmer's daughter--because rural America is aging, right?
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"It means rurals are gonna rural"--Twitter user Werd (@55normalwerd) responding to the early election turnout on 8 November 2022.
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Nevada is simultaneously one of the most rural states in the Union and the most urban. Wait . . . what?
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Rurals of Nevada

A look at three different "Rural Nevadas" from statistical and policy perspectives: Western Rural, I-80 Corridor, and Central Rural. The goal is to argue that policies that are based on a single "Rural Nevada" might do more harm than good.
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U.S. Census BureauThe premier demographic data agency in the U.S.
data.census.govCensus Bureau's main data portal--all the juicy numbers!
Economic Research Service (USDA)The U.S. Department of Agriculture's ERS is a go-to stop for good rural information.

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