This .zip file contains graphic files (in .png format) of each chart and graph in the Economic Research Service report "Rural Employment Trends in Recession
and Recovery," ERR-172, published in August 2014. The content and context of these files is as of the publication date of the report. After time, the material may not reflect 
the current ERS program of work, may be outdated, and/or superseded, so please visit the website to obtain the latest information: www.ers.usda.gov. Any reuse of
these images should include attribution to "Economic Research Service/USDA."

The following inventory lists each of the files in this folder.


File name			Description
(Fig01.png)			Fig01 - Nonfarm employment trajectories during past five recessions (seasonally adjusted)
(Fig02.png)			Fig02 - Employment indices by industry
(Fig03.png)			Fig03 - Public-sector employment during last four recessions and recoveries
(Fig04.png)			Fig04 - Employment/population ratio (seasonally adjusted): 1962 to present
(Fig05.png)			Fig05 - Monthly unemployment rate (seasonally adjusted): 1950 to present
(Fig06.png)			Fig06 - Percentage point change in State unemployment rates during recession (2007Q4/2008Q1 to 2009Q4/2010Q1)
(Fig07.png)			Fig07 - County unemployment rates, July through December 2013 (percent, not seasonally adjusted)
(Fig08.png)			Fig08 - Nonmetro and metro quarterly employment indices, 2007 to present (seasonally adjusted)
(Fig09.png)			Fig09 - Nonmetro versus metro employment/population ratio (seasonally adjusted)
(Fig10.png)			Fig10 - Nonmetro versus metro quarterly unemployment rates (seasonally adjusted)	
(Fig11.png)			Fig11 - Nonmetro counties with large minority population shares 
