Table 2.2: Number of Counties and 1984 Population, by Beale Code

Figures 2.1 through 2.3 present, in a series of maps, the application of Beale code data to show the percentage of rural counties by state (fig. 2.1), the Beale code designation of each county in a state (fig.2.2), and the Beale code designation of each county in a congressional district (fig. 2.3).

This map shows the rural orientation of each state in terms of the percentage of rural counties in the state. If 80 percent or more of a state's counties are rural (per our definition), that state would fall in the first category above--80- to 100-percent rural. The other categories are similarly defined. Of the 50 states, 13 are in the 80- to 100-percent category, 18 in the 60to 79-percent category, 9 in the 40- to 59-percent category, and 10 in the 0 to 39-percent category.

Representative Coleman's congressional district is in

Missouri. This map shows those Missouri counties that are in rural codes 6 through 9, as well as those that are nonrural.

Of the 27 counties in Representative Coleman's district, 23 are designated as rural. Only four counties, all in the Kansas City area, are in the nonrural category.

WHAT IS THE RURAL SHARE OF FEDERAL FUNDING?

This section, which presents information on the overall share of federal funding that went directly to rural counties in fiscal year 1985,

presents a breakdown of program funding and rural share
by development category, which we devised to describe the
extent to which federal programs can be viewed as rural
development-type programs; and

shows the rural share of funding by 15 primary federal
departments and agencies.