According to a report by the USDA, about 2.6% of of US land area (60 million acres out of 2.3 billion acres) is classified as urban.
see: http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/EIB14/ for more details.
Approximately 3% of the land in the United States is considered urban or developed, where most of the population resides. While around 80% of the U.S. population lives in urban areas, these regions occupy a small fraction of the total land. The majority of the land is rural, including forests, mountains, and agricultural areas, with significant portions designated as national parks or protected lands. Overall, the inhabited land represents a small percentage of the vast total land area of the country.
Well the short answer to that is yes, however I should point out that MOST countries are predominantly rural. Like the US, the majority of Canadian citizens live in urban or suburban areas, but cities occupy only a tiny fraction of the total land area.
Sitka, Alaska is the largest US city by land area with a land area of 2,870 sq. miles.
An urban area along the coast is known as
I would say both!
While Canada is substantially larger than the US in total area, it has slightly less land area. The US has about the same total area as China.
the us
64% land
Canada is larger.The land area for Canada is 3.855 million mi2. The US land area is 3.806 million mi2. The population for the US is 326,043,635 and Canada's population is 35,749,600.
The answer to this question would be no/false.
Mostly in the urban area of the US., Mexico and southern Canida.
The land area of the United States is approximately 2.3 billion acres.