Rural Development Grants

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has provided far more in rural development grants, loans and loan guarantees to recipients in metropolitan areas and retirement or resort communities than to those in poor or shrinking rural counties. This map, which highlights these distressed counties, shows the amount of total aid funneled to counties that received at least $25 million over five years.


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