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Us Urban Population Growth. Various circumstances and driving forces have interacted over 225 years to reach a point where 80 percent of the Nations population now lives in metropolitan areas that occupy less than 20 percent of the land area. Published by Statista Research Department Jan 20 2021 This statistic illustrates the size of the urban and rural population of the United States from 1960 to 2020. Population resides in urban areas a percentage. The statistic shows the degree of urbanization in the United States from 2000 to 2050.
New York City with 84 million inhabitants is the largest. Growth of Urban Areas The growth of urban areas throughout the history of the United States has been dramatic. By 2019 the share of urban population increased to 557 per cent. Population lives in urban areas up from 64 in 1950. Population growth also has been uneven. Urban population growth Situation The urban population in 2015 accounted for 54 of the total global population up from 30 in 1950 - it is expected to increase to 60 of world population by 2030.
To qualify as an urban area the territory identified according to criteria must encompass at least 2500 people at least 1500 of which reside outside institutional group quarters These criteria result in several large urban agglomerations that encompass multiple urban areas from the 2000 census.
Have populations above 100000. Urban population growth annual World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Divisions World Urbanization Prospects. Ten years ago 511 per cent lived in urban areas. Urban cluster UC population. By 2019 the share of urban population increased to 557 per cent. By 2050 89 of the US.