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Did you mean the 1880s? The US population has been majority urban / suburban since the 1920s. The rural population is declining, but remains 17% of the populat
by topkai22 5y ago
Did you mean the 1880s? The US population has been majority urban / suburban since the 1920s. The rural population is declining, but remains 17% of the population. That's a significant portion of the population and would be incredibly wrong to write off.
- ghaff 5y agoAnd even 17% is deceptive. One of my neighbors has an apple orchard. Another has a Christmas tree farm. We’re next to a bunch of conservation land. We’re urban by census classification.
- shkkmo 5y agoRural is a term that can mean different things to different people. When an Alaska talks about "rural alaska" they mean something very different than when someone else talks about "rural new york".
- ghaff 5y agoParent was presumably using the US Census definition which leads various people to conclude that 80% live in urban areas. I agree with your point though rural NY can be pretty rural too if not in the same category as Alaska and large areas of the West.