The Rural Labor Indicators (RLI) from the Center for Agriculture and the Economy allow users to compare several dimensions of local labor market health across farming-concentrated counties, other non-metro counties, and metro counties. These measures highlight meaningful differences in labor market conditions across counties with different populations and farming concentrations and provide a consistent way to compare labor market conditions in these counties over time.
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