"It doesn't need to be equal representation"

1. Nowhere in the article does it say there needs to be equal representation

"These statistics are horribly inaccurate, undefined, and have no sourcing"

1. As mentioned in the second paragraph "According to recent research from the United States Department of Agriculture and National Student Clearinghouse"... So your horribly inaccurate, undefined, and no sourcing again holds no ground.

"Ok.... That claim has no support but go ahead...."

1. This is from the U.S. Department of Agriculture here: https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/rural-economy-population/employment-education/rural-education/

Education is closely related to the economic prosperity of rural people and places. However, an increasingly educated rural America still lags urban (metropolitan) areas in educational attainment. The educational attainment of people living in rural areas has increased markedly over time, but has not kept pace with urban gains. There is a large and growing gap in college and postgraduate educational attainment between rural and urban areas, even among young adults.

Educational attainment is strongly related to labor market outcomes in rural areas. Median earnings increase with higher levels of educational attainment and the gap in urban-rural median earnings also increases with educational attainment.

Rural areas with low levels of educational attainment have had higher poverty and unemployment rates. Rural counties with the lowest levels of educational attainment have higher poverty (see note on poverty definition) and child poverty rates (see "Understanding the Geography of Growth in Rural Child Poverty," Amber Waves, July 2015). Unemployment rates are also higher in rural counties with low educational attainment.

Among all rural residents, unemployment rates remain much lower for those with more educational attainment, partly as a result of an increasing demand for more highly skilled labor.

Thanks for the articulate responses Ziio!