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United States: Rural population

19.81percent · 2025+1.9% since 2015

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Annual figures for United States from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202519.808
202419.875
202319.928
202219.968
202119.993
202020.003
201919.87
201819.72
201719.598
201619.502
201519.429
201419.376
201319.339
201219.316
201119.304
201019.3
200919.315
200819.378
200719.485
200619.629
200519.804
200420.004
200320.223
200220.454
200120.691
200020.926
199921.188
199821.521
199721.914
199622.348
199522.802
199423.259
199323.7
199224.106
199124.457
199024.731
198924.949
198825.152
198725.346
198625.529
198525.698
198425.85
198325.984
198226.096
198126.186
198026.249
197926.291
197826.322
197726.346
197626.365
197526.381
197426.396
197326.414
197226.437
197126.467
197026.505
196926.583
196826.754
196727.01
196627.335
196527.718
196428.145
196328.602
196229.076
196129.554
196030.02

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Rural population. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-rural-population (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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