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Urban Households Earn 32% More Than Rural Ones, But Spend Only 18% More

That is some easy stat to digest - we spotted this stat today, that urban households in the US make 32 percent more income than rural households, but when it comes to the spending numbers, they only spend 18 percent more. (Source)

The other number that we found a little surprising from that report was that some 92% of households are considered urban by the Labor Department - that seemed a little too high.

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