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FORGE 2002 ConferenceBuilding Ozarks Rural Sustainability in the 21st Century
Eureka Springs, ARSeptember 7, 2002
Presenter: Dr. Daryl Hobbs
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Office of Social and Economic Office of Social and Economic Data AnalysisData Analysis
Transforming DataTransforming DataInto InformationInto Informationfor Missouriansfor Missourians
http://www.oseda.missouri.eduhttp://www.oseda.missouri.edu
602 Clark HallColumbia, MO 65211-4260
(573) 882-7396
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“Livable communities don’t just happen.They are created by the people who live in them.”
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We can no longer pretend not to know…
What we know
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Most significant changes in the 1990s• population moving from California –
• first to mountain states• second to other regions including Ozarks
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Why are people moving?• Because they can• Taking jobs and sources of income with them• Shift from an industrial economy to a global information technology• Differences in
• cost of living• quality of life
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Population ChangeArkansas 1980-1990 - 2.8%
1990-2000 - 13.7%
Missouri 1980-1990 - 4.1%
1990-2000 - 9.3%
Oklahoma 1980-1990 - 4.0%
1990-2000 - 9.7%
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People moved away from Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma during the 1980s
• and moved to them in the 1990s – from West Coast, East Coast, and other places in the Midwest
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The Missouri and Arkansas Ozarks have very few racial minorities
Oklahoma Ozarks is home to significant American Indian population
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Hispanic, Latino population
More than doubled in allthree states during the 1990s
More than tripled during the1990s in 20 Ozark counties
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According to the 2000 Census, more than half of allOzark counties, over 25 percent of adults, have not graduated from high school.
But that percentage improved significantly from 1990.
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The percent of adults having a college degree increased in all Ozark counties during the 1990s
The greatest increases occurred in those counties having greatest population
• Many of new migrants to Ozarks are highly educated
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Although there was significant population and economic growth in the Ozarks during the 1990s
• Per capita income remains relatively low in Ozark counties
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Parts of the Ozarks• southeast Missouri• southwest Oklahoma• north central Arkansas
have high rates of poverty population –
especially children under 18
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Transfer payments are government entitlements including Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, TANF, Veterans benefits, etc.
•In a majority of Ozark counties transfer payments accounted for more than 17 percent of total personal income
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Throughout most of the Ozarks mobile homes accounted for more than 15 percent of total housing units
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Community Development can’t travel very far onignorance of the locality and how it operates.
The key to Rural Development is a more informedlocal leadership.
~Glen Pulver
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Rural Development Goals
1. Create Economic Activities Which:- Utilize higher levels of training, skill and education- Produce higher income
2. Make More Effective Use of Resources:- Value Added Agriculture- Human Resources- Infrastructure
3. Improve Accessibility to Necessary Services:- Health- Social Services
4. Mobilize Communities to:- Achieve ability to act on their own behalf- Effectively access and use outside resources- Integrate various sectors/interests into a comprehensive strategy
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Collaboration
…No longer merely a tactic for improving employee morale..it has become
…the defining principle of organization in a global economy
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Capital is a resource which can be invested.
Communities which have been most successfulare those which invest in themselves
Financial capital - $$$
Human capital - education, health, attitudes
Social capital - relationships of trust and exchange
Environmental capital - natural resources