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The Rural Urban Continuum Code: What Changed?

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Economic Research Service (ERS) has been compiling a rural urban continuum code (RUCC) every ten years since 1983. This continuum distinguishes metropolitan and nonmetropolitan counties by their population size, degree of urbanization, and…

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Re-introducing the Broadband Quality Score (BQS)

The broadband landscape is very active nowadays. The federal Broadband Equity, Adoption, and Deployment (BEAD) and the Digital Equity programs are in full swing. This is in addition to the ongoing American Rescue Plan broadband infrastructure investments, additional federal programs…

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Meet Cory Knipp: NSF Engine Specialist

What is your background? Cory: I studied Economics at Purdue University’s Daniels School of Business. I served as a Digital Fellow for the Purdue Center for Regional Development charged with the mission of closing the digital divide in rural and…

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Welcome To The Supply Chain Marketplace

The Supply Chain Marketplace is designed to increase purchases by Indiana companies (parts, materials, goods & services) locally to improve the Indiana economy, find other local manufacturers to partner to produce enhanced products with added value, and enable EDCs to…

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Exploring Indiana: New Maps, Fresh Insights

Rural Indiana Stats (RIS) is always working to make information more accessible and insightful. We’re excited to introduce two new interactive maps in the Geographic Classification section that shed light on Indiana’s economic landscape. The first map, “Distressed Counties”, pulls…

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