Revelations 13:16-18 “Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name. This calls for wisdom: let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is 666.”
Important Takeaways:
- Nation’s Urban and Rural Populations Shift Following 2020 Census
- Despite the increase in the urban population, urban areas, defined as densely developed residential, commercial, and other nonresidential areas, now account for 80.0% of the U.S. population, down from 80.7% in 2010.
- The nation’s most densely populated urban areas of 200,000 or more people are:
- Los Angeles—Long Beach—Anaheim, CA (7,476 people per square mile)
- San Francisco—Oakland, CA (6,843 people per square mile)*
- San Jose, CA (6,436 people per square mile)
- New York—Jersey City—Newark, NY—NJ (5,981 people per square mile)
- Honolulu, HI (5,886 people per square mile)
- The New York-Jersey City-Newark, NY-NJ, area remains the nation’s most populous urban area, with a population of 19,426,449. The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, area is the second most populous (12,237,376), followed by the Chicago, IL-IN area (8,671,746).
- Among urban areas with populations of 1 million or more, the Austin, TX area grew at the fastest rate, increasing by 32.8%, followed by the Raleigh, NC, area, at 25.1%, and Orlando, FL, at 22.7%.
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