The list of regions of the United States provides links to both interstate and intrastate regions.

Contents 1 Interstate regions 1.1 Official U.S. regions 1.1.1 Census Bureau-designated areas 1.1.2 Standard Federal Regions 1.1.3 Federal Reserve banks 1.1.4 Time Zones 1.2 Unofficial U.S. multi-state regions 1.2.1 The Belts 1.2.2 Interstate metropolitan areas 1.2.3 Interstate megalopolises 2 Intrastate regions 2.1 Alabama 2.2 Alaska 2.3 Arizona 2.4 Arkansas 2.5 California 2.6 Colorado 2.7 Connecticut 2.8 Delaware 2.9 Florida 2.10 Georgia 2.11 Hawaii 2.12 Idaho 2.13 Illinois 2.14 Indiana 2.15 Iowa 2.16 Kansas 2.17 Kentucky 2.18 Louisiana 2.19 Maine 2.20 Maryland 2.21 Massachusetts 2.22 Michigan 2.23 Minnesota 2.24 Mississippi 2.25 Missouri 2.26 Montana 2.27 Nebraska 2.28 Nevada 2.29 New Hampshire 2.30 New Jersey 2.31 New Mexico 2.32 New York 2.33 North Carolina 2.34 North Dakota 2.35 Ohio 2.36 Oklahoma 2.37 Oregon 2.38 Pennsylvania 2.39 Rhode Island 2.40 South Carolina 2.40.1 Major Regions 2.40.2 Travel/Tourism Regions 2.40.3 Other Regions 2.41 South Dakota 2.42 Tennessee 2.42.1 Grand Divisions 2.42.2 Geographic Divisions 2.43 Texas 2.44 Utah 2.45 Vermont 2.46 Virginia 2.47 Washington 2.48 West Virginia 2.49 Wisconsin 2.50 Wyoming 3 See also

Interstate regions

Official U.S. regions

Many regions in the United States are defined in law or regulations by the federal government.

Census Bureau-designated areas

Regional divisions used by the United States Census Bureau The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data. As part of the United States Department of Commerce, the Census Bureau serves as a leading source of data about America's people and economy:^[1]

• Region 1 (Northeast The Northeastern United States is a region of the United States. According to the definition used by the United States Census Bureau, the Northeast region consists of nine states: the New England states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut; and the Mid-Atlantic states of New York, New Jersey and)
  • Division 1 (New England In one of the earliest European settlements in the New World, Pilgrims from the Kingdom of England first settled in New England in 1620, in the colony of Plymouth. Ten years later, the Puritans settled north of Plymouth Colony in Boston, thus forming Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630. In the late 18th century, the New England colonies would be) Maine The original inhabitants of the territory that is now Maine were Algonquian-speaking peoples. The first European settlement in Maine was in 1604 by a French party. The first English settlement in Maine, the short-lived Popham Colony, was established by the Plymouth Company in 1607. A number of English settlements were established along the coast, New Hampshire It became the first post-colonial sovereign nation in the Americas when it broke off from Great Britain in January 1776, and was one of the original thirteen states that founded the United States of America six months later. In June 1788, it became the ninth state to ratify the United States Constitution, bringing that document into effect. New, Vermont Originally inhabited by Native American tribes , much of the territory that is now Vermont was claimed by France but became a British possession after France's defeat in the French and Indian War. For many years, the surrounding colonies disputed control of the area (referred to at the time as the New Hampshire Grants) especially New Hampshire and, Massachusetts Massachusetts has been significant throughout American history. Plymouth was the second permanent English settlement in North America. Many of Massachusetts's towns were founded by colonists from England in the 1620s and 1630s. The Merrimack Valley has been, since 1650, a center of creativity through the poetic word. America's first published poet, Rhode Island The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island ( /ˌroʊd ˈaɪlɨnd/ or /rɵˈdaɪlɨnd/), is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area. Rhode Island borders Connecticut to the west and Massachusetts to the north and east, and it shares a water, Connecticut Southwestern Connecticut is part of the New York metropolitan area; three of Connecticut's eight counties, including most of the state's population, are in the New York City combined statistical area, commonly called the Tri-State Region. Connecticut's center of population is in Cheshire, New Haven County
  • Division 2 (Mid-Atlantic The Mid-Atlantic states, also called middle Atlantic states or simply the mid Atlantic, form a region of the United States generally located between New England and the South. Its exact definition differs upon source, but the region often includes Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Washington D.C., and sometimes New York, Virginia and) New York New York City, which is geographically the largest city in the state and most populous in the United States, is known for its history as a gateway for immigration to the United States and its status as a financial, cultural, transportation, and manufacturing center. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, it is also a destination of choice, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania has 51 miles of coastline along Lake Erie and 57 miles (92 km) of shoreline along the Delaware Estuary, New Jersey The area was inhabited by Native Americans for more than 2,800 years, with historical tribes such as the Lenape along the coast. In the early 1600s, the Dutch and the Swedes made the first European settlements. The English later seized control of the region, naming it the Province of New Jersey. It was granted as a colony to Sir George Carteret
• Region 2 (Midwest The Midwestern United States is one of the four geographic regions within the United States of America used by the United States Census Bureau in its reporting)
  • Division 3 (East North Central The East North Central States form one of the nine geographic divisions within the United States which are officially recognized by the United States Census Bureau) Wisconsin The word Wisconsin has its origins in the name given to the Wisconsin River by one of the Algonquian speaking American Indian groups living in the region at the time of European contact. French explorer Jacques Marquette was the first European to reach the Wisconsin River and record its name, arriving in 1673 and calling the river Meskousing in, Michigan Michigan is the eighth most populous state in the United States. It has the longest freshwater shoreline of any political subdivision in the world, being bounded by four of the five Great Lakes, plus Lake Saint Clair. In 2005, Michigan ranked third among US states for the number of registered recreational boats, behind California and Florida, Illinois United States migrant settlers began arriving from Kentucky in the 1810s; Illinois achieved statehood in 1818. The future metropolis of Chicago was founded in the 1830s on the banks of the Chicago River, one of the few natural harbors on southern Lake Michigan. Railroads and John Deere's invention of the self-scouring steel plow made central, Indiana Indiana has several metropolitan areas with populations greater than 100,000 as well as a number of smaller industrial cities and small towns. It is home to several major sports teams and athletic events including the NFL's Indianapolis Colts, the NBA's Indiana Pacers, the Indianapolis 500 motorsports race . Residents of Indiana are known as, Ohio The government of Ohio is composed of the executive branch, led by the Governor; the legislative branch, which comprises the Ohio General Assembly; and the judicial branch, which is led by the Supreme Court. Currently, Ohio occupies 18 seats in the United States House of Representatives. Ohio is known for its status as both a swing state and a
  • Division 4 (West North Central The West North Central States form one of the nine geographic divisions within the United States that are officially recognized by the U.S. Census Bureau) Missouri Missouri mirrors the demographic, economic and political makeup of the nation with a mix of urban and rural culture. It has long been considered a political bellwether state. With the exceptions of 1956 and 2008, Missouri's results in U.S. presidential elections have accurately predicted the next President of the United States in every election, North Dakota The state capital is Bismarck and the largest city is Fargo. The primary public universities are located in Grand Forks and Fargo. The U.S. Air Force operates Air Force Bases at Minot AFB and Grand Forks AFB, South Dakota South Dakota is bordered by the states of North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, and Montana. The state is bisected by the Missouri River, dividing South Dakota into two geographically and socially distinct halves, known to residents as "East River" and "West River". Eastern South Dakota is home to most of the state', Nebraska Once considered part of the Great American Desert , Nebraska is now a leading farming and ranching state, Kansas Historically, the area was home to large numbers of nomadic Native Americans who hunted bison. It was first settled by European Americans in the 1830s, but the pace of settlement accelerated in the 1850s, in the midst of political wars over the slavery issue. When officially opened to settlement by the U.S. government in 1854, abolitionist Free-, Minnesota Nearly sixty percent of Minnesota's residents live in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area known as the "Twin Cities", the center of transportation, business and industry, education and home to an internationally known arts community. The remainder of the state consists of western prairies now given over to intensive agriculture;, Iowa Iowa is bordered by the Mississippi River on the east; the Missouri River and the Big Sioux River on the west; the northern boundary is a line along 43 degrees, 30 minutes north latitude.[note 1] The southern border is the Des Moines River and a line along approximately 40 degrees 35 minutes north, as decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in Missouri
• Region 3 (South The Southern United States—commonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, Down South, or simply the South—constitutes a large distinctive region in the southeastern and south-central United States. Because of the region's unique cultural and historic heritage, including Native Americans, early European settlements of English, Ulster Scots,)
  • Division 5 (South Atlantic The South Atlantic United States form one of the nine Census Bureau Divisions within the United States that are recognized by the United States Census Bureau) Delaware Delaware is located in the northeastern portion of the Delmarva Peninsula and is the second smallest state in area . Estimates in 2007 rank the population of Delaware as 45th in the nation, but 6th in population density, with more than 60% of the population in New Castle County. Delaware is divided into three counties. From north to south, these, Maryland Maryland is a major center for life sciences research and development. With more than 350 biotechnology companies located there, Maryland is the third-largest nexus in this field in the United States, District of Columbia Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790. The City of Washington was originally a separate municipality within the Territory of Columbia until an act of Congress in 1871 effectively merged the City and the, Virginia The area's history begins with several indigenous groups, including the Powhatan. In 1607 the London Company established the Colony of Virginia as the first permanent New World English colony. Land from displaced Native American tribes and slave labor each played significant roles in the colony's early politics and plantation economy. Virginia was, West Virginia West Virginia became a state following the Wheeling Conventions, breaking away from Virginia during the American Civil War. The new state was admitted to the Union on June 20, 1863, and was a key Civil War border state. West Virginia was the only state to form by seceding from a Confederate state, and was one of only two states formed during the, North Carolina Spanish colonial forces were the first Europeans to make a permanent settlement in the area, when the Juan Pardo-led Expedition built Fort San Juan in 1567. This was sited at Joara, a Mississippian culture regional chiefdom near present-day Morganton in the western interior. This was 20 years before the English established their first colony at, South Carolina The colony was originally named in honor of King Charles I, as Carolus is Latin for Charles, Georgia Georgia is bordered on the south by Florida; on the east by the Atlantic Ocean and South Carolina; on the west by Alabama and by Florida in the south; and on the north by Tennessee and North Carolina. The northern part of the state is in the Blue Ridge Mountains, a mountain range in the vast Appalachian Mountains system. The central piedmont, Florida With an area of 65,758 square miles , it is ranked 22nd in size among the 50 U.S. states. Florida has the most coastline in the Contiguous United States encompassing approximately 1,200 miles. The state has four large urban areas, a number of smaller industrial cities, and many small towns
  • Division 6 (East South Central The East South Central States constitute one of the nine Census Bureau Divisions of the United States) Kentucky Kentucky is known as the "Bluegrass State", a nickname based on the fact that native bluegrass is present in many of the pastures throughout the state, based on the fertile soil. It made possible the breeding of high-quality livestock, especially thoroughbred racing horses. It is a land with diverse environments and abundant resources,, Tennessee The State of Tennessee is rooted in the Watauga Association, a 1772 frontier pact generally regarded as the first constitutional government west of the Appalachians. What is now Tennessee was initially part of North Carolina, and later part of the Southwest Territory. Tennessee was admitted to the Union as the 16th state on June 1, 1796. In the, Mississippi Mississippi is bordered on the north by Tennessee, on the east by Alabama, on the south by Louisiana and a narrow coast on the Gulf of Mexico and on the west, across the Mississippi River, by Louisiana and Arkansas, Alabama From the American Civil War until World War II, Alabama, like many Southern states, suffered economic hardship, in part because of continued dependence on agriculture. Despite the growth of major industries and urban centers, white rural interests dominated the state legislature until the 1960s, while urban interests and African Americans were
  • Division 7 (West South Central The West South Central States form one of the nine Census Bureau Divisions of the United States that are officially designated by the United States Census Bureau) Oklahoma A major producer of natural gas, oil and agriculture, Oklahoma relies on an economic base of aviation, energy, telecommunications, and biotechnology. It has one of the fastest growing economies in the nation, ranking among the top states in per capita income growth and gross domestic product growth. Oklahoma City and Tulsa serve as Oklahoma's, Texas Houston is the largest city in Texas and the fourth-largest in the United States, while San Antonio is the second largest in the state and seventh largest in the United States. Dallas–Fort Worth and Greater Houston are the fourth and sixth largest United States metropolitan areas, respectively. Other major cities include El Paso and Austin—the, Arkansas The name "Arkansas" derives from the same root as the name for the state of Kansas. The Kansas tribe of Native Americans are closely associated with the Sioux tribes of the Great Plains. The word "Arkansas" itself is a French pronunciation of a Quapaw (a related "Kaw" tribe) word "akakaze" meaning "land, Louisiana Some Louisiana urban environments have a multicultural, multilingual heritage, being so strongly influenced by an admixture of 18th century French, Spanish and African cultures that they are considered to be somewhat exceptional in the U.S. Before the American influx and statehood at the beginning of the 19th century, the territory of current
• Region 4 (West The Western United States, commonly referred to as the American West or simply "the West," traditionally refers to the region comprising the westernmost states of the United States. Because the U.S. expanded westward after its founding, the meaning of the West has evolved over time. Prior to about 1800, the crest of the Appalachian)
  • Division 8 (Mountain) Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico
  • Division 9 (Pacific) Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, Hawaii

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 required 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. The OMB must still approve any departures, however.

• Region I: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
• Region II: New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, 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, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands)
• Region X: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington

Federal Reserve banks

Federal Reserve districts

San Francisco	Minneapolis	New York	Boston
Kansas City	Chicago	Cleveland	Philadelphia
Dallas	St Louis	Atlanta	Richmond

The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 divided the country into twelve districts with a central Reserve Bank in each.

Time Zones

Main article: Time in the United States U.S. time zones

• Hawaii-Aleutian time zone
• Alaska Time Zone
• Pacific Time Zone
• Mountain Time Zone
• Central Time Zone
• Eastern Time Zone

Unofficial U.S. multi-state regions

• Appalachia
• Ark-La-Tex
• Atlantic Seaboard
• Bible Belt
• Black Dirt Region
• Blackstone Valley
• Border states:
  • Civil War Border States
  • International border states
• The Carolinas
• Cascadia
• Central United States
• Champlain Valley
• Coastal States
• Colorado Plateau
• Contiguous United States
• Columbia Basin
• The Dakotas
• Deep South
• Delaware Valley
• Delmarva Peninsula
• Dixie
• Driftless Area
• East Coast
• Eastern United States
• Four Corners
• Frontier Strip
• Great American Desert
• Great Basin
• Great Lakes Region
• Great North Woods
• Great Plains
• Great Valley
• Gulf Coast
• Gulf South
• High Plains
• Inland Empire (Pacific Northwest)
• Interior Plains
• Intermountain States
• Lake Tahoe
• Llano Estacado
• Mid-Atlantic
• The Midwest
• Mississippi Delta
• Mississippi River
• Mojave Desert
• Mountain States
• New England
• Ohio River
• Ozarks
• Pacific States
• Pacific Northwest
• Palouse
• Piedmont
• Piney Woods
• Rocky Mountains
• Shawnee Hills
• Shenandoah Valley
• Siouxland
• Southern Rocky Mountains
• Southeastern United States
• Southwest
• Susquehanna River
• Tennessee Valley
• Trans-Appalachia
• Trans-Mississippi
• Twin Tiers
• Upland South
• Upper Midwest
• Virginias
• Waxhaws
• West Coast
• Western United States

The Belts

For a more comprehensive list, see List of belt regions of the United States

• Bible Belt
• Black Belt
• Cotton Belt
• Grain Belt
• Rust Belt
• Snowbelt
• Sun Belt

Interstate metropolitan areas

• Augusta-Aiken Metropolitan Area
• Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area
• Greater Boston
• Charlotte Metropolitan Area
• Chattanooga Metropolitan Area
• Chicago metropolitan area
• Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky metropolitan area
• Delaware Valley
• Evansville Metropolitan Area
• Fargo-Moorhead metropolitan area
• Fort Smith metropolitan area
• Front Range Urban Corridor
• Greater Grand Forks
• Kansas City Metropolitan Area
• Louisville Metropolitan Area
• Memphis Metropolitan Area
• Michiana
• Minneapolis – Saint Paul
• New York Metropolitan Area, the Tri-State Region
• Omaha-Council Bluffs Metropolitan Area
• Portland Metropolitan Area
• Quad Cities
• Greater Sacramento
• Greater St. Louis
• Texarkana metropolitan area
• Tri-Cities (Tennessee-Virginia)
• Twin Ports (Duluth, Minnesota-Superior, Wisconsin)
• Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News (Hampton Roads)
• Washington Metropolitan Area
• Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Area

Interstate megalopolises

(Megapolitan area, Megalopolis)

• PAM
• Northeast megalopolis
• Cascadia
• ChiPitts
• SanSan

Intrastate regions

Alabama

Map of Alabama regions

• Greater Birmingham
• Black Belt
• Central Alabama
• Alabama Gulf Coast
• Lower Alabama
• Mobile Bay
• North Alabama
• Northeast Alabama
• Northwest Alabama
• South Alabama

Alaska

The Alaska Panhandle

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

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

• Northern Arkansas
• the Delta
• Northwest Arkansas
• Central Arkansas
• the River Valley
• Southern Arkansas

California

• Northern California
  • Central California
    • Central Coast (North)
      • Big Sur
      • Monterey Bay Area
      • Salinas Valley
      • Santa Cruz Mountains
  • Central Valley (North)
    • Sacramento Valley
      • Chico Area
      • Metropolitan Sacramento
      • Yuba-Sutter Area
        • Sutter Buttes
    • Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta
    • San Joaquin Valley (North)
      • Fresno Area
      • Merced Area
      • Modesto Area
      • Stockton Area
  • San Francisco Bay Area
    • East Bay
      • Oakland–Alameda County
      • Tri-Valley Area
        • Amador Valley
        • Livermore Valley
        • San Ramon Valley
    • North Bay
      • Marin County
      • Wine Country
        • Napa Valley
        • Russian River Valley
        • Sonoma Valley
      • Telecom Valley
    • The Peninsula
      • City and County of San Francisco
      • San Mateo County
    • South Bay
      • Santa Clara Valley
        • San Jose–Santa Clara County
        • Silicon Valley
  • Sierra Nevada
    • Gold Country
    • Lake Tahoe
    • Yosemite
  • Upstate California
    • North Coast
      • Emerald Triangle
        • Lost Coast
      • Klamath Mountains
      • Mendocino Mountains
    • Shasta Cascade
      • Mount Shasta
      • Redding Area
      • Trinity Alps
    • Tricorner Region/Surprise Valley
      • Modoc Plateau
      • Warner Mountains
• SanSan Megalopolis
• Southern California
  • Central Coast (South)
    • Oxnard Plain
    • San Luis Obispo Area
    • Santa Barbara Area
  • Central Valley (South)
    • San Joaquin Valley (South)
      • Bakersfield Area
      • Visalia Area
  • Channel Islands
  • Greater Los Angeles
    • Los Angeles Basin
      • • Gateway Cities
        • Los Angeles City
          • East Los Angeles
          • Harbor Area
          • South Los Angeles
          • Westside
        • Palos Verdes Peninsula
      • South Bay
        • Beach Cities
      • Conejo Valley
      • San Gabriel Valley
    • Crescenta Valley
      • Peninsular Ranges (North)
        • San Jacinto Mountains
        • Santa Rosa Mountains
      • Pomona Valley
    • Puente Hills
    • Santa Clarita Valley
    • San Gabriel Mountains
    • San Fernando Valley
    • Santa Monica Mountains
      • Hollywood Hills
    • Orange County Area
      • Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA
        • Santa Ana
      • South Coast Metro
    • Santa Ana Valley
    • Saddleback Valley
    • Santa Ana Mountains
  • Desert Region
    • Eureka Valley
    • Ivanpah Valley
      • Antelope Valley
      • Rainbow Basin
      • Saline Valley
  • Riverside-San Bernardino (Inland Empire)
    • Death Valley
    • Mojave Desert (High Desert)
      • Victor Valley
      • Morongo Basin
    • Coachella Valley (Palm Springs Area)
    • West Valley Region
      • Cucamonga Valley
      • Chino Valley
    • Big Cities Region
      • San Bernardino Area
      • Riverside Area
      • San Bernardino Valley
    • Mountain Areas
      • San Bernardino Mountains
      • Little San Bernardino Mountains
  • San Diego-Imperial (Border Region)
    • San Diego Metropolitan
      • North County
      • East County
      • San Diego Bay Area
      • South Bay
      • Inland
    • Imperial Valley
    • El Centro metropolitan area
    • Sonoran Desert (Low Desert)
      • Colorado Desert
        • Salton Sink/Salton Sea
  • Owens Valley
  • San Jacinto Valley

Colorado

• Central Colorado (part of Southern Rocky Mountains)
• Colorado Eastern Plains (part of High Plains and Great Plains)
• Colorado Front Range (part of Front Range Urban Corridor)
• Colorado Mineral Belt (part of Southern Rocky Mountains)
• Colorado Western Slope (part of Southern Rocky Mountains and Colorado Plateau)
• Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Area (part of Front Range Urban Corridor)
• High Rockies (part of Southern Rocky Mountains)
• Northwestern Colorado (part of Southern Rocky Mountains)
• San Luis Valley
• South-Central Colorado (part of Front Range Urban Corridor)
• Southwestern Colorado (part of Southern Rocky Mountains and Colorado Plateau)

Connecticut

Greater Bridgeport Region in location to other officially recognised Connecticut regions with regional governments. Connecticut Panhandle and "The Oblong"

In Connecticut, there are 15 official regions, each with a regional government that serves for the absence of county government in Connecticut. There are also a fair number of unnofficial regions in Connecticut with no regional government.

• Coastal Connecticut
• Connecticut Panhandle
• New York Metropolitan Area/Gold Coast
• Litchfield Hills
• Naugatuck River Valley
• Greater Bridgeport
• Greater New Haven
• Greater Hartford
• Lower Connecticut River Valley
• Quiet Corner
• Southeastern Connecticut
• Southwestern Connecticut
• Upstate Connecticut

Delaware

• Delaware Coast
• Delaware Valley
• Cape Region

Florida

The First Coast Florida Panhandle

• Big Bend
• Central Florida
  • Greater Orlando
• Everglades
• First Coast
• Florida Heartland
• Florida Keys
• Florida Panhandle
  • Emerald Coast
• Fun Coast
• Nature Coast
• North Central Florida
• South Florida metropolitan area
  • Gold Coast
• Southwest Florida
• Space Coast
• Suncoast
• Tampa Bay Area
• Treasure Coast

Georgia

• Central Savannah River Area
• Colonial Coast
• North Georgia mountains
• The Golden Isles of Georgia
• Historic South
• Inland Empire
• Atlanta metropolitan area
• Southern Rivers

Hawaii

• Hawaii / Big Island
  • Hamakua Coast
  • Puna District
• Kahoolawe
• Kauai
• Lānai
• Maui
• Molokai
• Niihau
• Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
• Oahu
• Tahua

Idaho

Idaho Panhandle

• Idaho Panhandle
• Magic Valley
• Treasure Valley
• Southern Idaho
• Central Idaho
• North Idaho
• Eastern Idaho

Illinois

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

• Chicago metropolitan area
• Champaign-Urbana Metropolitan Area
• Central Illinois
• Southern Illinois
• Fox Valley
• Metro-East
• American Bottom
• The Tract
• Northwestern Illinois
• River Region Evening Edition

Indiana

Main article: Geography of Indiana Regions of Indiana

• East Central Indiana
• Indianapolis metropolitan area
• Michiana
• Northern Indiana
• Northwest Indiana
• Southern Indiana
• Southwestern Indiana
• Wabash Valley

Iowa

• Central Iowa
• Des Moines Metropolitan Area
• Iowa Great Lakes
• Loess Hills
• Quad Cities
• East-Central Iowa
• Eastern Iowa
• Great River Road
• Western Iowa

Kansas

• East-Central Kansas
• Kansas City Metropolitan Area
• South Central Kansas
• Southeast Kansas
• Western Kansas

Kentucky

Kentucky's regions (click on image for color coding information.)

• The Bluegrass
• Central Kentucky
• Cumberland Plateau
• Eastern Mountain Coal Fields
• Kentucky Bend
• The Knobs
• Northern Kentucky
• Pennyroyal Plateau
• The Purchase
• Western Coal Fields

Louisiana

Map of Louisiana regions

• Acadiana

• Cajun Heartland
• River Parishes

• Central Louisiana (Cen-La)
• Florida Parishes
• French Louisiana (Acadiana + Greater New Orleans)
• Greater New Orleans
• North Louisiana

Maine

• Down East
• High Peaks / Maine Highlands
• Maine Highlands
• Maine Lake Country
• Maine North Woods
• Mid Coast
• Penobscot Bay
• Southern Maine Coast
• Western Maine Mountains

Maryland

Geographic regions of Maryland

• Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area
• Chesapeake Bay
• Eastern Shore of Maryland
• Southern Maryland
• Western Maryland
• Capital region

Massachusetts

Berkshire region of Massachusetts

• The Berkshires (map shown, right)
• Cape Ann
• Cape Cod
• Central Massachusetts
• Greater Boston
• List of islands of Massachusetts (includes Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket)
• Merrimack Valley
• MetroWest
• North Shore
• Pioneer Valley
• South Coast
• South Shore
• Western Massachusetts

Michigan

Regions of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan

• Lower Peninsula
  • Southeast Michigan / Metro Detroit
  • Northern Michigan
  • Mid or Central Michigan
    • Southern Michigan
  • West Michigan, including Northern Michiana
  • Flint/Tri-Cities
    • The Thumb
    • The Greater Tri Cities
• Upper Peninsula
  • Copper Country
  • Keweenaw Peninsula

Minnesota

Main article: Geography of Minnesota Regions of Minnesota

• Arrowhead Region
• Boundary Waters
• Buffalo Ridge
• Central Minnesota
• Coulee Region
• Iron Range
• Minnesota River Valley
• North Shore
• Northwest Angle
• Pipestone Region
• Red River Valley
• Southeast Minnesota
• Twin Cities Metro

Mississippi

• Golden Triangle
• Mississippi Plain
• Mississippi Delta
• Mississippi Gulf Coast
• Natchez District
• Pine Belt
• Tennessee Valley

Missouri

Missouri Bootheel

• Lead Belt
• Little Dixie
• Bootheel
• Natchez Trace
• Dissected Till Plains
• The Ozarks

Montana

• Bighorn Country
• Eastern Montana
• The Flathead
• Glacier National Park
• South Central Montana
• Southwestern Montana
• Western Montana

Nebraska

Nebraska Panhandle

• Nebraska Panhandle
• Northwest Nebraska
• Pine Ridge
• Rainwater Basin
• Sand Hills
• Southeast Nebraska
• Wildcat Hills

Nevada

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

New Hampshire

• Connecticut River Valley
• Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Region (overlaps with Connecticut River Valley)
• Great North Woods
• Lakes Region
• Merrimack Valley
  • Golden Triangle
• Monadnock Region (overlaps with Connecticut River Valley)
• Seacoast Region
• White Mountains

New Jersey

• North Jersey
  • Skylands
    • Amwell Valley
    • Black Dirt Region
    • Great Valley
      • Sussex County Snow Belt
    • Hunterdon Plateau
    • Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians
    • Highlands
    • Somerset Hills
    • The Sourlands

• • Gateway
    • Chemical Coast/Soundshore
    • Gold Coast
      • North Hudson
    • Meadowlands
    • Pascack Valley
    • Raritan Bayshore
    • West Hudson
• South Jersey
  • Shore Region
    • Northern Headlands
      • Irish Riviera
    • Pine Barrens
    • Bayshore
  • Delaware Valley
    • Pine Barrens
    • The Sourlands
  • Southern Shore
    • Cape May
    • The Glades
    • Tri Cities (Bridgeton, Millville, Vineland)
    • Tri-County Farm Belt
  • Greater Atlantic City Region
    • Pine Barrens

New Mexico

• Central New Mexico
• New Mexico Bootheel
• Eastern New Mexico
• Northern New Mexico

New York

Regions of New York as defined by the New York State Department of Economic Development

• 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
• Upstate New York
  • Western New York
    • Holland Purchase
    • Burned-over district
  • Finger Lakes
  • Leatherstocking Country
  • Central New York
    • Central New York Military Tract
    • Phelps and Gorham Purchase
  • Mohawk Valley
  • Southern Tier
  • Capital District
  • North Country
    • Adirondack Mountains
  • Catskill Mountains
    • Borscht Belt
  • Hudson Valley
    • Shawangunk Ridge

North Carolina

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

North Dakota

• Badlands
• Missouri Escarpment
• Missouri River Corridor
• Red River Valley

Ohio

The Great Black Swamp roughly covered the black area within the green shaded counties.

• Connecticut Western Reserve (historic, now defunct)
• Great Black Swamp (shared with Indiana)
• Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky metropolitan area
• Greater Cleveland
• The Lake Erie Islands
• Miami Valley
• Central Ohio
• Northwest Ohio
• Appalachian Ohio

Oklahoma

Oklahoma Panhandle

• South Central Oklahoma
• Central Oklahoma
• Cherokee Outlet
• Green Country
• Little Dixie
• Northwestern Oklahoma
• Kiamichi Country
• Southwestern Oklahoma
• Frontier Country
• Panhandle

Oregon

Oregon topography Oregon's high desert county

• The Cascades
• Central Oregon
• Columbia River Gorge
• Columbia Plateau
• Columbia River
• Eastern Oregon
• Goose Lake Valley
• Harney Basin
• High Desert
• Inland Empire
• Mount Hood Corridor
• Oregon Coast
• Palouse
• Portland Metro
• Rogue Valley
• Southern Oregon
• Treasure Valley
• Tualatin Valley
• Warner Valley
• Western Oregon
• Willamette Valley

Pennsylvania

Main article: Pennsylvania Regions

• Allegheny National Forest
• Coal Region
• Cumberland Valley
• Delaware Valley
• Dutch Country
• Endless Mountains
• Happy Valley
• Pennsylvania Highlands Region
• Laurel Highlands
• Lehigh Valley
• Main Line
• Northern Tier
• Northeastern Pennsylvania
• Northwest Region
• Pittsburgh Metro Area
• The Poconos
• South Central Pennsylvania
• Susquehanna Valley
• Wyoming Valley
• Western Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

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

South Carolina

Major Regions

• The Upstate
• The Midlands
• The Lowcountry

Travel/Tourism Regions

• Grand Strand
• Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville metropolitan area
• The Lowcountry & Resort Islands
• Lake Murray Country
• Old 96 District
• Olde English District
• Pee Dee
• Santee Cooper Country
• Thoroughbred Country
• The Upcountry

Other Regions

• Blue Ridge Mountains
• The Piedmont
• The Sandhills
• South Carolina Coast
• Sea Islands
• Charlotte metropolitan area

South Dakota

• Badlands
• Black Hills
• Coteau des Prairies

Tennessee

Grand Divisions

Main article: Grand Divisions (Tennessee)

• East Tennessee
• Middle Tennessee
• West Tennessee

Geographic Divisions

• Highland Rim
• Nashville Basin
• Tennessee Valley

Texas

Main article: List of geographical regions in Texas Texas Panhandle

• Brazos Valley
• Central Texas
  • Blackland Prairies
  • The Hill Country
• Gulf Coast
  • Galveston Bay
  • Greater Houston
• East Texas
  • Piney Woods
• North Texas
  • Dallas – Fort Worth Metroplex
  • Red River Valley
  • Rolling Hills
• Northeast Texas
• Piney Woods
• South Texas
  • Mission Country
  • Rio Grande Valley
• Southeast Texas
  • Golden Triangle
  • Greater Houston
• Texas Urban Triangle
• West Texas
  • Edwards Plateau
  • Llano Estacado
  • Permian Basin
  • South Plains
  • Texas Panhandle (pictured)
  • Trans-Pecos
  • Great Plains

Utah

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

Vermont

• Northeast Kingdom
• Champlain Valley
• Mount Mansfield
• Green Mountains

Virginia

Map of the Shenandoah Valley

• Tri-Cities, Virginia
• Eastern Shore
• Hampton Roads
• Historic Triangle
• Middle Peninsula
• New River Valley
• Northern Neck
• Northern Virginia (sometimes NoVA)
• Richmond-Petersburg (aka Central Virginia)
• Shenandoah Valley
• South Hampton Roads
• Southside Virginia
• Southwest Virginia
• Tidewater
• Virginia Peninsula

Washington

• Central Washington
• Columbia Plateau
• Eastern Washington
• Kitsap Peninsula
• Long Beach Peninsula
• Okanogan County
• Olympic Peninsula
• Puget Sound
• San Juan Islands
• Skagit Valley
• Tri-Cities
• Walla Walla Valley
• Western Washington
• Yakima Valley

West Virginia

• Eastern Panhandle
  • Potomac Highlands
• North-Central West Virginia
• Northern Panhandle
• Southern West Virginia

Wisconsin

Door Peninsula

• Central Plain
• Door Peninsula
• Eastern Ridges and Lowlands
• Lake Superior Lowland
• Northern Highland
• Western Upland

Wyoming

• Grand Teton
• Powder River Country
• Yellowstone National Park

See also

• Geography of the United States
• Historic regions of the United States
• Nine Nations of North America
• Political divisions of the United States
• United States metropolitan area
• United States territory
• U.S. Library of Congress Map of the US Regions

United States Geographic Regions (category · list · agency) political time zones₥ Hawaii-Aleutian (1+1) · Alaska (0+1) · Pacific (4+1) · Mountain (7+8) · Central (10+10) · Eastern (13+5) District of Columbia · states · Insular areas · Outlying Islands · Maritime territory census:₥ West (Pacific-5, Mountain-8), Midwest (E N Central-5, W N Central-7), Northeast (New England-6, Middle Atlantic-3), South (S Atlantic-9, E S Central-4, W S Central-4) ₥mg mt:₥ X AK-WA-OR-ID · IX HI-CA-AZ-NV · VIII Rockies/Plains (6) · VII IA-NE-KS-MO · VI S Central (5) · V Great Lakes (6) · IV Southeast (8) · III C Atlantic (5) · II NY-NJ · I New England (6) court: 9th Pacific (9) · 10th W Central (6) · 5th TX-LA-MS · 8th N Central (7) · 7th WI-IL-IN · 6th MI-OH-KY-TN · 11th AL-GA-FL · 4th WV-VA-MD-NC-SC · 3rd PA-NJ-DE · 2nd NY-VT-CT · 1st ME-MA-NH-RI Areas of the Arctic watershed are in northern Alaska, Minnesota, and North Dakota. physical physiographic₥ high island · Pacific Mountain · Intermontane Plateaus · Rocky Mountain · Superior Upland · Interior Plains · Interior Highlands · Appalachian · Atlantic Plain coastal₥ Arctic Coast (AK) · Pacific Coast (5) · Great Lakes (8) · Gulf Coast (5) · East Coast (11/16) · (non-coastal, 20) ecology₥ Oceania (HI) · Tundra · Marine Forest · Mediterranean · Forested Mtns · Temperate Sierras · Desert · Semi-Arid Highland · Prairie · Northern Forest · Eastern Forest · Tropical watersheds₥ Pacific · Great Basin · Great Divide Basin · Arctic (northern AK, MN, ND) · Atlantic (Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Seaboard, Saint Lawrence) continental divides₥ Continental · Laurentian · Eastern · Saint Lawrence escarpments Sierra · Rocky Mountain Front (Lewis, Front Range) · Niagara · Appalachian Structural Front (Cumberland, Allegheny Front, Catskill) · Fall line by longitude₥ Western (13; Northwestern-2/6, Southwestern-2/8) · Midwest (11) · Eastern (26, Northeastern-9/12, Southeastern) historical indigenous people₥ Great Basin · Pueblo · Plains · Eastern Woodlands · Southeastern accessions/cessions₥ 1783 13 Colonies (8+6) · 1803 LA Purchase₥ (6+8) · 1845 TX Annexation (1+5) · 1846 OR Treaty · 1848 Mexican War treaty (3+4) · 1867 AK Purchase (1) Civil War₥ Theaters (Pacific, Western, Trans-Mississippi, Lower Seaboard, Eastern) · Union (Border states) · Confederacy (Old South-7, Dixie, Slave states) ₥expansion₥ & Old West Expedition areas (1775 Boone. 1804 Lewis & Clark, 1806 Pike, 1810 Astor, 1826 Smith, 1832 Bonneville, 1845 Fremont, 1850 Stansbury) · Frontiers/Trails (1811 OH, 1821 NM, 1824 TX, 1843 OR, 1846 Mormon, 1848 CA, 1849 MT) · Territories₥ · Survey areas (1848 SW border, 1853 Pacific RR, 1867 King/40 P, 1869 Powell, 1872 Wheeler/100 M) other Four Corners (0+4) · Intermountain (3+6) · Great Plains (4+6. High Plains) · Interior · Central (South Central-4/6) · Midwestern (12) · Appalachia (1+12) · Southern (Deep, New, Upper) · Mid-Atlantic (3/6) categories Belts CDPs · Counties · Cuisine (Wine) · Divided (Columbia/Oregon/Pacific NW, Prairie Pothole) · LEGEND: The superscript ₥ links to the region's map, italics indicates a link to a related wikiarticle, numbers in parenthesis (0+1) indicate the number of full and partial states, and a "/" indicates an ambiguous # of states.

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United States Political Regions States Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming Federal district Washington, D.C. (District of Columbia) Insular areas American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · U.S. Virgin Islands Outlying islands Bajo Nuevo Bank · Baker Island · Howland Island · Jarvis Island · Johnston Atoll · Kingman Reef · Midway Atoll · Navassa Island · Palmyra Atoll · Serranilla Bank · Wake Island

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