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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.
Rural communities lag in the share of the population with a college degree. Today, 35% of urban residents and 31% in the suburbs have a bachelor’s degree or more education, compared with 19% in rural counties. Rural areas also trail urban and suburban areas in their share of residents with postgraduate degrees.
Among urban dwellers, 53% see an urban-rural divide on values, while 46% say most people in rural areas have values that are similar to their own. About half in urban and rural areas say most people in suburbs share their values, while suburbanites are somewhat more likely to say most people in rural areas have values that are similar to their ...
Rural encompasses all population, housing, and territory not included within an urban area. For the 2020 Census, an urban area will comprise a densely settled core of census blocks that meet minimum housing unit density and/or population density requirements.
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.
It's estimated that more than twice as many people in the world will be living in urban than in rural settings. These trends can be explored by country or region using the "Change country or region" function in the top-right of the chart.
Using our decision tree model, we found that 56% of those who were classified as living in an urban area self-identified their community as urban, while 34% identified it as suburban and 9% as rural. Among those who were classified as living in a suburban area, 58% identified their community as suburban, while about a quarter (24%) identified ...
Rural America at a Glance looks at rural population and migration trends, poverty, housing insecurity, unemployment, and clean energy jobs. It finds rural employment and annual growth rates nearly back to pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels.
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...