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Eastern US
Rural counties: (Not Metropolitan or Micropolitan) in the US
Population densities: 2010
Source: Census Bureau
Maine:
The Rural Counties:
Aroostook county: population density 10.8 people per square mile
Washington county: population density 12.8 people per square mile
Piscataquis county: population density 4.4 people per square mile
Hancock county: population density 34.3 people per square mile
Somerset county: population density 13.3 people per square mile
Waldo county: population density 53.1 people per square mile
Franklin county: population density 18.1 people per square mile
Lincoln county: population density 75.6 people per square mile
Oxford county: population density 27.8 peopler per square mile
Percentage of the total population living in rural counties: 29.4%
Percentage of the total population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 70.6%
New Hampshire:
The Rural County
Carroll county: population density 51.4 people per square mile
Percentage of the total population living in a rural county: 3.6%
Percentage of the total population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 96.4%
Massachusetts:
The Rural Counties
Dukes county: population density 160.2 people per square mile
Nantucket county: population density 226.2 people per square mile
Percentage of the total population living in rural counties: .004%
Percentage of the total population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 99.996%
Vermont:
The Rural Counties
Orleans county: population density 39.2 people per square mile
Lamoille county: population density 53.3 people per square mile
Caledonia county: population density 48.1 people per square mile
Addison county: population density 48.0 people per square mile
Windham county: population density 56.7 people per square mile
Percentage of the total population living in rural counties: 26.2%
Percentage of the total population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 73.8%
New York:
The Rural Counties
Wyoming county: population density 71.1 people per square mile
Allegany county: population density 47.6 people per square mile
Yates county: population density 75.0 people per square mile
Schuyler county: population density 55.9 people per square mile
Chenango county: population density 56.5 people per square mile
Lewis county: population density 21.3 people per square mile
Essex county: population density 21.9 people per square mile
Hamilton county: population density 2.8 people per square mile
Delaware county: population density 33.3 people per square mile
Greene county: population density 76.1 people per square mile
Sullivan county: population density 80.1 people per square mile
Percentage of the total population living in rural counties: 2.2%
Percentage of the total population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 97.8%
Pennsylvania:
The Rural Counties
Greene county: population density 67.2 people per square mile
Forest county: population density 18.1 people per square mile
Clarion county: population density 66.6 people per square mile
Jefferson county: population density 69.3 people per square mile
Cameron county: population density 12.8 people per square mile
Potter county: population density 16.1 people per square mile
Bedford county: population density 49.2 people per square mile
Fulton county: population density 33.9 people per square mile
Juniata county: population density 63.0 people per square mile
Tioga county: population density 37.0 people per square mile
Sullivan county: population density 14.3 people per square mile
Susquehanna county: population density 52.7 people per square mile
Wayne county: population density 72.8 people per square mile
Percentage of the total population living in rural counties: 3%
Percentage of the total population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 97.0%
Maryland:
The Rural Counties
Caroline county: population density 103.5 people per square mile
Kent county: population density 72.9 people per square mile
Garrett county: population density 46.5 people per square mile
Percentage of the total population living in rural counties: 1.4%
Percentage of the total population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 98.6%
Michigan:
The Rural Counties
Ontonogan county: population density 5.2 people per square mile
Gogebic county: population density 14.9 people per square mile
Baraga county: population density 9.9 people per square mile
Iron county: population density 10.1 people per square mile
Alger county: population denisty 10.5 people per square mile
Schoolcraft county: population density 7.2 people per square mile
Luce county: population density 7.4 people per square mile
Mackinac county: population density 10.9 people per square mile
Emmet county: population density 69.9 people per square mile
Cheboygan county: population density 36.6 people per square mile
Presque Isle county: population density 20.3 people per square mile
Charlevoix county: population density 62.3 people per square mile
Antrim county: population density 49.6 people per square mile
Otsego county: population density 46.9 people per square mile
Montmorency county: population density 17.9 people per square mile
Crawford county: population density 25.3 people per square mile
Oscoda county: population density 15.3 people per square mile
Alcona county: population density 16.2 people per square mile
Manistee county: population density 45.6 people per square mile
Roscommon county: population density 47.1 people per square mile
Ogemaw county: population density 38.5 people per square mile
Iosco county: population density 47.1 people per square mile
Mason county: population density 58.0 people per square mile
Lake county: population density 20.3 people per square mile
Osceola county: population density 41.5 people per square mile
Clare county: population density 54.8 people per square mile
Gladwin county: population density 51.2 people per square mile
Arenac county: population density 43.8 people per square mile
Oceana county: population density 51.9 people per square mile
Huron county: population density 39.6 people per square mile
Montcalm county: population density 89.8 people per square mile
Tuscola county: population desnity 69.4 people per square mile
Sanilac county: population density 44.8 people per square mile
Hillsdale county: population density 78.1 people per square mile
Percentage of the total population living in rural counties: 7.7%
Percentage of the total population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 92.3%
Ohio:
The Rural Counties
Williams county: population density 89.4 people per square mile
Henry county: population density 67.8 people per square mile
Paulding county: population density 47.1 people per square mile
Putnam county: population density 71.5 people per square mile
Wyandot county: population density 55.6 people per square mile
Hardin county: population density 68.1 people per square mile
Holmes county: population density 100.3 people per square mile
Harrison county: population density 39.4 people per square mile
Monroe county: population density 32.1 people per square mile
Noble county: population density 36.8 people per square mile
Morgan county: population density 36.2 people per square mile
Perry county: population density 88.4 people per square mile
Meigs county: population density 55.3 people per square mile
Hocking county: population density 69.7 people per square mile
Vinton county: population density 32.6 people per square mile
Jackson county: population density 79.0 people per square mile
Pike county: population density 65.2 people per square mile
Highland county: population density 78.8 people per square mile
Adams county: population density 48.9 people per square mile
Percentage of the total population living in rural counties: 4.4%
Percentage of the total population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 95.6%
Wisconsin:
The Rural Counties
Bayfield county: population density 10.2 people per square mile
Ashland county: population density 15.5 people per square mile
Iron county: population density 7.8 people per square mile
Vilas county: population density 25.0 people per square mile
Burnett county: population density 18.8 people per square mile
Washburn county: population density 20.0 people per square mile
Sawyer county: population density 13.2 people per square mile
Price county: population density 11.3 people per square mile
Oneida county: population density 32.3 people per square mile
Forest county: population density 9.2 people per square mile
Polk county: population density 48.4 people per square mile
Barron county: population density 53.2 people per square mile
Rusk county: population density 16.2 people per square mile
Door county: population density 57.6 people per square mile
Menominee county: population density 11.8 people per square mile
Langlade county: population density 22.9 people per square mile
Taylor county: population density 21.2 people per square mile
Shawano county: population density 47.0 people per square mile
Clark county: population density 28.7 people per square mile
Pepin county: population density 32.2 people per square mile
Waupaca county: population density 70.1 people per square mile
Jackson county: population density 20.7 people per square mile
Trempealeau county: population density: 39.3 people per square mile
Buffalo county: population density 20.2 people per square mile
Monroe county: population density 49.6 people per square mile
Juneau county: population density 34.8 people per square mile
Adams county: population density 32.3 people per square mile
Waushara county: population density 39.1 people per square mile
Marquette county: population density 33.8 people per square mile
Green Lake county: population density 54.5 people per square mile
Vernon county: population density 37.6 people per square mile
Crawford county: population density 29.2 people per square mile
Richland county: population density 30.7 people per square mile
Lafayette county: population density 26.6 people per square mile
Percentage of the total population living in rural counties: 13.6%
Percentage of the total population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 86.4%
Illinois:
The Rural Counties
Jo Daviess county: population density 37.7 people per square mile
Carroll county: population density 34.6 people per square mile
Iroquois county: population density 26.6 people per square mile
Hancock county: population density 24.1 people per square mile
Schuyler county: population density 17.3 people per square mile
Brown county: population density 22.7 people per square mile
Mason county: population density 27.2 people per square mile
Cass county: population density 36.3 people per square mile
De Witt county: population density 41.7 people per square mile
Pike county: population density 19.8 people per square mile
Moultrie county: population density 44.2 people per square mile
Douglas county: population density 48.0 people per square mile
Edgar county: population density 29.8 people per square mile
Greene county: population density 25.6 people per square mile
Montgomery county: population density 42.8 people per square mile
Shelby county: population density 29.5 people per square mile
Clark county: population density 32.6 people per square mile
Fayette county: population density 30.9 people per square mile
Jasper county: population density 19.6 people per square mile
Crawford county: population density 44.7 people per square mile
Clay county: population density 29.5 people per square mile
Richland county: population density 45.1 people per square mile
Lawrence county: population density 45.2 people per square mile
Washington county: population density 26.2 people per square mile
Wayne county: population density 23.5 people per square mile
Edwards county: population density 30.2 people per square mile
Wabash county: population density 53.5 people per square mile
Randolph county: population density 58.2 people per square mile
Perry couty: population density 50.6 people per square mile
Franklin county: population density 96.8 people per square mile
White county: population density 29.6 people per square mile
Gallatin county: population density 17.3 people per square mile
Union county: population density 43.1 people per square mile
Johnson county: population density 36.6 people per square mile
Hardin county: population density 24.3 people per square mile
Pulaski county: population density 30.9 people per square mile
Pope county: population density 12.1 people per square mile
Percentage of the total population living in rural counties: 4.7%
Percentage of the total population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 95.3%
New Jersey: None
100% of the total population lives in metropolitan or micropolitan counties
Connecticut: None
100% of the total population lives in metropolitan or micropolitan counties
Rhode Island: None
100% of the total population lives in metropolitan or micropolitan counties
Delaware: None
100% of the total population lives in metropolitan or micropolitan counties
Indiana:
The Rural Counties
Lagrange county: population density 97.8 people per square mile
Starke county: population density 75.6 people per square mile
Fulton county: population density 56.6 people per square mile
Pulaski county: population density 30.9 people per square mile
White county: population density 48.8 people per square mile
Blackford county: population density 77.3 people per square mile
Jay county: population density 55.4 people per square mile
Warren county: population density 23.3 people per square mile
Fountain county: population density 43.6 people per square mile
Randolph county: population density 57.9 people per square mile
Parke county: population density 39.0 people per square mile
Rush county: population density 42.6 people per square mile
Union county: population density 46.6 people per square mile
Switzerland county: population density 48.1 people per square mile
Ripley county: population density 64.6 people per square mile
Orange county: population density 49.8 people per square mile
Crawford county: population density 35.1 people per square mile
Martin county: population density 30.8 people per square mile
Perry county: population density 50.7 people per square mile
Spencer county: population density 52.8 people per square mile
Percentage of the total population living in rural counties: 5.6%
Percentage of the total population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 94.4%
West Virginia:
The Rural Counties
Hardy county: population density 24.1 people per square mile
Grant county: population density 25.0 people per square mile
Pendleton county: population density 11.1 people per square mile
Wetzel county: population density 46.3 people per square mile
Tyler county: population density 35.9 people per square mile
Tucker county: population density 17.0 people per square mile
Barbour county: population density 48.6 people per square mile
Ritchie county: population density 23.1 people per square mile
Lewis county: population density 42.5 people per square mile
Upshur county: population density 68.4 people per square mile
Randolph county: population density 28.3 people per square mile
Calhoun county: population density 27.3 people per square mile
Gilmer county: population density 25.7 people per square mile
Braxton county: population density 28.4 people per square mile
Webster county: population density 16.5 people per square mile
Pocahontas county: population density 9.3 people per square mile
Jackson county: population density 62.9 people per square mile
Roane county: population density 30.9 people per square mile
Nicholas county: population density 40.6 people per square mile
Greenbrier county: population density 34.8 people per square mile
Summers county: population density 38.6 people per square mile
Monroe county: population density 28.6 people per square mile
Logan county: population density 81.0 people per square mile
Wyoming county: population density 47.6 people per square mile
Mingo county: population density 63.4 people per square mile
McDowell county: population density 41.5 people per square mile
Percentage of the total population living in rural counties: 24.6%
Percentage of the total population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 75.4%
Virginia:
The Rural Counties
Shenandoah county: population density 82.5 people per square mile
Rappahannock county: population density 27.7 people per square mile
King George county: population density 131.3 people per square mile
Westmoreland county: population density 76.1 people per square mile
Northumberland county: population density 64.5 people per square mile
Accomack county: population density 73.8 people per square mile
Northampton county: population density 58.5 people per square mile
Page county: population density 77.3 people per square mile
Madison county: population density 41.5 people per square mile
Orange county: population density 98.2 people per square mile
Richmond county: population density 48.3 people per square mile
Lancaster county: population density 85.5 people per square mile
Essex county: population density 43.4 people per square mile
Middlesex county: population density 84.1 people per square mile
Southampton county: population density 31.0 people per square mile
Greensville county: population density 41.5 people per square mile
Brunswick county: poulation density 30.8 people per square mile
Nottoway county: population density 50.4 people per square mile
Lunenberg county: population density 29.9 people per square mile
Mecklenberg county: population density 52.3 people per square mile
Prince Edward county: population density 66.8 people per square mile
Charlotte county: population density 26.5 people per square mile
Buckingham county: population density 29.6 people per square mile
Halifax county: population density 44.3 people per square mile
Highland county: population density 5.6 people per square mile
Bath county: population density 8.9 people per square mile
Rockbridge county: population density 37.3 people per square mile
Alleghany county: population density 36.5 people per square mile
Floyd county: population density 40.2 people per square mile
Patrick county: population density 38.3 people per square mile
Bland county: population density 19.1 people per square mile
Wythe county: population density 63.3 people per square mile
Carroll county: population density 63.3 people per square mile
Grayson county: population density 35.1 people per square mile
Smyth county: population density 71.4 people per square mile
Russell county: population density 61.0 people per square mile
Buchanan county: population density 47.9 people per square mile
Dickenson county: population density 48.1 people per square mile
Wise county: population density 102.8 people per square mile
Lee county: population density 58.8 people per square mile
Percentage of the total population living in rural counties: 9.8%
Percentage of the total population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 90.2%
Kentucky:
The Rural Counties
Hickman county: population density 20.2 people per square mile
Carlisle county: population density 26.9 people per square mile
Marshall county: population density 104.4 people per square mile
Lyon county: population density 38.9 people per square mile
Caldwell county: population density 37.7 people per square mile
Crittenden county: population density 25.9 people per square mile
Union county: population density 43.8 people per square mile
Todd county: population density 33.3 people per square mile
Logan county: population density 48.6 people per square mile
Butler county: population density 29.8 people per square mile
Ohio county: population density 40.6 people per square mile
Simpson county: population density 74.0 people per square mile
Allen county: population density 58.0 people per square mile
Grayson county: population density 51.8 people per square mile
Breckinridge county: population density 35.4 people per square mile
Hart county: population density 44.2 people per square mile
Monroe county: population density 33.3 people per square mile
Green county: population density 39.4 people per square mile
Carroll county: population density 84.1 people per square mile
Owen county: population density 30.9 people per square mile
Harrison county: population density 61.5 people per square mile
Robertson county: population density 22.8 people per square mile
Nicholas county: population density 36.6 people per square mile
Fleming county: population density 41.2 people per square mile
Carter county: population density 67.7 people per square mile
Rowan county: population density 83.4 people per square mile
Elliott county: population density 33.5 people per square mile
Lawrence county: population density 38.2 people per square mile
Morgan county: population density 36.5 people per square mile
Johnson county: population density 89.2 people per square mile
Martin county: population density 56.3 people per square mile
Powell county: population density 70.5 people per square mile
Wolfe county: population density 33.1 people per square mile
Magoffin county: population density 43.2 people per square mile
Floyd county: population density 100.3 people per square mile
Pike county: population density 82.6 people per square mile
Washington county: population density 39.4 people per square mile
Marion county: population density 57.8 people per square mile
Adair county: population density 46.0 people per square mile
Cumberland county: population density 22.5 people per square mile
Mercer county: population density 85.7 people per square mile
Garrard county: population density 73.5 people per square mile
Casey county: population density 35.9 people per square mile
Russell county: population density 69.2 people per square mile
Clinton county: population density 52.1 people per square mile
Estill county: population density 58.0 people per square mile
Lee county: population density 37.8 people per square mile
Breathitt county: population density 28.2 people per square mile
Knott county: population density 46.5 people per square mile
Jackson county: population density 39.1 people per square mile
Owsley county: population density 24.1 people per square mile
Perry county: population density 84.5 people per square mile
Letcher county: population density 72.6 people per square mile
Clay county: population density 46.3 people per square mile
Leslie county: population density 28.2 people per square mile
Wayne county: population density 45.4 people per square mile
McCreary county: population density 42.9 people per square mile
Knox county: population density 82.5 people per square mile
Harlan county: population density 62.9 people per square mile
Percentage of the total population living in rural counties: 23.2%
Percentage of the total population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 76.8%
South Carolina:
The Rural Counties
Abbeville County: population density 51.8 people per square mile
McCormick County: population density 28.5 people per square mile
Chesterfield County: population density 58.5 people per square mile
Lee County: population density 46.9 people per square mile
Marion County: population density 67.6 people per square mile
Clarendon County: population density 57.6 people per square mile
Williamsburg County: population density 36.8 people per square mile
Barnwell County: population density 41.2 people per square mile
Allendale County: population density 25.5 people per square mile
Bamberg County: population density 40.6 people per square mile
Hampton County: population density 37.7 people per square mile
Percentage of the total population living in rural counties: 5.9%
Percentage of the total population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 94.1%
Tennessee:
The Rural Counties
Johnson County: population density 61.1 people per square mile
Hancock County: population density 30.7 people per square mile
Claiborne County: population density 74.1 people per square mile
Monroe County: population density 70.0 people per square mile
Meigs County: population density 60.2 people per square mile
Rhea County: population density 100.9 people per square mile
Morgan County: population density 42.1 people per square mile
Scott County: population density 41.8 people per square mile
Pickett County: population density 31.2 people per square mile
Fentress County: population density 36.0 people per square mile
Bledsoe County: population density 31.7 people per square mile
Clay County: population density 33.2 people per square mile
White County: population density 68.6 people per square mile
Van Buren County: population density 20.3 people per square mile
Grundy County: population density 38.0 people per square mile
DeKalb County: population density 61.5 people per square mile
Lincoln County: population density 58.5 people per square mile
Giles County: population density 48.3 people per square mile
Lewis County: population density 43.1 people per square mile
Houston County: population density 42.1 people per square mile
Humphreys County: population density 34.9 people per square mile
Perry County: population density 19.1 people per square mile
Wayne County: population density 23.2 people per square mile
Benton County: population density 41.8 people per square mile
Decatur County: population density 35.2 people per square mile
Hardin County: population density 45.1 people per square mile
Carroll County: population density 47.6 people per square mile
Henderson County: population density 53.4 people per square mile
McNairy County: population density 46.3 people per square mile
Hardeman County: population density 40.8 people per square mile
Crockett County: population density 54.9 people per square mile
Lake County: population density 47.2 people per square mile
Lauderdale County: population density 58.9 people per square mile
Percentage of the total population living in rural counties: 9.9%
Percentage of the total population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 90.1%
North Carolina:
The Rural Counties
Cherokee County: population density 60.3 people per square mile
Graham County: population density 30.3 people per square mile
Clay County: population density 49.3 people per square mile
Macon County: population density 65.8 people per square mile
Swain County: population density 26.5 people per square mile
Jackson County: population density 82.1 people per square mile
Polk County: population density 86.3 people per square mile
McDowell County: population density 102.1 people per square mile
Yancey County: population density 57.0 people per square mile
Mitchell County: population density 70.4 people per square mile
Avery County: population density 72.0 people per square mile
Ashe County: population density 64.0 people per square mile
Alleghany County: population density 47.5 people per square mile
Montgomery County: population density 56.5 people per square mile
Caswell County: population density 55.8 people per square mile
Granville County: population density 112.7 people per square mile
Warren County: population density 48.9 people per square mile
Hertford County: population density 69.9 people per square mile
Gates County: population density 35.8 people per square mile
Bertie County: population density 30.4 people per square mile
Chowan County: population density 85.8 people per square mile
Martin County: population density 53.1 people per square mile
Washington County: population density 38.0 people per square mile
Tyrrell County: population density 11.3 people per square mile
Hyde County: population density 9.5 people per square mile
Duplin County: population density 71.7 people per square mile
Sampson County: population density 67.1 people per square mile
Bladen County: population density 40.2 people per square mile
Columbus County: population density 62.0 people per square mile
Percentage of the total population living in rural counties: 7.9%
Percentage of the total population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 92.1%
Florida:
The Rural Counties
Walton County: population density 53.0 people per square mile
Holmes County: population density 41.6 people per square mile
Washington County: population density 42.7 people per square mile
Jackson County: population density 54.2 people per square mile
Calhoun County: population density 25.8 people per square mile
Gulf County: population density 28.1 people per square mile
Liberty County: population density 10.0 people per square mile
Franklin County: population density 21.6 people per square mile
Madison County: population density 27.6 people per square mile
Taylor County: population density 21.6 people per square mile
Hamilton County: population density 28.8 people per square mile
Suwannee County: population density 60.3 people per square mile
Lafayette County: population density 16.3 people per square mile
Dixie County: population density 23.3 people per square mile
Union County: population density 63.8 people per square mile
Bradford County: population density 97.0 people per square mile
Levy County: population density 36.5 people per square mile
Glades County: population density 16.0 people per square mile
Total percentage of the population living in rural counties: 2.2%
Total percentage of the population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 97.8%
Mississippi:
The Rural Counties
Greene County: population density 20.2 people per square mile
Marion County: population density 49.9 people per square mile
Walthall County: population density 38.2 people per square mile
Wilkinson County: population density 14.6 people per square mile
Wayne County: population density 25.6 people per square mile
Covington County: population density 47.3 people per square mile
Jefferson Davis County: population density 30.6 people per square mile
Lawrence County: population density 30.0 people per square mile
Franklin County: population density 14.4 people per square mile
Jefferson County: population density 14.9 people per square mile
Smith County: population density 25.9 people per square mile
Claiborne County: population density 19.7 people per square mile
Newton County: population density 37.6 people per square mile
Scott County: population density 46.4 people per square mile
Neshoba County: population density 52.1 people per square mile
Leake County: population density 40.8 people per square mile
Sharkey County: population density 11.4 people per square mile
Issaquena County: population density 3.4 people per square mile
Noxubee County: population density 16.6 people per square mile
Winston County: population density 31.6 people per square mile
Attala County: population density 26.6 people per square mile
Holmes County: population density 25.4 people per square mile
Humphreys County: population density 22.4 people per square mile
Webster County: population density 24.4 people per square mile
Choctaw County: population density 20.4 people per square mile
Montgomery County: population density 26.8 people per square mile
Monroe County: population density 48.3 people per square mile
Chickasaw County: population density 34.7 people per square mile
Calhoun County: population density 25.5 people per square mile
Yalobusha County: population density 27.1 people per square mile
Tallahatchie County: population density 23.8 people per square mile
Union County: population density 65.3 people per square mile
Panola County: population density 50.7 people per square mile
Quitman County: population density 20.3 people per square mile
Prentiss County: population density 60.9 people per square mile
Tishomingo County: population density 46.2 people per square mile
Tippah County: population density 48.6 people per square mile
Benton County: population density 21.5 people per square mile
Percentage of the total population living in rural counties: 21.4%
Percentage of the total population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 78.6%
Alabama:
The Rural Counties
Escambia County: population density 40.5 people per square mile
Covington County: population density 36.6 people per square mile
Washington County: population density 16.3 people per square mile
Clarke County: population density 20.9 people per square mile
Monroe County: population density 22.5 people per square mile
Conecuh County: population density 15.6 people per square mile
Butler County: population density 27.0 people per square mile
Crenshaw County: population density 22.8 people per square mile
Choctaw County: population density 15.2 people per square mile
Marengo County: population density 21.5 people per square mile
Wilcox County: population density 13.1 people per square mile
Bullock County: population density 17.5 people per square mile
Perry County: population density 14.7 people per square mile
Sumter County: population density 15.2 people per square mile
Pickens County: population density 22.4 people per square mile
Clay County: population density 23.1 people per square mile
Randolph County: population density 39.5 people per square mile
Cleburne County: population density 26.7 people per square mile
Fayette County: population density 27.5 people per square mile
Lamar County: population density 24.1 people per square mile
Cherokee County: population density 46.9 people per square mile
Winston County: population density 39.9 people per square mile
Marion County: population density 41.5 people per square mile
Franklin County: population density 50.0 people per square mile
Percentage of the total population living in rural counties: 10.2%
Percentage of the total population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 89.8%
Georgia:
The Rural Counties
Seminole County: population density 37.1 people per square mile
Grady County: population density 55.0 people per square mile
Clinch County: population density 8.5 people per square mile
Charlton County: population density 15.7 people per square mile
Early County: population density 21.5 people per square mile
Miller County: population density 21.7 people per square mile
Mitchell County: population density 45.9 people per square mile
Cook County: population density 75.8 people per square mile
Berrien County: population density 42.7 people per square mile
Clay County: population density 16.3 people per square mile
Randolph County: population density 18.0 people per square mile
Calhoun County: population density 23.9 people per square mile
Turner County: population density 31.3 people per square mile
Bacon County: population density 42.9 people per square mile
Jeff Davis County: population density 45.6 people per square mile
Appling County: population density 36.0 people per square mile
Evans County: population density 60.2 people per square mile
Tattnall County: population density 53.2 people per square mile
Wheeler County: population density 25.1 people per square mile
Telfair County: population density 37.7 people per square mile
Wilcox County: population density 24.5 people per square mile
Webster County: population density 13.4 people per square mile
Stewart County: population density 13.2 people per square mile
Dooly County: population density 38.1 people per square mile
Pulaski County: population density 48.2 people per square mile
Dodge County: population density 44.0 people per square mile
Candler County: population density 45.3 people per square mile
Treutlen County: population density 34.5 people per square mile
Emanuel County: population density 33.2 people per square mile
Screven County: population density 22.6 people per square mile
Jenkins County: population density 24.0 people per square mile
Bleckley County: population density 60.5 people per square mile
Macon County: population density 36.8 people per square mile
Taylor County: population density 23.6 people per square mile
Talbot County: population density 17.5 people per square mile
Wilkinson County: population density 21.4 people per square mile
Washington County: population density 31.2 people per square mile
Jefferson County: population density 32.2 people per square mile
Glascock County: population density 21.4 people per square mile
Warren County: population density 20.5 people per square mile
Putnam County: population density 61.6 people per square mile
Morgan County: population density 51.4 people per square mile
Greene County: population density 41.3 people per square mile
Taliaferro County: population density 8.8 people per square mile
Wilkes County: population density 22.6 people per square mile
Lincoln County: population density 38.0 people per square mile
Jackson County: population density 178.1 people per square mile
Elbert County: population density 57.4 people per square mile
Banks County: population density 79.3 people per square mile
Franklin County: population density 84.5 people per square mile
Hart County: population density 108.5 people per square mile
Lumpkin County: population density 105.9 people per square mile
White County: population density 112.8 people per square mile
Gilmer County: population density 66.3 people per square mile
Fannin County: population density 61.2 people per square mile
Union County: population density 66.3 people per square mile
Towns County: population density 62.9 people per square mile
Rabun county: population density 44.0 people per square mile
Total percentage of the population living in rural counties: 8.9%
Total percentage of the population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 91.1%
Last edited by GraniteStater; 04-02-2012 at 08:01 AM..
I made a map to this effect based on the 2000 Census data. Note that the numbers superimposed on the states indicate their ranking (1 = largest urban population).
I made a map to this effect based on the 2000 Census data. Note that the numbers superimposed on the states indicate their ranking (1 = largest urban population).
That is a fairly good representation. Could you update the map based on 2010 Census data?
However, my criteria is generally based on economies of scale. Rural counties that have a high population density are generally very economically decentralized. This basically means that no town within the county emerged as an economic stalwart to grow in size to micropolitan status. Rural areas with high population density can only fall into two camps: 1) resort/retiree/recreation areas with higher desirability. 2) Rural areas that are very decentralized that have very low economic growth, low educational attainment, and higher poverty rates. With the exception of Vermont, the states with less than 80% of the total state population residing in metropolitan or micropolitan counties fit more along with lines with number two.
Minnesota:
Kittson County: population density 4.1 people per square mile
Roseau County: population density 9.3 people per square mile
Lake of the Woods County: population density 3.1 people per square mile
Koochiching County: population density 4.3 people per square mile
Lake County: population density 5.2 people per square mile
Cook County: population density 3.6 people per square mile
Marshall County: population density 5.3 people per square mile
Pennington County: population density 22.6 people per square mile
Red Lake County: population density 9.5 people per square mile
Itasca County: population density 16.9 people per square mile
Norman County: population density 7.9 people per square mile
Mahnomen County: population density 9.7 people per square mile
Clearwater County: population density 8.7 people per square mile
Becker County: population density 24.7 people per square mile
Hubbard County: population density 22.1 people per square mile
Wadena County: population density 25.8 people per square mile
Aitkin County: population density 8.9 people per square mile
Traverse County: population density 6.2 people per square mile
Grant County: population density 11.0 people per square mile
Todd County: population density 26.3 people per square mile
Morrison County: population density 29.5 people per square mile
Mille Lacs County: population density 45.6 people per square mile
Kanabec County: population density 31.1 people per square mile
Pine County: population density 21.1 people per square mile
Big Stone County: population density 10.6 people per square mile
Stevens County: population density 17.3 people per square mile
Pope County: population density 16.4 people per square mile
Swift County: population density 13.2 people per square mile
Lac qui Parle County: population density 9.5 people per square mile
Chippewa County: population density 21.4 people per square mile
Meeker County: population density 38.3 people per square mile
Yellow Medicine County: population density 13.8 people per square mile
Renville County: population density 16.0 people per square mile
Sibley County: population density 25.9 people per square mile
Lincoln County: population density 11.0 people per square mile
Redwood County: population density 18.3 people per square mile
Le Sueur County: population density 61.7 people per square mile
Pipestone County: population density 20.6 people per square mile
Murray County: population density 12.4 people per square mile
Cottonwood County: population density 18.3 people per square mile
Watonwan County: population density 25.8 people per square mile
Waseca County: population density 45.2 people per square mile
Rock County: population density 20.1 people per square mile
Jackson County: population density 14.6 people per square mile
Faribault County: population density 20.4 people per square mile
Fillmore County: population density 24.2 people per square mile
Percentage of the total population living in rural counties: 12.3%
Percentage of the total population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 87.7%
Iowa:
Lyon County: population density 19.7 people per square mile
Osceola County: population density 16.2 people per square mile
Emmet County: population density 26.0 people per square mile
Kossuth County: population density 16.0 people per square mile
Winnebago County: population density 27.1 people per square mile
Mitchell County: population density 23.0 people per square mile
Howard County: population density 20.2 people per square mile
Winneshiek County: population density 30.5 people per square mile
Allamakee County: population density 22.4 people per square mile
Sioux County: population density 43.9 people per square mile
O’Brien County: population density 25.1 people per square mile
Palo Alto County: population density 16.7 people per square mile
Hancock County: population density 19.9 people per square mile
Floyd County: population density 32.6 people per square mile
Chickasaw County: population density 24.7 people per square mile
Plymouth County: population density 29.0 people per square mile
Cherokee County: population density 20.9 people per square mile
Pocahontas County: population density 12.7 people per square mile
Humboldt County: population density 22.6 people per square mile
Wright County: population density 22.8 people per square mile
Franklin County: population density 18.4 people per square mile
Butler County: population density 25.6 people per square mile
Fayette County: population density 28.6 people per square mile
Clayton County: population density 23.3 people per square mile
Ida County: population density 16.4 people per square mile
Sac County: population density 18.0 people per square mile
Calhoun County: population density 17.0 people per square mile
Hamilton County: population density 27.2 people per square mile
Hardin County: population density 30.8 people per square mile
Buchanan County: population density 36.7 people per square mile
Delaware County: population density 30.7 people per square mile
Monona County: population density 13.3 people per square mile
Crawford County: population density 23.9 people per square mile
Carroll County: population density 36.6 people per square mile
Greene County: population density 16.4 people per square mile
Tama County: population density 24.6 people per square mile
Jackson County: population density 31.2 people per square mile
Shelby County: population density 20.6 people per square mile
Audubon County: population density 13.8 people per square mile
Poweshiek County: population density 32.3 people per square mile
Iowa County: population density 27.9 people per square mile
Cedar County: population density 31.9 people per square mile
Cass County: population density 24.7 people per square mile
Adair County: population density 13.5 people per square mile
Keokuk County: population density 18.1 people per square mile
Montgomery County: population density 25.3 people per square mile
Adams County: population density 9.5 people per square mile
Union County: population density 29.6 people per square mile
Clarke County: population density 21.5 people per square mile
Lucas County: population density 20.7 people per square mile
Monroe County: population density 18.4 people per square mile
Jefferson County: population density 38.7 people per square mile
Henry County: population density 46.4 people per square mile
Fremont County: population density 14.6 people per square mile
Page County: population density 29.8 people per square mile
Taylor County: population density 11.9 people per square mile
Ringgold County: population density 9.6 people per square mile
Decatur County: population density 15.9 people per square mile
Wayne County: population density 12.2 people per square mile
Appanoose County: population density 25.9 people per square mile
Davis County: population density 17.4 people per square mile
Van Buren County: population density 15.6 people per square mile
Percentage of the total population living in rural counties: 26.5%
Percentage of the total population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 73.5%
Missouri:
Atchison County: population density 10.4 people per square mile
Worth County: population density 8.1 people per square mile
Harrison County: population density 12.4 people per square mile
Mercer County: population density 8.3 people per square mile
Putnam County: population density 9.6 people per square mile
Scotland County: population density 11.1 people per square mile
Gentry County: population density 13.7 people per square mile
Holt County: population density 10.6 people per square mile
Daviess County: population density 15.0 people per square mile
Grundy County: population density 23.6 people per square mile
Sullivan County: population density 10.4 people per square mile
Knox County: population density 8.2 people per square mile
Livingston County: population density 28.5 people per square mile
Linn County: population density 20.7 people per square mile
Macon County: population density 19.4 people per square mile
Shelby County: population density 12.7 people per square mile
Carroll County: population density 13.4 people per square mile
Chariton County: population density 10.4 people per square mile
Monroe County: population density 13.6 people per square mile
Pike County: population density 27.6 people per square mile
Montgomery County: population density 22.8 people per square mile
Cooper County: population density 31.2 people per square mile
Gasconade County: population density 29.4 people per square mile
Henry County: population density 32.0 people per square mile
Benton County: population density 27.1 people per square mile
Morgan County: population density 34.4 people per square mile
Miller County: population density 41.8 people per square mile
Maries County: population density 17.4 people per square mile
St. Clair County: population density 14.6 people per square mile
Hickory County: population density 24.1 people per square mile
Camden County: population density 67.1 people per square mile
Vernon County: population density 25.6 people per square mile
Cedar County: population density 29.5 people per square mile
Crawford County: population density 33.3 people per square mile
Ste. Genevieve County: population density 36.4 people per square mile
Perry County: population density 40.0 people per square mile
Barton County: population density 21.0 people per square mile
Dade County: population density 16.1 people per square mile
Dent County: population density 20.8 people per square mile
Iron County: population density 19.3 people per square mile
Madison County: population density 24.7 people per square mile
Reynolds County: population density 8.3 people per square mile
Wright County: population density 27.6 people per square mile
Texas County: population density 22.1 people per square mile
Shannon County: population density 8.4 people per square mile
Carter County: population density 12.3 people per square mile
Wayne County: population density 17.8 people per square mile
Stoddard County: population density 36.4 people per square mile
Mississippi County: population density 34.9 people per square mile
Lawrence County: population density 63.2 people per square mile
Douglas County: population density 16.8 people per square mile
Barry County: population density 45.7 people per square mile
Ozark County: population density 13.1 people per square mile
Oregon County: population density 13.8 people per square mile
Ripley County: population density 22.4 people per square mile
New Madrid County: population density 28.1 people per square mile
Pemiscot County: population density 37.1 people per square mile
Percentage of the total population living in rural counties: 13.5%
Percentage of the total population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 86.5%
Arkansas:
Carroll County: population density 43.6 people per square mile
Marion County: population density 27.9 people per square mile
Fulton County: population density 19.8 people per square mile
Randolph County: population density 27.6 people per square mile
Clay County: population density 25.2 people per square mile
Searcy County: population density 12.3 people per square mile
Stone County: population density 20.4 people per square mile
Izard County: population density 23.6 people per square mile
Sharp County: population density 28.6 people per square mile
Lawrence County: population density 29.6 people per square mile
Jackson County: population density 28.4 people per square mile
Cleburne County: population density 46.9 people per square mile
Van Buren County: population density 24.4 people per square mile
Johnson County: population density 38.7 people per square mile
Logan County: population density 31.6 people per square mile
Conway County: population density 38.5 people per square mile
Woodruff County: population density 12.4 people per square mile
Cross County: population density 29.0 people per square mile
Scott County: population density 12.6 people per square mile
Polk County: population density 24.1 people per square mile
Montgomery County: population density 12.2 people per square mile
Prairie County: population density 13.4 people per square mile
Monroe County: population density 13.4 people per square mile
Lee County: population density 17.3 people per square mile
Hot Spring County: population density 53.5 people per square mile
Arkansas County: population density 19.2 people per square mile
Sevier County: population density 30.2 people per square mile
Howard County: population density 23.4 people per square mile
Pike County: population density 18.8 people per square mile
Dallas County: population density 12.2 people per square mile
Little River County: population density 24.7 people per square mile
Bradley County: population density 17.7 people per square mile
Drew County: population density 22.3 people per square mile
Desha County: population density 16.9 people per square mile
Lafayette County: population density 14.5 people per square mile
Ashley County: population density 23.6 people per square mile
Chicot County: population density 18.3 people per square mile
Percentage of the total population living in rural counties: 20%
Percentage of the total population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 80%
Louisiana:
Claiborne Parish: population density 22.8 people per square mile
West Carroll Parish: population density 32.3 people per square mile
East Carroll Parish: population density 18.4 people per square mile
Bienville Parish: population density 17.7 people per square mile
Richland Parish: population density 37.1 people per square mile
Red River Parish: population density 23.4 people per square mile
Winn Parish: population density 16.1 people per square mile
Caldwell Parish: population density 19.1 people per square mile
Franklin Parish: population density 33.2 people per square mile
Tensas Parish: population density 8.7 people per square mile
Sabine Parish: population density 28.0 people per square mile
La Salle Parish: population density 23.8 people per square mile
Catahoula Parish: population density 14.7 people per square mile
Avoyelles Parish: population density 50.5 people per square mile
Allen Parish: population density 33.8 people per square mile
Evangeline Parish: population density 51.3 people per square mile
St. James Parish: population density 91.5 people per square mile
Percentage of the total population living in rural counties: 6.7%
Percentage of the total population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 93.7%
North Dakota:
Divide County: population density 1.6 people per square mile
Burke County: population density 1.8 people per square mile
Bottineau County: population density 3.9 people per square mile
Rolette County: population density 15.4 people per square mile
Towner County: population density 2.2 people per square mile
Cavalier County: population density 2.7 people per square mile
Pembina County: population density 6.6 people per square mile
Mountrail County: population density 4.2 people per square mile
Pierce County: population density 4.3 people per square mile
Benson County: population density 4.8 people per square mile
Ramsey County: population density 9.6 people per square mile
Walsh County: population density 8.7 people per square mile
Nelson County: population density 3.2 people per square mile
McKenzie County: population density 2.3 people per square mile
Dunn County: population density 1.8 people per square mile
Mercer County: population density 8.1 people per square mile
Oliver County: population density 2.6 people per square mile
McLean County: population density 4.2 people per square mile
Sheridan County: population density 1.4 people per square mile
Wells County: population density 3.3 people per square mile
Eddy County: population density 3.8 people per square mile
Foster County: population density 5.3 people per square mile
Griggs County: population density 3.4 people per square mile
Steele County: population density 2.8 people per square mile
Traill County: population density 9.4 people per square mile
Golden Valley County: population density 1.7 people per square mile
Kidder County: population density 1.8 people per square mile
Barnes County: population density 7.4 people per square mile
Slope County: population density 0.6 people per square mile
Hettinger County: population density 2.2 people per square mile
Grant County: population density 1.4 people per square mile
Bowman County: population density 2.7 people per square mile
Adams County: population density 2.4 people per square mile
Sioux County: population density 3.8 people per square mile
Emmons County: population density 2.4 people per square mile
Logan County: population density 2.0 people per square mile
LaMoure County: population density 3.6 people per square mile
Ransom County: population density 6.3 people per square mile
McIntosh County: population density 2.9 people per square mile
Dickey County: population density 4.7 people per square mile
Sargent County: population density 4.5 people per square mile
Percentage of the total population living in rural counties: 28.6%
Percentage of the total population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 71.4%
South Dakota:
Harding County: population density 0.5 people per square mile
Perkins County: population density 1.0 people per square mile
Corson County: population density 1.6 people per square mile
Dewey County: population density 2.3 people per square mile
Ziebach County: population density 1.4 people per square mile
Butte County: population density 4.5 people per square mile
Haakon County: population density 1.1 people per square mile
Jones County: population density 1.0 people per square mile
Lyman County: population density 2.3 people per square mile
Custer County: population density 5.3 people per square mile
Jackson County: population density 1.6 people per square mile
Mellette County: population density 1.6 people per square mile
Fall River County: population density 4.1 people per square mile
Shannon County: population density 6.5 people per square mile
Bennett County: population density 2.9 people per square mile
Todd County: population density 6.9 people per square mile
Tripp County: population density 3.5 people per square mile
Gregory County: population density 4.2 people per square mile
Campbell County: population density 2.0 people per square mile
McPherson County: population density 2.2 people per square mile
Walworth County: population density 7.7 people per square mile
Marshall County: population density 5.6 people per square mile
Day County: population density: 5.6 people per square mile
Roberts County: population density 9.2 people per square mile
Grant County: population density 10.8 people per square mile
Potter County: population density 2.7 people per square mile
Faulk County: population density 2.4 people per square mile
Spink County: population density 4.3 people per square mile
Clark County: population density 3.9 people per square mile
Deuel County: population density 7.0 people per square mile
Sully County: population density 1.4 people per square mile
Hyde County: population density 1.7 people per square mile
Hand County: population density 2.4 people per square mile
Kingsbury County: population density 6.2 people per square mile
Buffalo County: population density 4.1 people per square mile
Jerauld County: population density 3.9 people per square mile
Sanborn County: population density 4.1 people per square mile
Miner County: population density 4.2 people per square mile
Lake County: population density 19.9 people per square mile
Moody County: population density 12.5 people per square mile
Brule County: population density 6.4 people per square mile
Aurora County: population density 3.8 people per square mile
Charles Mix County: population density 8.3 people per square mile
Douglas County: population density 7.0 people per square mile
Hutchinson County: population density 9.0 people per square mile
Bon Homme County: population density 12.5 people per square mile
Percentage of the total population living in rural counties; 26.8%
Percentage of the total population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 73.2%
Nebraska:
Sioux County: population density 0.6 people per square mile
Kimball County: population density 4.0 people per square mile
Dawes County: population density 6.6 people per square mile
Box Butte County: population density 10.5 people per square mile
Morrill County: population density 3.5 people per square mile
Cheyenne County: population density 8.4 people per square mile
Sheridan County: population density 2.2 people per square mile
Garden County: population density 1.2 people per square mile
Deuel County: population density 4.4 people per square mile
Cherry County: population density 1.0 people per square mile
Grant County: population density 0.8 people per square mile
Hooker County: population density 1.0 people per square mile
Thomas County: population density 0.9 people per square mile
Arthur County: population density 0.6 people per square mile
Keith County: population density 7.9 people per square mile
Perkins County: population density 3.4 people per square mile
Chase County: population density 4.4 people per square mile
Dundy County: population density 2.2 people per square mile
Hayes County: population density 1.4 people per square mile
Hitchcock County: population density 4.1 people per square mile
Frontier County: population density 2.8 people per square mile
Red Willow County: population density 15.4 people per square mile
Keya Paha County: population density 1.1 people per square mile
Brown County: population density 2.6 people per square mile
Rock County: population density 1.5 people per square mile
Blaine County: population density 0.7 people per square mile
Loup County: population density 1.1 people per square mile
Custer County: population density 4.2 people per square mile
Furnas County: population density 6.9 people per square mile
Phelps County: population density 17.0 people per square mile
Harlan County: population density 6.2 people per square mile
Boyd County: population density 3.9 people per square mile
Holt County: population density 4.3 people per square mile
Garfield County: population density 3.6 people per square mile
Wheeler County: population density 1.4 people per square mile
Valley County: population density 7.5 people per square mile
Greeley County: population density 4.5 people per square mile
Sherman County: population density 5.6 people per square mile
Franklin County: population density 5.6 people per square mile
Webster County: population density 6.6 people per square mile
Knox County: population density 7.9 people per square mile
Cedar County: population density 12.0 people per square mile
Antelope County: population density 7.8 people per square mile
Wayne County: population density 21.7 people per square mile
Thurston County: population density 17.6 people per square mile
Cuming County: population density 16.0 people per square mile
Burt County: population density 14.0 people per square mile
Boone County: population density 8.0 people per square mile
Nance County: population density 8.5 people per square mile
Colfax County: population density 25.5 people per square mile
Polk County: population density 12.3 people per square mile
Butler County: population density 14.4 people per square mile
Hamilton County: population density 16.8 people per square mile
York County: population density 23.9 people per square mile
Fillmore County: population density 10.2 people per square mile
Saline County: population density 24.7 people per square mile
Johnson County: population density 13.9 people per square mile
Otoe County: population density 25.6 people per square mile
Nemaha County: population density 17.8 people per square mile
Nuckolls County: population density 7.8 people per square mile
Thayer County: population density 9.1 people per square mile
Jefferson County: population density 13.2 people per square mile
Pawnee County: population density 6.4 people per square mile
Richardson County: population density 15.2 people per square mile
Percentage of the total population living in rural counties: 19.1%
Percentage of the total population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 80.9%
Kansas:
Cheyenne County: population density 2.7 people per square mile
Rawlins County: population density 2.4 people per square mile
Decatur County: population density 3.3 people per square mile
Norton County: population density 6.5 people per square mile
Phillips County: population density 6.4 people per square mile
Smith County: population density 4.3 people per square mile
Jewell County: population density 3.4 people per square mile
Republic County: population density 6.9 people per square mile
Washington County: population density 6.5 people per square mile
Marshall County: population density 11.2 people per square mile
Nemaha County: population density 14.2 people per square mile
Brown County: population density 17.5 people per square mile
Sherman County: population density 5.7 people per square mile
Thomas County: population density 7.4 people per square mile
Sheridan County: population density 2.9 people per square mile
Graham County: population density 2.9 people per square mile
Rooks County: population density 5.8 people per square mile
Osborne County: population density 4.3 people per square mile
Mitchell County: population density 9.1 people per square mile
Lincoln County: population density 4.5 people per square mile
Cloud County: population density 13.3 people per square mile
Clay County: population density 13.2 people per square mile
Wallace County: population density 1.6 people per square mile
Logan County: population density 2.6 people per square mile
Gove County: population density 2.5 people per square mile
Trego County: population density 3.4 people per square mile
Russell County: population density 7.9 people per square mile
Ellsworth County: population density 9.1 people per square mile
Dickinson County: population density 23.3 people per square mile
Morris County: population density 8.5 people per square mile
Greeley County: population density 1.6 people per square mile
Wichita County: population density 3.1 people per square mile
Scott County: population density 6.9 people per square mile
Lane County: population density 2.4 people per square mile
Ness County: population density 2.9 people per square mile
Rush County: population density 4.6 people per square mile
Rice County: population density 13.9 people per square mile
Marion County: population density 13.4 people per square mile
Coffey County: population density 13.7 people per square mile
Anderson County: population density 14.0 people per square mile
Hamilton County: population density 2.7 people per square mile
Kearny County: population density 4.6 people per square mile
Hodgeman County: population density 2.2 people per square mile
Pawnee County: population density 9.2 people per square mile
Edwards County: population density 4.9 people per square mile
Stafford County: population density 5.6 people per square mile
Greenwood County: population density 5.9 people per square mile
Woodson County: population density 6.6 people per square mile
Allen County: population density 26.7 people per square mile
Bourbon County: population density 23.9 people per square mile
Stanton County: population density 3.3 people per square mile
Grant County: population density 13.6 people per square mile
Haskell County: population density 7.4 people per square mile
Gray County: population density 6.9 people per square mile
Kiowa County: population density 3.5 people per square mile
Pratt County: population density 13.1 people per square mile
Kingman County: population density 9.1 people per square mile
Elk County: population density 4.5 people per square mile
Wilson County: population density 16.5 people per square mile
Neosho County: population density 28.9 people per square mile
Morton County: population density 4.4 people per square mile
Stevens County: population density 7.9 people per square mile
Meade County: population density 4.7 people per square mile
Clark County: population density 2.3 people per square mile
Comanche County: population density 2.4 people per square mile
Barber County: population density 4.3 people per square mile
Harper County: population density 7.5 people per square mile
Chautauqua County: population density 5.7 people per square mile
Cherokee County: population density 36.8 people per square mile
Percentage of the total population living in rural counties: 14.4%
Percentage of the total population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 85.6%
Oklahoma:
Cimarron County: population density 1.3 people per square mile
Beaver County: population density 3.1 people per square mile
Harper County: population density 3.5 people per square mile
Woods County: population density 6.9 people per square mile
Alfalfa County: population density 6.5 people per square mile
Grant County: population density 4.5 people per square mile
Nowata County: population density 18.6 people per square mile
Craig County: population density 19.7 people per square mile
Ellis County: population density 3.4 people per square mile
Major County: population density 7.9 people per square mile
Noble County: population density 15.8 people per square mile
Mayes County: population density 63.0 people per square mile
Delaware County: population density 56.2 people per square mile
Dewey County: population density 4.8 people per square mile
Blaine County: population density 12.9 people per square mile
Kingfisher County: population density 16.7 people per square mile
Adair County: population density 39.6 people per square mile
Roger Mills County: population density 3.2 people per square mile
Okfuskee County: population density 19.7 people per square mile
McIntosh County: population density 32.7 people per square mile
Haskell County: population density 22.1 people per square mile
Wa****a County: population density 11.6 people per square mile
Caddo County: population density 23.2 people per square mile
Seminole County: population density 40.3 people per square mile
Hughes County: population density 17.4 people per square mile
Latimer County: population density 15.4 people per square mile
Harmon County: population density 5.4 people per square mile
Greer County: population density 9.8 people per square mile
Kiowa County: population density 9.3 people per square mile
Tillman County: population density 9.2 people per square mile
Cotton County: population density 9.8 people per square mile
Jefferson County: population density 8.5 people per square mile
Garvin County: population density 34.4 people per square mile
Murray County: population density 32.4 people per square mile
Coal County: population density 11.5 people per square mile
Johnston County: population density 17.0 people per square mile
Marshall County: population density 42.7 people per square mile
Atoka County: population density 14.5 people per square mile
Pushmataha County: population density 8.3 people per square mile
Choctaw County: population density 19.7 people per square mile
McCurtain County: population density 17.9 people per square mile
Percentage of the total population living in rural counties: 14.5%
Percentage of the total population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 85.5%
Washington
San Juan County: population density 90.7 people per square mile
Jefferson County: population density 16.6 people per square mile
Pacific County: population density 22.4 people per square mile
Wahkiakum County: population density 15.1 people per square mile
Okanogan County: population density 7.8 people per square mile
Ferry County: population density 3.4 people per square mile
Stevens County: population density 17.6 people per square mile
Pend Oreille County: population density 9.3 people per square mile
Lincoln County: population density 4.6 people per square mile
Adams County: population density 9.7 people per square mile
Klickitat County: population density 10.9 people per square mile
Columbia County: population density 4.7 people per square mile
Garfield County: population density 3.2 people per square mile
Percentage of the total population living in rural counties: 3.4%
Percentage of the total population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 96.6%
Oregon
Tillamook County: population density 22.9 people per square mile
Lincoln County: population density 47.0 people per square mile
Sherman County: population density 2.1 people per square mile
Gilliam County: population density 1.6 people per square mile
Wallowa County: population density 2.2 people per square mile
Jefferson County: population density 12.2 people per square mile
Wheeler County: population density 0.8 people per square mile
Grant County: population density 1.6 people per square mile
Baker County: population density 5.3 people per square mile
Lake County: population density 1.0 people per square mile
Harney County: population density 0.7 people per square mile
Percentage of the total population living in rural counties: 3.7%
Percentage of the total population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 96.3%
California
Siskiyou County: population density 7.2 people per square mile
Modoc County: population density 2.5 people per square mile
Trinity County: population density 4.3 people per square mile
Plumas County: population density 7.8 people per square mile
Glenn County: population density 21.4 people per square mile
Sierra County: population density 3.4 people per square mile
Colusa County: population density 18.6 people per square mile
Amador County: population density 64.1 people per square mile
Alpine County: population density 1.6 people per square mile
Calaveras County: population density 44.7 people per square mile
Mono County: population density 4.7 people per square mile
Mariposa County: population density 12.6 people per square mile
Percentage of the total population living in rural counties: .006%
Percentage of the total population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 99.994%
Idaho
Boundary County: population density 8.6 people per square mile
Bonner County: population density 23.6 people per square mile
Benewah County: population density 12.0 people per square mile
Shoshone County: population density 4.9 people per square mile
Clearwater County: population density 3.6 people per square mile
Lewis County: population density 8.0 people per square mile
Idaho County: population density 1.9 people per square mile
Adams County: population density 2.9 people per square mile
Valley County: population density 2.7 people per square mile
Lemhi County: population density 1.7 people per square mile
Washington County: population density 7.0 people per square mile
Clark County: population density 0.6 people per square mile
Custer County: population density 0.9 people per square mile
Butte County: population density 1.3 people per square mile
Camas County: population density 1.0 people per square mile
Blaine County: population density 8.1 people per square mile
Gooding County: population density 21.2 people per square mile
Lincoln County: population density 4.3 people per square mile
Caribou County: population density 3.9 people per square mile
Oneida County: population density 3.6 people per square mile
Bear Lake County: population density 6.1 people per square mile
Percentage of the total population living in rural counties: 12.9%
Percentage of the total population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 87.1%
Nevada
Humboldt County: population density 1.7 people per square mile
Pershing County: population density 1.1 people per square mile
Lander County: population density 1.1 people per square mile
White Pine County: population density 1.1 people per square mile
Mineral County: population density 1.3 people per square mile
Esmeralda County: population density 0.2 people per square mile
Lincoln County: population density 0.5 people per square mile
Percentage of the total population living in rural counties: 1.8%
Percentage of the total population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 98.2%
Utah
Rich County: population density 2.2 people per square mile
Daggett County: population density 1.5 people per square mile
Duchesne County: population density 5.7 people per square mile
Sanpete County: population density 17.5 people per square mile
Millard County: population density 1.9 people per square mile
Sevier County: population density 10.9 people per square mile
Emery County: population density 2.5 people per square mile
Grand County: population density 2.5 people per square mile
Beaver County: population density 2.6 people per square mile
Piute County: population density 2.1 people per square mile
Wayne County: population density 1.1 people per square mile
Garfield County: population density 1.0 people per square mile
Kane County: population density 1.8 people per square mile
San Juan County: population density 1.9 people per square mile
Percentage of the total population living in rural counties: 5.1%
Percentage of the total population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 94.9%
Arizona:
Apache County: population density 6.4 people per square mile
La Paz County: population density 4.6 people per square mile
Percentage of the total population living in rural counties: 1.4%
Percentage of the total population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 98.6%
Montana:
Lincoln County: population density 5.4 people per square mile
Sanders County: population density 4.1 people per square mile
Mineral County: population density 3.5 people per square mile
Lake County: population density 19.3 people per square mile
Ravalli County: population density 16.8 people per square mile
Granite County: population density 1.8 people per square mile
Deer Lodge County: population density 12.6 people per square mile
Beaverhead County: population density 1.7 people per square mile
Powell County: population density 3.0 people per square mile
Madison County: population density 2.1 people per square mile
Glacier County: population density 4.5 people per square mile
Toole County: population density 2.8 people per square mile
Pondera County: population density 3.8 people per square mile
Teton County: population density 2.7 people per square mile
Broadwater County: population density 4.7 people per square mile
Liberty County: population density 1.6 people per square mile
Meagher County: population density 0.8 people per square mile
Park County: population density 5.6 people per square mile
Chouteau County: population density 1.5 people per square mile
Judith Basin County: population density 1.1 people per square mile
Wheatland County: population density 1.5 people per square mile
Sweet Grass County: population density 2.0 people per square mile
Blaine County: population density 1.5 people per square mile
Fergus County: population density 2.7 people per square mile
Golden Valley County: population density 0.8 people per square mile
Stillwater County: population density 5.1 people per square mile
Phillips County: population density 0.8 people per square mile
Petroleum County: population density 0.3 people per square mile
Musselshell County: population density 2.4 people per square mile
Valley County: population density 1.5 people per square mile
Daniels County: population density 1.2 people per square mile
Sheridan County: population density 2.0 people per square mile
Garfield County: population density 0.3 people per square mile
McCone County: population density 0.7 people per square mile
Roosevelt County: population density 4.4 people per square mile
Richland County: population density 4.7 people per square mile
Dawson County: population density 3.8 people per square mile
Prairie County: population density 0.7 people per square mile
Wibaux County: population density 1.1 people per square mile
Treasure County: population density 0.7 people per square mile
Rosebud County: population density 1.8 people per square mile
Custer County: population density 3.1 people per square mile
Fallon County: population density 1.8 people per square mile
Big Horn County: population density 2.6 people per square mile
Powder River County: population density 0.5 people per square mile
Carter County: population density 0.3 people per square mile
Percentage of the total population living in rural counties: 33.8%
Percentage of the total population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 66.2%
Wyoming
Park County: population density 4.1 people per square mile
Hot Springs County: population density 2.4 people per square mile
Big Horn County: population density 3.7 people per square mile
Washakie County: population density 3.8 people per square mile
Johnson County: population density 2.1 people per square mile
Crook County: population density 2.5 people per square mile
Weston County: population density 3.0 people per square mile
Sublette County: population density 2.1 people per square mile
Converse County: population density 3.3 people per square mile
Niobrara County: population density 0.9 people per square mile
Lincoln County: population density 4.4 people per square mile
Platte County: population density 4.2 people per square mile
Goshen County: population density 6.0 people per square mile
Carbon County: population density 2.0 people per square mile
Percentage of the total population living in rural counties: 28.1%
Percentage of the total population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 71.9%
Colorado:
Moffat County: population density 2.9 people per square mile
Routt County: population density 10.0 people per square mile
Jackson County: population density 0.9 people per square mile
Sedgwick County: population density 4.3 people per square mile
Phillips County: population density 6.5 people per square mile
Rio Blanco County: population density 2.1 people per square mile
Grand County: population density 8.0 people per square mile
Washington County: population density 1.9 people per square mile
Yuma County: population density 4.2 people per square mile
Garfield County: population density 19.1 people per square mile
Kit Carson County: population density 3.8 people per square mile
Pitkin County: population density 17.7 people per square mile
Lincoln County: population density 2.1 people per square mile
Cheyenne County: population density 1.0 people per square mile
Delta County: population density 27.1 people per square mile
Gunnison County: population density 4.7 people per square mile
Chaffee County: population density 17.6 people per square mile
Crowley County: population density 7.4 people per square mile
Kiowa County: population density 0.8 people per square mile
Ouray County: population density 8.2 people per square mile
Saguache County: population density 1.9 people per square mile
Custer County: population density 5.8 people per square mile
Otero County: population density 14.9 people per square mile
Bent County: population density 4.3 people per square mile
Prowers County: population density 7.7 people per square mile
San Miguel County: population density 5.7 people per square mile
Dolores County: population density 1.9 people per square mile
San Juan County: population density 1.8 people per square mile
Hinsdale County: population density 0.8 people per square mile
Mineral County: population density 0.8 people per square mile
Rio Grande County: population density 13.1 people per square mile
Alamosa County: population density 21.4 people per square mile
Huerfano County: population density 4.2 people per square mile
Montezuma County: population density 12.6 people per square mile
Archuleta County: population density 8.9 people per square mile
Conejos County: population density 6.4 people per square mile
Costilla County: population density 2.9 people per square mile
Las Animas County: population density 3.2 people per square mile
Baca County: population density 1.5 people per square mile
Percentage of the total population living in rural counties: 8.1%
Percentage of the total population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 91.9%
New Mexico:
Colfax County: population density 3.7 people per square mile
Union County: population density 1.2 people per square mile
Mora County: population density 2.5 people per square mile
Harding County: population density 0.3 people per square mile
Guadalupe County: population density 1.5 people per square mile
Quay County: population density 3.1 people per square mile
DeBaca County: population density 0.9 people per square mile
Catron County: population density 0.5 people per square mile
Socorro County: population density 2.7 people per square mile
Sierra County: population density 2.9 people per square mile
Hidalgo County: population density 1.4 people per square mile
Percentage of the total population living in rural counties: 3.7%
Percentage of the total population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 96.3%
Hawaii:
Kalawao County: population density 7.5 people per square mile
Percentage of the total population living in a rural county: .00000001%
Percentage of the total population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 99.99999%
Alaska:
North Slope Borough: population density 0.1 people per square mile
Northwest Arctic Borough: population density 0.2 people per square mile
Nome Census Area: population density 0.4 people per square mile
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: population density 0.0 people per square mile
Wade Hampton Census Area: population density 0.4 people per square mile
Denali Borough: population density 0.1 people per square mile
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: population density 0.3 people per square mile
Bethel Census Area: population density 0.4 people per square mile
Valdez-Cordova Census Area: population density 0.3 people per square mile
Dillingham Census Area: population density 0.3 people per square mile
Kenai Peninsula Borough: population density 3.4 people per square mile
Bristol Bay Borough: population density 2.0 people per square mile
Lake and Peninsula Borough: population density 0.1 people per square mile
Aleutians East Borough: population density 0.4 people per square mile
Aleutians West Census Area: population density 1.3 people per square mile
Yakutat City and Borough: population density 0.1 people per square mile
Haines Borough: population density 1.1 people per square mile
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: population density 0.3 people per square mile
Sitka City and Borough: population density 3.1 people per square mile
Petersburg Census Area: population density 1.2 people per square mile
Wrangell City and Borough: population density 0.9 people per square mile
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: population density 1.4 people per square mile
Percentage of the total population living in rural counties: 24.2%
Percentage of the total population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 75.8%
Texas:
Hudspeth County: population density 0.8 people per square mile
Culberson County: population density 0.6 people per square mile
Jeff Davis County: population density 1.0 people per square mile
Presidio County: population density 2.0 people per square mile
Brewster County: population density 1.5 people per square mile
Pecos County: population density 3.3 people per square mile
Terrell County: population density 0.4 people per square mile
Crockett County: population density 1.3 people per square mile
Schleicher County: population density 2.6 people per square mile
Sutton County: population density 2.8 people per square mile
Edwards County: population density 0.9 people per square mile
Kinney County: population density 2.6 people per square mile
Reagan County: population density 2.9 people per square mile
Upton County: population density 2.7 people per square mile
Crane County: population density 5.6 people per square mile
Ward County: population density 12.8 people per square mile
Coke County: population density 3.6 people per square mile
Sterling County: population density 1.2 people per square mile
Glascock County: population density 1.4 people per square mile
Winkler County: population density 8.5 people per square mile
Loving County: population density 0.1 people per square mile
Mitchell County: population density 10.3 people per square mile
Martin County: population density 5.2 people per square mile
Fisher County: population density 4.4 people per square mile
Borden County: population density 0.7 people per square mile
Gaines County: population density 11.7 people per square mile
Stonewall County: population density 1.6 people per square mile
Kent County: population density 0.9 people per square mile
Garza County: population density 7.2 people per square mile
Lynn County: population density 6.6 people per square mile
Terry County: population density 14.2 people per square mile
Yoakum County: population density 9.9 people per square mile
King County: population density 0.3 people per square mile
Dickens County: population density 2.7 people per square mile
Cochran County: population density 4.0 people per square mile
Cottle County: population density 1.7 people per square mile
Motley County: population density 1.2 people per square mile
Floyd County: population density 6.5 people per square mile
Lamb County: population density 13.8 people per square mile
Bailey County: population density 8.7 people per square mile
Childress County: population density 10.1 people per square mile
Hall County: population density 3.8 people per square mile
Briscoe County: population density 1.8 people per square mile
Swisher County: population density 8.8 people per square mile
Castro County: population density 9.0 people per square mile
Parmer County: population density 11.7 people per square mile
Collingsworth County: population density 3.3 people per square mile
Donley County: population density 4.0 people per square mile
Wheeler County: population density 5.9 people per square mile
Oldham County: population density 1.4 people per square mile
Hemphill County: population density 4.2 people per square mile
Hartley County: population density 4.1 people per square mile
Lipscomb County: population density 3.5 people per square mile
Ochiltree County: population density 11.1 people per square mile
Hansford County: population density 6.1 people per square mile
Sherman County: population density 3.3 people per square mile
Dallam County: population density 4.5 people per square mile
Hardeman County: population density 6.0 people per square mile
Foard County: population density 1.9 people per square mile
Knox County: population density 4.4 people per square mile
Haskell County: population density 6.5 people per square mile
Runnels County: population density 10.0 people per square mile
Concho County: population density 4.2 people per square mile
Menard County: population density 2.5 people per square mile
Kimble County: population density 3.7 people per square mile
Real County: population density 4.7 people per square mile
Zavala County: population density 9.0 people per square mile
Dimmit County: population density 7.5 people per square mile
Baylor County: population density 4.3 people per square mile
Montague County: population density 21.2 people per square mile
Red River County: population density 12.4 people per square mile
Haskell County: population density 6.5 people per square mile
Throckmorton County: population density 1.8 people per square mile
Young County: population density 20.3 people per square mile
Jack County: population density 9.9 people per square mile
Franklin County: population density 37.3 people per square mile
Camp County: population density 63.3 people per square mile
Morris County: population density 51.3 people per square mile
Cass County: population density 32.5 people per square mile
Shackelford County: population density 3.7 people per square mile
Stephens County: population density 10.7 people per square mile
Rains County: population density 47.6 people per square mile
Wood County: population density 65.0 people per square mile
Marion County: population density 27.7 people per square mile
Van Zandt County: population density 62.4 people per square mile
Eastland County: population density 20.1 people per square mile
Panola County: population density 29.7 people per square mile
Coleman County: population density 7.0 people per square mile
Comanche County: population density 14.9 people per square mile
Bosque County: population density 18.5 people per square mile
Hill County: population density 36.6 people per square mile
Mills County: population density 6.6 people per square mile
Hamilton County: population density 10.2 people per square mile
McCulloch County: population density 7.8 people per square mile
San Saba County: population density 5.4 people per square mile
Mason County: population density 4.3 people per square mile
Llano County: population density 20.7 people per square mile
Blanco County: population density 14.8 people per square mile
Frio County: population density 15.2 people per square mile
La Salle County: population density 4.6 people per square mile
Zapata County: population density 14.0 people per square mile
Falls County: population density 23.3 people per square mile
Limestone County: population density 25.8 people per square mile
Freestone County: population density 22.6 people per square mile
Shelby County: population density 32.0 people per square mile
Milam County: population density 24.3 people per square mile
Leon County: population density 15.7 people per square mile
Houston County: population density 19.3 people per square mile
San Augustine County: population density 16.7 people per square mile
Sabine County: population density 22.0 people per square mile
Madison County: population density 29.3 people per square mile
Trinity County: population density 21.0 people per square mile
Newton County: population density 15.5 people per square mile
Jasper County: population density 38.0 people per square mile
Tyler County: population density 23.5 people per square mile
Polk County: population density 43.0 people per square mile
Grimes County: population density 33.8 people per square mile
Lee County: population density 26.4 people per square mile
Fayette County: population density 25.8 people per square mile
Colorado County: population density 21.7 people per square mile
Gonzales County: population density 18.6 people per square mile
Lavaca County: population density 19.9 people per square mile
Jackson County: population density 17.0 people per square mile
DeWitt County: population density 22.1 people per square mile
Karnes County: population density 19.8 people per square mile
Refugio County: population density 9.6 people per square mile
McMullen County: population density 0.6 people per square mile
Live Oak County: population density 11.1 people per square mile
Duval County: population density 6.6 people per square mile
Jim Hogg County: population density 4.7 people per square mile
Brooks County: population density 7.7 people per square mile
Percentage of the total population living in rural counties: 10.1%
Percentage of the total population living in metropolitan or micropolitan counties: 89.9%
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