Interactive, county-level map shows higher rural infection rates in manufacturing areas as of May 7 - Entrepreneur Generations

Daily Yonder map; click the image to enlarge it or click here for the interactive version.

"Covid-19 infections continued to spread more quickly in rural counties over the last week compared to the nation as a whole," Tim Marema and Bill Bishop report for The Daily Yonder. "The rise in the rural infection rate was especially pronounced in counties where manufacturing – which includes meatpacking – is a major part of the economy."

The Yonder included an interactive map that compares counties' infection rates to the national average for nonmetropolitan counties. "As of May 7, the rural counties classified as manufacturing (using a system devised by the USDA Economic Research Service) had an infection rate of 258.1 cases per 100,000 residents. The overall rural infection rate is 168.3," Bishop and Marema report.

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