Editing Spokane, Washington (section)

===Metropolitan area===
{{Main|Spokane metropolitan area}}

The Spokane metropolitan area consists of Spokane County. As of the 2022 census estimates, the Spokane metropolitan area had a population of 597,919. Directly east of Spokane County is the Coeur d'Alene Metropolitan Statistical Area, which consists of [[Kootenai County, Idaho]], anchored by the city of [[Coeur d'Alene, Idaho|Coeur d'Alene]]. The urban areas of the two MSAs largely follow the path of Interstate 90 between Spokane and Coeur d'Alene. The Spokane area has suffered from suburbanization and [[urban sprawl]] in past decades, despite Washington's use of [[urban growth boundary|urban growth boundaries]]; the city ranks low among major Northwest cities in population density and [[smart growth]] according to the Sightline Institute, however [[Smart Growth America]] in a 2014 study ranked the census defined MSA as the 22nd most compact and connected in the nation using their Sprawl Index factors: development density, land use mix, activity centering, and street accessibility.<ref>{{cite web |title=Seven Northwest Cities: The Smart-Growth Ranking |url=http://www.sightline.org/maps/charts/Sprawl-ByCity-CS07 |publisher=Sightline Institute|access-date=December 7, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/app/legacy/documents/measuring-sprawl-2014.pdf |publisher=Smart Growth America |date=Apr 2014 |title=Measuring Sprawl 2014 |access-date=June 19, 2020 |archive-date=August 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812220830/https://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/app/legacy/documents/measuring-sprawl-2014.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Spokane and Coeur d'Alene [[Metropolitan Statistical Area]]s (MSA) are now included in a single [[Combined Statistical Area]] (CSA) by the [[Office of Management and Budget]].<ref name="CSA">{{cite news |last=Stucke |first=John |title=Spokane, Coeur d'Alene now one statistical region |newspaper=The Spokesman-Review |date=June 8, 2011 |url=http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/jun/08/spokane-coeur-dalene-now-one-statistical-region| access-date = December 7, 2014}}</ref> The [[Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene, WA-ID CSA|Spokane–Coeur d'Alene CSA]] had around 781,497 residents in 2022.