NFO file: ERSTYPE.DAT NOTE: THIS DATASET ONLY CONTAINS 135 OBSERVATIONS. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE DATA FOR FIPS CODES 51515-51840. THESE METRO COUNTIES ARE NOT CLASSIFIED IN THE ERS TYPOLOGY. Description: ERS Typology Data Source: The Revised ERS County Typology: An Overview, by Peggy J. Cook and Karen L. Mizer, US Dept. of Agriculture, Rural Development Research Report Number 89 Units: value is a code; there is only one economic type and policy type per county. All other fields are "0". Variables: FIPS : 5-DIGIT FIPS CODE RUCODE : Rural/Urban Code ETFARM : economic type - farming-dependent (code=10) ETMIN : economic type - mining-dependent (code=11) ETMFT : economic type - manufacturing-dependent (code=12) ETGOV : economic type - government-dependent (code=13) ETSERV : economic type - services-dependent (code=14) ETNONSPI : economic type - nonspecialized (code=15) PTRETIRE : policy type - retirement-destination (code=16) PTFLAND : policy type - federal lands (code=17) PTCOMM : policy type - commuting (code=18) PTPOV : policy type - persistent poverty (code=19) PTTRANS : policy type - transfers-dependent (code=20) Rural-Urban Codes: ------------------ Metro Counties (Metro counties are not classified in ERS county typology): 0 Central counties of metro areas of 1 million population or more 1 Fringe counties of metro areas of 1 million population or more 2 Counties in metro areas of 250,000 to 1 million population 3 Counties in metro areas of fewer than 250,000 population Nonmetro counties: 4 Urban population of 20,000 or more, adjacent to metro area 5 Urban population of 20,000 or more, not adjacent to metro area 6 Urban population of 2,500-19,999, adjacent to metro area 7 Urban population of 2,500-19,999, not adjacent to metro area 8 Completely rural or less than 2,500 urban population, adjacent to a metro area 9 Completely rural or less than 2,500 urban population, not adjacent to a metro area