Overview of U.S. regions
This is a list of some of the waysregions are defined in theUnited States . Many regions are defined in law or regulations by the federal government; others by shared culture and history, and others by economic factors.
Census Bureau-designated regions and divisions [ edit ] U.S. Census Bureau regions and divisionsSince 1950, theUnited States Census Bureau defines four statistical regions, with nine divisions.[ 1] [ 2] [...] for data collection and analysis",[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
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Federal Reserve Banks [ edit ] Federal Reserve System districtsTheFederal Reserve Act of 1913 divided the country into twelve districts with a centralFederal Reserve Bank in each district. These twelve Federal Reserve Banks together form a major part of theFederal Reserve System , thecentral banking system of the United States.Missouri is the onlyU.S. state to have two Federal Reserve locations within its borders, but several other states are also divided between more than one district.
Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland Richmond Atlanta Chicago St. Louis Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco U.S. time zones (some U.S. time zones are not on this map) UTC−12:00 (Baker Island ,Howland Island )Samoa Time Zone (American Samoa ,Jarvis Island ,Kingman Reef ,Midway Atoll ,Palmyra Atoll )Hawaii–Aleutian Time Zone (Hawaii ,Aleutian Islands (Alaska) ,Johnston Atoll )Alaska Time Zone (Alaska , excluding Aleutian Islands)Pacific Time Zone Arizona Time Zone (excluding theNavajo Nation )[ 9] Mountain Time Zone (excluding most parts ofArizona )Central Time Zone Eastern Time Zone Atlantic Time Zone (Puerto Rico ,U.S. Virgin Islands )Chamorro Time Zone (Guam ,Northern Mariana Islands )Wake Island Time Zone (Wake Island )Courts of Appeals circuits [ edit ] U.S. Courts of Appeals circuitsTheFederal Circuit is not a regional circuit. Its jurisdiction is nationwide but based on the subject matter.
Agency administrative regions [ edit ] In 1969, theOffice of Management and Budget published a list of ten "Standard Federal Regions",[ 10] federal agencies could be restructured as a means of standardizing government administration nationwide. Despite a finding in 1977 that this restructuring did not reduce administrative costs as initially expected,[ 11] [ 12] Environmental Protection Agency [ 13] Department of Housing and Urban Development .[ 14]
Regions and office locations [ edit ] Regions of theU.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office location:Boston
States:Connecticut ,Maine ,Massachusetts ,New Hampshire ,Rhode Island , andVermont
Office location:New York City
States:New York ,New Jersey ,Puerto Rico , and theU.S. Virgin Islands
Office location:Philadelphia
States:Delaware ,Maryland ,Pennsylvania ,Virginia ,Washington, D.C. , andWest Virginia
Office location:Atlanta
States:Alabama ,Florida ,Georgia ,Kentucky ,Mississippi ,North Carolina ,South Carolina , andTennessee
Office location:Chicago
States:Illinois ,Indiana ,Minnesota ,Michigan ,Ohio , andWisconsin
Office location:Dallas
States:Arkansas ,Louisiana ,New Mexico ,Oklahoma , andTexas
Office location:Kansas City
States:Iowa ,Kansas ,Missouri , andNebraska
Office location:Denver
States:Colorado ,Montana ,North Dakota ,South Dakota ,Utah , andWyoming
Office location:San Francisco
States:Arizona ,California ,Hawaii ,Nevada ,Guam ,Northern Mariana Islands , andAmerican Samoa
Office location:Seattle
States:Alaska ,Idaho ,Oregon , andWashington
Bureau of Economic Analysis regions [ edit ] Bureau of Economic Analysis regionsTheBureau of Economic Analysis defines regions for comparison of economic data.[ 15]
New England:Connecticut ,Maine ,Massachusetts ,New Hampshire ,Rhode Island , andVermont Mideast:Delaware ,Maryland ,New Jersey ,New York ,Pennsylvania , andWashington, D.C. Great Lakes:Illinois ,Indiana ,Michigan ,Ohio , andWisconsin Plains:Iowa ,Kansas ,Minnesota ,Missouri ,Nebraska ,North Dakota , andSouth Dakota Southeast:Alabama ,Arkansas ,Florida ,Georgia ,Kentucky ,Louisiana ,Mississippi ,North Carolina ,South Carolina ,Tennessee ,Virginia , andWest Virginia Southwest:Arizona ,New Mexico ,Oklahoma , andTexas Rocky Mountain:Colorado ,Idaho ,Montana ,Utah , andWyoming Far West:Alaska ,California ,Hawaii ,Nevada ,Oregon , andWashington Multi-state regions [ edit ] Multi-territory regions [ edit ] Interstate megalopolises [ edit ] Interstate metropolitan areas [ edit ] Central Savannah River Area (part of Georgia and South Carolina)Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area (Washington, D.C. and parts of Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania)Greater Boston (parts of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire)Charlotte metropolitan area (parts of North Carolina and South Carolina)Chattanooga Metropolitan Area Chicago metropolitan area (parts of Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin)Cincinnati metropolitan area (parts of Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky)Columbus-Auburn-Opelika (GA-AL) Combined Statistical Area (parts of Georgia and Alabama)Delaware Valley (parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland)Evansville, IN–KY Metropolitan Statistical Area (parts of Indiana and Kentucky)Fargo–Moorhead (parts of North Dakota and Minnesota)Fort Smith metropolitan area (parts of Arkansas and Oklahoma)Front Range Urban Corridor (parts of Colorado and Wyoming)Greater Grand Forks (part of Minnesota and North Dakota)Hartford-Springfield (parts of Connecticut and Massachusetts)Kansas City metropolitan area (parts of Missouri and Kansas)Louisville metropolitan area (Kentuckiana) (parts of Kentucky and Indiana)Memphis metropolitan area (parts of Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi)Michiana (parts of Michigan and Indiana)Minneapolis–Saint Paul (the Twin Cities) (parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin)New York metropolitan area (parts of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania)Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area (parts of Nebraska and Iowa)Portland metropolitan area (parts of Oregon and Washington)Quad Cities (parts of Iowa and Illinois)Greater St. Louis (parts of Missouri and Illinois)Texarkana metropolitan area (parts of Texas and Arkansas)Tri-Cities (parts of Tennessee and Virginia)Twin Ports (Duluth, Minnesota andSuperior, Wisconsin )Hampton Roads region (parts of Virginia and North Carolina)Youngstown–Warren–Boardman metropolitan statistical area (parts of Ohio and Pennsylvania)Intrastate and intraterritory regions [ edit ] A map of regions ofAlabama Regions ofAlabama include:
Southeast Alaska , also known as the Alaska PanhandleRegions ofAlaska include:
American Samoa Regions ofAmerican Samoa include:
TheArizona Strip Regions ofArizona include:
Regions ofArkansas Regions ofArkansas include:
An enlargeable map of theFront Range Urban Corridor ofColorado andWyoming Regions ofColorado include:
Map highlighting the nine regions of Connecticut Connecticut has nine official planning regions, which operate ascouncils of governments and are recognized ascounty equivalents by theU.S. Census Bureau . The nine regions are:
Some of Connecticut's informal regions include:
TheDelaware Valley , also known as metropolitan Philadelphia Regions ofDelaware include:
"Slower Lower":
District of Columbia [ edit ] TheFirst Coast TheFlorida Panhandle Directional regions ofFlorida include:
Local vernacular regions of Florida include:
Regions ofGeorgia include:
Physiographic regions [ edit ] Physiographic regions of Georgia include:
Regions ofGuam include:
Hawaiian archipelago Hawaiian Islands Regions ofHawaii include:
TheIdaho Panhandle Regions ofIdaho include:
Southern Illinois , also known as "Little Egypt"Regions ofIllinois include:
Regions of Indiana Regions ofIndiana include:
Regions of Iowa Regions ofIowa include:
Regions ofKansas include:
Regions ofKentucky include:
Regions ofLouisiana Regions ofLouisiana include:
Regions ofMaine include:
Regions ofMaryland Regions ofMaryland include:
Regions of Maryland shared with other states include:
The Berkshires region ofMassachusetts Regions ofMassachusetts include:
Regions ofMichigan Regions ofMichigan include:
Regions ofMinnesota Regions ofMinnesota include:
Regions ofMississippi include:
TheMissouri Bootheel Regions ofMissouri include:
Regions ofMontana include:
TheNebraska Panhandle Regions ofNebraska include:
Regions ofNevada include:
Regions ofNew Hampshire include:
Regions ofNew Jersey include:
Regions ofNew Mexico include:
Regions ofNew York states as defined by theEmpire State Development Corporation Regions ofNew York The ten regions ofNew York , as defined by theEmpire State Development Corporation :
Capital District –counties :Albany ,Columbia ,Greene ,Warren ,Washington ,Saratoga ,Schenectady ,Rensselaer Central New York –counties:Cortland ,Cayuga ,Onondaga ,Oswego ,Madison Finger Lakes –counties:Orleans ,Genesee ,Wyoming ,Monroe ,Livingston ,Wayne ,Ontario ,Yates ,Seneca Hudson Valley –counties:Sullivan ,Ulster ,Dutchess ,Orange ,Putnam ,Rockland ,Westchester Long Island –counties:Nassau ,Suffolk Mohawk Valley –counties:Oneida ,Herkimer ,Fulton ,Montgomery ,Otsego ,Schoharie New York City –counties (boroughs):New York (Manhattan ),Bronx (The Bronx ),Queens (Queens ),Kings (Brooklyn ),Richmond (Staten Island ) North Country –counties :St. Lawrence ,Lewis ,Jefferson ,Hamilton ,Essex ,Clinton ,Franklin Southern Tier –counties:Steuben ,Schuyler ,Chemung ,Tompkins ,Tioga ,Chenango ,Broome ,Delaware Western New York –counties:Niagara ,Erie ,Chautauqua ,Cattaraugus ,Allegany Regions ofNew York state include:
Regions ofNorth Carolina Regions ofNorth Carolina include:
Regions ofNorth Dakota include:
Northern Mariana Islands [ edit ] Northern Mariana Islands Regions of theNorthern Mariana Islands include:
TheGreat Black Swamp region ofOhio Regions ofOhio include:
TheOklahoma Panhandle Regions ofOklahoma include:
The topography ofOregon Oregon's High Desert Regions ofOregon include:
Regions ofPennsylvania include:
Puerto Rico Regions ofPuerto Rico include:
Regions ofRhode Island include:
Regions ofSouth Carolina include:
Other geographical distinctions: East River andWest River inSouth Dakota Regions ofSouth Dakota include:
The Grand Divisions ofTennessee include:
TheTexas Panhandle Regions ofTexas include:
U.S. Minor Outlying Islands [ edit ] TheUnited States Minor Outlying Islands (Navassa Island not on map) Regions ofUnited States Minor Outlying Islands include:
U.S. Virgin Islands [ edit ] Regions ofUnited States Virgin Islands include:
Regions ofUtah include:
Regions ofVermont include:
A map of theShenandoah Valley region ofVirginia Regions ofVirginia include:
Regions ofWashington include:
Regions ofWest Virginia include:
Wisconsin 's five geographic regionsWisconsin is divided intofive geographic regions :
Regions ofWyoming include:
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