Maine is the most rural state in America due to 50% of its land being uninhabited. Almost half of Maine's population lives in Cumberland and York counties. Maine is making strides towards becoming ...

7. Between 2005 and 2024, 193 rural hospitals closed. Sixty-nine percent of rural hospital closures between 2014 and 2024 occurred in states that had not expanded Medicaid. 8. Medicare Advantage ...

Most of the more rural states skewed Republican as well. Vermont and Maine, the two most rural states, backed Vice President Kamala Harris, but the other 8 states the U.S. Census Bureau says has ...