Urban areas covered around * square miles of the United States as of 2017. Despite only constituting a relatively small portion of the country, urban areas are home to the vast majority of U.S. residents. Urbanization is expected to continue to increase over time, taking land from other types of land use.
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Visual Capitalist. (January 14, 2020). Land use area in the United States as of 2017, by land type (in 1,000 square miles)* [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 22, 2026, from /statistics/1106513/land-use-us-breakdown-area/
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