Now it’s not 100% clear what they’re referring to by “city”, as they also mention “incorporated areas”, which could refer to suburbs, so I won’t say your wrong exactly, but it doesn’t seem accurate.
The technical definition of suburb is often quite different from the colloquial definition. There are quite a few “cities” near me that most people would consider suburbs compared to the major metropolis I live by.
I would ask colloquially: how many Americans live in low density single family home zoned areas that require the usage of a car for commuting and access to various services? That’s my colloquial definition.
Is this true? According to the US census 62% live in cities:
https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2015/cb15-33....
Now it’s not 100% clear what they’re referring to by “city”, as they also mention “incorporated areas”, which could refer to suburbs, so I won’t say your wrong exactly, but it doesn’t seem accurate.
It probably will depend on how we define “city”.