As far as urban versus rural, how would you characterize the 1920 population of the New England region, which includes Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut?

New England is a region comprising six states in the Northeastern United States Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. It is bordered by the state of New York to the west and by the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick to the northeast and Quebec to the north. The Atlantic Ocean is to the east and southeast, and Long Island Sound is to the southwest. Boston is New England's largest city, as well as the capital of Massachusetts

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