Mapped: How Much of Each U.S. State’s Population Lives in Cities

Since the Industrial Revolution, the U.S. (along with much of the rest of the world) has urbanized. Currently almost 80% of the entire country’s population lives in cities.

However country-wide statistics can mask variations between regions. This graphic maps the share of urban population by state, per latest estimates from the Census Bureau. According to them, an urban area must “encompass at least 2,000 housing units or have a population of at least 5,000 people.” Learn More.

Sourced from Visual Capitalist