Table 1 Population, land area and population density by urban classification for all MSAs, year-2000 MSA boundaries, 50% GHSL built-up threshold.
Fixed Geography | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
50% GHSL Threshold | Count | % | Count | % | Count | % | |
Population (000 s) | Total MSAs | 197,372,191 | 224,637,376 | 249,794,023 | |||
Urban Inclusive (UI) | 169,454,068 | 85.9% | 199,462,646 | 88.8% | 224,116,140 | 89.7% | |
Urban Agreement | 121,076,150 | 71.5% | 147,263,592 | 73.8% | 166,070,248 | 74.1% | |
Urban People Only | 46,671,239 | 27.5% | 51,010,038 | 25.6% | 57,026,153 | 25.4% | |
Built-up Land Only | 1,706,680 | 1.0% | 1,189,017 | 0.6% | 1,019,739 | 0.5% | |
Rural Extents (RE) | 27,893,410 | 14.1% | 25,127,387 | 12.6% | 25,677,624 | 10.3% | |
Area (km2) | Total MSAs | 1,857,315 | 1,855,901 | 1,856,519 | |||
Urban Inclusive (UI) | 193,811 | 10.4% | 212,114 | 11.4% | 242,656 | 13.1% | |
Urban Agreement | 66,261 | 34.2% | 83,795 | 39.5% | 102,075 | 42.1% | |
Urban People Only | 120,922 | 62.4% | 117,285 | 55.3% | 133,251 | 54.9% | |
Built-up Land Only | 6,628 | 3.4% | 11,033 | 5.2% | 7,330 | 3.0% | |
Rural Extents (RE) | 1,663,504 | 89.6% | 1,642,471 | 88.5% | 1,613,864 | 86.9% | |
Population Density (Persons/km²) | Total MSAs | 106.3 | 121.0 | 134.5 | |||
Urban Inclusive (UI) | 874 | 940.4 | 923.6 | ||||
Urban Agreement | 1,827 | 1,757.4 | 1,626.9 | ||||
Urban People Only | 386 | 434.9 | 428.0 | ||||
Built-up land Only | 257 | 107.8 | 139.1 | ||||
Rural Extents (RE) | 16.8 | 15.3 | 15.9 | ||||
