HEADWATERS ECONOMICS GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION TITLE: Dataset Name: US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Economic Research Service (ERS) Measuring Rurality: County Typology Codes Dataset Type: ACCESS GENERAL DESCRIPTION: DATA SOURCE(S): US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Economic Research Service (ERS) Date of Original Source Data: 2004 ERS County Typology Codes DATASET EXTENT: United States TABLES CODES AND VALUES: ITEM ITEM DESCRIPTION fips 5 digit county fips Nonmetro recreation (334 designated nonmetro in either 1993 or 2003, 34 were designated metro in 2003) counties—classified using a combination of factors, including share of employment or share of earnings in recreation-related industries in 1999, share of seasonal or occasional use housing units in 2000, and per capita receipts from motels and hotels in 1997. See http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/Rurality/Typology/Methods/#recreation for more details. DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY: The dataset can be downloaded at: http://www.ers.usda.gov/ more specifically http://www.ers.usda.gov/briefing/rurality/typology/ DATA SOURCES CONTACT(S): Name: Tim Parker Abbr. Name: USDA ERS Address: Economic Research Service 1800 M Street NW Washington, DC 20036-5831 USA Phone: ERS Information Center staff can answer questions concerning ERS products, services, and subject specialists, or help you find the report you need. Send e-mail to InfoCenter@ers.usda.gov or call 202-694-5050 (8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday-Friday). Email: tparker@ers.usda.gov Web site: http://www.ers.usda.gov/briefing/rurality/typology/ HEADWATERS ECONOMICS CONTACT: Name: Headwaters Economics Geographic Data Library Abbr. Name: HEGDL Address: Headwaters Economics Mail: P.O. Box 7059, Bozeman MT 59771 Web site: http://www.headwaterseconomics.org Contact Person: Jeff van den Noort Phone: (406)599-1653 Email: jeff at headwaterseconomics.org