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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 20.
Published in final edited form as: Health Place. 2007 Oct 24;14(4):653–660. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2007.10.010

Table 1.

Percentage of US adultsa living in urban and non-urban areas by demographic characteristics

Demographic characteristic % Living in urban areas % Living in non-urban areas
Sex
    Male 81.2 18.8
    Female 81.5 18.5
Age group (years)
    18–24 81.5 18.5
    25–44 83.8 16.2
    45–64 80.3 19.7
    ≥65 77.3 22.7
Race
    White 80.0 20.0
    Black 87.9 12.1
    American Indian 63.2 36.8
    Asian 95.8 4.2
    Native Hawaiian 81.8 18.2
    Multiple races 77.0 23.0
Ethnicity
    Hispanic 91.9 8.1
    Not Hispanic 79.9 20.1
Family income
    Poor 78.0 22.0
    Near poor 75.2 24.8
    Low income 77.0 23.0
    Middle income 79.4 20.6
    High income 85.6 14.4
Completed high school
    Yes 82.2 17.8
    No 77.6 22.4
Census region
    Northeast 89.2 10.8
    Midwest 75.1 24.9
    South 77.0 23.0
    West 87.8 12.2
Health insurance
    Any private 82.3 17.7
    Public 76.9 23.1
    Uninsured 80.6 19.4
Usual source of care
    Yes 80.5 19.5
    No 84.4 15.6
Total 81.4 18.6
a

Estimates pertain to civilian, non-institutionalized adults in the US in 2002 (N = 212, 731, 642).