What percent of Americans live in rural America?

1. According to the data from the charts above, what was the first year in which more Americans lived in urban areas than in rural areas?

2. What does the Census Bureau mean by Rural and Urban areas?

3. What is the big story regarding rural and urban populations in the United States?

4. What are three reasons these changes have taken place?

5. What are three consequences of these changes?

6. Imagine what these numbers will look like in 50 years and draw those numbers on the visuals above.

7. Describe the area in which you live.