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Rural Counties Rely on Public Assistance at a Higher Rate Than Cities Do. Which Word Gets Used for That Reliance Depends on Who the Country Pictures Receiving It.
USDA data shows rural counties have higher SNAP participation rates than cities, and most recipients nationally are White -- not the urban, Black stereotype decades of media coverage built. Meanwhile, the country's largest rural income-support program, farm subsidies, carries none of that stigma at all.
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