These Are the 50 Most Rural Counties in America
These Are the 50 Most Rural Counties in America By Annalise Mantz, Stacker News AND Lauren Liebhaber, Stacker News On 5/8/21 at 8:00 AM EDT Nicholas Smith/Getty Images A surprising number of U.S. counties have 100 percent rural land—702, in fact. To determine the 50 most rural counties in the U.S., Stacker analyzed population density data from the 2010 Census Urban and Rural Classification. The 2010 Census is the most comprehensive, reliable, and recent urban-rural classification available. According to the Census Bureau, rural land encompasses any land that isn't an ...