http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/RuralUrbanContinuumCodes/2003/ Dear Visionaries, USDA has developed an "out in the sticks" scale, i.e., degree of rurality. On a scale of 1 to 9 w/ one being mega urban and 9 being back to the forest primeval, guess how rural Latah county is? Answer is available at the above website. Steve Cooke