TABLE 3.

Region of U.S. Metropolitan Areas, Degree of Sprawl and Population, 2000

	Region
	West		South		Northeast		Midwest		Total
Sprawl Index	Population	%	Population	%	Population	%	Population	%	Population	%
0 to < 25	16,137,498	32	3,846,519	6	9,899,028	23	0	0	29,883,045	15
25 to < 50	29,116,547	58	23,036,334	36	16,741,057	38	16,826,708	40	85,720,646	43
50 to < 75	4,260,569	8	10,817,283	17	14,137,546	32	21,462,137	52	50,677,535	25
75 to 100	1,107,638	2	27,095,062	42	2,835,186	7	3,350,173	8	34,388,059	17
Total	50,622,252	100	64,795,198	100	43,612,817	100	41,639,018	100	200,669,285	100