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FDIC Banking Review
| Table 1 - Average Population and Density for Each Type of County, by Region |
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Rural Counties |
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| Regions |
Growing Counties |
Declining Counties |
AD Counties* |
Metro Counties |
Total |
| Great Plains |
| Counties |
120 |
189 |
115 |
53 |
477 |
| Average population |
19,250 |
6,093 |
5,849 |
135,805 |
23,756 |
| Density (People per Sq. mile) |
11.6 |
5.2 |
4.8 |
97.4 |
17.8 |
| Corn Belt |
| Counties |
292 |
166 |
28 |
263 |
749 |
| Average population |
30,343 |
17,609 |
17,025 |
179,700 |
79,468 |
| Density (People per Sq. mile) |
46.7 |
30.3 |
26.5 |
324.3 |
132.3 |
| Delta-South |
| Counties |
213 |
49 |
25 |
164 |
451 |
| Average population |
26,185 |
16,673 |
24,049 |
95,801 |
50,348 |
| Density (People per Sq. mile) |
46.6 |
28.4 |
33.4 |
181.1 |
89.6 |
| Appalachia-East |
| Counties |
87 |
12 |
18 |
96 |
213 |
| Average population |
44,312 |
61,470 |
38,392 |
304,555 |
162,071 |
| Density (People per Sq. mile) |
65.0 |
99.5 |
62.4 |
556.4 |
264.8 |
| Other |
| Counties |
678 |
36 |
24 |
513 |
1,251 |
| Average population |
32,082 |
9,359 |
14,466 |
255,176 |
122,574 |
| Density (People per Sq. mile) |
14.9 |
8.4 |
10.6 |
243.1 |
74.1 |
| Total |
| Counties |
1,390 |
452 |
210 |
1,089 |
3,141 |
| Average population |
30,471 |
13,199 |
13,280 |
211,490 |
89,596 |
| Density (People per Sq. mile) |
20.9 |
15.1 |
12.7 |
256.6 |
79.6 |
* "AD counties" refers to accelerated-declining counties.
Source: U.S. Census.
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