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In many cases, the differences between urban and rural residents can be attributed to the fact that rural areas tend to have a higher concentration of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents, while majorities in urban communities identify with or lean toward the Democratic Party.
Nation Mar 17, 2017 12:45 PM EDT. Editor’s note: We’ve all heard of the great divide between life in rural and urban America. But what are the factors that contribute to these differences? We...
DEC. 29, 2022 — The nation's urban population increased by 6.4% between 2010 and 2020 based on 2020 Census data and a change in the way urban areas are defined, according to the new list of urban areas released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Urban counties have grown at roughly the overall national rate of 13% since 2000. Suburban and small metropolitan areas have grown more briskly. Rural counties have lagged, and half of them have fewer residents now than they did in 2000.
What Is “Rural?” The Census Bureau defines urban areas as densely developed territory encompassing a variety of residential, commercial and nonresidential land uses. Rural is basically any territory not in an urban area.
Nine important differences between urban and rural are compiled in this article. The first one is Urban settlement includes cities and towns. On the other hand, rural settlement includes villages and hamlets.
Urban Vs Rural: Poverty The difference between the amount of people living in poverty in urban areas versus rural is not as large as one might suspect – it’s about a 3% difference nationally. This difference becomes a little more complex when looking across regions of the United States.
In 2015, 16.7 percent of the rural population was poor, compared with 13.0 percent of the urban population overall – and 10.8 percent among those living in suburban areas outside of principal...
Most Republicans and Republican-leaning independents in urban (64%) and suburban (78%) communities say people in rural areas share their values, while Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents in these communities see a values divide with those in rural areas.
In many low to lower-middle-income countries, the majority still live in rural areas. But this is changing quickly. You can see how urbanization rates are changing with time using the "Edit countries and regions" toggle on the interactive chart. For many countries, you see a rapid migration of populations into towns and cities.