### Question
How is the "extent of growth lag" defined?


### Answer
The term **extent of growth lag** is defined in *42 U.S.C. § 5302* as follows -

> the number of persons who would have been residents in a metropolitan city or urban county, in excess of the current population of such metropolitan city or urban county, if such metropolitan city or urban county had had a population growth rate between 1960 and the date of the most recent population count referable to the same point or period in time equal to the population growth rate for such period of all metropolitan cities

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 5302*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 69-COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT**

