| AL | AK | AZ | AR | CA | CO | CT | DE | DC | FL | GA | HI | ID | IL | IN | IA | KS | KY | LA | ME | MD | MA | MI | MN | MI | MO | MT | NE | NV | NH | NJ | NM | NY | NC | ND | OH | OK | OR | PA | RI | SC | SD | TN | TX | UT | VT | VA | WA | WV | WI | WY | Totals | |
| Isolated Rural | 36 | 28 | 33 | 44 | 45 | 89 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 69 | 26 | 38 | 53 | 44 | 86 | 74 | 88 | 29 | 112 | 27 | 36 | 92 | 188 | 92 | 69 | 64 | 92 | 10 | 61 | 4 | 26 | 110 | 193 | 44 | 40 | 30 | 25 | 154 | 3 | 39 | 60 | 65 | 131 | 25 | 79 | 149 | 79 | 52 | 192 | 21 | 3201 |
| Rural | 145 | 90 | 99 | 181 | 178 | 183 | 14 | 34 | 0 | 103 | 211 | 21 | 80 | 166 | 238 | 273 | 113 | 187 | 112 | 111 | 42 | 35 | 138 | 289 | 138 | 154 | 75 | 108 | 28 | 33 | 6 | 70 | 183 | 260 | 23 | 180 | 103 | 110 | 268 | 0 | 143 | 45 | 261 | 265 | 53 | 74 | 151 | 121 | 83 | 343 | 74 | 6395 |
| Large Rural | 102 | 66 | 110 | 226 | 200 | 41 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 230 | 52 | 124 | 266 | 203 | 151 | 199 | 162 | 119 | 92 | 26 | 31 | 291 | 288 | 291 | 160 | 104 | 121 | 28 | 96 | 22 | 145 | 239 | 321 | 58 | 337 | 174 | 241 | 202 | 1 | 173 | 62 | 185 | 399 | 41 | 27 | 151 | 233 | 124 | 146 | 42 | 7170 |
| Urban | 667 | 128 | 865 | 383 | 6431 | 1192 | 377 | 167 | 124 | 2753 | 1179 | 175 | 190 | 2333 | 1306 | 534 | 564 | 502 | 647 | 232 | 913 | 859 | 1677 | 1459 | 1677 | 710 | 112 | 355 | 324 | 194 | 1117 | 372 | 2410 | 1598 | 147 | 2138 | 502 | 645 | 2489 | 188 | 851 | 145 | 899 | 3700 | 465 | 70 | 1602 | 1887 | 230 | 1331 | 59 | 51874 |
| 950 | 312 | 1107 | 834 | 6854 | 1505 | 434 | 201 | 124 | 2936 | 1689 | 274 | 432 | 2818 | 1791 | 1044 | 950 | 939 | 907 | 547 | 1008 | 961 | 2198 | 2224 | 2198 | 1093 | 355 | 676 | 390 | 384 | 1149 | 613 | 2942 | 2372 | 272 | 2695 | 809 | 1021 | 3113 | 192 | 1206 | 312 | 1410 | 4495 | 584 | 250 | 2053 | 2320 | 489 | 2012 | 196 | 68640 | |
| Percentages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Isolated Rural | 3.8% | 9.0% | 3.0% | 5.3% | 0.7% | 5.9% | 5.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.0% | 4.1% | 9.5% | 8.8% | 1.9% | 2.5% | 8.2% | 7.8% | 9.4% | 3.2% | 20.5% | 2.7% | 3.7% | 4.2% | 8.5% | 4.2% | 6.3% | 18.0% | 13.6% | 2.6% | 15.9% | 0.3% | 4.2% | 3.7% | 8.1% | 16.2% | 1.5% | 3.7% | 2.4% | 4.9% | 1.6% | 3.2% | 19.2% | 4.6% | 2.9% | 4.3% | 31.6% | 7.3% | 3.4% | 10.6% | 9.5% | 10.7% | 4.7% |
| Rural | 15.3% | 28.8% | 8.9% | 21.7% | 2.6% | 12.2% | 3.2% | 16.9% | 0.0% | 3.5% | 12.5% | 7.7% | 18.5% | 5.9% | 13.3% | 26.1% | 11.9% | 19.9% | 12.3% | 20.3% | 4.2% | 3.6% | 6.3% | 13.0% | 6.3% | 14.1% | 21.1% | 16.0% | 7.2% | 8.6% | 0.5% | 11.4% | 6.2% | 11.0% | 8.5% | 6.7% | 12.7% | 10.8% | 8.6% | 0.0% | 11.9% | 14.4% | 18.5% | 5.9% | 9.1% | 29.6% | 7.4% | 5.2% | 17.0% | 17.0% | 37.8% | 9.3% |
| Large Rural | 10.7% | 21.2% | 9.9% | 27.1% | 2.9% | 2.7% | 4.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.7% | 13.6% | 19.0% | 28.7% | 9.4% | 11.3% | 14.5% | 20.9% | 17.3% | 13.1% | 16.8% | 2.6% | 3.2% | 13.2% | 12.9% | 13.2% | 14.6% | 29.3% | 17.9% | 7.2% | 25.0% | 1.9% | 23.7% | 8.1% | 13.5% | 21.3% | 12.5% | 21.5% | 23.6% | 6.5% | 0.5% | 14.3% | 19.9% | 13.1% | 8.9% | 7.0% | 10.8% | 7.4% | 10.0% | 25.4% | 7.3% | 21.4% | 10.4% |
| Urban | 70.2% | 41.0% | 78.1% | 45.9% | 93.8% | 79.2% | 86.9% | 83.1% | 100.0% | 93.8% | 69.8% | 63.9% | 44.0% | 82.8% | 72.9% | 51.1% | 59.4% | 53.5% | 71.3% | 42.4% | 90.6% | 89.4% | 76.3% | 65.6% | 76.3% | 65.0% | 31.5% | 52.5% | 83.1% | 50.5% | 97.2% | 60.7% | 81.9% | 67.4% | 54.0% | 79.3% | 62.1% | 63.2% | 80.0% | 97.9% | 70.6% | 46.5% | 63.8% | 82.3% | 79.6% | 28.0% | 78.0% | 81.3% | 47.0% | 66.2% | 30.1% | 75.6% |
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