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Small Iowa towns split between growth and decline
Iowa geographers report about half of the state's villages are growing as dormitories for urban workers, driven by the northeastern industrial belt, while others decline due to location and lack of shift from agriculture. The four state study covers eastern and southwestern Iowa with door to door interviews and census data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State University of Iowa
Iowa
Neil Salisbury
Gerard Rushton
SUI Department of Geography
Indiana University
SUI
Salisbury
Indiana
Benton
Linn
Tama
Pewshiek
Carbon