Guess it's a slow news week. A large chunk of the country's GDP is concentrated where a large chunk of the population lives?? Riveting reporting, Bloomberg.
The vast majority of American political discussion is centered around the idea that "real Americans" are those living in rural areas, when in fact a few years ago the majority of Americans live in urban zones.
But further, there is a pervasive belief that it's those rural areas that are keeping the US economy going, and pretty much all political economic discussion is based on the idea of catering to rural areas economic needs, when in reality, as this article shows, the overwhelming majority of the US's economic output comes from urban areas.
I also disagree with your characterization of our political narratives. There is probably a disproportionate focus on rural areas. (Although, that accounts for 20% of the population, which is pretty remarkable when you consider that the small towns in rural areas are classified as “urban.”) There is also a big media focus on rust belt cities and the like. (The famous “Cuyahoga County”). That encompasses secondary cities like Cleveland and their suburbs. That is where most Americans live.
And why would you need to cater to the economic needs of the least needy part of the economy?
I can't find data on it but I would not be surprised if public sector (all levels) employment and employment with companies that mostly contract for government, as a percentage of total employment, is pretty high in rural areas and small towns, actually.
[0] Looks like that's around 1.41% of the US population from World Bank data, fairly flat since the early '00s; stat includes forestry, fishing, and hunting jobs, so is likely more inclusive than what most people usually think of as "agriculture" as in mass food production, though I can't suss out whether it includes stuff like farm equipment sales & servicing, or people running grain elevators, stuff like that.