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Coordinates:40°N98°W / 40°N 98°W /40; -98

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Geographical region of the United States

Not to be confused withCentral America;Geographic center of the United States; orCentral, United States.

40°N98°W / 40°N 98°W /40; -98

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This video was taken by the crew ofExpedition 29 on board theISS. The pass begins over Canada and ends in theCaribbean Sea, covering the entire Central United States.

TheCentral United States is sometimes conceived as between theEastern andWestern as part of a three-region model, roughly coincident with theU.S. Census Bureau's definition of theMidwestern United States plus the western and central portions of the U.S. Census's definition of theSouthern United States. The Central States are typically considered to consist ofNorth Dakota,South Dakota,Nebraska,Kansas,Oklahoma,Texas,Minnesota,Iowa,Missouri,Arkansas,Louisiana,Wisconsin,Illinois,Michigan,Indiana,Ohio,Kentucky,Tennessee,West Virginia,Mississippi andAlabama.^{[citation needed]}

Geography

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Chicago is the area's largest city and metropolitan area; other large cities with large metropolitan areas includeNew Orleans,Houston,Dallas,Fort Worth,San Antonio,Austin,Oklahoma City,Tulsa,Kansas City,Kansas andKansas City,Missouri,Topeka,Wichita,Omaha, Nebraska andLincoln,Minneapolis andSt. Paul,Madison andMilwaukee,St. Louis,Louisville,Lexington,Detroit andGrand Rapids,Cincinnati,Cleveland,Columbus,Toledo,Dayton,Rockford,Peoria,Indianapolis,Evansville,Fort Wayne andSouth Bend.^{[citation needed]}

Four of nineCensus Bureau Divisions have names containing "Central", though they are not grouped as a region. They include 20 states and 39.45% of the U.S. population as of July 1, 2007.^[1]

Almost all of the area is in theGulf of Mexico drainage basin and most of that is in theMississippi basin. Small waterways near the Great Lakes drain into theGreat Lakes, and eventually theSt. Lawrence River. TheRed River Valley is centered on theNorth Dakota-Minnesota border and drains toHudson Bay. Floods have been a problem for the region during the 20th and early 21st century.^[2]

TheCentral Time Zone includes portions of theFlorida panhandle, upper portions ofMichigan, parts ofIndiana, westernKentucky, westernTennessee, all ofTexas exceptEl Paso, and extends to the westernmost fringes ofGreat Plains states.^{[citation needed]}

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Central United States in 1908 fromThe Harmsworth atlas and Gazetter.
Census Bureau Divisions with "Central" in their name include theWest North Central andEast North Central in theMidwest, along with theWest South Central andEast South Central in theSouth.
Map ofU.S. time zones between April 2, 2006, and March 11, 2007. The current time zone now hasPulaski County, Indiana in theEastern Time Zone and no longer in theCentral Time Zone.
Continental divides inNorth America.

Central regions defined by organizations

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Different organizations define the central regions of the United States in a variety of ways:

YPO Only 6 central states of the Midwest,^[a] plus KY
CERI All of Midwest and South^[a] including MD, DE
NOAA Midwest^[a] minus OH, plus KY, CO, WY
HSUS Midwest^[a] minus ND, SD, KS, plus KY
USGS West North Central States,South Central United States, 4 easternMountain states
Adventure Camp Midwest plus South^[a] minus Atlantic states, AL, WV
Geography of the Interior United States
MLB'sNational League Central Division, members in PA, OH, WI, IL, MO; TX through 2012
MLB'sAmerican League Central Division, members in OH, MI, IL, MN, MO
NBA'sCentral Division, members in OH, MI, IN, IL, WI, former members from NC, FL, GA, LA and Ontario (Canada)
NHL'sCentral Division, members in CO, MN, TN, TX, IL, MO and Manitoba (Canada), former members in MI, AZ, OH and Ontario (Canada)
TheNFL's formerNational Football Conference Central Division, members in FL, MI, IL, WI, and MN
The NFL's formerAmerican Football Conference Central Division, members in MD, PA, FL, OH, TN, former member from TX

Geographic center of the United States

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This section is an excerpt fromGeographic center of the United States § Contiguous United States.[edit]

The geographic center of the 48contiguous or conterminous United States, determined in a 1918 survey, is located at , about 2.6 miles (4.2 km) northwest of the center ofLebanon, Kansas, approximately 12 miles (19 km) south of theKansas–Nebraska border.^[3] The determination is accurate to about 20 miles (32 km).^[4]

While any measurement of the exact center of a land mass will always be imprecise due to changing shorelines and other factors, the NGS coordinates are recognized in a historical marker in a small park at the intersection of AA Road andK-191. It is accessible by a turn-off fromU.S. Route 281.

Notes

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^^a ^b ^c ^d ^eSee Census definition

References

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^"U.S. Census website". Retrieved2008-05-20.
^Iman Mallakpour & Gabriele Villarini (29 September 2014). "The changing nature of flooding across the central United States".Nature Climate Change.5 (3). Nature:250–254.doi:10.1038/nclimate2516.
^"Geographical Centers of the United States"(PDF).USGS Publications Warehouse. U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey. 1964. Retrieved13 May 2015.
^"The Geographical Center of the Lower 48 United States, at Lebanon, Kansas". Archived fromthe original on August 25, 2006. RetrievedJune 1, 2006.The actual center is about a half mile away in the center of a former hog farm.

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