This is a list of some of the ways ''regions'' is defined in the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country Continental United States, primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., ...

. 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

Census Regions and Division of the United States

Since 1950, the United States Census Bureau defines four statistical regions, with nine divisions. The Census Bureau region definition is "widely used ... for data collection and analysis","The National Energy Modeling System: An Overview 2003" (Report #: DOE/EIA-0581, October 2009). United States Department of Energy,

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. and is the most commonly used classification system. * Region 1:

Northeast The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each sep ...

** Division 1:

New England New England is a region comprising six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. It is bordered by the state of New York to the west and by the Canadian provinces ...

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Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the ...

Maine Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and nor ...

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New Hampshire New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...

Rhode Island Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the List of U.S. states by area, smallest U.S. state by area and the List of states and territories of the United States ...

, and

Vermont Vermont () is a U.S. state, state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York (state), New York to the west, and the Provin ...

) ** Division 2:

Middle Atlantic Middle or The Middle may refer to: * Centre (geometry), the point equally distant from the outer limits. Places * Middle (sheading), a subdivision of the Isle of Man * Middle Bay (disambiguation) * Middle Brook (disambiguation) * Middle Creek ...

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New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delawa ...

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...

, and

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

) * Region 2:

Midwest The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the Midwest or the American Midwest, is one of four Census Bureau Region, census regions of the United States Census Bureau (also known as "Region 2"). It occupies the northern central part of ...

(Prior to June 1984, the Midwest Region was designated as the North Central Region.) ** Division 3: East North Central (

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rock ...

Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th ...

Michigan Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and t ...

Ohio Ohio () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Of the List of states and territories of the United States, fifty U.S. states, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 34th-l ...

, and

Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...

) ** Division 4: West North Central (

Iowa Iowa () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wiscon ...

Kansas Kansas () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its Capital city, capital is Topeka, Kansas, Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita, Kansas, Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebras ...

Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over t ...

Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...

Nebraska Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the sout ...

North Dakota North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minnesota to the east, ...

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South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux Native American tribes, who comprise a large po ...

) * Region 3:

South South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþa ...

** Division 5:

South Atlantic The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the "Old World" of Africa, Europe a ...

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Delaware Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent ...

;

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and ...

;

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

;

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean t ...

;

North Carolina North Carolina () is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 28th largest and List of states and territories of the United ...

;

South Carolina )''Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no) , anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind" , Former = Province of South Carolina , seat = Columbia , LargestCity = Charleston , LargestMetro = ...

;

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth are ...

; Washington, D.C. and

West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the ...

) ** Division 6: East South Central (

Alabama (We dare defend our rights) , anthem = " Alabama" , image_map = Alabama in United States.svg , seat = Montgomery , LargestCity = Huntsville , LargestCounty = Baldwin County , LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham , area_total_km2 = 135,7 ...

Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia ...

Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...

, and

Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 36th-largest by ...

) ** Division 7: West South Central (

Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the O ...

Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is bord ...

Oklahoma Oklahoma (; Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a state in the South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the north, Missouri on the northeast, Arkansas on the east, New ...

, and

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...

) * Region 4:

West West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some ...

** Division 8:

Mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher ...

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Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...

Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the ...

Idaho Idaho ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Monta ...

Montana Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columb ...

Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. N ...

New Mexico ) , population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano) , seat = Santa Fe, New Mexico, Santa Fe , LargestCity = Albuquerque, New Mexico, Albuquerque , LargestMetro = Albuquerque metropolitan area, Tiguex , Offi ...

Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to its ...

, and

Wyoming Wyoming () is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the southwest, and Colorado to t ...

) ** Division 9:

Pacific The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the contine ...

(

Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U ...

California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...

Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only stat ...

Oregon Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...

, and

Washington Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A metonym for the federal government of the United States ** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...

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

Standard Federal Regions

The ten standard federal regions were established by OMB (

Office of Management and Budget The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is the largest office within the Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP). OMB's most prominent function is to produce the president's budget, but it also examines agency programs, pol ...

) Circular A-105, ''"Standard Federal Regions",'' in April 1974, and went into use for all

executive Executive ( exe., exec., execu.) may refer to: Role or title * Executive, a senior management role in an organization ** Chief executive officer (CEO), one of the highest-ranking corporate officers (executives) or administrators ** Executive di ...

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:

* Region II:

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and unincorporated ...

US Virgin Islands The United States Virgin Islands,. Also called the ''American Virgin Islands'' and the ''U.S. Virgin Islands''. officially the Virgin Islands of the United States, are a group of Caribbean islands and an unincorporated and organized territory ...

* Region III:

District of Columbia ) , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle (Washington, D.C.), Logan Circle, Jefferson Memoria ...

* Region IV:

* Region V:

* 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.

Federal Reserve Banks

The

Federal Reserve Act of 1913 The Federal Reserve Act was passed by the 63rd United States Congress and signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson on December 23, 1913. The law created the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States. The Panic ...

divided the country into twelve districts with a central

Federal Reserve Bank A Federal Reserve Bank is a regional bank of the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States. There are twelve in total, one for each of the twelve Federal Reserve Districts that were created by the Federal Reserve ...

in each district. These twelve Federal Reserve Banks together form a major part of the

Federal Reserve System The Federal Reserve System (often shortened to the Federal Reserve, or simply the Fed) is the central banking system of the United States of America. It was created on December 23, 1913, with the enactment of the Federal Reserve Act, after ...

, the

central bank A central bank, reserve bank, or monetary authority is an institution that manages the currency and monetary policy of a country or monetary union, and oversees their commercial banking system. In contrast to a commercial bank, a centra ...

ing system of the United States.

is the only

U.S. state In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sove ...

to have two Federal Reserve locations within its borders, but several other states are also divided between more than one district. #

Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...

Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Since ...

Cleveland Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the United States, U.S. U.S. state, state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along ...

Richmond Richmond most often refers to: * Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States * Richmond, London, a part of London * Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England * Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada * Richmond, Californi ...

Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,7 ...

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = List of sovereign states, Count ...

# St. Louis #

Minneapolis Minneapolis () is the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls. Minneapolis has its origin ...

Kansas City The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri (9 counties) and Kansas (5 counties). With and a population of more th ...

Dallas Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and seat of Dallas County ...

San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17t ...

Time zones

* UTC−12:00 (

Baker Island Baker Island, formerly known as New Nantucket, is an uninhabited atoll just north of the Equator in the central Pacific Ocean about southwest of Honolulu. The island lies almost halfway between Hawaii and Australia. Its nearest neighbor is H ...

Howland Island Howland Island () is an uninhabited coral island located just north of the equator in the central Pacific Ocean, about southwest of Honolulu. The island lies almost halfway between Hawaii and Australia and is an unorganized, unincorporated ter ...

) *

Samoa Time Zone 250px, SST is UTC-11:00 The Samoa Time Zone or Samoa Standard Time (SST) observes standard time by subtracting eleven hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC-11:00). The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time of the 165t ...

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American Samoa American Samoa ( sm, Amerika Sāmoa, ; also ' or ') is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of the island country of Samoa. Its location is centered on . It is east of the Internatio ...

Jarvis Island Jarvis Island (; formerly known as Bunker Island or Bunker's Shoal) is an uninhabited coral island located in the South Pacific Ocean, about halfway between Hawaii and the Cook Islands. It is an unincorporated, unorganized territory of the Un ...

Kingman Reef Kingman Reef is a largely submerged, uninhabited, triangle-shaped reef, geologically an atoll, east-west and north-south, in the North Pacific Ocean, roughly halfway between the Hawaiian Islands and American Samoa. It has an area of 3 hectar ...

Midway Atoll Midway Atoll (colloquial: Midway Islands; haw, Kauihelani, translation=the backbone of heaven; haw, Pihemanu, translation=the loud din of birds, label=none) is a atoll in the North Pacific Ocean. Midway Atoll is an insular area of the Unit ...

Palmyra Atoll Palmyra Atoll (), also referred to as Palmyra Island, is one of the Northern Line Islands (southeast of Kingman Reef and north of Kiribati). It is located almost due south of the Hawaiian Islands, roughly one-third of the way between Hawaii a ...

) *

Hawaii–Aleutian Time Zone The Hawaii–Aleutian Time Zone observes Hawaii–Aleutian Standard Time (HST) by subtracting ten hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC−10:00). The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time of the 150th meridian west of the ...

(

, Aleutian Islands (Alaska),

Johnston Atoll Johnston Atoll is an unincorporated territory of the United States, currently administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). Johnston Atoll is a National Wildlife Refuge and part of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine Nati ...

) *

Alaska Time Zone The Alaska Time Zone observes standard time by subtracting nine hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC−09:00). During daylight saving time its time offset is eight hours ( UTC−08:00). The clock time in this zone is based on mean solar ...

(

, excluding Aleutian Islands) *

Pacific Time Zone The Pacific Time Zone (PT) is a time zone encompassing parts of western Canada, the western United States, and western Mexico. Places in this zone observe standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC−08:00 ...

* Arizona Time Zone (excluding the

Navajo Nation The Navajo Nation ( nv, Naabeehó Bináhásdzo), also known as Navajoland, is a Native Americans in the United States, Native American Indian reservation, reservation in the United States. It occupies portions of northeastern Arizona, northwe ...

) *

Mountain Time Zone The Mountain Time Zone of North America keeps time by subtracting seven hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) when standard time ( UTC−07:00) is in effect, and by subtracting six hours during daylight saving time ( UTC−06:00). The clo ...

(excluding most parts of

) *

Central Time Zone The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, some Caribbean Islands, and part of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Central Standard Time (CST) is six hours behind Coordin ...

Eastern Time Zone The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico, Panama, Colombia, mainland Ecuador, Peru, and a smal ...

Atlantic Time Zone The Atlantic Time Zone is a geographical region that keeps standard time—called Atlantic Standard Time (AST)—by subtracting four hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC), resulting in UTC−04:00. AST is observed in parts of North America ...

(

, U.S. Virgin Islands) * Chamorro Time Zone (

Guam Guam (; ch, Guåhan ) is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean. It is the westernmost point and territory of the United States (reckoned from the geographic cent ...

Northern Mariana Islands The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI; ch, Sankattan Siha Na Islas Mariånas; cal, Commonwealth Téél Falúw kka Efáng llól Marianas), is an unincorporated territory and commonw ...

) * Wake Island Time Zone (

Wake Island Wake Island ( mh, Ānen Kio, translation=island of the kio flower; also known as Wake Atoll) is a coral atoll in the western Pacific Ocean in the northeastern area of the Micronesia subregion, east of Guam, west of Honolulu, southeast of T ...

)

Courts of Appeals circuits

US Court of Appeals and District Court map

First Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (in case citations, 1st Cir.) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts: * District of Maine * District of Massachusetts * ...

Second Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (in case citations, 2d Cir.) is one of the thirteen United States Courts of Appeals. Its territory comprises the states of Connecticut, New York and Vermont. The court has appellate jur ...

Third Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (in case citations, 3d Cir.) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts for the following districts: * District of Delaware * District of New Jersey * Eas ...

* Fourth Circuit *

Fifth Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (in case citations, 5th Cir.) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following federal judicial districts: * Eastern District of Louisiana * Mi ...

* Sixth Circuit * Seventh Circuit * Eighth Circuit *

Ninth Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (in case citations, 9th Cir.) is the U.S. federal court of appeals that has appellate jurisdiction over the U.S. district courts in the following federal judicial districts: * District ...

* Tenth Circuit *

Eleventh Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (in case citations, 11th Cir.) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the following U.S. district courts: * Middle District of Alabama * Northern District of Alabama * ...

D.C. Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (in case citations, D.C. Cir.) is one of the thirteen United States Courts of Appeals. It has the smallest geographical jurisdiction of any of the U.S. federal appellate cou ...

The

Federal Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (in case citations, Fed. Cir. or C.A.F.C.) is a United States court of appeals that has special appellate jurisdiction over certain types of specialized cases in the U.S. federal court ...

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

Bureau of Economic Analysis regions

The

Bureau of Economic Analysis The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) of the United States Department of Commerce is a U.S. government agency that provides official macroeconomic and industry statistics, most notably reports about the gross domestic product (GDP) of the United ...

defines regions for comparison of economic data. * New England:

, and

* Mideast:

, and

* Great Lakes:

, and

* Plains:

, and

* Southeast:

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* Southwest:

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* Rocky Mountain:

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* Far West:

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Energy Information Administration

The

currently uses the

PADD In the ''Star Trek'' fictional universe, LCARS (; an acronym for Library Computer Access/Retrieval System) is a computer operating system. Within ''Star Trek'' chronology, the term was first used in the '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' serie ...

system established by Petroleum Administration for War in

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

. 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 Cayuga often refers to: * Cayuga people, a native tribe to North America, part of the Iroquois Confederacy * Cayuga language, the language of the Cayuga Cayuga may also refer to: Places Canada * Cayuga, Ontario United States * Cayuga, Illinoi ...

, Tompkins, and Chemung; and counties in Pennsylvania east of and including

Bradford Bradford is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England. The city is in the Pennines' eastern foothills on the banks of the Bradford Beck. Bradford had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 ...

, Sullivan,

Columbia Columbia may refer to: * Columbia (personification), the historical female national personification of the United States, and a poetic name for America Places North America Natural features * Columbia Plateau, a geologic and geographic region i ...

, Montour,

Northumberland Northumberland () is a county in Northern England, one of two counties in England which border with Scotland. Notable landmarks in the county include Alnwick Castle, Bamburgh Castle, Hadrian's Wall and Hexham Abbey. It is bordered by land ...

, Dauphin and

York York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a ...

. ** Appalachian No. 1: West Virginia along with counties of Pennsylvania and New York State not mentioned above. * PADD II:

** 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 The Gulf Coast of the United States, also known as the Gulf South, is the coast, coastline along the Southern United States where they meet the Gulf of Mexico. The list of U.S. states and territories by coastline, coastal states that have a shor ...

** 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 The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range and the largest mountain system in North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch in straight-line distance from the northernmost part of western Canada, to New Mexico in ...

: Colorado, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah * PADD V: West Coast: Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Arizona, Alaska, Hawaii PADD I can also be subdivided into 3 Subdistricts: * Sub-PAD 1A:

(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) ARS service regions

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 NPS Regions

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: * Northeast region (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, most of Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, most of Virginia, most of West Virginia) with regional office in

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Since ...

. * National Capital region (District of Columbia, some of Maryland, some of Virginia, some of West Virginia) with regional office in

Washington D.C ) , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle, Jefferson Memorial, White House, Adams Morgan, Na ...

. * 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 Atlanta ( ) is the capital city, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georgia, Fulton County, the mos ...

. * Midwest region (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin) with regional office in

Omaha, Nebraska Omaha ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 39th-largest ...

. * Intermountain region (Arizona, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Wyoming) with regional office in

Denver, Colorado Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the Unit ...

. * Pacific region (California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands) with regional office in

San Francisco, California San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17t ...

. * Alaska region (Alaska) with regional office in

Anchorage, Alaska Anchorage () is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alaska by population. With a population of 291,247 in 2020, it contains nearly 40% of the state's population. The Anchorage metropolitan area, which includes Anchorage and the neighboring ...

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

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Regions

The

United States Department of Health and Human Services The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is a cabinet-level executive branch department of the U.S. federal government created to protect the health of all Americans and providing essential human services. Its motto is ...

's Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs hosts 10 Regional Offices. Each office oversees a given region. # Boston: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont # New York: New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands # Philadelphia: Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia # Atlanta: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee # Chicago: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin # Dallas: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas # Kansas City: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska # Denver: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming # San Francisco: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Marshall Islands, and Republic of Palau # Seattle: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington

Unofficial regions

Multi-state regions

American Frontier The American frontier, also known as the Old West or the Wild West, encompasses the geography, history, folklore, and culture associated with the forward wave of American expansion in mainland North America that began with European colonial ...

Appalachia Appalachia () is a cultural region in the Eastern United States that stretches from the Southern Tier of New York State to northern Alabama and Georgia. While the Appalachian Mountains stretch from Belle Isle in Newfoundland and Labrador, C ...

Ark-La-Tex The Ark-La-Tex (a portmanteau of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas; also stylized as Arklatex or ArkLaTex) is a socio-economic tri-state region where the Southern U.S. states of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas join together. The region contains por ...

Black Dirt Region The Black Dirt Region is located in southern Orange County, New York and northern Sussex County, New Jersey. It is mostly located in the western section of the Town of Warwick, centered on the hamlet of Pine Island. Some sections spill over i ...

* Border states: ** Civil War border states ** International border states *

Calumet Region The Calumet Region is the geographic area drained by the Grand Calumet River and the Little Calumet River of northeastern Illinois and northwestern Indiana in the United States. It is part of the Great Lakes Basin, which eventually reaches the ...

The Carolinas The Carolinas are the U.S. states of North Carolina and South Carolina, considered collectively. They are bordered by Virginia to the north, Tennessee to the west, and Georgia to the southwest. The Atlantic Ocean is to the east. Combining Nor ...

* Cascadia *

Central United States The Central United States is sometimes conceived as between the Eastern and Western as part of a three-region model, roughly coincident with the U.S. Census' definition of the Midwestern United States plus the western and central portions o ...

* Coastal states *

Colorado Plateau The Colorado Plateau, also known as the Colorado Plateau Province, is a physiographic and desert region of the Intermontane Plateaus, roughly centered on the Four Corners region of the southwestern United States. This province covers an area o ...

* Columbia Basin *

Contiguous United States The contiguous United States (officially the conterminous United States) consists of the 48 adjoining U.S. states and the Federal District of the United States of America. The term excludes the only two non-contiguous states, Alaska and Hawaii ...

The Dakotas The Dakotas is a collective term for the U.S. states of North Dakota and South Dakota. It has been used historically to describe the Dakota Territory, and is still used for the collective heritage, culture, geography, fauna, sociology, econo ...

Deep South The Deep South or the Lower South is a cultural and geographic subregion in the Southern United States. The term was first used to describe the states most dependent on plantations and slavery prior to the American Civil War. Following the wa ...

Delmarva Peninsula The Delmarva Peninsula, or simply Delmarva, is a large peninsula and proposed state on the East Coast of the United States, occupied by the vast majority of the state of Delaware and parts of the Eastern Shore regions of Maryland and Virginia. ...

Dixie Dixie, also known as Dixieland or Dixie's Land, is a nickname for all or part of the Southern United States. While there is no official definition of this region (and the included areas shift over the years), or the extent of the area it cove ...

Driftless Area The Driftless Area, a topographical and cultural region in the American Midwest, comprises southwestern Wisconsin, southeastern Minnesota, northeastern Iowa, and the extreme northwestern corner of Illinois. Never covered by ice during the las ...

* East Coast *

Eastern United States The Eastern United States, commonly referred to as the American East, Eastern America, or simply the East, is the region of the United States to the east of the Mississippi River. In some cases the term may refer to a smaller area or the East C ...

Four Corners The Four Corners is a region of the Southwestern United States consisting of the southwestern corner of Colorado, southeastern corner of Utah, northeastern corner of Arizona, and northwestern corner of New Mexico. The Four Corners area ...

* Great American Desert *

Great Appalachian Valley The Great Appalachian Valley, also called The Great Valley or Great Valley Region, is one of the major landform features of eastern North America. It is a gigantic trough—a chain of valley lowlands—and the central feature of the Appalachian M ...

Great Basin The Great Basin is the largest area of contiguous endorheic watersheds, those with no outlets, in North America. It spans nearly all of Nevada, much of Utah, and portions of California, Idaho, Oregon, Wyoming, and Baja California. It is noted fo ...

Great Lakes Region The Great Lakes region of North America is a binational Canadian–American region that includes portions of the eight U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin along with the Canadian p ...

Great Plains The Great Plains (french: Grandes Plaines), sometimes simply "the Plains", is a broad expanse of flatland in North America. It is located west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains, much of it covered in prairie, steppe, a ...

High Plains High Plains refers to one of two distinct land regions: * High Plains (United States), land region of the western Great Plains *High Plains (Australia) The High Plains of south-eastern Australia are a sub-region, or more strictly a string of adja ...

Interior Plains The Interior Plains is a vast physiographic region that spreads across the Laurentian craton of central North America, extending along the east flank of the Rocky Mountains from the Gulf Coast region to the Arctic Beaufort Sea. In Canada, it e ...

* Intermountain States *

Kentuckiana Kentuckiana, a portmanteau of Kentucky and Indiana, is the area in the Upland South region of the United States containing metropolitan areas with counties in both Kentucky and Indiana. Kentuckiana is primarily the Louisville metropolitan area, in ...

Llano Estacado The Llano Estacado (), sometimes translated into English as the Staked Plains, is a region in the Southwestern United States that encompasses parts of eastern New Mexico and northwestern Texas. One of the largest mesas or tablelands on the Nort ...

* Lower 48 *

Michiana Michiana is a region in northern Indiana and southwestern Michigan centered on the city of South Bend, Indiana. The Chamber of Commerce of St. Joseph County, Indiana defines Michiana as St. Joseph County and "counties that contribute at least ...

* Mid-Atlantic states * Mid-South states *

Midwestern United States The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the Midwest or the American Midwest, is one of four census regions of the United States Census Bureau (also known as "Region 2"). It occupies the northern central part of the United States. I ...

Mississippi Delta The Mississippi Delta, also known as the Yazoo–Mississippi Delta, or simply the Delta, is the distinctive northwest section of the U.S. state of Mississippi (and portions of Arkansas and Louisiana) that lies between the Mississippi and Yaz ...

Mojave Desert The Mojave Desert ( ; mov, Hayikwiir Mat'aar; es, Desierto de Mojave) is a desert in the rain shadow of the Sierra Nevada mountains in the Southwestern United States. It is named for the indigenous Mojave people. It is located primarily ...

* Mormon Corridor *

** Northern New England **

Southern New England New England is a region comprising six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. It is bordered by the state of New York to the west and by the Canadian provi ...

* North Woods *

Northeastern United States The Northeastern United States, also referred to as the Northeast, the East Coast, or the American Northeast, is a geographic region of the United States. It is located on the Atlantic coast of North America, with Canada to its north, the Southe ...

* Northern United States * Northwestern United States * Ohio Valley * Ozarks * Pacific Northwest ** Inland Northwest * Pacific States * Palouse * Piedmont (United States), Piedmont * Piney Woods * Rocky Mountains ** Southern Rocky Mountains * Siouxland * Southeastern United States * Southern United States * Southwestern United States * Old Southwest * Tidewater (region), Tidewater * Tornado Alley * Trans-Mississippi * Twin Tiers * Upland South * Upper Midwest * The Virginias, Virginias * Waxhaws * West Coast * Western United States

Multi-territory regions

* Mariana Islands (

and the

) * Samoan Islands (

, except Swains Island) * Virgin Islands (the Spanish Virgin Islands and the United States Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands)

The Belts

* Bible Belt * Black Belt in the American South, Black Belt * Coal Region, Coal Belt * Corn Belt * Cotton Belt (region), Cotton Belt * Fruit Belt * Pine Belt (Mississippi), Pine Belt * Rice Belt * Rust Belt * Snowbelt * Sun Belt

Interstate megalopolises

* Arizona Sun Corridor * California megapolitan areas, California * Pacific Northwest#Population, Cascadia * Great Lakes Megalopolis, Great Lakes *

* Northeast megalopolis, Northeast * Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion, Piedmont Atlantic * Southern Rocky Mountain Front

Interstate metropolitan areas

* 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, Tennessee, 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) *

(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, Tennessee, Tri-Cities (parts of Tennessee and Virginia) * Twin Ports (Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin) * Hampton Roads, 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

* Gulf Coast (region of Alabama), Alabama Gulf Coast * Birmingham-Hoover-Cullman Combined Statistical Area, Greater Birmingham * Black Belt (region of Alabama), Black Belt * Central Alabama * Lower Alabama * Mobile Bay * North Alabama * Northeast Alabama * Northwest Alabama * South Alabama

Alaska

* Alaska Interior * Alaska North Slope * Southeast Alaska, Alaska Panhandle * Aleutian Islands * Arctic Alaska * The Bush (Alaska), The Bush * Kenai Peninsula * Matanuska-Susitna Valley * Seward Peninsula * Southcentral Alaska * Southwest Alaska * Tanana Valley * Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta

American Samoa

* Manu'a, Manu'a Islands ** Ofu-Olosega ** Ta'ū * Rose Atoll * Swains Island * Tutuila and Aunu'u

Arizona

* Arizona Strip * Grand Canyon * North Central Arizona * Northeast Arizona * Northern Arizona * Phoenix metropolitan area * Southern Arizona

Arkansas

* Arkansas Delta * Arkansas River Valley * Arkansas Timberlands * Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR Combined Statistical Area, Central Arkansas * Crowley's Ridge * Fayetteville–Springdale–Rogers metropolitan area, Northwest Arkansas * South Arkansas

California

Colorado

* Central Colorado (part of Southern Rocky Mountains) * Colorado Eastern Plains (part of

) * Colorado Mineral Belt (part of Southern Rocky Mountains) * Colorado Piedmont (parts of the Front Range Urban Corridor and High Plains (United States), Colorado High Plains) *

(multi-state region) * Colorado Western Slope (parts of Southern Rocky Mountains and

) * Denver metropolitan area, Denver Metropolitan Area (part of Front Range Urban Corridor) * Four Corners, Four Corners Region (multi-state region of

) * Front Range Urban Corridor (multi-state region) *

(multi-state region of

) * 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

)

Connecticut

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, New York Metropolitan Area/Gold Coast (Connecticut), 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 (Delaware), Cape Region * Central Kent * Delaware coast

District of Columbia

Florida

Directional regions * Central Florida * North Florida * Northwest Florida * North Central Florida * Northeast Florida * South Florida * Southwest Florida * West Florida * East Florida Local vernacular regions * Big Bend (Florida), Big Bend * Emerald Coast * First Coast * Florida Heartland * Florida Keys * Florida Panhandle * Forgotten Coast * Glades (Florida), Glades * Gold Coast (Florida), Gold Coast * Halifax area (also Surf Coast and Fun Coast) * Red Hills Region, Red Hills * Nature Coast * Space Coast * Florida Suncoast, Suncoast * Tampa Bay Area * Treasure Coast

Georgia

* Atlanta metropolitan area * Central Georgia * Central Savannah River Area * Colonial Coast * Golden Isles of Georgia * North Georgia (U.S. state), North Georgia * North Georgia mountains (Northeast Georgia) * Southern Rivers * Southeast Georgia * Wiregrass Region

Physiographic regions

* Appalachian Plateau * Blue Ridge Mountains * Coastal Plain * Piedmont (United States), Piedmont * Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians

Guam

* Cocos Island (Guam), Cocos Island * Guam, Guam (main island) ** Ritidian Point ** Tumon

Hawaiʻi

* Hawaii (island), Hawaiʻi Island (Big Island) ** Hamakua Coast ** Kaʻū Desert ** Kohala Coast ** Kona District, Hawaii, Kona Coast ** Mauna Kea ** Puna, Hawaii, Puna District ** Waiākea-Uka * Kahoolawe, Kahoʻolawe * Kauai, Kauaʻi ** Nā Pali Coast State Park, Nā Pali Coast * Kaʻula * Lanai, Lānai * Maui ** Haleakala, Haleakalā ** Molokini ** West Maui Mountains *** Iao Valley * Molokai, Molokaʻi ** Kalaupapa Peninsula * Niihau, Niʻihau ** Lehua * Northwestern Hawaiian Islands ** Nihoa, Nihoa (Moku Manu) ** Necker Island (Hawaii), Necker Island (Mokumanamana) ** French Frigate Shoals, French Frigate Shoals (Kānemiloha) ** Gardner Pinnacles, Gardner Pinnacles (Pūhāhonu) ** Maro Reef, Maro Reef (Nalukākala) ** Laysan, Laysan (Kauō) ** Lisianski Island, Lisianski (Papaāpoho) ** Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Pearl and Hermes (Holoikauaua) ** Kure Atoll, Kure Atoll (Mokupāpapa) * Oahu, Oʻahu ** Kaena Point, Kaʻena Point ** Makapuʻu ** North Shore (Oahu), North Shore ** Waikiki, Waikīkī

Idaho

* Central Idaho * Eastern Idaho * Idaho Panhandle * Magic Valley * North Central Idaho * Palouse Hills * Southern Idaho * Southwestern Idaho * Treasure Valley

Illinois

* Central Illinois * Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area * Chicago metropolitan area ** Community areas in Chicago ** Fox Valley (Illinois), Fox Valley ** Collar counties, The Collar Counties ** North Shore (Chicago), North Shore *

* Forgottonia * Metro-East ** American Bottom ** River Bend (Illinois), River Bend * Metro Lakeland * Military Tract of 1812 * Northern Illinois * Northwestern Illinois * Peoria, Illinois metropolitan area * Quad Cities * Rockford, Illinois metropolitan area, Rock River Valley * Shawnee Hills * Southern Illinois (sometimes, ''Little Egypt'') * Streatorland * Illinois-Indiana-Kentucky tri-state area, Tri-State Area * Wabash Valley

Indiana

* East Central Indiana * Indianapolis metropolitan area *

* Northern Indiana * Northwest Indiana * Southern Indiana * Southwestern Indiana * Wabash Valley

Iowa

* Coteau des Prairies * Des Moines metropolitan area * Dissected Till Plains *

* Great River Road * Honey War, Honey Lands * Iowa Great Lakes * Loess Hills * Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area * Quad Cities * Siouxland

Kansas

* East-Central Kansas * Flint Hills *

* Kansas City Metropolitan Area * North Central Kansas * Osage Plains * Ozarks * Red Hills, Kansas, Red Hills * Santa Fe Trail * Smoky Hills * Southeast Kansas

Kentucky

* Bluegrass region, The Bluegrass * Cumberland Plateau or Eastern Coal Field * Jackson Purchase * Pennyroyal Plateau * Western Coal Field

Louisiana

* Acadiana :* Cajun Heartland#Geography, Cajun Heartland :* River Parishes * Central Louisiana (Cen-La) * Florida Parishes * "French Louisiana" (Acadiana + Greater New Orleans) * New Orleans metropolitan area, Greater New Orleans * North Louisiana * Southwest Louisiana

Maine

* Acadia * Down East * High Peaks (Maine), High Peaks / Maine Highlands * Hundred-Mile Wilderness * Kennebec Valley * Maine Highlands * Maine Lake Country * Maine North Woods * Mid Coast * Penobscot Bay * Southern Maine Coast * Western Maine Mountains

Maryland

* Baltimore–Washington Metropolitan Area * Capital region * Chesapeake Bay * Eastern Shore of Maryland * Patapsco Valley * Southern Maryland * Western Maryland Regions shared with other states: * Allegheny Mountains * Atlantic coastal plain * Blue Ridge Mountains * Cumberland Valley * Delaware Valley *

consists of Eastern Shore of Maryland, Maryland's and Virginia's Eastern Shore AVA, Virginia's Eastern Shore and all of

* Piedmont (United States) * Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians

Massachusetts

* Western Massachusetts ** The Berkshires (shown in map) ** Housatonic Valley ** Pioneer Valley ** Quabbin Valley, Quabbin-Swift River Valley * Central Massachusetts ** MetroWest ** Montachusett-North County ** South County (Massachusetts), South County ** Blackstone Valley, Blackstone River Valley * Northeastern Massachusetts ** North Shore (Massachusetts), North Shore *** Merrimack Valley *** Cape Ann ** Greater Boston * Southeastern Massachusetts ** Cape Cod and Islands *** Cape Cod *** Martha's Vineyard *** Nantucket ** South Coast (Massachusetts), South Coast ** South Shore (Massachusetts), South Shore

Michigan

Lower Peninsula

* Northern Michigan ** Traverse City micropolitan area, Traverse Bay Area ** Straits of Mackinac, Straits Area * Central Michigan, Central/Mid-Michigan ** The Thumb ** St. Clair County, Michigan, Bluewater Area ** Tri-Cities (Michigan), Tri-Cities ** Lansing–East Lansing metropolitan area, Capital Region * West Michigan ** Southwest Michigan **

** Grand Rapids metropolitan area, Grand Rapids area * Southeast Michigan ** Metro Detroit

Upper Peninsula

* Copper Country ** Copper Island * Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Central Upper Peninsula ** U.S. Route 41 in Michigan, US 41 Corridor * Eastern Upper Peninsula ** Mackinac County, Michigan, Straits Area ** Chippewa County, Michigan, Soo Area

Minnesota

* Arrowhead Region * Boundary Waters * Buffalo Ridge * Central Minnesota * Driftless Area, Coulee Region * Iron Range * Minnesota River, Minnesota River Valley * North Shore (Lake Superior), North Shore * Northwest Angle * Pipestone Region * Red River Valley * Southeast Minnesota * Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Twin Cities Metro

Mississippi

* Mississippi Alluvial Plain *

* Mississippi Gulf Coast * Natchez Trace

Missouri

* Boonslick * Missouri Bootheel, Bootheel * Dissected Till Plains * Kansas City Metropolitan Area * Lead Belt * Little Dixie (Missouri), Little Dixie * Ozarks * Platte Purchase * Greater St. Louis, St. Louis Metropolitan Area

Montana

* Big Horn Mountains * Eastern Montana * The Flathead * Glacier Country, Montana, Glacier Country * Glacier National Park (U.S.), Glacier National Park * Regional designations of Montana * South Central Montana * Southwestern Montana * Two Medicine * Western Montana * Yellowstone National Park

Nebraska

* Nebraska Panhandle * Northwest Nebraska * Pine Ridge (region), Pine Ridge * Rainwater Basin * Sand Hills (Nebraska), Sand Hills * Southeast Nebraska * South Central Nebraska * Wildcat Hills

Nevada

* Black Rock Desert * Lake Tahoe * Las Vegas Valley *

* Pahranagat Valley * Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada

New Hampshire

* Connecticut River Valley * Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Region (overlaps with Connecticut River Valley) * Great North Woods Region (New Hampshire), Great North Woods Region * Lakes Region (New Hampshire), Lakes Region * Merrimack Valley#Merrimack Valley Region in New Hampshire, Merrimack Valley ** Golden Triangle (New Hampshire), Golden Triangle * Monadnock Region (overlaps with Connecticut River Valley) * Seacoast Region (New Hampshire), Seacoast Region * White Mountains (New Hampshire), White Mountains

New Jersey

* North Jersey ** Skylands Region, Skylands *** Amwell Valley ***

(shared with New York) *** Great Appalachian Valley, Great Valley **** Sussex County Snow Belt *** Hunterdon Plateau *** Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians *** New York-New Jersey Highlands, Highlands *** Somerset Hills *** The Sourlands ** Gateway Region, Gateway *** Chemical Coast/Soundshore *** Hudson Waterfront **** North Hudson, New Jersey, North Hudson *** New Jersey Meadowlands, Meadowlands *** Pascack Valley *** Raritan Bayshore *** West Hudson, New Jersey, West Hudson * Central Jersey ** Raritan Bayshore, Bayshore ** Jersey Shore ** Shore Region * South Jersey ** Shore Region *** Northern Headlands **** Spring Lake, New Jersey, Irish Riviera *** New Jersey Pine Barrens ** Delaware Valley *** New Jersey Pine Barrens *** The Sourlands ** Southern Shore Region, Southern Shore *** Cape May *** The Glades (New Jersey), The Glades *** Tri Cities (Bridgeton, New Jersey, Bridgeton, Millville, New Jersey, Millville, Vineland, New Jersey, Vineland) *** Tri-County Farm Belt ** Atlantic County, New Jersey, Greater Atlantic City *** New Jersey Pine Barrens *** Central Corridor Piedmont Region

New Mexico

* Central New Mexico * Eastern New Mexico * New Mexico Bootheel * Northern New Mexico

New York

* Downstate New York ** New York metropolitan area ** Borough (New York City), The Five Boroughs (New York City) ** Long Island *** Nassau County, New York, Nassau County *** Suffolk County, New York, Suffolk County ****East End (Long Island), East End **** The Hamptons *** North Shore (Long Island), North Shore (Gold Coast) *** South Shore (Long Island), South Shore ** Westchester County, New York, Westchester County ** Rockland County, New York, Rockland County ** Putnam County, New York, Putnam County * Upstate New York ** Erie Canal, 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, New York, Capital District ** North Country, New York, North Country *** Adirondack Mountains **** Adirondack Park *** Ski country *** Thousand Islands *** Tug Hill ** Catskill Mountains *** Borscht Belt ** Hudson Valley *** Shawangunk Ridge ***

(shared with New Jersey)

North Carolina

* Western North Carolina ** Western North Carolina#Foothills, Foothills Region *** South Mountains (North Carolina), South Mountains *** The Unifour, The Unifour (Catawba Valley Area) ** Western North Carolina#High Country, High Country (Boone Area) ** Land of the Sky *** Asheville metropolitan area, Asheville Metropolitan Area **** Great Craggy Mountains *** Blue Ridge Mountains **** Black Mountains (North Carolina), Black Mountains **** Brushy Mountains (North Carolina), Brushy Mountains **** Great Balsam Mountains **** Unaka Range, Unaka Mountains **** Unicoi Mountains *** Great Smoky Mountains **** Western North Carolina#Tennessee Valley, Tennessee Valley * Piedmont (United States), Central North Carolina ** Piedmont Crescent *** Charlotte metropolitan area, Metropolitan Charlotte (Metrolina) **** Lake Norman, Lake Norman Area *** Piedmont Triad, Metropolitan Piedmont Triad **** Sauratown Mountains **** Uwharrie Mountains **** Yadkin Valley AVA, Yadkin Valley ** Research Triangle, The Research Triangle **** New Hope Valley **** Triangle East * Eastern North Carolina ** Fayetteville, North Carolina metropolitan area, Fayetteville Metropolitan Area ** Inner Banks *** Northeastern North Carolina#Albemarle Region, Albemarle *** Global TransPark, Global TransPark Economic Development Area *** Tidewater (geographic term), Tidewater ** Lower Cape Fear, Lower Cape Fear (Wilmington Area) ** Outer Banks *** Crystal Coast **** Bogue Banks **** Down East#North Carolina, Down East ** Sandhills (Carolina), Sandhills

North Dakota

* Badlands * Drift Prairie * Missouri Escarpment * Missouri Coteau, Missouri Plateau (''Missouri Coteau'' in French) * Missouri River Corridor * Red River Valley

Northern Mariana Islands

* Northern Islands Municipality, Northern Islands ** Alamagan ** Anatahan ** Agrihan ** Asuncion Island ** Farallon de Medinilla ** Farallon de Pajaros ** Guguan ** Maug Islands ** Pagan (island), Pagan ** Sarigan * Rota (island), Rota * Saipan * Tinian

Ohio

* Allegheny Plateau * Appalachian Ohio * Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky metropolitan area * Columbus, Ohio metropolitan area * Connecticut Western Reserve (historic, now defunct) * Great Black Swamp (shared with

) * The Lake Erie Islands * Miami Valley * Northeast Ohio (often used interchangeably with Greater Cleveland, but also includes the counties of Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ashtabula, Portage County, Ohio, Portage, Summit County, Ohio, Summit, Trumbull County, Ohio, Trumbull, Mahoning County, Ohio, Mahoning and Columbiana County, Ohio, Columbiana.) * Northwest Ohio

Oklahoma

* Central Oklahoma * Cherokee Outlet * Green Country (Oklahoma), Green Country * Choctaw Country * Little Dixie (Oklahoma), Little Dixie * Northwestern Oklahoma * Oklahoma Panhandle, Panhandle * South Central Oklahoma * Southwestern Oklahoma

Oregon

* Cascade Range * Central Oregon * Columbia Plateau * Columbia River * Columbia River Gorge * Eastern Oregon * Goose Lake Valley * Harney Basin * High Desert (Oregon), 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 * Pennsylvania Dutch Country, Dutch Country * Endless Mountains * Pennsylvania Highlands Region, Highlands Region * Laurel Highlands * Lehigh Valley * Northern Tier (Pennsylvania), Northern Tier * Northeastern Pennsylvania * Pennsylvania's Northwest Region, Northwest Region * Philadelphia Main Line * Pittsburgh metropolitan area * South Central Pennsylvania * Susquehanna River, Susquehanna Valley * Pocono Mountains, The Poconos * Western Pennsylvania * Wyoming Valley

Puerto Rico

* Caja de Muertos * Culebra, Puerto Rico, Culebra * Desecheo Island * Isla de Mona * Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico (main island) ** Cordillera Central (Puerto Rico), Cordillera Central ** El Yunque National Forest, El Yunque * Vieques, Puerto Rico, Vieques

Rhode Island

* Blackstone Valley * Block Island * East Bay (Rhode Island), East Bay * Warwick, Rhode Island, West Bay * Washington County, Rhode Island, South County

South Carolina

* South Carolina Lowcountry, The Lowcountry * Midlands (South Carolina), The Midlands * Upstate South Carolina, The Upstate *Travel/Tourism locations ** Grand Strand ** Lake Murray Country ** South Carolina Lowcountry, The Lowcountry & Resort Islands ** Ninety-Six District, South Carolina, Old 96 District ** Olde English District ** Pee Dee ** Santee Cooper Country *Other geographical distinctions ** Blue Ridge Mountains ** Charleston, South Carolina metropolitan area, Charleston metropolitan area ** Coastal South Carolina ** Columbia, South Carolina metropolitan area, Columbia metropolitan area ** Piedmont (United States), The Piedmont ** Rock Hill, South Carolina Area ** Sandhills (Carolina), The Sandhills ** Sea Islands ** West Ashley

South Dakota

* East River (South Dakota), East River and West River (South Dakota), West River, divided by the Missouri River * Badlands National Park, Badlands * Black Hills * Coteau des Prairies

Tennessee

* East Tennessee * Middle Tennessee * West Tennessee *Other geographical distinctions: ** Highland Rim ** Nashville Basin ** Tennessee Valley

Texas

* Brazos Valley * Central Texas ** Texas blackland prairies ** Texas Hill Country, The Hill Country *

** Galveston Bay ** Greater Houston * East Texas ** Piney Woods and Northeast Texas * North Texas ** Dallas – Fort Worth Metroplex ** Texoma * South Texas ** Mission Country ** Rio Grande Valley (Texas), Rio Grande Valley * Southeast Texas ** Golden Triangle (Texas), Golden Triangle ** Greater Houston * Texas Midwest/West-Central Texas (includes Abilene, Texas, Abilene, San Angelo, Texas, San Angelo, Brownwood, Texas) * Texas Urban Triangle (Houston to San Antonio to Dallas-Fort Worth) * West Texas ** Concho Valley ** Edwards Plateau **

(a portion of northwest Texas) ** Permian Basin (North America), Permian Basin ** South Plains (includes 24 counties south of the Texas Panhandle and north of the Permian Basin) ** Texas Panhandle (pictured) ** Trans-Pecos **

U.S. Minor Outlying Islands

* Johnston Island *

* Navassa Island *

U.S. Virgin Islands

*Saint Croix *Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands, Saint John *Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Saint Thomas

Utah

* Cache Valley *

* Dixie (Utah), Dixie * Great Salt Lake Desert *

* San Rafael Swell * Southeastern Utah * Southwestern Utah * Uinta Mountains * Wasatch Back * Wasatch Front * Wasatch Range

Vermont

* Burlington, Vermont metropolitan area, Burlington metropolitan area * Champlain Valley * Green Mountains * Mount Mansfield * Northeast Kingdom

Virginia

* Eastern Shore of Virginia, Eastern Shore * Hampton Roads * Historic Triangle * Piedmont region of Virginia * Northern Neck * Northern Virginia * Greater Richmond Region * Shenandoah Valley * South Hampton Roads * Southside (Virginia), Southside Virginia * Southwest Virginia * Tidewater region of Virginia, Tidewater * Tri-Cities, Virginia, Tri-Cities * Virginia Peninsula

Washington

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

West Virginia

* Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, Eastern Panhandle * North Central West Virginia * Northern Panhandle of West Virginia, Northern Panhandle * Potomac Highlands of West Virginia, Potomac Highlands * Southern West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wisconsin can be divided into regions of Wisconsin, five geographic regions. * Central Plain (Wisconsin), Central Plain * Eastern Ridges and Lowlands * Lake Superior Lowland * Northern Highland * Western Upland

Wyoming

* Bighorn Basin * Powder River Country

Other regional listings

Regions of the Boy Scouts of America

Boy Scouts of America regional division map

* Central Region (Boy Scouts of America), Central Region * Northeast Region (Boy Scouts of America), Northeast Region * Southern Region (Boy Scouts of America), Southern Region * Western Region (Boy Scouts of America), Western Region

5 Geographic Regions

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.

Notes

References

External links

U.S. Library of Congress Map of the US Regions
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