List of regions of the United States

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This is a list of some of the regions in the United States. Many regions are defined in law or regulations by the federal government; others by shared culture and history; and others by economic factors.

Interstate regions[]

Census Bureau-designated regions and divisions[]

U.S. Census Bureau Regions and Divisions.

Since 1950, the United States Census Bureau defines four statistical regions, with nine divisions.[1][2] The Census Bureau region definition is "widely used ... for data collection and analysis",[3] and is the most commonly used classification system.[4][5][6][7]

  • Region 1: Northeast
    • Division 1: New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont)
    • Division 2: Mid-Atlantic (New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania)
  • Region 2: Midwest (Prior to June 1984, the Midwest Region was designated as the North Central Region.)[8]
    • Division 3: East North Central (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin)
    • Division 4: West North Central (Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota)
  • Region 3: South
    • Division 5: South Atlantic (Delaware; Florida; Georgia; Maryland; North Carolina; South Carolina; Virginia; Washington, D.C. and West Virginia)
    • Division 6: East South Central (Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee)
    • Division 7: West South Central (Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas)
  • Region 4: West
    • Division 8: Mountain (Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming)
    • Division 9: Pacific (Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington)

Puerto Rico and other US territories are not part of any census region or census division.[9]

Standard Federal Regions[]

Standard federal regions

The ten standard federal regions were established by OMB (Office of Management and Budget) Circular A-105, "Standard Federal Regions", in April 1974, and went into use for all executive agencies. In recent years, some agencies have tailored their field structures to meet program needs and facilitate interaction with local, state, and regional counterparts. However, the OMB must still approve any departures.

  • Region I: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
  • Region II: New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands
  • Region III: Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia
  • Region IV: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
  • Region V: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin
  • Region VI: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas
  • Region VII: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska
  • Region VIII: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming
  • Region IX: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands
  • Region X: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington

Note: OMB Circular A-105 was rescinded on June 8, 1995.[10]

Federal Reserve Banks[]

Federal Reserve districts.

The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 divided the country into twelve districts with a central Federal Reserve Bank in each district. These twelve Federal Reserve Banks together form a major part of the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States. Missouri is the only U.S. state to have two Federal Reserve locations within its borders, but several other states are also divided between more than one district.

  1. Boston
  2. New York
  3. Philadelphia
  4. Cleveland
  5. Richmond
  6. Atlanta
  7. Chicago
  8. St. Louis
  9. Minneapolis
  10. Kansas City
  11. Dallas
  12. San Francisco

Time zones[]

Main article: Time in the United States
U.S. time zones. (Some U.S. time zones are not on this map.)

Courts of Appeals circuits[]

Main article: United States courts of appeals
U.S. Courts of Appeals circuits
  • First Circuit
  • Second Circuit
  • Third Circuit
  • Fourth Circuit
  • Fifth Circuit
  • Sixth Circuit
  • Seventh Circuit
  • Eighth Circuit
  • Ninth Circuit
  • Tenth Circuit
  • Eleventh Circuit
  • D.C. Circuit

The Federal Circuit is not a regional circuit. Its jurisdiction is nationwide but based on the subject matter.

Bureau of Economic Analysis regions[]

Bureau of Economic Analysis regions

The Bureau of Economic Analysis defines regions for comparison of economic data.[12]

  • New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont
  • Mideast: Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania
  • Great Lakes: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin
  • Plains: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota
  • Southeast: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia
  • Southwest: Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas
  • Rocky Mountain: Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah and Wyoming
  • Far West: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon and Washington

Energy Information Administration[]

The Energy Information Administration currently uses the PADD system established by Petroleum Administration for War in World War II.[13] It is used for data collection on refining petroleum and its products. Each PADD is subdivided into refining districts.

  • PADD I: East Coast
    • East Coast: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida; along with counties in New York east of, north of and including Cayuga, Tompkins, and Chemung; and counties in Pennsylvania east of and including Bradford, Sullivan, Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Dauphin and York.
    • Appalachian No. 1: West Virginia along with counties of Pennsylvania and New York State not mentioned above.
  • PADD II: Midwest
    • Indiana-Illinois-Kentucky: Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Michigan, Ohio
    • Minnesota-Wisconsin-North and South Dakota: Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota
    • Oklahoma-Kansas-Missouri: Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa
  • PADD III: Gulf Coast
    • Texas Gulf Coast: The Texan counties of Newton, Orange, Jefferson, Jasper, Tyler, Hardin, Liberty, Chambers, Polk, San Jacinto, Montgomery, Harris, Galveston, Waller, Fort Bend, Brazoria, Wharton, Matagorda, Jackson, Victoria, Calhoun, Refugio, Aransas, San Patricio, Nueces, Kleberg, Kenedy, Willacy and Cameron
    • Texas Inland: Texan counties not mentioned above.
    • Louisiana Gulf Coast: Parishes of Louisiana south of, and including Vernon, Rapides, Avoyelles, Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana, East Feliciana, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa and Washington; along with Pearl River, Stone, George, Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson County of Mississippi; and Alabama's Mobile and Baldwin County.
    • North Louisiana-Arkansas: Arkansas and parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama not mentioned above.
    • New Mexico: New Mexico
  • PADD IV: Rocky Mountain: Colorado, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah
  • PADD V: West Coast: Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Arizona, Alaska, Hawaii[14]

PADD I can also be subdivided into 3 Subdistricts:

  • Sub-PAD 1A: New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont)
  • Sub-PAD 1B: Central Atlantic (Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, District of Columbia)
  • Sub-PAD 1C: Lower Atlantic (Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia)[15]
US map of the five ARS regions (USDA)

Agricultural Research Service[]

The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is the research arm of the USDA. The ARS has sectioned their work into five geographic regions:

  • Midwest Area
  • Northeast Area
  • Pacific West Area
  • Plains Area
  • Southeast Area
Map showing the seven regions of the US National Park Service

U.S. National Park Service[]

The U.S. National Park Service divides the U.S. into the following regions for U.S. National Park purposes:[16][17]

  • Northeast region (Connecticut, Delaware, most of Maryland, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, most of Virginia, most of West Virginia) with regional office in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • National Capital region (District of Columbia, some of Maryland, some of Virginia, some of West Virginia) with regional office in Washington D.C.
  • Southeast region (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands) with regional office in Atlanta, Georgia.
  • Midwest region (Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin) with regional office in Omaha, Nebraska.
  • Intermountain region (Arizona, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Wyoming) with regional office in Denver, Colorado.
  • Pacific region (California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands) with regional office in San Francisco, California.
  • Alaska region (Alaska) with regional office in Anchorage, Alaska.

The U.S. Minor Outlying Islands are not part of any U.S. National Park Service region.

Unofficial regions[]

Multi-state regions[]

  • American Frontier
  • Appalachia
  • Ark-La-Tex
  • Black Dirt Region
  • Border states:
    • Civil War border states
    • International border states
  • Calumet Region
  • The Carolinas
  • Cascadia
  • Central United States
  • Coastal states
  • Colorado Plateau
  • Columbia Basin
  • Contiguous United States
  • The Dakotas
  • Deep South
  • Delmarva Peninsula
  • Dixie
  • Driftless Area
  • East Coast
  • Eastern United States
  • Four Corners
  • Great American Desert
  • Great Appalachian Valley
  • Great Basin
  • Great Lakes Region
  • Great Plains
  • Gulf Coast
  • Gulf South
  • High Plains
  • Interior Plains
  • Intermountain States
  • Kentuckiana
  • Llano Estacado
  • Lower 48
  • Mid-Atlantic states
  • Mid-South states
  • Midwestern United States
  • Mississippi Delta
  • Mojave Desert
  • Mormon Corridor
  • New England
    • Northern New England
    • Southern New England
  • North Woods
  • Northeastern United States
  • Northern United States
  • Northwestern United States
  • Ohio Valley
  • Ozarks
  • Pacific Northwest
    • Inland Northwest
  • Pacific States
  • Palouse
  • Piedmont
  • Piney Woods
  • Rocky Mountains
  • Siouxland
  • Southeastern United States
  • Southern United States
  • Southwestern United States
  • Old Southwest
  • Tidewater
  • Tornado Alley
  • Trans-Mississippi
  • Twin Tiers
  • Upland South
  • Upper Midwest
  • Virginias
  • Waxhaws
  • West Coast
  • Western United States

Multi-territory regions[]

  • Mariana Islands (Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands)
  • Samoan Islands (American Samoa, except Swains Island) [note 1]
  • Virgin Islands (the Spanish Virgin Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands) [note 2]

The Belts[]

For a more comprehensive list, see List of belt regions of the United States.
  • Bible Belt
  • Coal Belt
  • Corn Belt
  • Cotton Belt
  • Fruit Belt
  • Pine Belt
  • Rice Belt
  • Rust Belt
  • Snowbelt
  • Sun Belt

Interstate megalopolises[]

See also: Megaregions of the United States
Further information: Megalopolis
  • Arizona Sun Corridor
  • California
  • Cascadia
  • Great Lakes
  • Gulf Coast
  • Northeast
  • Piedmont Atlantic
  • Southern Rocky Mountain Front

Interstate metropolitan areas[]

See also: Tri-state area
  • Central Savannah River Area (part of Georgia and South Carolina)
  • Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area (District of Columbia and parts of Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania)
    • Washington metropolitan area (District of Columbia and parts of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia)
  • Greater Boston (parts of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire)
  • Charlotte metropolitan area (parts of North Carolina and South Carolina)
  • Chattanooga Metropolitan Area
  • Chicago metropolitan area (parts of Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin)
  • Cincinnati metropolitan area (parts of Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky)
  • Columbus-Auburn-Opelika (GA-AL) Combined Statistical Area (parts of Georgia and Alabama)
  • Delaware Valley (Philadelphia metropolitan area) (parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland)
  • Evansville, IN–KY Metropolitan Statistical Area (parts of Indiana and Kentucky)
  • Fargo–Moorhead (parts of North Dakota and Minnesota)
  • Fort Smith metropolitan area (parts of Arkansas and Oklahoma)
  • Front Range Urban Corridor (parts of Colorado and Wyoming)
  • Greater Grand Forks (part of Minnesota and North Dakota)
  • Hartford-Springfield (parts of Connecticut and Massachusetts)
  • Kansas City metropolitan area (parts of Missouri and Kansas)
  • Louisville metropolitan area (Kentuckiana) (parts of Kentucky and Indiana)
  • Memphis metropolitan area (parts of Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi)
  • Michiana (parts of Michigan and Indiana)
  • Minneapolis–Saint Paul (the Twin Cities) (parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin)
  • New York metropolitan area (parts of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania)
  • Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area (parts of Nebraska and Iowa)
  • Portland metropolitan area (parts of Oregon and Washington)
  • Quad Cities (parts of Iowa and Illinois)
  • Sacramento metropolitan area (parts of California and Nevada)
  • Greater St. Louis (parts of Missouri and Illinois)
  • Texarkana metropolitan area (parts of Texas and Arkansas)
  • Tri-Cities (parts of Tennessee and Virginia)
  • Twin Ports (Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin)
  • Hampton Roads region (parts of Virginia and North Carolina)
  • Youngstown–Warren–Boardman metropolitan statistical area (parts of Ohio and Pennsylvania)

Intrastate and intraterritory regions[]

Alabama[]

A map of Alabama regions.

Alaska[]

The Alaska Panhandle
  • Alaska Interior
  • Alaska North Slope
  • Alaska Panhandle
  • Aleutian Islands
  • Arctic Alaska
  • The Bush
  • Kenai Peninsula
  • Matanuska-Susitna Valley
  • Seward Peninsula
  • Southcentral Alaska
  • Southwest Alaska
  • Tanana Valley
  • Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta

American Samoa[]

American Samoa

Arizona[]

The Arizona Strip
For a more comprehensive list, see List of regions of Arizona.
  • Arizona Strip
  • Grand Canyon
  • North Central Arizona
  • Northeast Arizona
  • Northern Arizona
  • Phoenix metropolitan area
  • Southern Arizona

Arkansas[]

California[]

For a more comprehensive list, see List of regions of California.

Colorado[]

An enlargeable map of the Front Range Urban Corridor of Colorado and Wyoming.
Main article: Geography of Colorado
  • Central Colorado (part of Southern Rocky Mountains)
  • Colorado Eastern Plains (part of High Plains)
  • Colorado Mineral Belt (part of Southern Rocky Mountains)
  • Colorado Piedmont (parts of the Front Range Urban Corridor and Colorado High Plains)
  • Colorado Plateau (multi-state region)
  • Colorado Western Slope (parts of Southern Rocky Mountains and Colorado Plateau)
  • Denver Metropolitan Area (part of Front Range Urban Corridor)
  • Four Corners Region (multi-state region of Colorado Plateau)
  • Front Range Urban Corridor (multi-state region)
  • High Plains (multi-state region of Great Plains)
  • North Central Colorado Urban Area (part of Front Range Urban Corridor)
  • Northwestern Colorado (part of Southern Rocky Mountains)
  • San Luis Valley
  • South-Central Colorado
  • South Central Colorado Urban Area (part of Front Range Urban Corridor)
  • Southern Rocky Mountains (multi-state region of Rocky Mountains)
  • Southwestern Colorado (parts of Southern Rocky Mountains and Colorado Plateau)

Connecticut[]

The Greater Bridgeport Region in relation to other unofficial Connecticut regions.
The Connecticut Panhandle and "The Oblong"

Connecticut has no official regions. After abolishing county governments, all local governing is done by towns and cities, leaving counties as purely geographical and statistical entities. Some unofficial regions of Connecticut include:

  • Central Naugatuck Valley
  • Coastal Connecticut
  • Connecticut panhandle
  • Greater Bridgeport
  • Greater New Haven
  • Greater Hartford
  • Housatonic Valley (shared with Massachusetts)
  • Litchfield Hills
  • Lower Connecticut River Valley
  • Naugatuck River Valley
  • New York Metropolitan Area/Gold Coast
  • Southeastern Connecticut
  • Western Connecticut

Delaware[]

"Upstate" or "Up North"

  • Delaware Valley also known as "Above the Canal" (referring to the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal)

"Slower Lower"

  • Cape Region
  • Central Kent
  • Delaware coast

District of Columbia[]

Main article: Neighborhoods in Washington, D.C.

Florida[]

The First Coast
The Florida Panhandle

Directional regions

  • Central Florida
  • North Florida
  • Northwest Florida
  • North Central Florida
  • Northeast Florida
  • South Florida
  • Southwest Florida

Local vernacular regions

  • Big Bend
  • Emerald Coast
  • First Coast
  • Florida Heartland
  • Florida Keys
  • Florida Panhandle
  • Forgotten Coast
  • Glades
  • Gold Coast
  • Halifax area (also Surf Coast and Fun Coast)
  • Red Hills
  • Nature Coast
  • Space Coast
  • Suncoast
  • Tampa Bay Area
  • Treasure Coast

Georgia[]

  • Atlanta metropolitan area
  • Central Georgia
  • Central Savannah River Area
  • Colonial Coast
  • Golden Isles of Georgia
  • Historic South
  • North Georgia
  • North Georgia mountains (Northeast Georgia)
  • Southern Rivers
  • Southeast Georgia
  • Wiregrass Region

Physiographic regions[]

  • Appalachian Plateau
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Coastal Plain
  • Piedmont
  • Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians

Guam[]

Hawaiʻi[]

Hawaiian archipelago
Main Hawaiian Islands
  • Hawaiʻi Island (Big Island)
  • Kahoʻolawe
  • Kauaʻi
  • Kaʻula
  • Lānai
  • Maui
    • Haleakalā
    • Molokini
    • West Maui Mountains
  • Molokaʻi
    • Kalaupapa Peninsula
  • Niʻihau
    • Lehua
  • Northwestern Hawaiian Islands [note 4]
    • Nihoa (Moku Manu)
    • Necker Island (Mokumanamana)
    • French Frigate Shoals (Kānemiloha)
    • Gardner Pinnacles (Pūhāhonu)
    • Maro Reef (Nalukākala)
    • Laysan (Kauō)
    • Lisianski (Papaāpoho)
    • Pearl and Hermes (Holoikauaua)
    • Kure Atoll (Mokupāpapa)
  • Oʻahu

Idaho[]

The Idaho Panhandle

Illinois[]

Main article: Regions of Illinois
Southern Illinois is also known as "Little Egypt".

Indiana[]

Regions of Indiana
Main article: Geography of Indiana
  • East Central Indiana
  • Indianapolis metropolitan area
  • Michiana
  • Northern Indiana
  • Northwest Indiana
  • Southern Indiana
  • Southwestern Indiana
  • Wabash Valley

Iowa[]

Regions of Iowa.

Kansas[]

  • East-Central Kansas
  • Flint Hills
  • High Plains
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area
  • North Central Kansas
  • Osage Plains
  • Ozarks
  • Red Hills
  • Santa Fe Trail
  • Smoky Hills
  • Southeast Kansas

Kentucky[]

  • The Bluegrass
  • Cumberland Plateau or Eastern Coal Field
  • Jackson Purchase
  • Pennyroyal Plateau
  • Western Coal Field

Louisiana[]

A map of Louisiana's regions
  • Acadiana
  • Central Louisiana (Cen-La)
  • Florida Parishes
  • "French Louisiana" (Acadiana + Greater New Orleans)
  • Greater New Orleans
  • North Louisiana
  • Southwest Louisiana

Maine[]

Maryland[]

Maryland's regions

Regions shared with other states:

  • Allegheny Mountains
  • Atlantic coastal plain
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Cumberland Valley
  • Delaware Valley
  • Delmarva Peninsula consists of Maryland's and Virginia's Eastern Shore and all of Delaware
  • Piedmont (United States)
  • Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians

Massachusetts[]

The Berkshire region of Massachusetts

Michigan[]

Main article: Geography of Michigan
Michigan's regions

Lower Peninsula[]

Main article: Lower Peninsula of Michigan
  • Northern Michigan
    • Traverse Bay Area
    • Straits Area
  • Central/Mid-Michigan
  • West Michigan
    • Southwest Michigan
    • Michiana
    • Grand Rapids area
  • Southeast Michigan
    • Metro Detroit

Upper Peninsula[]

Main article: Upper Peninsula of Michigan
  • Copper Country
    • Copper Island
  • Central Upper Peninsula
    • US 41 Corridor
  • Eastern Upper Peninsula
    • Straits Area
    • Soo Area

Minnesota[]

Regions of Minnesota
Main article: Geography of Minnesota

Mississippi[]

  • Mississippi Alluvial Plain
  • Mississippi Delta
  • Mississippi Gulf Coast
  • Natchez Trace

Missouri[]

The Missouri Bootheel
  • Boonslick
  • Bootheel
  • Dissected Till Plains
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area
  • Lead Belt
  • Little Dixie
  • Ozarks
  • Platte Purchase
  • St. Louis Metropolitan Area

Montana[]

  • Big Horn Mountains
  • Eastern Montana
  • The Flathead
  • Glacier Country
  • Glacier National Park
  • Regional designations of Montana
  • Two Medicine
  • Western Montana
  • Yellowstone National Park

Nebraska[]

The Nebraska Panhandle

Nevada[]

  • Black Rock Desert
  • Lake Tahoe
  • Las Vegas Valley
  • Mojave Desert
  • Pahranagat Valley
  • Sierra Nevada

New Hampshire[]

New Jersey[]

New Mexico[]

New York[]

Regions of New York as defined by the New York State Department of Economic Development.
1. Western New York – counties : Niagara, Erie, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Allegany
2. Finger Lakes – counties : Orleans, Genesee, Wyoming, Monroe, Livingston, Wayne, Ontario, Yates, Seneca
3. Southern Tier – counties : Steuben, Schuyler, Chemung, Tompkins, Tioga, Chenango, Broome, Delaware
4. Central New York – counties : Cortland, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oswego, Madison
5. North Country – counties : St. Lawrence, Lewis, Jefferson, Hamilton, Essex, Clinton, Franklin
6. Mohawk Valley – counties : Oneida, Herkimer, Fulton, Montgomery, Otsego, Schoharie
7. Capital District – counties : Albany, Columbia, Greene, Warren, Washington, Saratoga, Schenectady, Rensselaer
8. Hudson Valley – counties : Sullivan, Ulster, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester
9. New York City – counties (boroughs) : New York (Manhattan), Bronx (The Bronx), Queens (Queens), Kings (Brooklyn), Richmond (Staten Island)
10. Long Island – counties : Nassau, Suffolk
  • Downstate New York
    • New York metropolitan area
    • The Five Boroughs (New York City)
    • Long Island
      • Nassau County
      • Suffolk County
      • The Hamptons
      • North Shore (Gold Coast)
      • South Shore
    • Westchester County
    • Rockland County
    • Putnam County
  • Upstate New York
    • Erie Canal Corridor
      • New York State Canal System
      • New York State Canalway Trail
    • Western New York
      • Holland Purchase
      • Burned-over district
    • Finger Lakes
    • former Leatherstocking Country (now the Central New York Region)
    • Central New York
      • Central New York Military Tract
      • Phelps and Gorham Purchase
      • Syracuse metropolitan area
    • Mohawk Valley
    • Southern Tier
    • Capital District
    • North Country
      • Adirondack Mountains
        • Adirondack Park
      • Ski country
      • Thousand Islands
      • Tug Hill
    • Catskill Mountains
      • Borscht Belt
    • Hudson Valley

North Carolina[]

Regions of North Carolina.
  • Western North Carolina
    • Foothills Region
      • South Mountains
      • The Unifour (Catawba Valley Area)
    • High Country (Boone Area)
    • Land of the Sky
      • Asheville Metropolitan Area
        • Great Craggy Mountains
      • Blue Ridge Mountains
      • Great Smoky Mountains
        • Tennessee Valley
  • Central North Carolina
  • Eastern North Carolina
    • Fayetteville Metropolitan Area
    • Inner Banks
      • Albemarle
      • Global TransPark Economic Development Area
      • Tidewater
    • Lower Cape Fear (Wilmington Area)
    • Outer Banks
      • Crystal Coast
        • Bogue Banks
        • Down East
    • Sandhills

North Dakota[]

Northern Mariana Islands[]

Northern Mariana Islands
  • Northern Islands
    • Alamagan
    • Anatahan
    • Agrihan
    • Asuncion Island
    • Farallon de Medinilla
    • Farallon de Pajaros
    • Guguan
    • Maug Islands
    • Pagan
    • Sarigan
  • Rota
  • Saipan
  • Tinian

Ohio[]

  The area roughly covered by the Great Black Swamp
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Appalachian Ohio
  • Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky metropolitan area
  • Columbus, Ohio metropolitan area
  • Connecticut Western Reserve (historic, now defunct)
  • Great Black Swamp (shared with Indiana)
  • The Lake Erie Islands
  • Miami Valley
  • Northeast Ohio (often used interchangeably with Greater Cleveland, but also includes the counties of Ashtabula, Portage, Summit, Trumbull, Mahoning and Columbiana.)
  • Northwest Ohio

Oklahoma[]

The Oklahoma Panhandle

Oregon[]

Main article: List of regions of Oregon
Oregon's topography
Oregon's High Desert
  • Cascade Range
  • Central Oregon
  • Columbia Plateau
  • Columbia River
  • Columbia River Gorge
  • Eastern Oregon
  • Goose Lake Valley
  • Harney Basin
  • High Desert
  • Hood River Valley
  • Mount Hood Corridor
  • Northwest Oregon
  • Oregon Coast
  • Palouse
  • Portland metropolitan area
  • Rogue Valley
  • Southern Oregon
  • Treasure Valley
  • Tualatin Valley
  • Warner Valley
  • Western Oregon
  • Willamette Valley

Pennsylvania[]

  • Allegheny National Forest
  • Coal Region
  • Cumberland Valley
  • Delaware Valley
  • Dutch Country
  • Endless Mountains
  • Highlands Region
  • Laurel Highlands
  • Lehigh Valley
  • Main Line
  • Northern Tier
  • Northeastern Pennsylvania
  • Northwest Region
  • Pittsburgh metropolitan area
  • The Poconos
  • South Central Pennsylvania
  • Susquehanna Valley
  • Western Pennsylvania
  • Wyoming Valley (Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Metropolitan Area)

Puerto Rico[]

Puerto Rico
  • Caja de Muertos
  • Culebra
  • Desecheo Island
  • Isla de Mona
  • Puerto Rico (main island)
    • Cordillera Central
    • El Yunque
  • Vieques

Rhode Island[]

  • Blackstone Valley
  • Block Island
  • East Bay
  • West Bay
  • South County

South Carolina[]

  • The Lowcountry
  • The Midlands
  • The Upstate
  • Travel/Tourism locations
  • Other geographical distinctions
    • Blue Ridge Mountains
    • Charleston metropolitan area
    • Columbia metropolitan area
    • The Piedmont
    • The Sandhills
    • Sea Islands
    • West Ashley

South Dakota[]

South Dakota
East River and West River

Tennessee[]

Main article: Grand Divisions of Tennessee
  • East Tennessee
  • Middle Tennessee
  • West Tennessee
  • Other geographical distinctions:

Texas[]

Main article: List of geographical regions in Texas
The Texas Panhandle
  • Brazos Valley
  • Central Texas
    • Texas blackland prairies
    • The Hill Country
  • Gulf Coast
    • Galveston Bay
    • Greater Houston
  • East Texas
    • Piney Woods and Northeast Texas
  • North Texas
  • South Texas
    • Rio Grande Valley
  • Southeast Texas
  • Texas Midwest/West-Central Texas (includes Abilene, San Angelo, Brownwood, Texas)
  • Texas Urban Triangle (Houston to San Antonio to Dallas-Fort Worth)
  • West Texas
    • Concho Valley
    • Edwards Plateau
    • Llano Estacado (a portion of northwest Texas)
    • Permian Basin
    • South Plains (includes 24 counties south of the Texas Panhandle and north of the Permian Basin)
    • Texas Panhandle (pictured)
    • Trans-Pecos
    • Great Plains

U.S. Minor Outlying Islands[]

The United States Minor Outlying Islands (Navassa Island not on map)
  • Baker Island
  • Howland Island
  • Jarvis Island
  • Johnston Island
  • Kingman Reef
  • Midway Atoll
  • Navassa Island [note 5]
  • Palmyra Atoll
  • Wake Island [note 6]

U.S. Virgin Islands[]

  • Saint Croix
  • Saint John
  • Saint Thomas

Utah[]

  • Cache Valley
  • Colorado Plateau
  • Dixie
  • Great Salt Lake Desert
  • Mojave Desert
  • San Rafael Swell
  • Uinta Mountains
  • Wasatch Back
  • Wasatch Front
  • Wasatch Range

Vermont[]

Virginia[]

A map of the Shenandoah Valley
  • Eastern Shore
  • Hampton Roads
  • Historic Triangle
  • Piedmont region of Virginia
  • Northern Neck
  • Northern Virginia
  • Greater Richmond Region
  • Shenandoah Valley
  • South Hampton Roads
  • Southside Virginia
  • Southwest Virginia
  • Tidewater
  • Tri-Cities
  • Virginia Peninsula

Washington[]

  • Central Washington
  • Columbia Plateau
  • Eastern Washington
  • Kitsap Peninsula
  • Long Beach Peninsula
  • Okanagan Country
  • Olympic Mountains
  • Olympic Peninsula
  • Puget Sound
  • Rocky Mountains
  • San Juan Islands
  • Skagit Valley
  • Southwest Washington
  • Tri-Cities
  • Walla Walla Valley
  • Western Washington
  • Yakima Valley

West Virginia[]

Wisconsin[]

Wisconsin's five geographic regions

Wisconsin can be divided into five geographic regions.

Wyoming[]

  • Bighorn Basin
  • Powder River Country

Other regional listings[]

Regions of the Boy Scouts of America[]

Boy Scouts of America regions in 1992

5 Geographic Regions[]

5 Regions of the United States
  Northeast Region
  Southeast Region
  Midwest Region
  Southwest Region
  West Region

A common but unofficial way of referring to regions in the United States is grouping them into 5 regions according to their geographic position on the continent. They are the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, and West.[19][20][21]

See also[]

  • Geography of the United States
  • Historic regions of the United States
  • List of metropolitan areas of the United States
  • Media market, e.g., Nielsen Designated Market Area
  • Political divisions of the United States
  • United States territory
  • Vernacular geography

Notes[]

  1. ^ This region also includes the Independent State of Samoa, which is not a part of the United States
  2. ^ This region also includes the British Virgin Islands, which is not a part of the United States
  3. ^ Claimed by Tokelau[18]
  4. ^ Midway Atoll, part of the Northwest Hawaiian Islands, is not politically part of Hawaii; it is one of the United States Minor Outlying Islands
  5. ^ Claimed by Haiti
  6. ^ Claimed by the Marshall Islands

References[]

  1. ^ "Statistical Groupings of States and Counties" (PDF). census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
  2. ^ United States Census Bureau, Geography Division. "Census Regions and Divisions of the United States" (PDF). Retrieved January 10, 2013.
  3. ^ "The National Energy Modeling System: An Overview 2003" (Report #:DOE/EIA-0581, October 2009). United States Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration.
  4. ^ "The most widely used regional definitions and follow those of the U.S. Bureau of the Census." Seymour Sudman and Norman M. Bradburn, Asking Questions: A Practical Guide to Questionnaire Design (1982). Jossey-Bass: p. 205.
  5. ^ "Perhaps the most widely used regional classification system is one developed by the U.S. Census Bureau." Dale M. Lewison, Retailing, Prentice Hall (1997): p. 384. ISBN 978-0-13-461427-4
  6. ^ "[M]ost demographic and food consumption data are presented in this four-region format." Pamela Goyan Kittler, Kathryn P. Sucher, Food and Culture, Cengage Learning (2008): p.475. ISBN 9780495115410
  7. ^ "Census Bureau Regions and Divisions with State FIPS Codes" (PDF). US Census Bureau. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 21, 2013. Retrieved June 20, 2010.
  8. ^ "Census Bureau Regions and Divisions with State FIPS Codes" (PDF). US Census Bureau. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 21, 2013. Retrieved June 20, 2010.
  9. ^ "Geographic Terms and Concepts - Census Divisions and Census Regions". US Census Bureau. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
  10. ^ "Rescission of OMB Circulars". Federal Register. March 22, 1995.
  11. ^ "No DST in Most of Arizona". www.timeanddate.com. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  12. ^ "BEA Regions". Bureau of Economic Analysis. February 18, 2004. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
  13. ^ "Records of Petroleum Administration for War". Retrieved January 3, 2012.
  14. ^ "Appedix A: District Description and Maps" (PDF). Energy Information Administration. October 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2012.
  15. ^ "PADD Definitions". Energy Information Administration. Archived from the original on October 16, 2011. Retrieved January 3, 2012.
  16. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20190705075545/https://www.nps.gov/orgs/rtca/contactus.htm U.S. National Park Service. Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program. Contact Us. (archived) Retrieved July 5, 2019.
  17. ^ U.S. National Park Service. Partnerships - Contact Us. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  18. ^ The World Factbook CIA World Factbook - American Samoa. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
  19. ^ "United States Regions". National Geographic. January 3, 2012.
  20. ^ "US Geography regions". Ducksters.
  21. ^ "Regions of the US". Flocabulary.

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