Selected Historical Decennial Census
Urban and Rural Definitions and Data
1990 Urban and Rural
Definitions
Urban and Rural Populations:
- United States,
Regions, Divisions, and States: 1900 to 1990
- United States: 1790
to 1990 [PDF]
NOTE: An error in the 1960 rural population count
was discovered after the publication of CPH-2-1 from the 1990 Census.
The correct 1960 rural population using the 'Current urban definition'
is 54,054,425.
1990 Decennial Census of Population
and Housing Characteristics
Urban and Rural Classification Census
2000
- includes differences between the 1990 and 2000 criteria for urbanized
areas
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
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Last Revised: January 25, 2002 at 07:13:23 AM
