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  "id": "RL33184",
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      "id": 321397,
      "date": "2005-12-12",
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      "title": "California's San Joaquin Valley: A Region in Transition",
      "summary": "CRS was requested to undertake a study of the San Joaquin Valley (SJV) and a comparison with\nanother U.S. region. The eight-county San Joaquin Valley, part of California's Central Valley, is\nhome to 5 of the 10 most agriculturally productive counties in the United States. By a wide range\nof indicators, the SJV is also one of the most economically depressed regions of the United States. \nThis report analyzes the SJV's counties and statistically documents the basis of current\nsocioeconomic conditions. The report further explores the extent to which the SJV shares similarities\nwith and differs from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) area and a 68-county Central\nAppalachian subregion which contains some of the most economically distressed counties in\nAppalachia. The report also examines the role of federal expenditures in the cities and counties of\nthe SJV. \n During the past twenty-five years, population growth rates in the SJV were significantly higher\nthan for California or the United States and their projected growth rates over the next 20 years are\nalso significantly higher. In 2000, the SJV also had substantially higher rates of poverty than\nCalifornia or the United States. Poverty rates were also significantly higher in the SJV than in the\nARC region, although the rate is somewhat lower than that of the Central Appalachian subregion. \nUnemployment rates in the SJV were higher than in California or the United States and the ARC\narea. Per capita income and average family income were higher in the SJV than in Central\nAppalachia, but per capita income in the SJV was lower than in the ARC region as a whole. SJV\nhouseholds also had higher rates of public assistance income than did Central Appalachian\nhouseholds. Madera County ranked among the 10 lowest per capita income Metropolitan Statistical\nAreas (MSAs) in the United States in 2003, and the other 5 MSAs in the San Joaquin were all in the\nbottom 20% of all U.S. MSAs. Other indicators of social well-being discussed in the report showed\nthat the SJV is a region of significant economic distress.\n Data from the U.S. Bureau of the Census's  Consolidated Federal Funds Reports  for\n2002 and\n2003 showed that every SJV county received fewer federal funds than the national per capita average\nor for California. Most SJV counties received approximately $1,240- $2,800 per capita less than the\nnational per capita rate in 2002. Madera County had $3,176 per capita less than the national per\ncapita rate in 2003. Two rural counties adjacent to the SJV, Mariposa and Tuolomne, received\nsignificantly higher per capita rates of federal funding in 2003 than the SJV. In 2002, the SJV\nreceived $1,559 less per capita in federal funds than the ARC region as a whole. The SJV also\nreceived $2,860 per capita less than the Tennessee Valley Authority region in 2003. Other federal\nfunds data for 2000 also show that the per capita rate of federal spending was lower in the SJV than\nin the generally depressed Central Appalachian subregion. \n In addition to examining socioeconomic conditions in the SJV, the report provides analysis of\nwater supply and quality issues especially those concerning agriculture, air quality concerns, and rail\nand shipping issues. \n This report will not be updated.",
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  "topics": [
    "Domestic Social Policy",
    "Economic Policy",
    "Education Policy",
    "Energy Policy",
    "Environmental Policy",
    "Foreign Affairs",
    "Health Policy",
    "Transportation Policy"
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