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With the economically backward “Micro-Northwest” region as an example, and the level of rural human capital as a factor affecting urban-rural income gap, this paper conducted an analysis toward the relationship between the level of rural human capital and urban-rural income gap. First, the paper used method of average years of education to measure and calculate the level of human capital in rural areas, and arrived at a conclusion that though the level of rural human capital in Micro-Northwest rose during the period of 1990 and 2010,, the rise was slow and the overall level was not high, indicating that it is in phase of the “Nurkse Mode”; Then the paper used group variance method to measure and calculate urban-rural income gap, and through the comparison and analysis, the paper believed that as a whole, the urban-rural income gap in Micro-Northwest was expanding, but its tendency to expand was mild. During its process of rising, the level of rural human capital triggered urban-rural income gap to present as a two-segment periodical inverted “U” curve. Therefore the paper concluded that the improvement of the level of rural human capital in Micro-Northwest did not cause the income gap between urban and rural areas to fall all the while, but rise and fall both. The direction of its influence on the urban-rural income gap was uncertain, which was inconsistent with people’s widespread speculations. And finally, from the standpoint of human capital, the paper put forward the countermeasures against reducing urban-rural income gap.