With the development of industrialization and urbanization，the living problem of the elderly，women and children left-behind in rural areas has become a social problem which can not be neglected，which has aroused widespread concern of the central government and masses. As a large agricultural province in the west，a large numer of the rural population in Shaanxi left behind. Based on the relevant statistics and field investigation，this paper analyzes the living conditions and development dilemma of the different left-behind people in rural areas by summary the media’s reports on the left-behind population，and makes a profound analysis on how to solve the problem of left-behind population in rural areas with detail countermeasures.