1900 was the beginning of the American Century. The United States started the century as a mostly rural country, still relatively unimportant in terms of world influence and power. McKinley was president and there were only 45 states. Immigration continued to increase and the cities were growing but more people lived on farms or small towns.These statistics provide a glimpse of what the United States was like during the turn of the century.
A urban area was a town or city containing more than 2500 residents. This did not include most small towns, which are considered rural.
| TOTAL | 76,094.000 |
| URBAN | 30,160,000 |
| RURAL | 45,835,000 |
| Native born Caucasian | 56,595,000 |
| Foreign born Causian | 10,214,000 |
| African American | 8,834,000 |
| Native American | 237,000 |
| Asian American | 114,000 |
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