This .zip file contains graphic files (in .png format) of each chart and graph in the Economic Research Service report "Rural America at a Glance 2008" (EIB-40), published in October 2008. The content and context of these files is as of the publication date of the report. 
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The following inventory lists each of the files in this folder.



File name	Description

(fig01.png)	Figure 1 - Child mortality rates by age group and geographic area
(fig02.png)	Figure 2 - Metro and nonmetro unemployment, 1st quarter 1990-2nd quarter 2008
(fig03.png)	Figure 3 - Nonmetro minorities are increasing at higher rates than non-Hispanic Whites
(fig04.png)	Figure 4 - Per capita metro/nonmetro distribution of Federal funds by major function, 2004
(fig05.png)	Figure 5 - Share of poor children with select health and welfare characteristics by geographic area
(fig06.png)	Figure 6 - Hispanic population growth since 2000 has offset non-Hispanic population loss in many nonmetro counties
(fig07.png)	Figure 7 - Annual nonmetro population change, 2000-2006

