United States Urban Population
United States urban population data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 80.12%.
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Interpretation
United States recorded 80.12% for Urban Population in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2023, the indicator increased by 0.05 percentage points, from 80.07% to 80.12%.
The latest observation is below the average of the last 10 available observations (80.21%).
Across the five latest available observations (2020–2024), the pattern is predominantly upward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 80.00% in 2020 and the high was 80.57% in 2015.