Ben Rowley, owner of Nevada Central Media, took a look at rural economies in the Silver State. Here’s an excerpt.
Rural counties in the United States gained about 150,000 jobs over the last 12 months, according to the Daily Yonder. The rural unemployment rate decreased by over one percent during the same period. However, there are swaths of rural areas in the U.S. that experienced job loss. Plus, the rate of rural growth is lagging behind metro areas.
Nevada’s rural counties also showed mixed results. White Pine, Nye, Esmeralda, Lyon and Douglas counties all saw increased employment over the same 12 month period. However, Lincoln, Eureka, Lander, Elko, Humboldt, Pershing, Churchill and Mineral counties lost jobs.
Read more here: http://www.elynews.com/2014/09/19/rural-nevada-grinding-towards-economic-diversity/