Relationship between rural land area and armed forces personnel over time in the United States

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This scatter chart displays rural land area (km²) against armed forces personnel (people). The data is from the countries entity and is filtered where the country is the United States.

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There are 3 fields used on this chart (including filters):
  • rural land area: Rural land area in square kilometers, derived from urban extent grids which distinguish urban and rural areas based on a combination of population counts (persons), settlement points, and the presence of Nighttime Lights. Areas are defined as urban where contiguous lighted cells from the Nighttime Lights or approximated urban extents based on buffered settlement points for which the total population is greater than 5,000 persons. This field is expressed in km².
  • armed forces personnel: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces. This field is expressed in people.
  • country: Name of country.

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This chart is based on data from: World Bank

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