Regions defined in law or regulations by the federal government.

Bureau of Reclamation Regions (Western United States)

Bureau of Reclamation regions

The Bureau of Reclamation The Bureau of Reclamation is an agency under the U.S. Department of the Interior and oversees water resource management, specifically as it applies to the oversight and/or operation of numerous water diversion, delivery, and storage and hydroelectric power generation projects it built throughout the western United States divides the western United States 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 into five major regions.

• Great Plains Region - Billings, Montana Billings is the largest city in the U.S. state of Montana, located in the south-central portion of the state. Billings is rapidly growing; as of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 89,847, while the Census Bureau's 2007 estimate listed the city's population at 101,876. It is the 60th fastest growing city out of the 259 cities in
• Lower Colorado Region - Boulder City, Nevada Boulder City is a city in Clark County, Nevada, United States. It is approximately 20 miles from the City of Las Vegas. As of the 2000 census the population was 14,966, with a 2006 estimated population of 15,005
• Mid-Pacific Region - Sacramento, California Sacramento is the capital of the U.S. state of California, and the county seat of Sacramento County. Located along the Sacramento River and just south of the American River's confluence in California's expansive Central Valley. With a 2007 estimated population of 460,242, it the seventh-largest city in California. Sacramento is the core cultural
• Pacific Northwest Region - Boise, Idaho Boise is a city located in the Northwestern United States in the state of Idaho. Boise is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho as well as the county seat of Ada County. Located on the Boise River, this is the principal city of the Boise City-Nampa metropolitan area and the largest city between Salt Lake City, Utah and
• Upper Colorado Region - Salt Lake City, Utah Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC. Salt Lake City has a population of 181,698 as of July 1, 2008. The Salt Lake City metropolitan area spans Salt Lake, Summit and Tooele counties, and has a total estimated population of 1,115,692 as of

Census Bureau-designated areas

U.S. Census Bureau regions

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 the leading source of quality data about America's people and economy. It is the official "

• 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 New England is a region of the United States located in the northeastern corner of the country, bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, Canada and New York State, and consisting of the modern states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut)
    • Maine
    • New Hampshire
    • Vermont
    • Massachusetts
    • Rhode Island
    • Connecticut
  • Division 2 (Mid-Atlantic The Mid-Atlantic States 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, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington D.C., and sometimes Virginia, West Virginia, or others)
    • New York
    • Pennsylvania
    • New Jersey
• Region 2 (Midwest The Midwestern United States is one of the four geographic regions within the United States of America that are officially recognized by the United States Census Bureau)
  • 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
    • Michigan
    • Illinois
    • Indiana
    • Ohio
  • 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)
    • North Dakota
    • South Dakota
    • Nebraska
    • Kansas
    • Minnesota
    • Iowa
    • 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 Spanish, English and)
  • 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
    • Maryland
    • District of Columbia
    • Virginia
    • West Virginia
    • North Carolina
    • South Carolina
    • Georgia
    • Florida
  • Division 6 (East South Central The East South Central States constitute one of the nine Census Bureau Divisions of the United States)
    • Kentucky
    • Tennessee
    • Mississippi
    • Alabama
  • 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
    • Texas
    • Arkansas
    • Louisiana
• 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 The Mountain States form one of the nine geographic divisions of the United States that are officially recognized by the United States Census Bureau)
    • Idaho
    • Montana
    • Wyoming
    • Nevada
    • Utah
    • Colorado
    • Arizona
    • New Mexico
  • Division 9 (Pacific The Pacific States form one of the nine geographic divisions within the United States that are officially recognized by that country's census bureau)
    • 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 The Office of Management and Budget is a Cabinet-level office, and is the largest office within the Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP). It is an important conduit by which the White House oversees the activities of federal agencies. OMB is tasked with giving expert advice to senior White House officials on a range of) 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

The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 The Federal Reserve Act is the act of Congress that created the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States of America, which was signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson divided the country into twelve regions with a central Reserve Bank The Federal Reserve System is the central banking system of the United States. Created in 1913 by the enactment of the Federal Reserve Act (signed by Woodrow Wilson), it is a quasi-public and quasi-private (government entity with private components) banking system that comprises (1) the presidentially appointed Board of Governors of the Federal in each. The Federal Reserve Districts are as follows:

1. Boston The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, commonly known as the Boston Fed, is responsible for the First District of the Federal Reserve, which covers Connecticut , Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. It is headquartered in the Federal Reserve Bank Building in Boston, Massachusetts. Its code is A1, meaning that dollar bills
2. New York The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is one of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks of the United States. It is located at 33 Liberty Street, New York, NY. It is responsible for the Second District of the Federal Reserve System, which encompasses New York state, the 12 northern counties of New Jersey, Fairfield County in Connecticut, Puerto Rico, and the
3. Philadelphia
4. Cleveland The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland is the Cleveland-based headquarters of the U.S. Federal Reserve System's Fourth District. The district is composed of Ohio, western Pennsylvania, eastern Kentucky, and the northern panhandle of West Virginia. It has branch offices in Cincinnati and Pittsburgh. The check processing center in Columbus, Ohio was
5. Richmond
6. Atlanta
7. Chicago The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago is one of twelve regional Reserve Banks that, along with the Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., make up the nation's central bank
8. St Louis
9. Minneapolis The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the United States, covers the 9th District of the Federal Reserve, including Minnesota, Montana, North and South Dakota, northwestern Wisconsin, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Although its geographical territory is the third largest in the Federal Reserve system,
10. Kansas City The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City covers the 10th District of the Federal Reserve, which includes Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming, and portions of western Missouri and northern New Mexico. The Bank has branches in Denver, Oklahoma City, and Omaha. The current president is Thomas M. Hoenig. The Fed in Kansas City is second only
11. Dallas The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas covers the Eleventh Federal Reserve District, which includes Texas, northern Louisiana and southern New Mexico. It has branch offices in El Paso, Houston, and San Antonio. The physical bank itself lies in the Uptown area of Oak Lawn, just north of downtown Dallas
12. San Francisco The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco is the federal bank for the twelfth district in the United States. The twelfth district is made up of nine western states—Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington— plus the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and Guam. The Federal Reserve Bank of San

Time Zones

U.S. time zones Main article: United States time zones

• Hawaii-Aleutian time zone
• Alaska Time Zone
• Pacific Time Zone The Pacific Time Zone observes standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time . The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time of the 120th meridian west of the Greenwich Observatory. During daylight saving time, its time offset is UTC-7
• Mountain Time Zone The Mountain Time Zone of North America keeps time by subtracting seven hours from Coordinated Universal Time, sometimes called Greenwich Mean Time during the shortest days of autumn and winter, and by subtracting six hours during daylight saving time in the spring, summer, and early autumn (UTC-6). The clock time in this zone is based on the mean
• Central Time Zone
• Eastern Time Zone The Eastern Time Zone of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America. Its time offset is −5 hrs GMT or UTC−5 during standard time and UTC−4 during daylight saving time. The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time of the 75th meridian west of the Greenwich

Unofficial U.S. multi-state regions

• Appalachia Appalachia is a term used to describe a cultural region in the eastern United States that stretches from southern New York state to northern Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia. While the Appalachian Mountains stretch from Belle Isle in Canada to Cheaha Mountain in the U.S. state of Alabama, the cultural region of Appalachia typically refers only to
• Ark-La-Tex The Ark-La-Tex, Arklatex, or ArkLaTex is a U.S. socio-economic region where Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahoma intersect. Some prefer the more inclusive Arklatexoma. The region is centered on the Shreveport/Bossier metropolitan area in Northwest Louisiana, although Marshall in Northeast Texas, Natchitoches, Louisiana, and both Texarkana,
• Atlantic Seaboard The East Coast of the United States, also known as the "Eastern Seaboard" or "Atlantic Seaboard", refers to the easternmost coastal states in the central and northern United States, which touch the Atlantic Ocean and stretch up to Canada. In a geographical sense, the term Eastern Seaboard is widely used; in popular usage, the
• Bible Belt Bible Belt is an informal term for an area of the United States in which socially conservative evangelical Protestantism is a dominant part of the culture and Christian church attendance across the denominations is extremely high
• Blackstone Valley The Blackstone Valley or Blackstone River Valley is a region of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. It is the birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution
• Border states:
  • Civil War Border States In the context of the American Civil War, the term border states refers to the five slave states of Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, and West Virginia, which bordered a free state and were aligned with the Union. All but Delaware share borders with states that joined the Confederacy. In Kentucky and Missouri, there were both pro-Confederate
  • International border states International border states are those states in a country that border another country. In the United States there are seventeen: thirteen on the US-Canada border and four on the US-Mexico border
• The Carolinas The Carolinas is a term used in the United States to refer collectively to the states of North and South Carolina. The Carolinas were known as the Province of Carolina during America's colonial period, from 1663–1710. Prior to that, the land was considered part of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia, from 1609–63
• Cascadia The Pacific Northwest is a region in the northwest of North America, bound by the Pacific Ocean to the west. There are several partially overlapping definitions of the region, but they generally include the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. states of Washington and Oregon, and often including Southeast Alaska, Idaho, western
• Central United States The Central United States is sometimes conceived as between the Eastern United States and Western United States as part of a three-region model, roughly coincident with the Midwestern United States plus the western and central portions of the Southern United States; the term is also sometimes used more or less as a synonym for the Midwest,
• Champlain Valley The Champlain Valley is a region of the United States around Lake Champlain in Vermont and New York. It is also the most heavily populated region in Vermont, broadly stretching eastward from the lake's shore to the spine of the Green Mountains. The state's largest city, Burlington is located on the lake; the city's associated suburban communities
• Coastal States The U.S. Coastal states are states in the United States that have a coastline. This can be an ocean coast, a gulf coast, or a Great Lake coast. There are twenty three ocean/gulf of Mexico states, and eight Great Lake states. In all, there are thirty coastal states. As of July 2004, the estimated population of states that are always considered
• Colorado Plateau The Colorado Plateau, also called the Colorado Plateau Province, is a physiographic region of the Intermontane Plateaus, roughly centered on the Four Corners region of the southwestern United States. The province covers an area of 337,000 km² within western Colorado, northwestern New Mexico, southern and eastern Utah, and northern Arizona. About 9
• Continental United States The term contiguous United States refers to the 48 U.S. states located on the North American continent south of the border with Canada, plus the District of Columbia. The term excludes the states of Alaska and Hawaii and all off-shore U.S. territories and possessions
• Columbia Basin Usage of the term "Columbia Basin" in British Columbia generally refers only to the immediate basins of the Columbia and Kootenay Rivers and excludes that of the Okanagan, Kettle and Similkameen Rivers
• 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
• Twin Tiers
• Upland South
• Upper Midwest
• Virginias
• Waxhaws
• West Coast
• Western United States

The Belts

Main article: 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
• Charlotte Metropolitan Area
• Chattanooga Metropolitan Area
• Chicago metropolitan area
• Evansville Metropolitan Area
• Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky metropolitan area
• Delaware Valley
• Front Range Urban Corridor
• Greater Boston
• 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 St. Louis
• Tri-Cities (Tennessee-Virginia)
• Twin Ports (Duluth, Minnesota-Superior, Wisconsin)
• Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News (Hampton Roads)
• Washington Metropolitan Area

Interstate megalopolises

• Appalachian Piedmont
• BosWash
• 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

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 Vally

Arizona

The Arizona Strip Main article: 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

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• Northern 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
    • The 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
      • Redding Area
      • Trinity Alps
    • Tricorner Region
      • 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
      • Inner Los Angeles Area
        • Gateway Cities
        • Los Angeles City
          • East Los Angeles
          • Harbor Area
          • South Los Angeles
          • Westside
        • Palos Verdes Peninsula
      • South Bay
        • Beach Cities
      • Conejo Valley
      • Orange County
      • San Gabriel Valley
    • Crescenta Valley
    • Inland Empire
      • Cucamonga Valley
      • Peninsular Ranges (North)
        • San Bernardino Mountains
        • San Jacinto Mountains
        • Santa Rosa Mountains
      • Pomona Valley
      • Riverside Area
      • San Bernardino Valley
        • San Bernadino Area
    • Puente Hills
    • Santa Clarita Valley
    • San Gabriel Mountains
    • San Fernando Valley
    • Santa Ana Mountains
    • Santa Monica Mountains
      • Hollywood Hills
  • Desert Region
    • Coachella Valley (Palm Springs Area)
    • Death Valley
    • Eureka Valley
    • Imperial Valley
    • Ivanpah Valley
    • Sonoran Desert (Low Desert)
      • Colorado Desert
        • Salton Sink/Salton Sea
    • Mojave Desert (High Desert)
      • Antelope Valley
      • Rainbow Basin
      • Saline Valley
      • Victor Valley
  • Owens Valley
  • Metropolitan San Diego
    • North County
    • San Diego Bay Area
    • San Ysidro Border Area

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.

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

• 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
• Metro Atlanta
• 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

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

• 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

• Merrimack Valley (Golden Triangle)
  • Souhegan Valley
• Seacoast Region
• Monadnock Region
  • Connecticut River Valley
• Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Region
• Lakes Region
• White Mountains
  • Presidential Range
  • Pemigewasset Valley
  • Saco River Valley
• Great North Woods
• Western New Hampshire
• Central New Hampshire

New Jersey

• North Jersey
  • Skylands
    • Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians
    • Highlands
  • Gateway
    • Meadowlands
    • North Hudson
    • Pascack Valley
    • West Hudson
• Central Jersey
• South Jersey
  • Pine Barrens
  • Delaware Valley
• Jersey Shore
  • Bayshore
  • Southern Shore

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
    • 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
    • Metropolitan Research Triangle (The 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

• The Cascades
• Central Oregon
• Columbia River Gorge
• Columbia River 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

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

• Historic regions of the United States
• Geography of the United States
• Political divisions of the United States
• United States territory
• United States metropolitan area
• Wikipedia:WikiProject United States regions
• Nine Nations of North America
• List of regions of Canada

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