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List of Regions of the United States Information

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

1 Interstate regions
- 1.1 Official U.S. regions
- 1.2 Unofficial U.S. multi-state regions
2 Intrastate regions
3 See also
4 Notes

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

US Census Regions and Divisions

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) (Prior to June 1984, the Midwest Region was designated as the North Central Region.)^[1]
- 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. However, the OMB must still approve any departures.

Region I: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
Region II: New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, 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

The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 divided the country into twelve districts with a central Federal Reserve Bank in each district. These twelve Federal Reserve Banks together form a major part of the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States.

Time Zones

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

Courts of Appeals circuits

Main article: United States courts of appeals U.S. Courts of Appeals circuits

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

Unofficial U.S. multi-state regions

The Belts

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

Interstate metropolitan areas

Interstate megalopolises

(Megapolitan area, Megalopolis)

Intrastate regions

Alabama

Map of Alabama regions

Alaska

The Alaska Panhandle

Arizona

The Arizona Strip For a more comprehensive list, see List of regions of Arizona.

Arkansas

Northern Arkansas
Crowley's Ridge
The Delta
Northwest Arkansas
Central Arkansas
The River Valley
Southern Arkansas

California

Colorado

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

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 Piedmont (contains parts of the Front Range Urban Corridor and High Plains)
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 recognized 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 unofficial regions in Connecticut with no regional government.

Delaware

Florida

The First Coast Florida Panhandle

Directional regions

Local vernacular regions

Georgia

Physiographic Regions of Georgia

Hawaii

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

Idaho

Idaho Panhandle

Illinois

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

Indiana

Main article: Geography of Indiana Regions of Indiana

Iowa

Regions of 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

Kentucky

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

Louisiana

Map of Louisiana regions

Acadiana

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

Maine

Maryland

Geographic regions of Maryland

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
Southeastern Massachusetts

Michigan


Lower Peninsula of Michigan		Upper Peninsula of Michigan

Main article: Geography of Michigan

Minnesota

Main article: Geography of Minnesota Regions of Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Missouri Bootheel

Montana

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

Nebraska

Nebraska Panhandle

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

Nevada

New Hampshire

Connecticut River Valley
Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Region (overlaps with Connecticut River Valley)
Great North Woods Region
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 (shared with New York)
  - 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
  - Central Corridor Piedmont Region

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
  - Black Dirt Region (shared with New Jersey)

North Carolina

North Dakota

Badlands
Missouri Escarpment
Missouri River Corridor
Red River Valley

Ohio

The area roughly coboured by the Great Black Swamp

Connecticut Western Reserve (historic, now defunct)
Great Black Swamp (shared with Indiana)
Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky metropolitan area
Northeast Ohio (often used synonymously with Greater Cleveland, but also includes the counties of Ashtabula, Portage and Trumbull.)
The Lake Erie Islands
Miami Valley
Central Ohio
Northwest Ohio
Appalachian Ohio

Oklahoma

Oklahoma Panhandle

Oregon

Oregon topography Oregon's High Desert

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Travel/Tourism Locations

Other Geographical Distinctions

South Dakota

Tennessee

Main article: Grand Divisions of Tennessee

other geographical distinctions:

Texas

Main article: List of geographical regions in Texas Texas Panhandle

Brazos Valley
Central Texas
- Texas blackland prairies
- The Hill Country
Gulf Coast
- Galveston Bay
- Greater Houston
East Texas
- Piney Woods
North Texas
- Dallas – Fort Worth Metroplex
- Texoma
- 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

Vermont

Virginia

Map of the Shenandoah Valley

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Door Peninsula

Wyoming

Notes

^ ^a ^b "Census Bureau Regions and Divisions with State FIPS Codes". US Census Bureau. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/us_regdiv.pdf. Retrieved 20 June 2010.

Geographic regions of the United States

Political

Units	U.S. state · District of Columbia · Insular area · Minor Outlying Island · Maritime territory

Time zones	Hawaii-Aleutian · Alaska · Pacific · Mountain · Central · Eastern

Census	West (Pacific · Mountain) · Midwest (E N Central · W N Central) · Northeast (New England · Middle Atlantic) · South (S Atlantic · E S Central · W S Central)

Federal	X (AK–ID–OR–WA) · IX (AZ–CA–HI–NV) · VIII (CO–MT–ND–SD–UT–WY) · VII (IA–KS–MO–NE) · VI (AR–LA–NM–OK–TX) · V (Great Lakes) · IV (AL–FL–GA–KY–MS–NC–SC–TN) · III (DE–DC–MD–PA–VA–WV) · II (NY–NJ) · I (New England)

Judicial circuits	9^th (Pacific) · 10^th (W Central) · 5^th (TX–LA–MS) · 8^th (N Central) · 7^th (WI–IL–IN) · 6^th (MI–OH–KY–TN) · 11^th (AL–GA–FL) · 4^th (WV–VA–MD–NC–SC) · 3^rd (PA–NJ–DE) · 2^nd (NY–VT–CT) · 1^st (ME–MA–NH–RI)

Physical

Physiographic	Pacific Mountain · Intermontane Plateaus · Rocky Mountain · Superior Upland · Interior Plains · Interior Highlands · Appalachian · Atlantic Plain

Coastal	Arctic · West · Great Lakes · Gulf · East

Historical

Ac/cessions	13 Colonies · Louisiana Purchase · Gadsden Purchase · Texas Annexation · Oregon Treaty · Mexican Cession · Alaska Purchase · Newlands Resolution

Civil War	Theaters (Pacific · Western · Trans-Mississippi · Lower Seaboard · Eastern) · Union (Border states) · Confederacy (Old South · Dixie · Slave states)

Other

Appalachia · Central · Four Corners · Great Plains · High Plains · Intermountain · Interior · Northwest Territory · South Central · Southern (Deep · New · Upland) · Southeast · Southwest

Categories

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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 Panama Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States

Dependencies and other territories	Anguilla Aruba Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Curaçao Greenland Guadeloupe Martinique Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saba Sint Eustatius Sint Maarten Turks and Caicos Islands United States Virgin Islands

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

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