Urban and Rural Population by State, 2010

Total Rural Urban

Percent Percent
Percent of Total Percent Urban of Total
State's Total Area in Rural Rural Rural Area in Area that Urban Urban Area in Sq Area that
Population Sq Miles Population Population Sq Miles is Rural Population Population Miles is Urban
Alabama 4,779,736 50,645.3 1,957,932 40.96 48,438.2 95.64 2,821,804 59.04 2,207.1 4.36
Alaska 710,231 0.3 241,338 33.98 570,380.8 99.95 468,893 66.02 260.1 0.05
Arizona 6,392,017 2.5 651,358 10.19 111,407.5 98.08 5,740,659 89.81 2,186.6 1.92
Arkansas 2,915,918 1.1 1,278,329 43.84 50,938.5 97.89 1,637,589 56.16 1,097.0 2.11
California 37,253,956 14.4 1,880,350 5.05 147,559.9 94.72 35,373,606 94.95 8,219.3 5.28
Colorado 5,029,196 1.9 696,435 13.85 102,114.2 98.53 4,332,761 86.15 1,527.7 1.47
Connecticut 3,574,097 1.4 429,155 12.01 3,015.9 62.28 3,144,942 87.99 1,826.5 37.72
Delaware 897,934 0.3 149,985 16.7 1,541.7 79.12 747,949 83.30 406.9 20.88
District of Columbia 601,723 0.2 - 0 - 0.00 601,723 100.00 61.0 100.00
Florida 18,801,310 7.3 1,661,466 8.84 46,221.7 86.19 17,139,844 91.16 7,403.1 13.81

Georgia 9,687,653 3.7 2,415,502 24.93 52,716.7 91.66 7,272,151 75.07 4,796.8 8.34
Hawaii 1,360,301 0.5 109,812 8.07 6,029.5 93.88 1,250,489 91.93 393.1 6.12
Idaho 1,567,582 0.6 461,212 29.42 82,144.0 99.40 1,106,370 70.58 499.1 0.60
Illinois 12,830,632 5.0 1,477,079 11.51 51,573.4 92.89 11,353,553 88.49 3,945.6 7.11
Indiana 6,483,802 2.5 1,786,702 27.56 33,300.7 92.95 4,697,100 72.44 2,525.4 7.05
Iowa 3,046,355 1.2 1,096,099 35.98 54,903.9 98.29 1,950,256 64.02 953.3 1.71
Kansas 2,853,118 1.1 736,157 25.8 80,786.1 98.81 2,116,961 74.20 972.7 1.19
Kentucky 4,339,367 1.7 1,806,024 41.62 38,075.7 96.43 2,533,343 58.38 1,410.7 3.57
Louisiana 4,533,372 1.8 1,215,567 26.81 41,235.8 95.44 3,317,805 73.19 1,968.1 4.56
Maine 1,328,361 0.5 814,819 61.34 30,483.3 98.83 513,542 38.66 359.6 1.17

Maryland 5,773,552 2.2 739,221 12.8 7,702.6 79.35 5,034,331 87.20 2,004.6 20.65
Massachusetts 6,547,629 2.5 525,640 8.03 4,813.4 61.71 6,021,989 91.97 2,986.6 38.29
Michigan 9,883,640 3.8 2,513,683 25.43 52,915.7 93.59 7,369,957 74.57 3,623.2 6.41
Minnesota 5,303,925 2.0 1,417,614 26.73 77,921.5 97.86 3,886,311 73.27 1,705.2 2.14
Mississippi 2,967,297 1.1 1,503,073 50.65 45,817.4 97.64 1,464,224 49.35 1,105.9 2.36
Missouri 5,988,927 2.3 1,770,556 29.56 66,687.3 97.01 4,218,371 70.44 2,054.3 2.99
Montana 989,415 0.4 436,401 44.11 145,248.6 99.80 553,014 55.89 297.2 0.20
Nebraska 1,826,341 0.7 490,655 26.87 76,300.2 99.32 1,335,686 73.13 524.0 0.68
Nevada 2,700,551 1.0 156,754 5.8 109,013.8 99.30 2,543,797 94.20 767.4 0.70
New Hampshire 1,316,470 0.5 522,598 39.7 8,308.6 92.81 793,872 60.30 644.0 7.19

New Jersey 8,791,894 3.4 467,768 5.32 4,434.7 60.30 8,324,126 94.68 2,919.6 39.70
Urban and Rural Population by State, 2010
Total Rural Urban

Percent Percent
Percent of Total Percent Urban of Total
State's Total Area in Rural Rural Rural Area in Area that Urban Urban Area in Sq Area that
Population Sq Miles Population Population Sq Miles is Rural Population Population Miles is Urban
New Mexico 2,059,179 0.8 464,818 22.57 120,471.4 99.32 1,594,361 77.43 826.7 0.68
New York 19,378,102 7.5 2,349,997 12.13 43,034.5 91.32 17,028,105 87.87 4,091.9 8.68
North Carolina 9,535,483 3.7 3,233,727 33.91 44,008.7 90.52 6,301,756 66.09 4,609.2 9.48
North Dakota 672,591 0.3 269,719 40.1 68,817.0 99.73 402,872 59.90 183.8 0.27
Ohio 11,536,504 4.5 2,546,810 22.08 36,440.4 89.18 8,989,694 77.92 4,420.3 10.82
Oklahoma 3,751,351 1.4 1,266,322 33.76 67,288.2 98.10 2,485,029 66.24 1,306.7 1.90
Oregon 3,831,074 1.5 726,692 18.97 94,881.2 98.85 3,104,382 81.03 1,106.8 1.15
Pennsylvania 12,702,379 4.9 2,711,092 21.34 40,037.5 89.48 9,991,287 78.66 4,705.3 10.52
Rhode Island 1,052,567 0.4 97,524 9.27 633.2 61.25 955,043 90.73 400.6 38.75

South Carolina 4,625,364 1.8 1,557,555 33.67 27,679.1 92.08 3,067,809 66.33 2,381.6 7.92
South Dakota 814,180 0.3 352,933 43.35 75,584.7 99.70 461,247 56.65 226.3 0.30
Tennessee 6,346,105 2.5 2,132,860 33.61 38,329.7 92.95 4,213,245 66.39 2,905.2 7.05
Texas 25,145,561 9.7 3,847,522 15.3 252,486.1 96.65 21,298,039 84.70 8,745.6 3.35
Utah 2,763,885 1.1 260,290 9.42 81,254.9 98.89 2,503,595 90.58 914.7 1.11
Vermont 625,741 0.2 382,356 61.1 9,060.5 98.31 243,385 38.90 156.1 1.69
Virginia 8,001,024 3.1 1,963,930 24.55 36,824.9 93.25 6,037,094 75.45 2,665.2 6.75
Washington 6,724,540 2.6 1,072,671 15.95 64,080.8 96.43 5,651,869 84.05 2,374.7 3.57
West Virginia 1,852,994 0.7 950,184 51.28 23,397.9 97.34 902,810 48.72 640.3 2.66
Wisconsin 5,686,986 2.2 1,697,348 29.85 52,278.8 96.53 3,989,638 70.15 1,879.0 3.47

Wyoming 563,626 0.2 198,633 35.24 96,898.6 99.80 364,993 64.76 194.5 0.20
Puerto Rico 3,725,789 1.4 232,533 6.24 1,747.8 51.05 3,493,256 93.76 1,676.0 48.95

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2010 Census of Population.

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