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The four United States Census Bureau regions separated by color, with the nine divisions further separated by shading.

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

Regions defined in law or regulations by the federal government.

Census Bureau-designated areas

Regional divisions used by the United States Census Bureau:^[1]

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

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

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

• 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
• Ecotopia
• 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

• 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

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

Alaska

• 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

• 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
  • Southern Border
    • 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

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

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

Illinois

• 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

• 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

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

Louisiana

• 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

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

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

• 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

• 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

• 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
• 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

• 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

• 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

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

Oregon

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

Pennsylvania

• 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

• East Tennessee
• Middle Tennessee
• West Tennessee

Geographic Divisions

• Highland Rim
• Nashville Basin
• Tennessee Valley

Texas

• 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

• 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

• 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) Political Regions Coastal₥ Arctic Coast (AK) · Pacific Coast (5) · Great Lakes (8) · Gulf Coast (5) · East Coast (11/16) ·  · non-coastal (20) Time zones₥ Hawaii-Aleutian (1+1 partial)  · Alaska (0+1)  · Pacific (4+1) · Mountain (7+8)  · Central (10+10)  · Eastern (13+5) Territory topics District of Columbia · States|₥ · Insular areas · Outlying Islands · Maritime territory by Agency USCB:₥ West (Pacific-5, Mountain-8), Midwest (E N Central-5, W N Central-7), Northeast (New England-6, Mid-Atlantic-3), South (S Atlantic-9, E S Central-4, W S Central-4) OMB:₥ 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) FEMA:₥ X AK-WA-OR-ID · IX HI-CA-NV-AZ · VIII (8) · VI S Central (5) · VII NE-KS-IA-MO · V Great Lakes (6) · IV Southeast (7) · III WV-PA-VA-MD · II NY-NJ · I New England (6) Courts:₥ 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 The Mississippi River demarcates the Eastern United States from the Western United States, shown in two shades of red. Physio- graphic Regions Divisions₥ Hawaiian · Alaskan · Pacific Mountain · Intermountain · Rocky Mountain · Superior Upland · Interior Plains · Interior Highlands · Appalachian · Atlantic Ecoregions₥ 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 Nevada · Rocky Mountain Front (Lewis Front, Front Range) · Niagara · Appalachian Structural Front (Cumberland, Allegheny Front, Catskill) · Fall line Historical Regions Tribal regions₥ Great Basin · Plains · Eastern Woodlands · Southeastern Accessions/Cessions₥ 1783 13 Colonies (8+6 partial) · 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 · Union (Border states) · Confederacy (Old South-7, Dixie, Slave states) ₥Expansion/Old West Explored areas (1775 Boone. 1804 Lewis & Clark, 1806 Pike, 1845 Fremont) · Frontiers/Trails (1811 OH, 1821 NM, 1824 TX, 1843 OR, 1848 CA, 1849 MT) · Territories₥ Other Pacific Northwest · Intermountain (3+6 partial) · Prairie Pothole · Great Plains (High Plains) · Interior · Central (South Central-4/6) · Midwestern (12) · Appalachia (1+12) · Southern (Deep, New, Upper, Southeastern) · Northern (Northeastern-9/12, Mid-Atlantic-3/6, New England-6) Categories Belts · Broadcast · Cuisine · Panhandles · Wine 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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List of regions of North America Sovereign states Antigua and Barbuda · Bahamas · Barbados · Belize · Canada · Costa Rica · Cuba · Dominica · Dominican Republic · El Salvador · Grenada · Guatemala · Haiti · Honduras · Jamaica · Mexico · Nicaragua · Panama1 · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Saint Lucia · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Trinidad and Tobago1 · United States Dependencies and other territories Anguilla · Aruba1 · Bermuda · British Virgin Islands · Cayman Islands · Greenland · Guadeloupe · Martinique · Montserrat · Netherlands Antilles1 · Puerto Rico · Saint Barthélemy · Saint Martin · Saint Pierre and Miquelon · Turks and Caicos Islands · United States Virgin Islands 1 Territories also in or commonly considered to be part of South America.

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

1. ^ http://www.census.gov/geo/www/us_regdiv.pdf