Increased Diversity, the authors found that while the rural population growth slowed because fewer people were moving into rural areas after 2000, diversity actually accelerated. Racial and ethnic minorities accounted for 83 percent of rural growth between 2000-2010. Researchers say Latinos are to be credited for most of that growth.

Kenneth Johnson, senior demographer at the Carsey Institute and professor of sociology at UNH, pointed out that though minorities accounted for the majority of rural population gain between 2000 and 2010, minorities still only represent just 21 percent of the rural population overall.

Yet, what makes this discovery promising is the children in Latino families who are settling in rural America.No room at the shelter

On a single day last year, nearly 100 people came to domestic violence shelters in the state and were told there wasn't room for them, according to a report this month by the National Network to End Domestic Violence.

Every year, the agency takes a 24-hour census of domestic violence shelters across the country on a random date. This time, the network looked at 1,649 programs nationwide on Sept. 17.

On that day, more than 66,000 victims of domestic violence received help from shelters nationwide, 855 in Connecticut. However, the census also found that about 10,000 more victims were told they couldn't be helped because of inadequate resources.

In Connecticut, 103 requests for some sort of service were made those coping with abuse that couldn't be met.