The following resources provide state-specific information and statistics focused on specific topics. These resources may be used for grantwriting, research, and other activities to support rural health and human services. Please also see the individual state pages for key resources specific to each state.
Tools
2010 Census Data
Website
A variety of tools and data sets are available for exploring the 2010 Census results.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
3RNet Opportunity Search Database
Website
A searchable database that helps health professionals locate practice sites in rural and underserved areas throughout the country.
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Recruitment & Retention Network
3RNet Rural Recruitment and Retention Location Finder
Website
Provides a listing of available positions serving rural and underserved areas within each state. Includes a contact person who can assist health professionals and their families identify the resources necessary to meet the personal and professional requirements they seek.
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Recruitment & Retention Network
AIDS Education and Training Centers (AETC) National Resource Center
Website
Provides training materials, clinical information resources, news, and a directory of the 11 AETC regional training centers for healthcare providers treating patients with HIV/AIDS throughout the United States.
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
America's Health Rankings
Website
Provides twenty years of data and offers recommendations to address health risk behaviors and their negative outcomes. Includes state-by-state snapshots.
Sponsoring organization: United Health Foundation
American Red Cross Chapter Locator
Database
Directory of local American Red Cross chapters, searchable by ZIP code.
Sponsoring organization: American Red Cross
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
Database
Provides access to reports, surveys, and fact sheets from the BRFSS, a telephone survey that tracks health risks in the United States. Data is available by state and for the nation.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CAH State Level Data Indicators
Website
State-level reports on the financial, quality, and community benefit indicators of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs).
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
Catalyst Center State-at-a-Glance Online Chartbook
Website
Provides selected indicators on key aspects of health coverage and health care financing for children and youth with special health care needs in each state plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
Sponsoring organization: Maternal and Child Health
CDC Health Literacy: Accurate, Accessible and Actionable Health Information for All
Website
Provides information and tools to improve health literacy and public health. Includes access to health literacy activities by state and region.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Community Health Status Indicators (CHSI)
Website
Designed to inform public health professionals and community members about state- and county-level health status indicators such as: causes of death, tobacco use, diet, physical activity, and drug and alcohol use. Available reports also include Healthy People 2010 targets, information on vulnerable populations, and access to care.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
County Health Rankings
Website
A collection of reports that rank the health of nearly every county in the nation on their overall health. Each county is ranked within the state on how healthy people are and how long they live. They also are ranked on key factors that affect health such as: smoking, obesity, binge drinking, access to primary care providers, rates of high school graduation, rates of violent crime, air pollution levels, liquor store density, unemployment rates, fast-food restaurants, physical inactivity, and number of children living in poverty.
Sponsoring organization: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
County Health Roadmaps
Website
Helps counties throughout the U.S. mobilize and take action to create healthier places to live, work, and play. Includes a checklist of various tools to help groups work together.
Sponsoring organization: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Directory of State and Regional Primary Care Associations
Website
Lists address, phone, email and web addresses for state and regional Primary Care Associations (PCAs). PCAs work to promote, expand, and optimize access to primary care.
Sponsoring organization: National Association of Community Health Centers
Directory of State Offices of Rural Health (SORH) and State Rural Health Associations (SRHA)
Website
Brief overview of State Offices of Rural Health (SORH) grant program. Directory contact information for each SORH, as well as additional state rural health contacts, state rural health association contacts, and national rural health contacts.
Sponsoring organization: Office of Rural Health Policy
Directory of State Primary Care Offices (PCOs)
Website
Primary Care Offices (PCO) represent the needs of the underserved populations and the providers who serve them. These offices can provide designation application help and State shortage information as well as information on the Conrad 30 J-1 Visa Waiver program, loan repayment programs and recruitment and retention.
Sponsoring organization: Bureau of Primary Health Care
Disability Counts
Website
Contains disability data for rural and urban U.S. counties. Data topics include people with disabilities, Centers for Independent Living (CILs), metro & non-metro county maps, urban and urbanized area maps, congressional district maps, and disability statistics resources.
Sponsoring organization: University of Montana Rural Institute
Disability Statistics
Website
Includes data from community and population surveys related to people with disabilities. Also offers access to disability status reports for each state.
Sponsoring organization: National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
ERS State Fact Sheets
Website
Statistics on population, educational attainment, employment, income, farm characteristics, and farm financial indicators for each state.
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
Farm Rescue and EMS: A State by State Directory
Website
State-by-state list of farm rescue or response programs, Cooperative Extension Safety Specialists, and State EMS Training Coordinators.
Sponsoring organization: Office of Rural Health Policy
FastStats State and Territorial Data
Website
Provides data and statistics on a variety of health topics by state.
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
FedStats
Website
Offers access to official state-specific and topical data from Federal Statistical Organizations.
Sponsoring organization: Office of Management and Budget
Find Your Local National Safety Council Chapter
Website
A directory of the National Safety Council's network of state chapters. These local offices conduct safety, health, and environmental efforts at the community level, providing training, conferences, workshops, consultation, newsletters, updates and safety support materials.
Sponsoring organization: National Safety Council
Flex State Profile
Website
Includes profiles of state Rural Hospital Medicare Flexibility (Flex) Program activities for the benefit of sharing information with one another.
Sponsoring organization: Technical Assistance and Services Center
Grading the States 2009: A Report on America's Health Care System for Serious Mental Illness
Website
Provides access to mental health score cards for each state.
Sponsoring organization: National Alliance on Mental Illness
Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA) and Medically Underserved Areas / Populations (MUA/P)
Website
Charts the number of primary, dental, and mental health professional shortage areas (HPSA) for each state and how many health care providers would be required to remove the shortage designation. Includes the percentage of designations located in rural vs. urban areas. Data is updated several times a month.
Sponsoring organization: Bureau of Health Professions
Health, United States, 2011: State Data
Website
Provides access to data from the Health, United States publication available by state. Includes data on births, deaths, health status, personnel, facilities, health care expenditures, and health care coverage.
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
Healthcare for Homeless Veterans Programs by State
Website
Directory of programs that address the healthcare needs of homeless veterans. Organized alphabetically by state and includes the District of Columbia. Listings offer the program name, location, full address, and phone number.
HIT Regional Extension Centers
Website
Contains a list of the Health Information Technology Regional Extension Centers (RECs) across the United States.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Hospital Service Coordinator Directory
Website
Lists, by state, the Hospital Service Coordinators' name, affiliated VAMC (VA Medical Center) with their address, telephone, and fax numbers.
Sponsoring organization: Disabled American Veterans
Housing Authority Websites
Website
Provides lists of state and regional housing agencies. These agencies can help find safe and affordable housing for eligible families.
Sponsoring organization: Public Housing Authorities Directors Association
HRSA Data Warehouse
Website
Provides access to HRSA program data and other health related - including rural health - raw data for download and permits the user to selectively filter, sort, and choose data columns to create customized maps and reports. Also, presents charts, reports and maps and tools that address specific health data topics.
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
HRSA Grant Awards by Major Program or State
Website
Shows by state, the amount of HRSA grant dollars and number of grants by program. Also view total funding by topic area, such as for rural health.
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
HRSA State Data Fact Sheets
Website
Offers summaries of HRSA programs operating in each region or state down to the county level. Provides information about health centers, National Health Service Corps and the communities they serve, the number of participating providers through the 340B program, and identifies shortage designation areas within each state. Also access the nationwide data fact sheet.
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
HUD.GOV State Information
Website
A listing by state of HUD offices, local news, available programs, and state specific resources.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Key Community Health Center Data by State
Website
Provides national and state-level data on Federally Qualified Health Centers' patients, services provided, staff, patient visits, and costs of care. Includes an interactive map for accessing state fact sheets.
Sponsoring organization: National Association of Community Health Centers
KIDS COUNT Data Center (KCDC)
Website
Provides child well-being data by state and county. Includes statistics and data on child poverty, children without health insurance, children in immigrant families, and child welfare.
Sponsoring organization: Annie E. Casey Foundation
Local Homeless Assistance
Website
Provides access to programs managed by local organizations that support a range of services, including shelter, food, counseling, and jobs skills programs. Information is organized by state.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
March of Dimes: Peristats
Website
Provides access to maternal and infant health data for the United States, by state or region. Includes more than 60,000 graphs, maps and tables.
Sponsoring organization: March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
Medicaid Benefits: State Health Facts
Database
Presents state-by-state information on Medicaid benefits, searchable by state, benefit, and type of health care provider. Lists coverage for various services including dental, mental, and public health, Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), and long term care services.
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Medical Home Initiatives & Resources by State
Website
Provides medical home information by state, including resources and state contacts.
Sponsoring organization: American Academy of Pediatrics
Medicare Certified Rural Health Clinics
Website
Provides a list of all RHCs in each of the 50 states. Includes provider number, name, address, city-state-zip, phone number, and county.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Methpedia
Website
Serves as a "one-stop shop" to get information on preventing methamphetamine use across the United States. Offers webinars, policy information, training and TA, and state-level statistics and legislation.
Sponsoring organization: Methpedia
National AHEC Organization - AHEC Directory
Website
Lists contact information for regional AHECs by state. AHEC's (Area Health Education Centers) work to recruit, train and retain health professionals committed to underserved populations.
Sponsoring organization: National Area Health Education Center Organization
National Association for State Community Services Programs: State Contacts
Website
Provides contacts for state community services programs funded through the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) and the U.S. Department of Energy's Weatherization Assistance Program (DOE/WAP). Implements services including weatherization, energy assistance, child care, nutrition, employment, state energy programs, job training, and housing in urban, suburban, and rural communities.
Sponsoring organization: National Association for State Community Services Programs
National Association of State Offices of Minority Health: State Offices
Website
Lists contact information for directors of state offices of minority health.
Sponsoring organization: National Association of State Offices of Minority Health
National Guard: State Web Sites
Website
Offers a map and a list of links to National Guard sites representing each of the 50 states, plus the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
National Healthcare Quality Report State Snapshots
Website
Provides state-specific health care quality information, including strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for improvement. Information is based on the National Healthcare Quality Report and National Healthcare Disparities Report and is updated annually.
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
National Institute of Food and Agriculture: Cooperative Extension System Offices
Website
Lists contact information for all USDA Cooperative Extension System Offices in the U.S., which provide practical and research-based information to agricultural producers, small business owners, youth, consumers, and others in rural areas and communities of all sizes.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Agriculture
National Oral Health Surveillance System (NOHSS)
Website
Helps public health programs monitor oral disease, use of the oral health care delivery system, and the status of community water fluoridation on both a state and national level.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Substance Abuse Index
Website
Provides a directory of resources related to dealing with addiction. Includes drug climate information for each state.
Sponsoring organization: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
OAS States in Brief Reports
Website
Contains reports that summarize substance abuse and mental health issues within the designated state. Includes the prevalence of substance use and abuse, treatment resources, mental health indicators, and SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) grant funding. Browse by state or topic to access reports.
Sponsoring organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Office of Rural Health Policy Grants by State
Website
State-by-state list of Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) grants. Includes information on funding awards for outreach grants, State Offices of Rural Health, the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program, and other grants funded by ORHP.
Sponsoring organization: Office of Rural Health Policy
Online Services for Key Low-Income Benefit Programs
Website
Offers information on SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as Food Stamps), Medicaid, CHIP (Children's Health Insurance Program), TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), and child care assistance.
Sponsoring organization: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Oral Health Resources
Website
Contains articles, fact sheets, and publications on oral health and water fluoridation, plus state-by-state reports. Website also available in Spanish.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Primary Care Association (PCA) Web Sites
Website
Links to each state's Primary Care Association (PCA). PCAs work to promote, expand, and optimize access to primary care in each state.
Sponsoring organization: Bureau of Primary Health Care
Public Health Resources: State Health Departments
Website
A directory of state health departments.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
RAC Maps
Website
Provides national maps on a variety of rural health and human services topics. Maps can be customized to focus on a specified state or county and to show additional labels, boundaries and data, for use in grant applications, reports and other publications.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Assistance Center
RUPRI State Profiles
Website
Profiles of each state, with statistics describing the state's population, poverty, employment and other topics.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute
Rural Definitions
Website
Uses socioeconomic indicators, such as population, education and poverty to describe rurality. Includes access to the National and State Indicator Tables.
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
Snap Shots of State Population Data (SNAPS)
Database
Provides local-level community profile information nationwide that can be browsed by county and state and searched by zip code. SNAPS can be used when responding to public health emergency events at the state, Tribal, and local levels.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
State and County QuickFacts
Website
Facts and data about the people, business and geography of each state and county.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
State Data Center (SCD) Program
Website
Official sources of state-level demographic, economic, and social statistics produced by the U.S. Census Bureau. Includes links to the data center in each state and U.S. Commonwealth and Territory.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
State Department of Transportation Directory
Website
Directory of state transportation web sites.
Sponsoring organization: Federal Transit Administration
State Estimates of Substance Use and Mental Disorders from the 2010-2011 NSDUH: Results and Detailed Tables
Website
Presents data in charts and maps regarding state estimates for 25 measures of substance use and mental disorders based on the 2010 and 2011 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUHs).
Sponsoring organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
State Health Facts Online
Database
Contains state-level data on demographics, household income, health status, and health policy, including health coverage, access, financing, and state legislation. Individual state profiles and 50-state comparisons. Includes statistics by state on medical malpractice and Medicare.
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
State Human Service Agency Information and Links
Website
Provides a directory of state human service agencies, including telephone numbers and links to websites for each state's agency or agencies dealing with human service programs.
Sponsoring organization: American Public Human Services Association
State Medicaid Fact Sheets
Website
Allows customization of Medicaid fact sheets by comparing states to the United States or to any other state.
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
State Municipal League of Cities Directory
Website
Lists all state municipal leagues and their contact information.
Sponsoring organization: National League of Cities
State of Aging and Health in America
Website
Provides national data available on 15 key health indicators for older adults related to health status, health behaviors, preventive care and screening, and injuries. Searchable by state and region.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
State of the States: State Data Profiles
Website
State profiles of Federal Food Programs: Demographics, Poverty and Food Insecurity; Federal Nutrition Programs; and State Economic Security Policies.
Sponsoring organization: Food Research and Action Center
State Offices of Minority and Multicultural Health Liaison Map
Website
Provides contact information for state offices of minority and multicultural health through an interactive map. Includes information for the U.S. Commonwealths and Territories.
Sponsoring organization: HHS Office of Minority Health
State Profiles of Medicaid and SCHIP in Rural and Urban Areas
Website
Provides state-level data from a range of sources on Medicaid and SCHIP, with an emphasis on program characteristics relevant to rural areas.
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
State Resource Directory on Elder Abuse Prevention
Website
Provides a state listing of websites for adult protective services.
Sponsoring organization: National Center on Elder Abuse
State Rural Development Councils
Website
Directory of State Rural Development Councils (SRDCs). SRDCs are partnerships of the agencies and organizations that play a part in developing the rural areas of each state.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Agriculture
State Scorecard 2009
Website
An interactive U.S. map to view state-specific rankings and results compared to benchmarks, and to view the number of lives and dollars each state could save by achieving benchmark levels of performance.
Sponsoring organization: Commonwealth Fund
State Transportation Statistics
Website
Presents statistical profiles of the transportation infrastructure, freight movement and passenger travel, system safety, vehicles, transportation related economy and finance, energy usage and the environment is presented in tables covering the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Website
Provides a summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator
Database
Locate drug and alcohol abuse treatment programs, substance abuse agencies, and mental health treatment services by state, city, county, zip, or name.
Sponsoring organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Title V Information System
Website
Provides access to data and reports from the 59 States and Jurisdictions that receive Title V Block Grant funds from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau.
Sponsoring organization: Maternal and Child Health
Title V: A Snapshot of Maternal and Child Health
Website
Presents data on maternal and child health from the 59 States and Jurisdictions that receive Title V Block Grant funds from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau.
Sponsoring organization: Maternal and Child Health
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Regions
Website
Displays a color-coded map showing the ten designated HHS regions in the United States and Territories. Includes links and contact information for each region.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
USA Counties
Website
Features state- and county-level data from various sources. Demographic, economic, and governmental data are presented for the purpose of multi-county comparisons or single county profiles.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
VA Facilities Locator & Directory
Website
Offers a storehouse of facility and key staff information within VA facilities that is searchable by state and administration. Links to various VA services and policies are also available.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
VA State Summary Fact Sheets
Website
Provides links to summaries for each of the 50 states, which offer statistics related to veterans and their health care.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Women's Health Care Disparities: State Fact Sheets
Website
Presents selected data and findings from the report Putting Women’s Health Care Disparities on the Map: Examining Racial and Ethnic disparities at the State Level. Includes individual state fact sheets, data indicators, and a full report.
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Maps & Map Collections
Location, Location, Location: Job Loss
Geographic coverage: United States
Color-coded map that shows the percentage of job loss or gain in each U.S. county between December 2007 and October 2009.
North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Cartographic Archive
Geographic coverage: United States
A list of maps in PDF that define rural and characterize rural America. Thematic maps cover demographics, frontier counties, health status, critical access hospitals, rural hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and health workforce supply.
Poverty in the United States
Geographic coverage: United States
Shows county-level poverty data in the U.S. using 2010 U.S. Census Bureau counts.
Rural Definitions: State-Level Maps
Geographic coverage: United States
A set of maps that display the nine rural definitions. Maps allow the user to compare the geographic coverage provided by different definitions for each State.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Data System: Maps
Geographic coverage: United States
Interactive, web-based mapping utility that illustrates program participation and benefit levels down to the county level. Shows per capita participation, per capita benefits, changes from year to year, and more. The map's tools allow you to call up tabular data for the county, State, or Nation.
The Decline: The Geography of a Recession; Unemployment Rates by County
Geographic coverage: United States
An interactive map that displays the rate of unemployment by county from 2007 through 2010 by Latoya Egwuekwe using data from the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Tobacco Policy Map
Geographic coverage: United States
Interactive map represents smoke-free laws, cigarette tax rates, and tobacco control spending by year and state.
Documents, Reports and Other Publications
Across the States 2012: Profiles of Long-Term Services and Supports
Author(s): Ari Houser, Wendy Fox-Grage, Kathleen Ujvari
Sponsoring organization: AARP Public Policy Institute
Presents the ninth edition of this report. Provides a comprehensive picture of long-term services and supports in each state. Presents state-level and national data, including maps, graphics, tables, and state profiles.
Date: 08 / 2012
Community Services Block Grant State Fact Sheets 2012
Sponsoring organization: National Association for State Community Services Programs
Provides state-by-state highlights of the CSBG Network. Includes the number and characteristics of people served, the amount of funding received from state, local, private sources and through CSBG.
Date: 2012
Community Services Block Grant: State Fact Sheets
Sponsoring organization: National Association for State Community Services Programs
Highlights the results and outcomes produced by the CSBG Network in fiscal year 2010.
Date: 08 / 2011
First Results from the 2010 Census
Author(s): Mark Mather, Kevin Pollard, Linda A. Jacobsen
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
Initial report from the 2010 Census identifying population change in rural and metro areas. Includes statistics on the increased diversity and ethnicity in the U.S.
Date: 07 / 2011
From Hospitals to Healthcare Coalitions: Transforming Health Preparedness and Response in Our Communities
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Summarizes progress that States and hospitals, along with the public health and emergency management communities, made from 2007-2009 in the Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP). Serves as a guide in healthcare preparedness and response successful models and as an educational tool for legislators, funding recipients and other key stakeholders.
Date: 2010
Grading the States 2009: A Report on America's Health Care System for Serious Mental Illness (Full Report)
Author(s): L. Aron, R. Honberg, K. Duckworth, et al.
Sponsoring organization: National Alliance on Mental Illness
Overview of the characteristics of a high quality state mental health system, with policy recommendations. Provides a comprehensive grading of state adult public mental healthcare systems for each state. Includes discussion of states' rural mental health needs.
Date: 03 / 2009
Health in the Americas: United States of America
Sponsoring organization: Pan American Health Organization
Reports on the health status of persons living within the 50 States. Also includes social, political, economic, environment, and demographic information. Data is presented by age, race, and gender using narrative, charts, and graphs. Compares some data by location (rural vs. urban).
Date: 2007
Health, United States, 2010: With Special Feature on Death and Dying
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
Uses tables and narrative to present trends and information regarding the Nation's physical and mental disability status, level of education and income, demographic distribution, health insurance coverage and expenditures, health behaviors and risk factors, and the utilization and access to health care. Includes data on Rural Health Clinics and on non-metropolitan (rural) areas.
Date: 02 / 2011
Health, United States, 2011: With Special Feature on Socioeconomic Status and Health.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Uses tables and narrative to present trends and information regarding the Nation's health status, demographic distribution, health insurance coverage and expenditures, health behaviors and risk factors, and the utilization and access to health care.
Date: 05 / 2012
Hunger Almanac 2010
Sponsoring organization: Feeding America
Provides national and state-level statistics on hunger and poverty. Includes an overview of federal nutrition programs.
Date: 07 / 2010
Key Health and Health Care Indicators by Race/Ethnicity and State
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Shows variations across states, racial, and ethnic groups for six key health and health care indicators including rates of infant mortality, diabetes-related mortality, and AIDS cases.
Journal citation: Academic Medicine
Date: 04 / 2009
Life Expectancy for Rural Men
Author(s): Bill Bishop, Roberto Gallardo
Uses a map and charts to help display the average age at death of rural men by county.
Journal citation: Daily Yonder
Date: 06 / 2012
Nonmetro America: Conditions and Trends
Author(s): Kathleen K. Miller
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute
Summarizes key demographic and economic indicators in the United States, with an emphasis on nonmetropolitan areas in each state.
Date: 05 / 2008
Poverty in Rural America
Sponsoring organization: Housing Assistance Council
Sixth document in a series of Rural Research Notes presenting data and findings from the recently released 2010 Census and American Community Survey (ACS).
Date: 06 / 2012
Quick Health Facts 2012: Selected State Data on Older Americans
Author(s): Megan Multack, Claire Noel-Miller
Sponsoring organization: AARP Public Policy Institute
Presents data on major health system characteristics for each state and the District
of Columbia, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health insurance data. Designed to reflect current health care priorities, with a particular focus on data that is relevant to the provisions of the recently upheld health care reform legislation.
Date: 12 / 2012
Results of the Community Facilities Program FY 2009-2011
Sponsoring organization: USDA Rural Development
Describes projects that were funded through USDA Rural Development's Community Facilities Program, which supports essential infrastructure and services for public use (including healthcare, education, public safety, and public services) in rural areas of 20,000 in population or less. Projects were granted in every state, plus Puerto Rico, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, and American Samoa.
Date: 06 / 2012
Shortchanging America's Health: A State-By-State Look at How Federal Public Health Dollars Are Spent, 2010
Author(s): Jeffrey Levi, Rebecca St. Laurent, Laura M. Segal, Serena Vinter
Sponsoring organization: Trust for America's Health
Reviews key health statistics and a range of federal public health funds that each state receives.
Date: 03 / 2010
Small Business Profile: United States
Sponsoring organization: Small Business Administration
Profile of the United State's economy, covering the number of firms, industry composition, small business income, banking, women and minority business ownership, and employment.
Date: 2 / 2013
State Handbook of Economic, Demographic, and Fiscal Indicators, Seventh Edition - 2008
Author(s): David Baer
Sponsoring organization: AARP Public Policy Institute
Provides information about state economic, demographic, and fiscal conditions, including: population, poverty rates, per capita state personal income, state and local revenues, expenditures, tax rates, and property tax relief programs.
Date: 2008
State Medicaid Coverage of Perinatal Services: Summary of State Survey Findings
Author(s): Usha Ranji, Alina Salganicoff, Alexandra M. Stewart, Marisa Cox, Lauren Doamekpor
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Highlights selected findings from the 2007/2008 Kaiser Family Foundation/George Washington University State Survey of Reproductive Health Services Under Medicaid, and examines coverage of perinatal services in states across the nation.
Date: 11 / 2009
State Trends in Child Well-Being: Kids Count Data Book, 2012
Sponsoring organization: Annie E. Casey Foundation
Provides national and state-by-state information and statistical trends on the conditions of America’s children and families. Provides state rankings for four domains: Economic Well-Being, Education, Health, and Family and Community.
Date: 2012
Tobacco Control State Highlights, 2010
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Outlines state-by-state tobacco control programs and describes other strategies, such as MPOWER, that could be used to establish, implement, and evaluate effective control programs.
Date: 2010
U.S. Variations in Child Health System Performance: A State Scorecard
Author(s): Katherine K. Shea, Karen Davis, Edward L. Schor
Sponsoring organization: Commonwealth Fund
Examines variations among states’ child
health care systems, building on the State Scorecard published by The Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health
System.
Date: 05 / 2008
Uninsured in Rural America
Author(s): Bill Bishop
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Strategies
Uses a map and text to describe the rates of uninsured people in rural America. Includes a chart of fifty rural and exurban counties with the lowest rates of uninsured.
Journal citation: Daily Yonder
Date: 10 / 2012
USDA Rural Development 2011 Progress Report
Sponsoring organization: USDA Rural Development
Reports on investments made by USDA Rural Development intended to have a lasting, sustainable impact on rural American by supporting job creation, housing programs, broadband implementation, public utilities and economic activity. Features programs implemented in Kentucky, Michigan, and Oregon and includes total funds granted to each of the 50 states from 2004 - 2011.
Date: 12 / 2011
USDA Rural Development 2012 Progress Report
Sponsoring organization: USDA Rural Development
Reports on investments made by USDA Rural Development intended to have a lasting, sustainable impact on rural American by supporting economic growth, broadband implementation, housing programs, and public utility projects. Features programs implemented in Minnesota, Georgia, Montana, Oregon, Tennessee, Louisiana, Illinois, Arizona, North Carolina, North Dakota, Colorado, Florida, and Wisconsin. Reports total funds granted to each of the 50 states from 2009 - 2012.
Why Rural Matters 2011-12: The Condition of Rural Education in the 50 States
Author(s): Marty Strange, Jerry Johnson, Daniel Showalter, Robert Klein
Sponsoring organization: Rural School and Community Trust
Analyzes the contexts and conditions of rural education in each of the 50 states, calling attention to the need for policymakers to address rural education issues in their respective states.
Date: 01 / 2012
