Method of making spunbonded webs from linear low density polyethylene

In the method of forming a spunbonded nonwoven web of continuous polyolefin filaments by extruding the polyolefin at a temperature above its melting point through a spinneret to form filaments of the polyolefin, drawing the filaments with an air gun, and depositing the filaments on a web-forming surface to form the nonwoven web, the improvement wherein the polyolefin is a linear copolymer of ethylene and an ethylenically unsaturated alpha-olefin having 4 to 8 carbon atoms, the copolymer having a percent crystallinity as determined from enthalpy of fusion of between about 43 and 58 percent, a cone die melt flow between about 65 and 85 grams/ten minutes, a die swell between about 1.50 and 1.95, a melt index between 25 and 40grams/ten minutes, a ratio of the natural logarithm of the die swell to the melt index between about 0.014 and 0.020, a peak width of less than about 25 degrees, and wherein the copolymer is extruded at a temperature between about 185.degree. and 215.degree. C.