Table 1. Urban and Rural Population: 1900 to 1990 Source: US Census Bureau Released: Oct. 1995 1990 1990 1980 1980 1970 1970 1990 total total 1990 1990 1980 total total 1980 1980 1970 total total 1970 1970 total urban rural percent percent total urban rural percent percent total urban rural percent percent population population population urban rural population population population urban rural population population population urban rural UNITED STATES 248,709,873 187,053,487 61,656,386 75.2% 24.8% r 226,542,199 167,050,992 59,494,813 73.7% 26.3% r 203,302,031 149,646,629 53,565,297 73.6% 26.4% Northeast Region 50,809,229 40,091,737 10,717,492 78.9% 21.1% r 49,136,816 38,905,545 10,229,738 79.2% 20.8% r 49,060,514 39,511,315 9,529,388 80.6% 19.4% New England Division 13,206,943 9,829,175 3,377,768 74.4% 25.6% r 12,348,920 9,269,249 3,079,244 75.1% 24.9% r 11,847,245 9,074,544 2,767,119 76.6% 23.4% Maine 1,227,928 547,824 680,104 44.6% 55.4% r 1,125,043 534,072 590,588 47.5% 52.5% r 993,722 504,157 487,891 50.8% 49.2% New Hampshire 1,109,252 565,670 543,582 51.0% 49.0% 920,610 480,325 440,285 52.2% 47.8% 737,681 416,040 321,641 56.4% 43.6% Vermont 562,758 181,149 381,609 32.2% 67.8% 511,456 172,735 338,721 33.8% 66.2% r 444,732 142,889 301,441 32.2% 67.8% Massachusetts 6,016,425 5,069,603 946,822 84.3% 15.7% r 5,737,093 4,808,339 928,698 83.8% 16.2% 5,689,170 4,810,449 878,721 84.6% 15.4% Rhode Island 1,003,464 863,381 140,083 86.0% 14.0% 947,154 824,004 123,150 87.0% 13.0% r 949,723 824,930 121,795 87.1% 12.9% Connecticut 3,287,116 2,601,548 685,568 79.1% 20.9% r 3,107,564 2,449,774 657,802 78.8% 21.2% r 3,032,217 2,376,079 655,630 78.4% 21.6% Middle Atlantic Division 37,602,286 30,262,562 7,339,724 80.5% 19.5% r 36,787,896 29,636,296 7,150,494 80.6% 19.4% r 37,213,269 30,436,771 6,762,269 81.8% 18.2% New York 17,990,455 15,164,047 2,826,408 84.3% 15.7% r 17,558,165 14,858,068 2,700,004 84.6% 15.4% r 18,241,391 15,626,969 2,609,998 85.7% 14.3% New Jersey 7,730,188 6,910,220 819,968 89.4% 10.6% r 7,365,011 6,557,377 807,446 89.0% 11.0% r 7,171,112 6,373,405 794,759 88.9% 11.1% Pennsylvania 11,881,643 8,188,295 3,693,348 68.9% 31.1% r 11,864,720 8,220,851 3,643,044 69.3% 30.7% r 11,800,766 8,436,397 3,357,512 71.5% 28.5% Midwest Region 59,668,632 42,774,196 16,894,436 71.7% 28.3% r 58,866,998 41,519,746 17,345,924 70.5% 29.5% r 56,590,294 40,520,072 16,051,591 71.6% 28.4% East North Central Division 42,008,942 31,073,858 10,935,084 74.0% 26.0% r 41,682,908 30,533,879 11,148,338 73.3% 26.7% r 40,262,747 30,126,666 10,125,810 74.8% 25.2% Ohio 10,847,115 8,039,409 2,807,706 74.1% 25.9% r 10,797,603 7,918,259 2,879,371 73.3% 26.7% r 10,657,423 8,025,775 2,626,242 75.3% 24.7% Indiana 5,544,159 3,598,099 1,946,060 64.9% 35.1% r 5,490,210 3,525,298 1,964,926 64.2% 35.8% r 5,195,392 3,372,060 1,821,609 64.9% 35.1% Illinois 11,430,602 9,668,552 1,762,050 84.6% 15.4% r 11,427,409 9,518,039 1,908,479 83.3% 16.7% r 11,110,285 9,251,930 1,862,046 83.2% 16.8% Michigan 9,295,297 6,555,842 2,739,455 70.5% 29.5% r 9,262,044 6,551,551 2,710,527 70.7% 29.3% r 8,881,826 6,566,483 2,308,600 74.0% 26.0% Wisconsin 4,891,769 3,211,956 1,679,813 65.7% 34.3% r 4,705,642 3,020,732 1,685,035 64.2% 35.8% r 4,417,821 2,910,418 1,507,313 65.9% 34.1% West North Central Division 17,659,690 11,700,338 5,959,352 66.3% 33.7% r 17,184,090 10,985,867 6,197,586 63.9% 36.1% r 16,327,547 10,393,406 5,925,781 63.7% 36.3% Minnesota 4,375,099 3,056,474 1,318,625 69.9% 30.1% 4,075,970 2,725,202 1,350,768 66.9% 33.1% r 3,806,103 2,531,801 1,273,170 66.5% 33.5% Iowa 2,776,755 1,683,065 1,093,690 60.6% 39.4% 2,913,808 1,708,232 1,205,576 58.6% 41.4% r 2,825,368 1,616,405 1,207,971 57.2% 42.8% Missouri 5,117,073 3,516,009 1,601,064 68.7% 31.3% r 4,916,766 3,349,588 1,567,098 68.1% 31.9% r 4,677,623 3,277,662 1,398,839 70.1% 29.9% North Dakota 638,800 340,339 298,461 53.3% 46.7% 652,717 318,310 334,407 48.8% 51.2% r 617,792 273,442 344,319 44.3% 55.7% South Dakota 696,004 347,903 348,101 50.0% 50.0% 690,768 320,777 369,991 46.4% 53.6% r 666,257 296,628 368,879 44.6% 55.4% Nebraska 1,578,385 1,043,984 534,401 66.1% 33.9% 1,569,825 987,859 581,966 62.9% 37.1% r 1,485,333 912,598 570,895 61.5% 38.5% Kansas 2,477,574 1,712,564 765,010 69.1% 30.9% r 2,364,236 1,575,899 787,780 66.7% 33.3% r 2,249,071 1,484,870 761,708 66.1% 33.9% South Region 85,445,930 58,656,267 26,789,663 68.6% 31.4% r 75,367,068 50,414,258 24,958,104 66.9% 33.1% r 62,812,980 40,702,243 22,093,124 64.8% 35.2% South Atlantic Division 43,566,853 30,231,280 13,335,573 69.4% 30.6% r 36,957,453 24,813,020 12,146,103 67.1% 32.9% r 30,678,826 19,650,217 11,021,120 64.1% 35.9% Delaware 666,168 486,501 179,667 73.0% 27.0% 594,338 419,819 174,519 70.6% 29.4% 548,104 395,569 152,535 72.2% 27.8% Maryland 4,781,468 3,888,429 893,039 81.3% 18.7% r 4,216,933 3,386,555 830,420 80.3% 19.7% r 3,923,897 3,003,935 918,464 76.6% 23.4% District of Columbia 606,900 606,900 - 100.0% 0.0% r 638,432 638,333 - 100.0% 0.0% r 756,668 756,510 - 100.0% 0.0% Virginia 6,187,358 4,293,443 1,893,915 69.4% 30.6% r 5,346,797 3,529,423 1,817,395 66.0% 34.0% r 4,651,448 2,938,917 1,709,577 63.2% 36.8% West Virginia 1,793,477 648,184 1,145,293 36.1% 63.9% r 1,950,186 705,319 1,244,325 36.2% 63.8% 1,744,237 681,555 1,062,682 39.1% 60.9% North Carolina 6,628,637 3,337,778 3,290,859 50.4% 49.6% r 5,880,095 2,822,852 3,058,914 48.0% 52.0% r 5,084,411 2,310,381 2,771,678 45.5% 54.5% South Carolina 3,486,703 1,905,378 1,581,325 54.6% 45.4% r 3,120,729 1,689,253 1,432,567 54.1% 45.9% r 2,590,713 1,250,725 1,339,791 48.3% 51.7% Georgia 6,478,216 4,097,339 2,380,877 63.2% 36.8% r 5,462,982 3,409,081 2,054,024 62.4% 37.6% r 4,587,930 2,768,074 1,821,501 60.3% 39.7% Florida 12,937,926 10,967,328 1,970,598 84.8% 15.2% r 9,746,961 8,212,385 1,533,939 84.3% 15.7% r 6,791,418 5,544,551 1,244,892 81.7% 18.3% East South Central Division 15,176,284 8,530,551 6,645,733 56.2% 43.8% r 14,666,142 8,166,274 6,500,149 55.7% 44.3% r 12,808,077 7,006,638 5,796,832 54.7% 45.3% Kentucky 3,685,296 1,910,325 1,774,971 51.8% 48.2% r 3,660,324 1,862,183 1,798,594 50.9% 49.1% r 3,220,711 1,684,053 1,534,653 52.3% 47.7% Tennessee 4,877,185 2,969,948 1,907,237 60.9% 39.1% r 4,591,023 2,773,573 1,817,547 60.4% 39.6% r 3,926,018 2,318,458 1,605,229 59.1% 40.9% Alabama 4,040,587 2,439,549 1,601,038 60.4% 39.6% r 3,894,025 2,337,713 1,556,175 60.0% 40.0% r 3,444,354 2,017,485 1,426,680 58.6% 41.4% Mississippi 2,573,216 1,210,729 1,362,487 47.1% 52.9% r 2,520,770 1,192,805 1,327,833 47.3% 52.7% r 2,216,994 986,642 1,230,270 44.5% 55.5% West South Central Division 26,702,793 19,894,436 6,808,357 74.5% 25.5% r 23,743,473 17,434,964 6,311,852 73.4% 26.6% r 19,326,077 14,045,388 5,275,172 72.7% 27.3% Arkansas 2,350,725 1,258,021 1,092,704 53.5% 46.5% r 2,286,357 1,179,556 1,106,879 51.6% 48.4% r 1,923,322 960,865 962,430 50.0% 50.0% Louisiana 4,219,973 2,871,759 1,348,214 68.1% 31.9% r 4,206,116 2,887,309 1,318,591 68.6% 31.4% r 3,644,637 2,422,175 1,219,131 66.5% 33.5% Oklahoma 3,145,585 2,130,139 1,015,446 67.7% 32.3% r 3,025,487 2,035,082 990,208 67.3% 32.7% r 2,559,463 1,740,137 819,092 68.0% 32.0% Texas 16,986,510 13,634,517 3,351,993 80.3% 19.7% r 14,225,513 11,333,017 2,896,174 79.6% 20.4% r 11,198,655 8,922,211 2,274,519 79.7% 20.3% West Region 52,786,082 45,531,287 7,254,795 86.3% 13.7% r 43,171,317 36,211,443 6,961,047 83.9% 16.1% r 34,838,243 28,912,999 5,891,194 83.1% 16.9% Mountain Division 13,658,776 10,881,341 2,777,435 79.7% 20.3% r 11,371,502 8,685,310 2,687,475 76.4% 23.6% r 8,289,901 6,054,979 2,226,583 73.1% 26.9% Montana 799,065 419,826 379,239 52.5% 47.5% 786,690 416,402 370,288 52.9% 47.1% 694,409 370,676 323,733 53.4% 46.6% Idaho 1,006,749 578,214 428,535 57.4% 42.6% r 944,127 509,702 434,233 54.0% 46.0% r 713,015 385,434 327,133 54.1% 45.9% Wyoming 453,588 294,635 158,953 65.0% 35.0% 469,557 294,639 174,918 62.7% 37.3% 332,416 201,111 131,305 60.5% 39.5% Colorado 3,294,394 2,715,517 578,877 82.4% 17.6% r 2,889,735 2,329,869 560,095 80.6% 19.4% r 2,209,596 1,733,311 473,948 78.5% 21.5% New Mexico 1,515,069 1,105,651 409,418 73.0% 27.0% r 1,303,302 939,963 362,931 72.1% 27.9% r 1,017,055 708,775 307,225 69.8% 30.2% Arizona 3,665,228 3,206,973 458,255 87.5% 12.5% r 2,716,546 2,278,728 439,487 83.8% 16.2% r 1,775,399 1,408,864 362,036 79.6% 20.4% Utah 1,722,850 1,499,081 223,769 87.0% 13.0% 1,461,037 1,233,060 227,977 84.4% 15.6% r 1,059,273 851,472 207,801 80.4% 19.6% Nevada 1,201,833 1,061,444 140,389 88.3% 11.7% r 800,508 682,947 117,546 85.3% 14.7% 488,738 395,336 93,402 80.9% 19.1% Pacific Division 39,127,306 34,649,946 4,477,360 88.6% 11.4% r 31,799,815 27,526,133 4,273,572 86.6% 13.4% r 26,548,342 22,858,020 3,664,611 86.2% 13.8% Washington 4,866,692 3,717,948 1,148,744 76.4% 23.6% r 4,132,353 3,037,014 1,095,142 73.5% 26.5% r 3,413,244 2,501,051 908,118 73.4% 26.6% Oregon 2,842,321 2,003,271 839,050 70.5% 29.5% r 2,633,156 1,788,354 844,751 67.9% 32.1% r 2,091,533 1,402,704 688,681 67.1% 32.9% California 29,760,021 27,571,321 2,188,700 92.6% 7.4% r 23,667,764 21,607,606 2,060,296 91.3% 8.7% r 19,971,069 18,144,552 1,808,582 90.9% 9.1% Alaska 550,043 371,235 178,808 67.5% 32.5% 401,851 258,567 143,284 64.3% 35.7% r 302,853 171,030 129,352 56.9% 43.1% Hawaii 1,108,229 986,171 122,058 89.0% 11.0% 964,691 834,592 130,099 86.5% 13.5% r 769,913 638,683 129,878 83.1% 16.9% Table 1. Urban and Rural Population: 1900 to 1990--cont. 1960 1960 1950 1950 1940 1940 1960 total total 1960 1960 1950 total total 1950 1950 1940 total total 1940 1940 total urban rural percent percent total urban rural percent percent total urban rural percent percent population population population urban rural population population population urban rural population population population urban rural UNITED STATES 179,323,175 125,268,750 54,054,425 69.9% 30.1% 151,325,798 96,846,817 54,478,981 64.0% 36.0% 132,164,569 74,705,338 57,459,231 56.5% 43.5% Northeast Region 44,677,819 35,840,140 8,837,679 80.2% 19.8% 39,477,986 31,373,200 8,104,786 79.5% 20.5% 35,976,777 27,568,085 8,408,692 76.6% 23.4% New England Division 10,509,367 8,031,795 2,477,572 76.4% 23.6% 9,314,453 7,101,511 2,212,942 76.2% 23.8% 8,437,290 6,420,542 2,016,748 76.1% 23.9% Maine 969,265 497,114 472,151 51.3% 48.7% 913,774 472,000 441,774 51.7% 48.3% 847,226 343,057 504,169 40.5% 59.5% New Hampshire 606,921 353,766 253,155 58.3% 41.7% 533,242 306,806 226,436 57.5% 42.5% 491,524 283,225 208,299 57.6% 42.4% Vermont 389,881 149,921 239,960 38.5% 61.5% 377,747 137,612 240,135 36.4% 63.6% 359,231 123,239 235,992 34.3% 65.7% Massachusetts 5,148,578 4,302,530 846,048 83.6% 16.4% 4,690,514 3,959,239 731,275 84.4% 15.6% 4,316,721 3,859,476 457,245 89.4% 10.6% Rhode Island 859,488 742,897 116,591 86.4% 13.6% 791,896 667,212 124,684 84.3% 15.7% 713,346 653,383 59,963 91.6% 8.4% Connecticut 2,535,234 1,985,567 549,667 78.3% 21.7% 2,007,280 1,558,642 448,638 77.6% 22.4% 1,709,242 1,158,162 551,080 67.8% 32.2% Middle Atlantic Division 34,168,452 27,808,345 6,360,107 81.4% 18.6% 30,163,533 24,271,689 5,891,844 80.5% 19.5% 27,539,487 21,147,543 6,391,944 76.8% 23.2% New York 16,782,304 14,331,925 2,450,379 85.4% 14.6% 14,830,192 12,682,446 2,147,746 85.5% 14.5% 13,479,142 11,165,893 2,313,249 82.8% 17.2% New Jersey 6,066,782 5,374,369 692,413 88.6% 11.4% 4,835,329 4,186,207 649,122 86.6% 13.4% 4,160,165 3,394,773 765,392 81.6% 18.4% Pennsylvania 11,319,366 8,102,051 3,217,315 71.6% 28.4% 10,498,012 7,403,036 3,094,976 70.5% 29.5% 9,900,180 6,586,877 3,313,303 66.5% 33.5% Midwest Region 51,619,139 35,481,254 16,137,885 68.7% 31.3% 44,460,762 28,490,932 15,969,830 64.1% 35.9% 40,143,332 23,437,483 16,705,849 58.4% 41.6% East North Central Division 36,225,024 26,434,937 9,790,087 73.0% 27.0% 30,399,368 21,185,713 9,213,655 69.7% 30.3% 26,626,342 17,444,359 9,181,983 65.5% 34.5% Ohio 9,706,397 7,123,162 2,583,235 73.4% 26.6% 7,946,627 5,578,274 2,368,353 70.2% 29.8% 6,907,612 4,612,986 2,294,626 66.8% 33.2% Indiana 4,662,498 2,910,149 1,752,349 62.4% 37.6% 3,934,224 2,357,196 1,577,028 59.9% 40.1% 3,427,796 1,887,712 1,540,084 55.1% 44.9% Illinois 10,081,158 8,140,315 1,940,843 80.7% 19.3% 8,712,176 6,759,271 1,952,905 77.6% 22.4% 7,897,241 5,809,650 2,087,591 73.6% 26.4% Michigan 7,823,194 5,739,132 2,084,062 73.4% 26.6% 6,371,766 4,503,084 1,868,682 70.7% 29.3% 5,256,106 3,454,867 1,801,239 65.7% 34.3% Wisconsin 3,951,777 2,522,179 1,429,598 63.8% 36.2% 3,434,575 1,987,888 1,446,687 57.9% 42.1% 3,137,587 1,679,144 1,458,443 53.5% 46.5% West North Central Division 15,394,115 9,046,317 6,347,798 58.8% 41.2% 14,061,394 7,305,219 6,756,175 52.0% 48.0% 13,516,990 5,993,124 7,523,866 44.3% 55.7% Minnesota 3,413,864 2,122,566 1,291,298 62.2% 37.8% 2,982,483 1,624,914 1,357,569 54.5% 45.5% 2,792,300 1,390,098 1,402,202 49.8% 50.2% Iowa 2,757,537 1,462,512 1,295,025 53.0% 47.0% 2,621,073 1,250,938 1,370,135 47.7% 52.3% 2,538,268 1,084,231 1,454,037 42.7% 57.3% Missouri 4,319,813 2,876,557 1,443,256 66.6% 33.4% 3,954,653 2,432,715 1,521,938 61.5% 38.5% 3,784,664 1,960,696 1,823,968 51.8% 48.2% North Dakota 632,446 222,708 409,738 35.2% 64.8% 619,636 164,817 454,819 26.6% 73.4% 641,935 131,923 510,012 20.6% 79.4% South Dakota 680,514 267,180 413,334 39.3% 60.7% 652,740 216,710 436,030 33.2% 66.8% 642,961 158,087 484,874 24.6% 75.4% Nebraska 1,411,330 766,053 645,277 54.3% 45.7% 1,325,510 621,905 703,605 46.9% 53.1% 1,315,834 514,148 801,686 39.1% 60.9% Kansas 2,178,611 1,328,741 849,870 61.0% 39.0% 1,905,299 993,220 912,079 52.1% 47.9% 1,801,028 753,941 1,047,087 41.9% 58.1% South Region 54,973,113 32,160,250 22,812,863 58.5% 41.5% 47,197,088 22,955,762 24,241,326 48.6% 51.4% 41,665,901 15,290,483 26,375,418 36.7% 63.3% South Atlantic Division 25,971,732 14,851,516 11,120,216 57.2% 42.8% 21,182,335 10,391,163 10,791,172 49.1% 50.9% 17,823,151 6,921,726 10,901,425 38.8% 61.2% Delaware 446,292 292,788 153,504 65.6% 34.4% 318,085 199,122 118,963 62.6% 37.4% 266,505 139,432 127,073 52.3% 47.7% Maryland 3,100,689 2,253,832 846,857 72.7% 27.3% 2,343,001 1,615,902 727,099 69.0% 31.0% 1,821,244 1,080,351 740,893 59.3% 40.7% District of Columbia 763,956 763,956 - 100.0% 0.0% 802,178 802,178 - 100.0% 0.0% 663,091 663,091 - 100.0% 0.0% Virginia 3,966,949 2,204,913 1,762,036 55.6% 44.4% 3,318,680 1,560,115 1,758,565 47.0% 53.0% 2,677,773 944,675 1,733,098 35.3% 64.7% West Virginia 1,860,421 711,101 1,149,320 38.2% 61.8% 2,005,552 694,487 1,311,065 34.6% 65.4% 1,901,974 534,292 1,367,682 28.1% 71.9% North Carolina 4,556,155 1,801,921 2,754,234 39.5% 60.5% 4,061,929 1,368,101 2,693,828 33.7% 66.3% 3,571,623 974,175 2,597,448 27.3% 72.7% South Carolina 2,382,594 981,386 1,401,208 41.2% 58.8% 2,117,027 777,921 1,339,106 36.7% 63.3% 1,899,804 466,111 1,433,693 24.5% 75.5% Georgia 3,943,116 2,180,236 1,762,880 55.3% 44.7% 3,444,578 1,559,447 1,885,131 45.3% 54.7% 3,123,723 1,073,808 2,049,915 34.4% 65.6% Florida 4,951,560 3,661,383 1,290,177 73.9% 26.1% 2,771,305 1,813,890 957,415 65.5% 34.5% 1,897,414 1,045,791 851,623 55.1% 44.9% East South Central Division 12,050,126 5,830,569 6,219,557 48.4% 51.6% 11,477,181 4,484,771 6,992,410 39.1% 60.9% 10,778,225 3,165,356 7,612,869 29.4% 70.6% Kentucky 3,038,156 1,353,215 1,684,941 44.5% 55.5% 2,944,806 1,084,070 1,860,736 36.8% 63.2% 2,845,627 849,327 1,996,300 29.8% 70.2% Tennessee 3,567,089 1,864,828 1,702,261 52.3% 47.7% 3,291,718 1,452,602 1,839,116 44.1% 55.9% 2,915,841 1,027,206 1,888,635 35.2% 64.8% Alabama 3,266,740 1,791,721 1,475,019 54.8% 45.2% 3,061,743 1,340,937 1,720,806 43.8% 56.2% 2,832,961 855,941 1,977,020 30.2% 69.8% Mississippi 2,178,141 820,805 1,357,336 37.7% 62.3% 2,178,914 607,162 1,571,752 27.9% 72.1% 2,183,796 432,882 1,750,914 19.8% 80.2% West South Central Division 16,951,255 11,478,165 5,473,090 67.7% 32.3% 14,537,572 8,079,828 6,457,744 55.6% 44.4% 13,064,525 5,203,401 7,861,124 39.8% 60.2% Arkansas 1,786,272 765,303 1,020,969 42.8% 57.2% 1,909,511 630,591 1,278,920 33.0% 67.0% 1,949,387 431,910 1,517,477 22.2% 77.8% Louisiana 3,257,022 2,060,606 1,196,416 63.3% 36.7% 2,683,516 1,471,696 1,211,820 54.8% 45.2% 2,363,880 980,439 1,383,441 41.5% 58.5% Oklahoma 2,328,284 1,464,786 863,498 62.9% 37.1% 2,233,351 1,139,481 1,093,870 51.0% 49.0% 2,336,434 879,663 1,456,771 37.6% 62.4% Texas 9,579,677 7,187,470 2,392,207 75.0% 25.0% 7,711,194 4,838,060 2,873,134 62.7% 37.3% 6,414,824 2,911,389 3,503,435 45.4% 54.6% West Region 28,053,104 21,787,106 6,265,998 77.7% 22.3% 20,189,962 14,026,923 6,163,039 69.5% 30.5% 14,378,559 8,409,287 5,969,272 58.5% 41.5% Mountain Division 6,855,060 4,600,852 2,254,208 67.1% 32.9% 5,074,998 2,785,888 2,289,110 54.9% 45.1% 4,150,003 1,771,742 2,378,261 42.7% 57.3% Montana 674,767 338,457 336,310 50.2% 49.8% 591,024 258,034 332,990 43.7% 56.3% 559,456 211,535 347,921 37.8% 62.2% Idaho 667,191 317,097 350,094 47.5% 52.5% 588,637 252,549 336,088 42.9% 57.1% 524,873 176,708 348,165 33.7% 66.3% Wyoming 330,066 187,551 142,515 56.8% 43.2% 290,529 144,618 145,911 49.8% 50.2% 250,742 93,577 157,165 37.3% 62.7% Colorado 1,753,947 1,292,790 461,157 73.7% 26.3% 1,325,089 831,318 493,771 62.7% 37.3% 1,123,296 590,756 532,540 52.6% 47.4% New Mexico 951,023 626,479 324,544 65.9% 34.1% 681,187 341,889 339,298 50.2% 49.8% 531,818 176,401 355,417 33.2% 66.8% Arizona 1,302,161 970,616 331,545 74.5% 25.5% 749,587 416,000 333,587 55.5% 44.5% 499,261 173,981 325,280 34.8% 65.2% Utah 890,627 667,158 223,469 74.9% 25.1% 688,862 449,855 239,007 65.3% 34.7% 550,310 305,493 244,817 55.5% 44.5% Nevada 285,278 200,704 84,574 70.4% 29.6% 160,083 91,625 68,458 57.2% 42.8% 0 43,291 66,956 39.3% 60.7% Pacific Division 21,198,044 17,186,254 4,011,790 81.1% 18.9% 15,114,964 11,241,035 3,873,929 74.4% 25.6% 10,228,556 6,637,545 3,591,011 64.9% 35.1% Washington 2,853,214 1,943,249 909,965 68.1% 31.9% 2,378,963 1,503,166 875,797 63.2% 36.8% 1,736,191 921,969 814,222 53.1% 46.9% Oregon 1,768,687 1,100,122 668,565 62.2% 37.8% 1,521,341 819,318 702,023 53.9% 46.1% 1,089,684 531,675 558,009 48.8% 51.2% California 15,717,204 13,573,155 2,144,049 86.4% 13.6% 10,586,223 8,539,420 2,046,803 80.7% 19.3% 6,907,387 4,902,265 2,005,122 71.0% 29.0% Alaska 226,167 85,767 140,400 37.9% 62.1% 128,643 34,262 94,381 26.6% 73.4% *1 72,524 17,374 55,150 24.0% 76.0% Hawaii 632,772 483,961 148,811 76.5% 23.5% 499,794 344,869 154,925 69.0% 31.0% 422,770 264,262 158,508 62.5% 37.5% Table 1. Urban and Rural Population: 1900 to 1990--cont. 1930 1930 1920 1920 1910 1910 1930 total total 1930 1930 1920 total total 1920 1920 1910 total total 1910 1910 total urban rural percent percent total urban rural percent percent total urban rural percent percent population population population urban rural population population population urban rural population population population urban rural UNITED STATES 123,202,624 69,160,599 54,042,025 56.1% 43.9% 106,021,537 54,253,282 51,768,255 51.2% 48.8% 92,228,496 42,064,001 50,164,495 45.6% 54.4% Northeast Region 34,427,091 26,706,683 7,720,408 77.6% 22.4% 29,662,053 22,403,858 7,258,195 75.5% 24.5% 25,868,573 18,563,203 7,305,370 71.8% 28.2% New England Division 8,166,341 6,311,976 1,854,365 77.3% 22.7% 7,400,909 5,620,384 1,780,525 75.9% 24.1% 6,552,681 4,805,791 1,746,890 73.3% 26.7% Maine 797,423 321,506 475,917 40.3% 59.7% 768,014 299,569 468,445 39.0% 61.0% 742,371 262,248 480,123 35.3% 64.7% New Hampshire 465,293 273,079 192,214 58.7% 41.3% 443,083 250,438 192,645 56.5% 43.5% 430,572 223,152 207,420 51.8% 48.2% Vermont 359,611 118,766 240,845 33.0% 67.0% 352,428 109,976 242,452 31.2% 68.8% 355,956 98,917 257,039 27.8% 72.2% Massachusetts 4,249,614 3,831,426 418,188 90.2% 9.8% 3,852,356 3,468,916 383,440 90.0% 10.0% 3,366,416 2,995,739 370,677 89.0% 11.0% Rhode Island 687,497 635,429 52,068 92.4% 7.6% 604,397 555,146 49,251 91.9% 8.1% 542,610 493,938 48,672 91.0% 9.0% Connecticut 1,606,903 1,131,770 475,133 70.4% 29.6% 1,380,631 936,339 444,292 67.8% 32.2% 1,114,756 731,797 382,959 65.6% 34.4% Middle Atlantic Division 26,260,750 20,394,707 5,866,043 77.7% 22.3% 22,261,144 16,783,474 5,477,670 75.4% 24.6% 19,315,892 13,757,412 5,558,480 71.2% 28.8% New York 12,588,066 10,521,952 2,066,114 83.6% 16.4% 10,385,227 8,588,586 1,796,641 82.7% 17.3% 9,113,614 7,188,131 1,925,483 78.9% 21.1% New Jersey 4,041,334 3,339,244 702,090 82.6% 17.4% 3,155,900 2,522,435 633,465 79.9% 20.1% 2,537,167 1,938,612 598,555 76.4% 23.6% Pennsylvania 9,631,350 6,533,511 3,097,839 67.8% 32.2% 8,720,017 5,672,453 3,047,564 65.1% 34.9% 7,665,111 4,630,669 3,034,442 60.4% 39.6% Midwest Region 38,594,100 22,351,089 16,243,011 57.9% 42.1% 34,019,792 17,775,966 16,243,826 52.3% 47.7% 29,888,542 13,487,199 16,401,343 45.1% 54.9% East North Central Division 25,297,185 16,794,908 8,502,277 66.4% 33.6% 21,475,543 13,050,086 8,425,457 60.8% 39.2% 18,250,621 9,620,277 8,630,344 52.7% 47.3% Ohio 6,646,697 4,507,371 2,139,326 67.8% 32.2% 5,759,394 3,677,136 2,082,258 63.8% 36.2% 4,767,121 2,665,143 2,101,978 55.9% 44.1% Indiana 3,238,503 1,795,892 1,442,611 55.5% 44.5% 2,930,390 1,482,855 1,447,535 50.6% 49.4% 2,700,876 1,143,835 1,557,041 42.4% 57.6% Illinois 7,630,654 5,635,727 1,994,927 73.9% 26.1% 6,485,280 4,403,677 2,081,603 67.9% 32.1% 5,638,591 3,479,935 2,158,656 61.7% 38.3% Michigan 4,842,325 3,302,075 1,540,250 68.2% 31.8% 3,668,412 2,241,560 1,426,852 61.1% 38.9% 2,810,173 1,327,044 1,483,129 47.2% 52.8% Wisconsin 2,939,006 1,553,843 1,385,163 52.9% 47.1% 2,632,067 1,244,858 1,387,209 47.3% 52.7% 2,333,860 1,004,320 1,329,540 43.0% 57.0% West North Central Division 13,296,915 5,556,181 7,740,734 41.8% 58.2% 12,544,249 4,725,880 7,818,369 37.7% 62.3% 11,637,921 3,866,922 7,770,999 33.2% 66.8% Minnesota 2,563,953 1,257,616 1,306,337 49.0% 51.0% 2,387,125 1,051,593 1,335,532 44.1% 55.9% 2,075,708 850,294 1,225,414 41.0% 59.0% Iowa 2,470,939 979,292 1,491,647 39.6% 60.4% 2,404,021 875,495 1,528,526 36.4% 63.6% 2,224,771 680,054 1,544,717 30.6% 69.4% Missouri 3,629,367 1,859,119 1,770,248 51.2% 48.8% 3,404,055 1,586,903 1,817,152 46.6% 53.4% 3,293,335 1,393,705 1,899,630 42.3% 57.7% North Dakota 680,845 113,306 567,539 16.6% 83.4% 646,872 88,239 558,633 13.6% 86.4% 577,056 63,236 513,820 11.0% 89.0% South Dakota 692,849 130,907 561,942 18.9% 81.1% 636,547 101,872 534,675 16.0% 84.0% 583,888 76,469 507,419 13.1% 86.9% Nebraska 1,377,963 486,107 891,856 35.3% 64.7% 1,296,372 405,293 891,079 31.3% 68.7% 1,192,214 310,852 881,362 26.1% 73.9% Kansas 1,880,999 729,834 1,151,165 38.8% 61.2% 1,769,257 616,485 1,152,772 34.8% 65.2% 1,690,949 492,312 1,198,637 29.1% 70.9% South Region 37,857,633 12,904,248 24,953,385 34.1% 65.9% 33,125,803 9,300,055 23,825,748 28.1% 71.9% 29,389,330 6,622,658 22,766,672 22.5% 77.5% South Atlantic Division 15,793,589 5,698,122 10,095,467 36.1% 63.9% 13,990,272 4,336,482 9,653,790 31.0% 69.0% 12,194,895 3,092,153 9,102,742 25.4% 74.6% Delaware 230,380 123,146 115,234 51.7% 48.3% 223,003 120,767 102,236 54.2% 45.8% 202,322 97,085 105,237 48.0% 52.0% Maryland 1,631,526 974,869 656,657 59.8% 40.2% 1,449,661 869,422 580,239 60.0% 40.0% 1,295,346 658,192 637,154 50.8% 49.2% District of Columbia 486,869 486,869 - 100.0% 0.0% 437,571 437,571 - 100.0% 0.0% 331,069 331,069 - 100.0% 0.0% Virginia 2,421,851 785,537 1,636,314 32.4% 67.6% 2,309,187 673,984 1,635,203 29.2% 70.8% 2,061,612 476,529 1,585,083 23.1% 76.9% West Virginia 1,729,205 491,504 1,237,701 28.4% 71.6% 1,463,701 369,007 1,094,694 25.2% 74.8% 1,221,119 228,242 992,877 18.7% 81.3% North Carolina 3,170,276 809,847 2,360,429 25.5% 74.5% 2,559,123 490,370 2,068,753 19.2% 80.8% 2,206,287 318,474 1,887,813 14.4% 85.6% South Carolina 1,738,765 371,080 1,367,685 21.3% 78.7% 1,683,724 293,987 1,389,737 17.5% 82.5% 1,515,400 224,832 1,290,568 14.8% 85.2% Georgia 2,908,506 895,492 2,013,014 30.8% 69.2% 2,895,832 727,859 2,167,973 25.1% 74.9% 2,609,121 538,650 2,070,471 20.6% 79.4% Florida 1,468,211 759,778 708,433 51.7% 48.3% 968,470 353,515 614,955 36.5% 63.5% 752,619 219,080 533,539 29.1% 70.9% East South Central Division 9,887,214 2,778,687 7,108,527 28.1% 71.9% 8,893,307 1,994,207 6,899,100 22.4% 77.6% 8,409,901 1,574,229 6,835,672 18.7% 81.3% Kentucky 2,614,589 799,026 1,815,563 30.6% 69.4% 2,416,630 633,543 1,783,087 26.2% 73.8% 2,289,905 555,442 1,734,463 24.3% 75.7% Tennessee 2,616,556 896,538 1,720,018 34.3% 65.7% 2,337,885 611,226 1,726,659 26.1% 73.9% 2,184,789 441,045 1,743,744 20.2% 79.8% Alabama 2,646,248 744,273 1,901,975 28.1% 71.9% 2,348,174 509,317 1,838,857 21.7% 78.3% 2,138,093 370,431 1,767,662 17.3% 82.7% Mississippi 2,009,821 338,850 1,670,971 16.9% 83.1% 1,790,618 240,121 1,550,497 13.4% 86.6% 1,797,114 207,311 1,589,803 11.5% 88.5% West South Central Division 12,176,830 4,427,439 7,749,391 36.4% 63.6% 10,242,224 2,969,366 7,272,858 29.0% 71.0% 8,784,534 1,956,276 6,828,258 22.3% 77.7% Arkansas 1,854,482 382,878 1,471,604 20.6% 79.4% 1,752,204 290,497 1,461,707 16.6% 83.4% 1,574,449 202,681 1,371,768 12.9% 87.1% Louisiana 2,101,593 833,532 1,268,061 39.7% 60.3% 1,798,509 628,163 1,170,346 34.9% 65.1% 1,656,388 496,516 1,159,872 30.0% 70.0% Oklahoma 2,396,040 821,681 1,574,359 34.3% 65.7% 2,028,283 538,017 1,490,266 26.5% 73.5% 1,657,155 318,975 1,338,180 19.2% 80.8% Texas 5,824,715 2,389,348 3,435,367 41.0% 59.0% 4,663,228 1,512,689 3,150,539 32.4% 67.6% 3,896,542 938,104 2,958,438 24.1% 75.9% West Region 12,323,800 7,198,579 5,125,221 58.4% 41.6% 9,213,889 4,773,403 4,440,486 51.8% 48.2% 7,082,051 3,390,941 3,691,110 47.9% 52.1% Mountain Division 3,701,789 1,457,922 2,243,867 39.4% 60.6% 3,336,101 1,217,988 2,118,113 36.5% 63.5% 2,633,517 944,863 1,688,654 35.9% 64.1% Montana 537,606 181,036 356,570 33.7% 66.3% 548,889 172,011 376,878 31.3% 68.7% 376,053 133,420 242,633 35.5% 64.5% Idaho 445,032 129,507 315,525 29.1% 70.9% 431,866 119,037 312,829 27.6% 72.4% 325,594 69,898 255,696 21.5% 78.5% Wyoming 225,565 70,097 155,468 31.1% 68.9% 194,402 57,095 137,307 29.4% 70.6% 145,965 43,221 102,744 29.6% 70.4% Colorado 1,035,791 519,882 515,909 50.2% 49.8% 939,629 453,259 486,370 48.2% 51.8% 799,024 402,192 396,832 50.3% 49.7% New Mexico 423,317 106,816 316,501 25.2% 74.8% 360,350 64,960 295,390 18.0% 82.0% 327,301 46,571 280,730 14.2% 85.8% Arizona 435,573 149,856 285,717 34.4% 65.6% 334,162 120,788 213,374 36.1% 63.9% 204,354 63,260 141,094 31.0% 69.0% Utah 507,847 266,264 241,583 52.4% 47.6% 449,396 215,584 233,812 48.0% 52.0% 373,351 172,934 200,417 46.3% 53.7% Nevada 91,058 34,464 56,594 37.8% 62.2% 77,407 15,254 62,153 19.7% 80.3% 81,875 13,367 68,508 16.3% 83.7% Pacific Division 8,622,011 5,740,657 2,881,354 66.6% 33.4% 5,877,788 3,555,415 2,322,373 60.5% 39.5% 4,448,534 2,446,078 2,002,456 55.0% 45.0% Washington 1,563,396 884,539 678,857 56.6% 43.4% 1,356,621 742,801 613,820 54.8% 45.2% 1,141,990 605,530 536,460 53.0% 47.0% Oregon 953,786 489,746 464,040 51.3% 48.7% 783,389 390,346 393,043 49.8% 50.2% 672,765 307,060 365,705 45.6% 54.4% California 5,677,251 4,160,596 1,516,655 73.3% 26.7% 3,426,861 2,326,959 1,099,902 67.9% 32.1% 2,377,549 1,468,419 909,130 61.8% 38.2% Alaska *2 59,278 7,839 51,439 13.2% 86.8% 55,036 3,058 51,978 5.6% 94.4% 64,356 6,141 58,215 9.5% 90.5% Hawaii 368,300 197,937 170,363 53.7% 46.3% 255,881 92,251 163,630 36.1% 63.9% 191,874 58,928 132,946 30.7% 69.3% Table 1. Urban and Rural Population: 1900 to 1990--cont. 1900 1900 1900 total total 1900 1900 total urban rural percent percent population population population urban rural UNITED STATES 76,212,168 30,214,832 45,997,336 39.6% 60.4% Northeast Region 21,046,695 13,910,884 7,135,811 66.1% 33.9% New England Division 5,592,017 3,835,001 1,757,016 68.6% 31.4% Maine 694,466 232,827 461,639 33.5% 66.5% New Hampshire 411,588 192,240 219,348 46.7% 53.3% Vermont 343,641 75,831 267,810 22.1% 77.9% Massachusetts 2,805,346 2,411,877 393,469 86.0% 14.0% Rhode Island 428,556 378,471 50,085 88.3% 11.7% Connecticut 908,420 543,755 364,665 59.9% 40.1% Middle Atlantic Division 15,454,678 10,075,883 5,378,795 65.2% 34.8% New York 7,268,894 5,298,111 1,970,783 72.9% 27.1% New Jersey 1,883,669 1,329,162 554,507 70.6% 29.4% Pennsylvania 6,302,115 3,448,610 2,853,505 54.7% 45.3% Midwest Region 26,333,004 10,165,312 16,167,692 38.6% 61.4% East North Central Division 15,985,581 7,219,975 8,765,606 45.2% 54.8% Ohio 4,157,545 1,998,382 2,159,163 48.1% 51.9% Indiana 2,516,462 862,689 1,653,773 34.3% 65.7% Illinois 4,821,550 2,616,368 2,205,182 54.3% 45.7% Michigan 2,420,982 952,323 1,468,659 39.3% 60.7% Wisconsin 2,069,042 790,213 1,278,829 38.2% 61.8% West North Central Division 10,347,423 2,945,337 7,402,086 28.5% 71.5% Minnesota 1,751,394 598,100 1,153,294 34.1% 65.9% Iowa 2,231,853 572,386 1,659,467 25.6% 74.4% Missouri 3,106,665 1,128,104 1,978,561 36.3% 63.7% North Dakota 319,146 23,413 295,733 7.3% 92.7% South Dakota 401,570 40,936 360,634 10.2% 89.8% Nebraska 1,066,300 252,702 813,598 23.7% 76.3% Kansas 1,470,495 329,696 1,140,799 22.4% 77.6% South Region 24,523,527 4,420,885 20,102,642 18.0% 82.0% South Atlantic Division 10,443,480 2,232,632 8,210,848 21.4% 78.6% Delaware 184,735 85,717 99,018 46.4% 53.6% Maryland 1,188,044 591,206 596,838 49.8% 50.2% District of Columbia 278,718 278,718 - 100.0% 0.0% Virginia 1,854,184 340,067 1,514,117 18.3% 81.7% West Virginia 958,800 125,465 833,335 13.1% 86.9% North Carolina 1,893,810 186,790 1,707,020 9.9% 90.1% South Carolina 1,340,316 171,256 1,169,060 12.8% 87.2% Georgia 2,216,331 346,382 1,869,949 15.6% 84.4% Florida 528,542 107,031 421,511 20.3% 79.7% East South Central Division 7,547,757 1,131,056 6,416,701 15.0% 85.0% Kentucky 2,147,174 467,668 1,679,506 21.8% 78.2% Tennessee 2,020,616 326,639 1,693,977 16.2% 83.8% Alabama 1,828,697 216,714 1,611,983 11.9% 88.1% Mississippi 1,551,270 120,035 1,431,235 7.7% 92.3% West South Central Division 6,532,290 1,057,197 5,475,093 16.2% 83.8% Arkansas 1,311,564 111,733 1,199,831 8.5% 91.5% Louisiana 1,381,625 366,288 1,015,337 26.5% 73.5% Oklahoma 790,391 58,417 731,974 7.4% 92.6% Texas 3,048,710 520,759 2,527,951 17.1% 82.9% West Region 4,308,942 1,717,751 2,591,191 39.9% 60.1% Mountain Division 1,674,657 541,363 1,133,294 32.3% 67.7% Montana 243,329 84,554 158,775 34.7% 65.3% Idaho 161,772 10,003 151,769 6.2% 93.8% Wyoming 92,531 26,657 65,874 28.8% 71.2% Colorado 539,700 260,651 279,049 48.3% 51.7% New Mexico 195,310 27,381 167,929 14.0% 86.0% Arizona 122,931 19,495 103,436 15.9% 84.1% Utah 276,749 105,427 171,322 38.1% 61.9% Nevada 42,335 7,195 35,140 17.0% 83.0% Pacific Division 2,634,285 1,176,388 1,457,897 44.7% 55.3% Washington 518,103 211,477 306,626 40.8% 59.2% Oregon 413,536 133,180 280,356 32.2% 67.8% California 1,485,053 776,820 708,233 52.3% 47.7% Alaska 63,592 15,605 47,987 24.5% 75.5% Hawaii 154,001 39,306 114,695 25.5% 74.5% Sources: Table 16, 1990 CPH-2-1; Table 25, 1990 CPH-2-1; and Table 13, 1980 PC80-1-1 r Corrected population since last published census A:RDSURNET *1 Actual date of 1940 census for Alaska was 1939 *2 Actual date of 1930 census for Alaska was 1929