List of regions of the United States

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This is a list of some of the ways regions are defined 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

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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 usedTemplate:Nbs[...] for data collection and analysis",[3] and is the most commonly used classification system.[4][5][6][7]

U.S. Census Bureau Regional Divisions
Region Division States
Northeast New England File:Flag of Connecticut.svg Connecticut
File:Flag of Maine.svg Maine
File:Flag of Massachusetts.svg Massachusetts
File:Flag of New Hampshire.svg New Hampshire
File:Flag of Rhode Island.svg Rhode Island
File:Flag of Vermont.svg Vermont
Mid-Atlantic File:Flag of New Jersey.svg New Jersey
Template:Country data New York
File:Flag of Pennsylvania.svg Pennsylvania
Midwest East North Central File:Flag of Illinois.svg Illinois
File:Flag of Indiana.svg Indiana
File:Flag of Michigan.svg Michigan
File:Flag of Ohio.svg Ohio
File:Flag of Wisconsin.svg Wisconsin
West North Central File:Flag of Iowa.svg Iowa
File:Flag of Kansas.svg Kansas
File:Flag of Minnesota.svg Minnesota
File:Flag of Missouri.svg Missouri
File:Flag of Nebraska.svg Nebraska
File:Flag of North Dakota.svg North Dakota
File:Flag of South Dakota.svg South Dakota
South South Atlantic File:Flag of Delaware.svg Delaware
File:Flag of Washington, D.C.svg District of Columbia
File:Flag of Florida.svg Florida
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File:Flag of Maryland.svg Maryland
File:Flag of North Carolina.svg North Carolina
File:Flag of South Carolina.svg South Carolina
File:Flag of Virginia.svg Virginia
File:Flag of West Virginia.svg West Virginia
East South Central File:Flag of Alabama.svg Alabama
File:Flag of Kentucky.svg Kentucky
File:Flag of Mississippi.svg Mississippi
File:Flag of Tennessee.svg Tennessee
West South Central File:Flag of Arkansas.svg Arkansas
File:Flag of Louisiana.svg Louisiana
File:Flag of Oklahoma.svg Oklahoma
File:Flag of Texas.svg Texas
West Mountain File:Flag of Arizona.svg Arizona
File:Flag of Colorado.svg Colorado
File:Flag of Idaho.svg Idaho
File:Flag of Montana.svg Montana
File:Flag of Nevada.svg Nevada
File:Flag of New Mexico.svg New Mexico
File:Flag of Utah.svg Utah
File:Flag of Wyoming.svg Wyoming
Pacific File:Flag of Alaska.svg Alaska
File:Flag of California.svg California
File:Flag of Hawaii.svg Hawaii
File:Flag of Oregon.svg Oregon
Template:Country data Washington

Puerto Rico and other US territories are not part of any census region or census division.[8]

Federal Reserve Banks

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Federal Reserve System 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

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U.S. time zones (some U.S. time zones are not on this map)

Courts of Appeals circuits

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U.S. Courts of Appeals circuits

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

Agency administrative regions

In 1969, the Office of Management and Budget published a list of ten "Standard Federal Regions",[10] to which federal agencies could be restructured as a means of standardizing government administration nationwide. Despite a finding in 1977 that this restructuring did not reduce administrative costs as initially expected,[11] and the complete rescinding of the standard region system in 1995,[12] several agencies continue to follow the system, including the Environmental Protection Agency[13][14] and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.[15]

Regions and office locations

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Regions of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region I

Office location: Boston

States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont

Region II

Office location: New York City

States: New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands

Region III

Office location: Philadelphia

States: Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and West Virginia

Region IV

Office location: Atlanta

States: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee

Region V

Office location: Chicago

States: Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin

Region VI

Office location: Dallas

States: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas

Region VII

Office location: Kansas City

States: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska

Region VIII

Office location: Denver

States: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming

Region IX

Office location: San Francisco

States: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, U.S. Minor Outlying Islands in the Pacific, the Freely Associated States of the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.

Region X

Office location: Seattle

States: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington

Bureau of Economic Analysis regions

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Bureau of Economic Analysis regions

The Bureau of Economic Analysis defines regions for comparison of economic data.[16]

Unofficial regions

Multi-state regions

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Multi-territory regions

The Belts

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Interstate megalopolises

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Interstate metropolitan areas

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Intrastate and intraterritory regions

Alabama

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A map of regions of Alabama

Regions of Alabama include:

Alaska

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Southeast Alaska, also known as the Alaska Panhandle

Regions of Alaska include:

American Samoa

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American Samoa

Regions of American Samoa include:

Arizona

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The Arizona Strip

Regions of Arizona include:

Arkansas

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Regions of Arkansas

Regions of Arkansas include:

California

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Colorado

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An enlargeable map of the Front Range Urban Corridor of Colorado and Wyoming

Regions of Colorado include:

Connecticut

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Map highlighting the nine regions of Connecticut

Connecticut has nine official planning regions, which operate as councils of governments and are recognized as county equivalents by the U.S. Census Bureau. The nine regions are:

Some of Connecticut's informal regions include:

Delaware

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The Delaware Valley, also known as metropolitan Philadelphia

Regions of Delaware include:

"Slower Lower":

District of Columbia

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Florida

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The First Coast
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The Florida Panhandle

Directional regions of Florida include:

Local vernacular regions of Florida include:

Georgia

Regions of Georgia include:

Physiographic regions

Physiographic regions of Georgia include:

Guam

Regions of Guam include:

Hawaii

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Hawaiian archipelago
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Hawaiian Islands

Regions of Hawaii include:

Idaho

Regions of Idaho include:

Illinois

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Southern Illinois, also known as "Little Egypt"

Regions of Illinois include:

Indiana

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Regions of Indiana

Regions of Indiana include:

Iowa

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Regions of Iowa

Regions of Iowa include:

Kansas

Regions of Kansas include:

Kentucky

Regions of Kentucky include:

Louisiana

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Regions of Louisiana

Regions of Louisiana include:

Maine

Regions of Maine include:

Maryland

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Regions of Maryland

Regions of Maryland include:

Regions of Maryland shared with other states include:

Massachusetts

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The Berkshires region of Massachusetts

Regions of Massachusetts include:

Michigan

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Regions of Michigan

Regions of Michigan include:

Lower Peninsula

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Upper Peninsula

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Minnesota

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Regions of Minnesota

Regions of Minnesota include:

Mississippi

Regions of Mississippi include:

Missouri

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The Missouri Bootheel

Regions of Missouri include:

Montana

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Nebraska

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The Nebraska Panhandle

Regions of Nebraska include:

Nevada

Regions of Nevada include:

New Hampshire

Regions of New Hampshire include:

New Jersey

Regions of New Jersey include:

New Mexico

Regions of New Mexico include:

New York

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Regions of New York states as defined by the Empire State Development Corporation Regions of New York

The ten regions of New York, as defined by the Empire State Development Corporation:

Regions of New York state include:

North Carolina

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Regions of North Carolina

Regions of North Carolina include:

North Dakota

Regions of North Dakota include:

Northern Mariana Islands

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Northern Mariana Islands

Regions of the Northern Mariana Islands include:

Ohio

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The Great Black Swamp region of Ohio

Regions of Ohio include:

Oklahoma

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The Oklahoma Panhandle

Regions of Oklahoma include:

Oregon

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The topography of Oregon
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Oregon's High Desert

Regions of Oregon include:

Pennsylvania

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Regions of Pennsylvania include:

Puerto Rico

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Puerto Rico

Regions of Puerto Rico include:

Rhode Island

Regions of Rhode Island include:

South Carolina

Regions of South Carolina include:

South Dakota

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East River and West River in South Dakota

Regions of South Dakota include:

Tennessee

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The Grand Divisions of Tennessee include:

Texas

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The Texas Panhandle

Regions of Texas include:

U.S. Minor Outlying Islands

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The United States Minor Outlying Islands (Navassa Island not on map)

Regions of United States Minor Outlying Islands include:

U.S. Virgin Islands

Regions of United States Virgin Islands include:

Utah

Regions of Utah include:

Vermont

Regions of Vermont include:

Virginia

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A map of the Shenandoah Valley, a region of Virginia

Regions of Virginia include:

Washington

Regions of Washington include:

West Virginia

Regions of West Virginia include:

Wisconsin

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Wisconsin's five geographic regions

Wisconsin is divided into five geographic regions:

Wyoming

Regions of Wyoming include:

See also

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Explanatory notes

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References

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  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. Template:ISBN
  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. Template:ISBN
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External links

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