According to a study by Wayne State University demographers, greater Los Angeles is the most economically segregated region in the U.S. The study, which is based on year 2000 census data, found that more than two-thirds of Los Angeles-area residents live in neighborhoods that are mostly rich or mostly poor. The news story also ran in the Los Angeles Times and was picked up by media around the country and abroad. The WSU study suggests that there are fewer middle income neighborhoods in the country. "The situation in L.A. is certainly at the extreme of American cities," explained George Galster, WSU urban affairs professor. He said he studied 100 metropolitan regions and found that all of them have grown more economically segregated over the past 30 years.