<table summary="This table shows the percentage of the United States population that lived in urban and rural areas from 1800 to 2000.">
<caption>United States Urban and Rural Populations </caption>
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<tr>
<th>Year </th>
<th>Percent Urban </th>
<th>Percent Rural </th> </tr> </thead>
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<tr>
<td colspan="3">Data from
<a href="http://www.census.gov/">United States Census Bureau </a> </td> </tr> </tfoot>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>2010 </th>
<td>80.3 </td>
<td>19.7 </td> </tr>
<tr>
<th>2000 </th>
<td>79.2 </td>
<td>20.8 </td> </tr>
<tr>
<th>1950 </th>
<td>64.0 </td>
<td>36.0 </td> </tr>
<tr>
<th>1900 </th>
<td>39.6 </td>
<td>60.4 </td> </tr>
<tr>
<th>1850 </th>
<td>15.4 </td>
<td>84.6 </td> </tr>
<tr>
<th>1800 </th>
<td>6.1 </td>
<td>93.9 </td> </tr> </tbody>
</table>