Name:______________________ Interpreting Charts and Graphs Rural & Urban Population in the U.S.

Rural Urban

1. What information is presented on this table?

2. Can the data be used as historical evidence?

1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920

25,227 28,656 36,026 40,841 45,835 49,973 51,553

6,217 9.902 14,130 22,106 30,160 41,999 54,518

3. How many people lived in rural areas in 1860?

4. Describe the population trend that began to develop between the period 1900-1920?

5. What might have caused this change?

Using the data from the chart above, create a graph below