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| State | Total | Rural | Rural as a percentage of total | Non-rural | Non-rural as a percentage of total |
| United States | 48,506,317 | 8,524,484 | 17.6 | 39,981,833 | 82.4 |
| Alabama | 731,251 | 285,700 | 39.1 | 445,551 | 60.9 |
| Alaska | 133,933 | 32,844 | 24.5 | 101,089 | 75.5 |
| Arizona | 1,012,068 | 82,374 | 8.1 | 929,694 | 91.9 |
| Arkansas | 454,523 | 168,957 | 37.2 | 285,566 | 62.8 |
| California | 6,298,928 | 262,657 | 4.2 | 6,036,271 | 95.8 |
| Colorado | 756,912 | 72,181 | 9.5 | 684,731 | 90.5 |
| Connecticut | 577,203 | 62,281 | 10.8 | 514,922 | 89.2 |
| Delaware | 117,777 | 21,165 | 18.0 | 96,612 | 82.0 |
| District of Columbia | 78,057 | 0 | 0.0 | 78,057 | 100.0 |
| Florida | 2,600,203 | 187,895 | 7.2 | 2,412,308 | 92.8 |
| Georgia | 1,522,611 | 402,732 | 26.5 | 1,119,879 | 73.5 |
| Hawaii | 183,609 | 0 | 0.0 | 183,609 | 100.0 |
| Idaho | 252,120 | 58,134 | 23.1 | 193,986 | 76.9 |
| Illinois | 2,100,403 | 242,374 | 11.5 | 1,858,029 | 88.5 |
| Indiana | 1,011,130 | 256,288 | 25.3 | 754,842 | 74.7 |
| Iowa | 481,226 | 180,339 | 37.5 | 300,887 | 62.5 |
| Kansas | 470,500 | 137,295 | 29.2 | 333,205 | 70.8 |
| Kentucky | 663,886 | 273,231 | 41.2 | 390,655 | 58.8 |
| Louisiana | 727,709 | 179,976 | 24.7 | 547,733 | 75.3 |
| Maine | 201,549 | 107,119 | 53.1 | 94,430 | 46.9 |
| Maryland | 869,113 | 64,139 | 7.4 | 804,974 | 92.6 |
| Massachusetts | 980,459 | 96,993 | 9.9 | 883,466 | 90.1 |
| Michigan | 1,757,604 | 352,628 | 20.1 | 1,404,976 | 79.9 |
| Minnesota | 842,915 | 180,437 | 21.4 | 662,478 | 78.6 |
| Mississippi | 493,540 | 228,425 | 46.3 | 265,115 | 53.7 |
| Missouri | 918,038 | 222,040 | 24.2 | 695,998 | 75.8 |
| Montana | 148,356 | 55,706 | 37.5 | 92,650 | 62.5 |
| Nebraska | 285,542 | 81,326 | 28.5 | 204,216 | 71.5 |
| Nevada | 385,414 | 8,080 | 2.1 | 377,334 | 97.9 |
| New Hampshire | 207,417 | 68,486 | 33.0 | 138,931 | 67.0 |
| New Jersey | 1,451,180 | 111,065 | 7.7 | 1,340,115 | 92.3 |
| New Mexico | 323,066 | 37,024 | 11.5 | 286,042 | 88.5 |
| New York | 2,882,218 | 371,840 | 12.9 | 2,510,378 | 87.1 |
| North Carolina | 1,360,209 | 601,813 | 44.2 | 758,396 | 55.8 |
| North Dakota | 102,233 | 42,091 | 41.2 | 60,142 | 58.8 |
| Ohio | 1,845,428 | 431,075 | 23.4 | 1,414,353 | 76.6 |
| Oklahoma | 626,160 | 195,459 | 31.2 | 430,701 | 68.8 |
| Oregon | 550,762 | 66,231 | 12.0 | 484,531 | 88.0 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,821,146 | 328,064 | 18.0 | 1,493,082 | 82.0 |
| Rhode Island | 159,342 | 15,447 | 9.7 | 143,895 | 90.3 |
| South Carolina | 699,198 | 187,024 | 26.7 | 512,174 | 73.3 |
| South Dakota | 125,538 | 54,310 | 43.3 | 71,228 | 56.7 |
| Tennessee | 911,636 | 250,514 | 27.5 | 661,122 | 72.5 |
| Texas | 4,331,751 | 556,123 | 12.8 | 3,775,628 | 87.2 |
| Utah | 491,206 | 28,552 | 5.8 | 462,654 | 94.2 |
| Vermont | 99,103 | 51,726 | 52.2 | 47,377 | 47.8 |
| Virginia | 1,192,094 | 366,946 | 30.8 | 825,148 | 69.2 |
| Washington | 1,021,349 | 107,509 | 10.5 | 913,840 | 89.5 |
| West Virginia | 281,209 | 131,993 | 46.9 | 149,216 | 53.1 |
| Wisconsin | 880,031 | 196,724 | 22.4 | 683,307 | 77.6 |
| Wyoming | 87,462 | 21,152 | 24.2 | 66,310 | 75.8 |
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) survey, "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2003-04. | |||||