{"id":1251,"date":"2022-08-17T00:10:44","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T07:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/totalescape.com\/destinations\/?p=1251"},"modified":"2022-10-10T21:20:41","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T04:20:41","slug":"list-of-rural-counties-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destinations\/list-of-rural-counties-in-california\/","title":{"rendered":"List of Rural Counties in California"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rural California
\nforests, mountains, rivers, canyons, orchards, farms, wilderness\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

The states with the largest amount of land classified as rural are:
\n1. Alaska, 2. Texas, 3. California,<\/strong> 4. Montana<\/p>\n

The state of California has the highest population in the nation, but residents are highly concentrated and unevenly distributed.<\/p>\n

California’s population has declined for the first time in its history.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong>Population increased from 1800 up until 2017, but most recently has seen a decline, referred to as ‘CalExodus’<\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/span> Half the population resides in just 4 counties:<\/span>
\nLos Angeles, Orange, San Diego, San Bernardino<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

\"chickens\"<\/p>\n

58 counties in California<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n

In California the majority of the population live in urban (city) areas, while just a small percentage live in rural areas. California\u2019s rural population is not highly concentrated, but distributed throughout many of the 58 counties.<\/p>\n

Rural Relocation inside of California<\/em><\/h4>\n

\"bycounty\"<\/p>\n

Rural Northern California<\/span><\/h3>\n

California counties defined as rural:<\/strong><\/p>\n