{"id":599,"date":"2016-06-10T15:59:57","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T15:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/health-equity\/?page_id=599"},"modified":"2025-03-11T12:09:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T16:09:43","slug":"rural-virginia-defined","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/health-equity\/rural-virginia-defined\/","title":{"rendered":"Rural Virginia Defined"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Am I \u201crural?\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>Federal and state programs designed for rural communities, rural health professionals, and rural service providers have frequently established specific definitions of what &#8220;rural&#8221; means. This approach ensures that programs meet the needs of well-defined target groups; however, it also results in a variety of differing definitions of what constitutes a rural area.<\/p>\n<p>Overviews of how rural areas are defined can be found at:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruralhealthinfo.org\/am-i-rural\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cAm I Rural?\u201d <\/a>Determine whether your specific location is considered rural based on various definitions of rural, including definitions that are used as eligibility criteria for federal programs.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrsa.gov\/rural-health\/about-us\/what-is-rural\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cHow We Define Rural\u201d<\/a> Federal Office of Rural Health Policy<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ers.usda.gov\/publications\/pub-details?pubid=110350\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cRural America at a Glance, 2024 Edition\u201d<\/a>, USDA<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Am I \u201crural?\u201d Federal and state programs designed for rural communities, rural health professionals, and rural service providers have frequently established specific definitions of what &#8220;rural&#8221; means. 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