The Heinz Center's State of the Nation's Ecosystems
ecosystem: Urban and Suburban Areas
indicator Name: Area of Urban and Suburban Lands, by region
page # in printed report: 181
location on page: upper
data source: Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics (MRLC) Consortium, USGS EROS Data Center. Coverage: lower 48 states.
notes: please see technical notes for further details on accessing these data from their original source; this data table comes from a specific graphic in The State of the Nation's Ecosystems report (www.heinzctr.org/ecosystems)

units: million acres
  Northeast South Midwest West
1992 5.7 12.3 8.2 5.7
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