Rural
59,061,367
21.0
of which: - Place of 2,500 or more
4,089,599
1.5
- Place of 1,000 to 2,499
4,989,152
1.8
- Place of less than 1,000
3,821,336
1.4
- Not in place
46,161,280
16.4
wtf??
That is, the area they in is not incorporated as a town/city/village/township/borough or tracked as a Census-designated place (unincorporated but tracked as if it was). I guess.
And 16.4% of Americans live in such a place? That's more than I would have imagined.
Lots of subdivisions outside of cities are not tracked by CDPs. Towns themselves have very small boundaries. You know when you see signs like "Now leaving (Whatever)"? That's where the incorporated cities end. There are plenty of people in these areas, although I'd have expected fewer, too.
California. There are other states with large unincorporated areas, but California has enormous unincorporated areas, many of which are heavily populated suburbs and exurbs that only grew up in the last 15-20 years.
