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Department of Agriculture
Dollars and shares using Rural-Urban Continuum

  Urban Rural Total
Total Obligations (FY2002-2004) Percent of Total Total Obligations (FY2002-2004) Percent of Total Total Obligations (FY2002-2004)
Forestry Incentives Program (10.064) 1,692,314 43.8 2,172,090 56.2 3,864,404
Small Business Innovation Research (10.212) 39,563,735 89.0 4,881,703 11.0 44,445,438
Rural Housing Site Loans and Self-Help Housing Land Development Loans (10.411) 4,832,033 100.0 0 0 4,832,033
Emerging Markets Program (10.603) 14,150,661 100.0 0 0 14,150,661
Cooperative Forestry Assistance (10.664) 84,507,441 93.7 5,651,002 6.3 90,158,443
Schools and Roads/Grants to Counties (10.666) 1,694,305 10.1 15,002,336 89.9 16,696,641
National Forest/Dependent Rural Communities (10.670) 385,965 38.7 612,079 61.3 998,044
Rural Development, Forestry, and Communities (10.672) 3,911,356 66.4 1,979,166 33.6 5,890,522
Wood In Transportation Program (10.673) 392,006 100.0 0 0 392,006
Forest Products Lab: Technology Marketing Unit (TMU) (10.674) 297,938 54.4 250,000 45.6 547,938
Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities (10.760) 2,599,401,890 52.2 2,376,915,793 47.8 4,976,317,683
Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants (10.763) 15,630,697 43.1 20,635,380 56.9 36,266,077
Community Facilities Loans and Grants (10.766) 975,248,344 50.5 957,177,657 49.5 1,932,426,001
Intermediary Re-lending Program (10.767) 70,173,744 64.1 39,322,207 35.9 109,495,951
Business and Industry Loans (10.768) 2,198,353,445 65.0 1,181,324,562 35.0 3,379,678,007
Rural Business Enterprise Grants (10.769) 74,527,333 52.0 68,878,227 48.0 143,405,560
Water and Waste Disposal Loans and Grants (Section 306C) (10.770) 65,926,659 53.9 56,334,084 46.1 122,260,743
Rural Cooperative Development Grants (10.771) 59,082,710 57.9 42,900,723 42.1 101,983,433
Empowerment Zones Program (10.772) 67,480 12.7 465,622 87.3 533,102
Rural Business Opportunity Grants (10.773) 5,525,350 47.6 6,080,324 52.4 11,605,674
Rural Electrification Loans and Loan Guarantees (10.850) 9,106,148,355 71.9 3,567,649,946 28.1 12,673,798,301
Rural Telephone Loans and Loan Guarantees (10.851) 303,907,586 40.3 451,136,520 59.7 755,044,106
Rural Telephone Bank Loans (10.852) 165,545,751 34.7 311,171,994 65.3 476,717,745
Rural Economic Development Loans and Grants (10.854) 24,278,256 38.7 38,535,039 61.3 62,813,295
Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants (10.855) 630,457,953 66.9 312,532,871 33.1 942,990,824
Assistance to High Energy Cost/Rural Communities (10.859) 64,726,173 86.8 9,877,452 13.2 74,603,625
Total 16,510,429,480 63.5 9,471,486,777 36.5 25,981,916,257

For a more detailed discussion of our scope and methodology and additional details see "Rural Economic Development: More Assurance Is Needed That Grant Funding Information Is Accurately Reported."
(GAO-06-294)