The Differing Socioeconomic Characteristics of America’s Rural and Urban Populations

America’s rural population tends to lag its urban counterpart in digital aspects such as internet adoption, broadband penetration and social networking use. But how do these community types measure up in terms of their socioeconomic characteristics? The Census Bureau offers new insights, based on a review of 5 years’ worth of data from the American Community Survey (ACS). (more…)