United States

Urban population

Name: Urban population data for United States
Creator: World Bank
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Urban population share tracks how much of a country lives in cities. It is useful context for productivity, infrastructure, housing, and structural transformation.

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Source: World Bank · SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS:US

Stored official data

Urban population - United States in United States was 80.1% on January 1, 2024, higher by 0.05% (+0.1%) from the prior observation. Charted from annual observations in % of total population.

Latest80.12%

YoY+0.07%

10Y Avg80.25%

Latest observationJanuary 1, 2024

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Min69.98%

Mean76.52%

Max80.70%

Latest observationJanuary 1, 2024

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Tier 1 - critical

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World Bank Open Data

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SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS:US

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Stored · 2024-01-01

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ComparabilitySeasonal-adjustment status needs attention: Prefer same-adjustment comparisons, or transform to year-over-year changes before cross-series comparison.Provider comparability note: Check provider dimensions, units, and methodological notes before using this series as a model input.Revision evidence is not a full historical vintage archive: Use this as current-value or captured-forward evidence unless the series is explicitly labelled source-native vintage.

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QualitySource authority: 100/100. Source kind is classified as official multilateral.Methodology completeness: 100/100. 100% of core provider, geography, unit, frequency, citation, and revision fields are populated.Timeliness and freshness: 90/100. 65 observations available; latest observation 2024-01-01; platform fetch 2026-06-14T22:48:23.764Z; release status none; data status liveRevision and vintage depth: 35/100. This provider currently exposes only the latest published values in Macro by Mark.

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CitationUrban population - United States (World Bank Indicators: SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS, United States, retrieved Jun 14, 2026)

Retrieved Jun 14, 2026

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Series details

SourceWorld Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: https://population.un.org/wup/, note: United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects, National definitions, publisher: UN Population Division

CategoryClimate Change; Urban Development

FrequencyAnnual

Unit% of total population

Latest observationJanuary 1, 2024

Platform last fetchJune 14, 2026

Transformslevel, yoy, index 100

About this series

Urban population (% of total population)

The reading right now

As of January 2024, Urban population for United States stood at 80.1%. That is up 0.05 percentage points from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 80.1%, ranging from a low of 80% in January 2020 to a high of 80.1% in January 2019. The current reading sits 0.12 percentage points below its trailing ten-year mean of 80.2%.

Computed from the observation series on this page. Numbers update when the underlying provider revises the data.