Analyzing 1975 Federal Outlays for 275 programs in terms of rural development and government services, this 7th annual report to the Congress pursuant to Title IX, Section 901 (e) of the Agricultural Act of 1970 includes tabular and narrative data pertaining to: metropolitan and nonmetropolitan distribution; regional distribution (census regions); distribution by recent growth rates (1970-74); and distribution by program type (human resource development, housing, community and industrial development, agriculture and natural resources, and defense and space). Major statistics presented here include the following: higher per capita Federal outlays in metropolitan ($1,305) than in nonmetropolitan counties ($1,148) across all 275 programs, the overall rural/urban difference resulting from inclusion of $80 billion in defense and space programs which accrued primarily to the urban areas; outlays for agriculture and natural resources favoring nonmetropolitan counties, per capita housing outlays in rural counties at only 58.8% of the urban figure and 66.7% of the total figure; highest regional per capita outlays across all selected programs in the West ($1,619) with the lowest in the North Central Region ($1,019); greatest per capita outlays ($1,407) among counties grouped by recent population growth rates in metropolitan counties which declined, with least per capita outlays ($1,117) in nonmetropolitan counties which grew. (JC)