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One of the fastest-growing segments of Pennsylvania’s rural economy are workers 65 years old and older. To learn more about older rural workers, the Center for Rural Pennsylvania used employment and demographic data from the U.S. Census Bureau and found that: • Rural workers under 65 years old and older have increased by 50 percent from 2012 to 2022. Among similarly aged urban workers, there was a 56 percent increase. • From 2012 to 2022, the number of rural workers under 65 years old decreased by 5 percent. Among urban workers under 65 years...
The educational aspirations of today’s rural Pennsylvania youth have decreased over the past decade, according to the research, Rural Youth Survey: Trends and Developments in the Attitudes and Aspirations of Rural Pennsylvania Youth. The research, conducted in spring 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic, found that more youth today plan to earn a high school diploma or less, and fewer plan to complete a four-year college degree than rural youth surveyed in 2010. Researchers Dr. Lacey Wallace, Dr. Sam Tanner, Dr. Freyca Calderon-Berumen, and Dr. L...
Most certified police departments in Pennsylvania serve small and rural municipalities with populations of 10,000 or fewer residents. Since little is known about these departments and their officers, researcher Dr. Jennifer Gibbs of Penn State Harrisburg surveyed Pennsylvania police chiefs in these departments in 2020, through a grant from the Center for Rural Pennsylvania. A total of 349 (329 municipal and 20 regional) Pennsylvania police chiefs serving municipalities of 10,000 or fewer...
