Carrying on our look at 1916 here, and keeping in mind that today is Earth Day, and also keeping in mind that everyday is Earth Day for farmers, some tables on the percentage of Americans that were "rural" awhile back.
Circa 1916
Table 1. Urban and Rural Population: 1900 to 1990--cont.
1930 1930 1920 1920 1910 1910
1930 total total 1930 1930 1920 total total 1920 1920 1910 total total 1910 1910
total urban rural percent percent total urban rural percent percent total urban rural percent percent
population population population urban rural population population population urban rural population population population urban rural
UNITED STATES 123,202,624 69,160,599 54,042,025 56.1% 43.9% 106,021,537 54,253,282 51,768,255 51.2% 48.8% 92,228,496 42,064,001 50,164,495 45.6% 54.4%
Northeast Region 34,427,091 26,706,683 7,720,408 77.6% 22.4% 29,662,053 22,403,858 7,258,195 75.5% 24.5% 25,868,573 18,563,203 7,305,370 71.8% 28.2%
New England Division 8,166,341 6,311,976 1,854,365 77.3% 22.7% 7,400,909 5,620,384 1,780,525 75.9% 24.1% 6,552,681 4,805,791 1,746,890 73.3% 26.7%
Maine 797,423 321,506 475,917 40.3% 59.7% 768,014 299,569 468,445 39.0% 61.0% 742,371 262,248 480,123 35.3% 64.7%
New Hampshire 465,293 273,079 192,214 58.7% 41.3% 443,083 250,438 192,645 56.5% 43.5% 430,572 223,152 207,420 51.8% 48.2%
Vermont 359,611 118,766 240,845 33.0% 67.0% 352,428 109,976 242,452 31.2% 68.8% 355,956 98,917 257,039 27.8% 72.2%
Massachusetts 4,249,614 3,831,426 418,188 90.2% 9.8% 3,852,356 3,468,916 383,440 90.0% 10.0% 3,366,416 2,995,739 370,677 89.0% 11.0%
Rhode Island 687,497 635,429 52,068 92.4% 7.6% 604,397 555,146 49,251 91.9% 8.1% 542,610 493,938 48,672 91.0% 9.0%
Connecticut 1,606,903 1,131,770 475,133 70.4% 29.6% 1,380,631 936,339 444,292 67.8% 32.2% 1,114,756 731,797 382,959 65.6% 34.4%
Middle Atlantic Division 26,260,750 20,394,707 5,866,043 77.7% 22.3% 22,261,144 16,783,474 5,477,670 75.4% 24.6% 19,315,892 13,757,412 5,558,480 71.2% 28.8%
New York 12,588,066 10,521,952 2,066,114 83.6% 16.4% 10,385,227 8,588,586 1,796,641 82.7% 17.3% 9,113,614 7,188,131 1,925,483 78.9% 21.1%
New Jersey 4,041,334 3,339,244 702,090 82.6% 17.4% 3,155,900 2,522,435 633,465 79.9% 20.1% 2,537,167 1,938,612 598,555 76.4% 23.6%
Pennsylvania 9,631,350 6,533,511 3,097,839 67.8% 32.2% 8,720,017 5,672,453 3,047,564 65.1% 34.9% 7,665,111 4,630,669 3,034,442 60.4% 39.6%
Midwest Region 38,594,100 22,351,089 16,243,011 57.9% 42.1% 34,019,792 17,775,966 16,243,826 52.3% 47.7% 29,888,542 13,487,199 16,401,343 45.1% 54.9%
East North Central Division 25,297,185 16,794,908 8,502,277 66.4% 33.6% 21,475,543 13,050,086 8,425,457 60.8% 39.2% 18,250,621 9,620,277 8,630,344 52.7% 47.3%
Ohio 6,646,697 4,507,371 2,139,326 67.8% 32.2% 5,759,394 3,677,136 2,082,258 63.8% 36.2% 4,767,121 2,665,143 2,101,978 55.9% 44.1%
Indiana 3,238,503 1,795,892 1,442,611 55.5% 44.5% 2,930,390 1,482,855 1,447,535 50.6% 49.4% 2,700,876 1,143,835 1,557,041 42.4% 57.6%
Illinois 7,630,654 5,635,727 1,994,927 73.9% 26.1% 6,485,280 4,403,677 2,081,603 67.9% 32.1% 5,638,591 3,479,935 2,158,656 61.7% 38.3%
Michigan 4,842,325 3,302,075 1,540,250 68.2% 31.8% 3,668,412 2,241,560 1,426,852 61.1% 38.9% 2,810,173 1,327,044 1,483,129 47.2% 52.8%
Wisconsin 2,939,006 1,553,843 1,385,163 52.9% 47.1% 2,632,067 1,244,858 1,387,209 47.3% 52.7% 2,333,860 1,004,320 1,329,540 43.0% 57.0%
West North Central Division 13,296,915 5,556,181 7,740,734 41.8% 58.2% 12,544,249 4,725,880 7,818,369 37.7% 62.3% 11,637,921 3,866,922 7,770,999 33.2% 66.8%
Minnesota 2,563,953 1,257,616 1,306,337 49.0% 51.0% 2,387,125 1,051,593 1,335,532 44.1% 55.9% 2,075,708 850,294 1,225,414 41.0% 59.0%
Iowa 2,470,939 979,292 1,491,647 39.6% 60.4% 2,404,021 875,495 1,528,526 36.4% 63.6% 2,224,771 680,054 1,544,717 30.6% 69.4%
Missouri 3,629,367 1,859,119 1,770,248 51.2% 48.8% 3,404,055 1,586,903 1,817,152 46.6% 53.4% 3,293,335 1,393,705 1,899,630 42.3% 57.7%
North Dakota 680,845 113,306 567,539 16.6% 83.4% 646,872 88,239 558,633 13.6% 86.4% 577,056 63,236 513,820 11.0% 89.0%
South Dakota 692,849 130,907 561,942 18.9% 81.1% 636,547 101,872 534,675 16.0% 84.0% 583,888 76,469 507,419 13.1% 86.9%
Nebraska 1,377,963 486,107 891,856 35.3% 64.7% 1,296,372 405,293 891,079 31.3% 68.7% 1,192,214 310,852 881,362 26.1% 73.9%
Kansas 1,880,999 729,834 1,151,165 38.8% 61.2% 1,769,257 616,485 1,152,772 34.8% 65.2% 1,690,949 492,312 1,198,637 29.1% 70.9%
South Region 37,857,633 12,904,248 24,953,385 34.1% 65.9% 33,125,803 9,300,055 23,825,748 28.1% 71.9% 29,389,330 6,622,658 22,766,672 22.5% 77.5%
South Atlantic Division 15,793,589 5,698,122 10,095,467 36.1% 63.9% 13,990,272 4,336,482 9,653,790 31.0% 69.0% 12,194,895 3,092,153 9,102,742 25.4% 74.6%
Delaware 230,380 123,146 115,234 51.7% 48.3% 223,003 120,767 102,236 54.2% 45.8% 202,322 97,085 105,237 48.0% 52.0%
Maryland 1,631,526 974,869 656,657 59.8% 40.2% 1,449,661 869,422 580,239 60.0% 40.0% 1,295,346 658,192 637,154 50.8% 49.2%
District of Columbia 486,869 486,869 - 100.0% 0.0% 437,571 437,571 - 100.0% 0.0% 331,069 331,069 - 100.0% 0.0%
Virginia 2,421,851 785,537 1,636,314 32.4% 67.6% 2,309,187 673,984 1,635,203 29.2% 70.8% 2,061,612 476,529 1,585,083 23.1% 76.9%
West Virginia 1,729,205 491,504 1,237,701 28.4% 71.6% 1,463,701 369,007 1,094,694 25.2% 74.8% 1,221,119 228,242 992,877 18.7% 81.3%
North Carolina 3,170,276 809,847 2,360,429 25.5% 74.5% 2,559,123 490,370 2,068,753 19.2% 80.8% 2,206,287 318,474 1,887,813 14.4% 85.6%
South Carolina 1,738,765 371,080 1,367,685 21.3% 78.7% 1,683,724 293,987 1,389,737 17.5% 82.5% 1,515,400 224,832 1,290,568 14.8% 85.2%
Georgia 2,908,506 895,492 2,013,014 30.8% 69.2% 2,895,832 727,859 2,167,973 25.1% 74.9% 2,609,121 538,650 2,070,471 20.6% 79.4%
Florida 1,468,211 759,778 708,433 51.7% 48.3% 968,470 353,515 614,955 36.5% 63.5% 752,619 219,080 533,539 29.1% 70.9%
East South Central Division 9,887,214 2,778,687 7,108,527 28.1% 71.9% 8,893,307 1,994,207 6,899,100 22.4% 77.6% 8,409,901 1,574,229 6,835,672 18.7% 81.3%
Kentucky 2,614,589 799,026 1,815,563 30.6% 69.4% 2,416,630 633,543 1,783,087 26.2% 73.8% 2,289,905 555,442 1,734,463 24.3% 75.7%
Tennessee 2,616,556 896,538 1,720,018 34.3% 65.7% 2,337,885 611,226 1,726,659 26.1% 73.9% 2,184,789 441,045 1,743,744 20.2% 79.8%
Alabama 2,646,248 744,273 1,901,975 28.1% 71.9% 2,348,174 509,317 1,838,857 21.7% 78.3% 2,138,093 370,431 1,767,662 17.3% 82.7%
Mississippi 2,009,821 338,850 1,670,971 16.9% 83.1% 1,790,618 240,121 1,550,497 13.4% 86.6% 1,797,114 207,311 1,589,803 11.5% 88.5%
West South Central Division 12,176,830 4,427,439 7,749,391 36.4% 63.6% 10,242,224 2,969,366 7,272,858 29.0% 71.0% 8,784,534 1,956,276 6,828,258 22.3% 77.7%
Arkansas 1,854,482 382,878 1,471,604 20.6% 79.4% 1,752,204 290,497 1,461,707 16.6% 83.4% 1,574,449 202,681 1,371,768 12.9% 87.1%
Louisiana 2,101,593 833,532 1,268,061 39.7% 60.3% 1,798,509 628,163 1,170,346 34.9% 65.1% 1,656,388 496,516 1,159,872 30.0% 70.0%
Oklahoma 2,396,040 821,681 1,574,359 34.3% 65.7% 2,028,283 538,017 1,490,266 26.5% 73.5% 1,657,155 318,975 1,338,180 19.2% 80.8%
Texas 5,824,715 2,389,348 3,435,367 41.0% 59.0% 4,663,228 1,512,689 3,150,539 32.4% 67.6% 3,896,542 938,104 2,958,438 24.1% 75.9%
West Region 12,323,800 7,198,579 5,125,221 58.4% 41.6% 9,213,889 4,773,403 4,440,486 51.8% 48.2% 7,082,051 3,390,941 3,691,110 47.9% 52.1%
Mountain Division 3,701,789 1,457,922 2,243,867 39.4% 60.6% 3,336,101 1,217,988 2,118,113 36.5% 63.5% 2,633,517 944,863 1,688,654 35.9% 64.1%
Montana 537,606 181,036 356,570 33.7% 66.3% 548,889 172,011 376,878 31.3% 68.7% 376,053 133,420 242,633 35.5% 64.5%
Idaho 445,032 129,507 315,525 29.1% 70.9% 431,866 119,037 312,829 27.6% 72.4% 325,594 69,898 255,696 21.5% 78.5%
Wyoming 225,565 70,097 155,468 31.1% 68.9% 194,402 57,095 137,307 29.4% 70.6% 145,965 43,221 102,744 29.6% 70.4%
Colorado 1,035,791 519,882 515,909 50.2% 49.8% 939,629 453,259 486,370 48.2% 51.8% 799,024 402,192 396,832 50.3% 49.7%
New Mexico 423,317 106,816 316,501 25.2% 74.8% 360,350 64,960 295,390 18.0% 82.0% 327,301 46,571 280,730 14.2% 85.8%
Arizona 435,573 149,856 285,717 34.4% 65.6% 334,162 120,788 213,374 36.1% 63.9% 204,354 63,260 141,094 31.0% 69.0%
Utah 507,847 266,264 241,583 52.4% 47.6% 449,396 215,584 233,812 48.0% 52.0% 373,351 172,934 200,417 46.3% 53.7%
Nevada 91,058 34,464 56,594 37.8% 62.2% 77,407 15,254 62,153 19.7% 80.3% 81,875 13,367 68,508 16.3% 83.7%
Pacific Division 8,622,011 5,740,657 2,881,354 66.6% 33.4% 5,877,788 3,555,415 2,322,373 60.5% 39.5% 4,448,534 2,446,078 2,002,456 55.0% 45.0%
Washington 1,563,396 884,539 678,857 56.6% 43.4% 1,356,621 742,801 613,820 54.8% 45.2% 1,141,990 605,530 536,460 53.0% 47.0%
Oregon 953,786 489,746 464,040 51.3% 48.7% 783,389 390,346 393,043 49.8% 50.2% 672,765 307,060 365,705 45.6% 54.4%
California 5,677,251 4,160,596 1,516,655 73.3% 26.7% 3,426,861 2,326,959 1,099,902 67.9% 32.1% 2,377,549 1,468,419 909,130 61.8% 38.2%
Alaska *2 59,278 7,839 51,439 13.2% 86.8% 55,036 3,058 51,978 5.6% 94.4% 64,356 6,141 58,215 9.5% 90.5%
Hawaii 368,300 197,937 170,363 53.7% 46.3% 255,881 92,251 163,630 36.1% 63.9% 191,874 58,928 132,946 30.7% 69.3%
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