USDA ERS
County types (persistent poverty, farm-dependent, losing people)
USDA's County Typology Codes, 2025: which counties depend on farming, mining, manufacturing, government, or recreation, and which are in persistent poverty, losing people, or under housing stress.
Published by USDA ERS
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“Is this a farming county or one that's been losing people?”
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- Matched to the same county codes as every other source, so it lines up cleanly with all of them
County types
Sample of 25 rows out of about 3,152
· 18 columns
| fips | state | county_name | metro_2023 | high_farming | high_mining | high_manufacturing | high_government | high_recreation | nonspecialized | industry_dependence | low_postsecondary_ed | low_employment | population_loss | housing_stress | retirement_destination | persistent_poverty | edition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | AL | Autauga County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2025 |
| 01003 | AL | Baldwin County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2025 |
| 01005 | AL | Barbour County | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2025 |
| 01007 | AL | Bibb County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2025 |
| 01009 | AL | Blount County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2025 |
| 01011 | AL | Bullock County | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2025 |
| 01013 | AL | Butler County | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2025 |
| 01015 | AL | Calhoun County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2025 |
| 01017 | AL | Chambers County | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2025 |
| 01019 | AL | Cherokee County | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2025 |
| 01021 | AL | Chilton County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2025 |
| 01023 | AL | Choctaw County | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2025 |
| 01025 | AL | Clarke County | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2025 |
| 01027 | AL | Clay County | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2025 |
| 01029 | AL | Cleburne County | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2025 |
| 01031 | AL | Coffee County | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2025 |
| 01033 | AL | Colbert County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2025 |
| 01035 | AL | Conecuh County | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2025 |
| 01037 | AL | Coosa County | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2025 |
| 01039 | AL | Covington County | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2025 |
| 01041 | AL | Crenshaw County | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2025 |
| 01043 | AL | Cullman County | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2025 |
| 01045 | AL | Dale County | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2025 |
| 01047 | AL | Dallas County | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2025 |
| 01049 | AL | DeKalb County | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2025 |
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