{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"us-urban-population-pct","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/us-urban-population-pct","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/us-urban-population-pct/","title":"United States Urban Population Share (2025)","description":"United States's Urban Population Share: 80.2 % of total population in 2025, +0.1pp YoY. 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Urbanisation is a structural driver of consumer spending, infrastructure investment, and financial services adoption. It is published by World Bank and updated annually."},{"question":"How current is this data?","answer":"The most recent observation covers 2025. World Bank typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 1976–2025 (50 observations)."},{"question":"What is the long-term trend?","answer":"The series peaked at 80.7 % of total population in 2010 and reached its lowest recorded value of 73.6 in 1976. The latest reading of 80.2 in 2025 represents a change of +0.1pp."}]}