In what year was the urban population of the United States roughly equal to the rural population

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Graham Bentley

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9 August, 12:15

In what year was the urban population of the United States roughly equal to the rural population

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Teeny · Answer 1

The 1920 United States census recorded that 51.2% of the population was living in urban areas. Since the census is taken only every ten years, we don't really have great data for the years in between, so 1920 is the closest we have to a year where the urban/rural split was roughly 50/50.