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FIGURE 14.12 The World’s Megacities

Tokyo
Istanbul Moskva (Moscow)
11,200,000 10,600,000 Osaka-Kobe 37,100,000
New York 11,400,000
20,000,000
Dhaka
Los Angeles Cairo 16,600,000 Beijing
13,200,000 11,700,000 22 13,300,000
Paris
20 Delhi
6 10,800,000 19 24,200,000 12 18
13 1
Lagos 17 7
10 2 9
Mexico City 5 12,400,000 3 8 Shanghai
20,100,000 14 17,800,000
15 Karachi
Rio de Janeiro 21 14,800,000 Manila
12,400,000 12,500,000
Mumbai (Bombay)
16 Kinshasa
Sao Paulo 4 21,800,000
10,700,000
21,300,000
11
Kolkata (Calcutta)
Buenos Aires
16,900,000
13,400,000
Sources: By the author. Based on projected 2015 populations by United Nations.

FIGURE 14.13 How Urban Is Your State? The Rural–Urban Makeup of the United States

The most rural states:
38% to 62% urban WA
Average states: MT VT ME
65% to 78% urban ND MN
OR NH
The most urban states: ID WI MA
80% to 94% urban SD NY RI
WY MI CT
NJ
IA PA NJ
NV NE
OH DE E
UT IL IN MD D
CO The most urban states:
CA WV VA DC
KS MO KY
NC 1. California (94.4%)
TN
AZ NM OK AR SC 2. New Jersey (94.4%)
MS AL GA 3. Hawaii (91.5%)
LA
TX
The most rural states:
AK FL
1. Vermont (61.8% rural)
2. Maine (59.8% rural)
HI
3. West Virginia
(55.9% rural)

Source: By the author. Based on Statistical Abstract of the United States 2013:Table 29.