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This list of regions of the United States includes official (governmental) and non-official areas within the borders of the United States, not including U.S. states, the federal district of Washington, D.C. or standard subentities such as cities or counties. Defunct, extinct or archaic regions are described in historic regions of the United States. (See also: )

Interstate regions

Official U.S. regions

Regions defined in law or regulations by the federal government.

Bureau of Reclamation Regions

The Bureau of Reclamation divides the western United States into five regions:

Census Bureau-designated areas

Regional divisions used by the United States Census Bureau
  • Region 1 (Northeast)
  • Region 2 (Midwest)
  • Region 3 (South)
  • Region 4 (West)

    Standard Federal Regions

    As designated by
    Congress, the federal court system is divided into eleven judicial circuits, each with its own United States Court of Appeals. (There are also a District of Columbia Circuit and a Federal Circuit, both of which sit in Washington D.C. and have special, non-geographic jurisdictions.)
  • 1st Circuit (Courthouse in Boston, Massachusetts)
  • 2nd Circuit (Courthouse in New York, New York)
  • 3rd Circuit (Courthouse in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  • 4th Circuit (Courthouse in Richmond, Virginia)
  • 5th Circuit (Courthouse in New Orleans, Louisiana)
  • 6th Circuit (Courthouse in Cincinnati, Ohio)
  • 7th Circuit (Courthouse in Chicago, Illinois)
  • 8th Circuit (Courthouse in St. Louis, Missouri)
  • 9th Circuit (meeting places vary from California to Alaska, but headquarters are in San Francisco, California)
  • 10th Circuit (Courthouse in Denver, Colorado)
  • 11th Circuit (Courthouse in Atlanta, Georgia)

    Federal Reserve banks

    The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 divided the country into twelve regions with a central Reserve Bank in each. The Federal Reserve Districts are as follows:
  • Boston
  • New York
  • Philadelphia
  • Cleveland
  • Richmond
  • Atlanta
  • Chicago
  • St Louis
  • Minneapolis
  • Kansas City
  • Dallas
  • San Francisco

    Time Zones

  • Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time Zone
  • Alaska Standard Time Zone
  • Pacific Standard Time Zone
  • Mountain Standard Time Zone
  • Central Standard Time Zone
  • Eastern Standard Time Zone

    Unofficial U.S. multi-state regions

  • Appalachia
  • American West
  • Ark-La-Tex
  • Atlantic Seaboard
  • Bible Belt
  • Blackstone River Valley
  • Border states:
  • The Carolinas
  • Cascadia
  • Central United States
  • Champlain Valley
  • Coastal States
  • Colorado Plateau
  • Continental United States
  • Columbia River Basin
  • The Dakotas
  • Deep South
  • Delmarva Peninsula
  • Dixie
  • Driftless Zone
  • East Coast
  • Eastern Seaboard
  • 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
  • International Border states
  • Lake Tahoe
  • Llano Estacado
  • Mid-Atlantic
  • Middle America
  • The Midwest
  • Mississippi Delta
  • Mississippi Valley
  • Mojave Desert
  • Mountain states
  • New England
  • Northern Rocky Mountains
  • Ohio Valley
  • Ozarks
  • Pacific States
  • Pacific Northwest
  • Palouse
  • Piedmont
  • Piney Woods
  • Rocky Mountains
  • Shawnee Hills
  • Shenandoah Valley
  • Siouxland
  • Southern Rocky Mountains
  • Southeastern United States
  • Southwest
  • Southwest Extreme Triangle
  • Susquehanna Valley
  • Suwanee River Valley
  • Tennessee Valley
  • Trans-Appalachia
  • Twin Tiers
  • Upland South
  • Upper Midwest
  • The Virginias
  • Waxhaws
  • West Coast
  • Western Rocky Mountains
  • Western United States

    The Belts

    Main article: Belt regions of the United States
  • Bible Belt
  • Black Belt
  • Corn 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-Henderson 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
  • National Capital Region
  • New York Metropolitan Area, the Tri-State Region
  • Omaha-Council Bluffs Metropolitan Area
  • Portland Metropolitan Area
  • Quad Cities
  • Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Yuba City
  • Southeastern New England
  • St. Louis Metropolitan Area
  • Tri-Cities (Tennessee-Virginia)
  • Twin Ports (Duluth, Minnesota-Superior, Wisconsin)

    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

  • Arctic Alaska
  • Alaskan Bush
  • Alaska Interior
  • Alaska North Slope
  • Alaska Panhandle
  • Aleutian Islands
  • Kenai Peninsula
  • Seward Peninsula
  • South Central Alaska
  • Southeast Alaska
  • Southwest Alaska
  • Tanana Valley

    Arizona

  • Arizona Strip
  • Grand Canyon
  • North Central Arizona
  • Northeast Arizona
  • Northern Arizona
  • Phoenix metropolitan area
  • Southern Arizona

    Arkansas

  • Ozarks
  • Ouachita Mountains
  • Arkansas Delta
  • Western Arkansas
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain
  • Crowley's Ridge
  • Arkansas River Valley
  • Little Rock Metropolitan Area

    California

  • North Coast
  • Sierra Nevada
  • Owens Valley
  • Central 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

  • Coastal Connecticut
  • Connecticut Panhandle
  • Inland Connecticut
  • New York Metropolitan Area/Gold Coast
  • Litchfield Hills
  • Naugatuck River Valley
  • Greater New Haven
  • Greater Hartford
  • Lower Connecticut River Valley
  • Quiet Corner
  • Southeastern Connecticut
  • Southwestern Connecticut

    Delaware

  • Delaware Coast
  • Delaware Valley
  • Cape Region

    Florida

  • Big Bend
  • Central Florida
  • Everglades
  • First Coast
  • Florida Heartland
  • Florida Keys
  • Florida Panhandle
    • Emerald Coast (Official name only, the area is more commonly called "The Redneck Riviera")
  • Nature Coast
  • North Central Florida
  • South Florida
  • Southwest Florida
  • Space Coast
  • Florida Sun Coast
  • Tampa Bay Area
  • Treasure Coast

    Georgia

  • Central Savannah River Area
  • Colonial Coast
  • Georgia Mountains Region
  • The Golden Isles of Georgia
  • Historic South
  • Inland Empire
  • Metro Atlanta
  • Southern Rivers

    Hawaii

  • Hawaii / Big Island
  • Kahoolawe
  • Kauai
  • Lānai
  • Maui
  • Molokai
  • Niihau
  • Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
  • Oahu
  • Tahua

    Idaho

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

    Illinois

  • Chicagoland
  • Champaign-Urbana Metropolitan Area
  • Central Illinois
  • Little Egypt
  • Fox Valley
  • Metro-East
  • American Bottom
  • The Tract
  • Northwestern Illinois
  • Southern Illinois

    Indiana

  • East Central Indiana
  • Indianapolis Metropolitan Area
  • Michiana
  • Northern Indiana
  • Northwest Indiana
  • Southern Indiana
  • Southwestern Indiana
  • Wabash Valley

    Iowa

  • Iowa Great Lakes
  • Loess Hills
  • Quad Cities
  • East-Central Iowa
  • Eastern Iowa
  • Great River Road
  • Western Iowa

    Kansas

  • Cherokee Strip
  • East-Central Kansas
  • Santa Fe Trail
  • Southeast Kansas

    Kentucky

  • The Bluegrass
  • Central Kentucky
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Eastern Mountain Coal Fields
  • 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
  • Maryland Eastern Shore
  • Southern Maryland
  • Western Maryland
  • Capital Region

    Massachusetts

  • The Berkshires (map shown, right)
  • Cape Ann
  • Cape Cod
  • Central Massachusetts
  • Greater Boston
  • The Islands (includes Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket)
  • Merrimack Valley
  • MetroWest
  • North Shore
  • Pioneer Valley
  • South Coast
  • South Shore
  • Western Massachusetts

    Michigan

  • Lower 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
  • Missouri Bootheel
  • Natchez Trace
  • Northern 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
  • Sandhills
  • 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)
  • Seacoast Region
  • Monadnock Region
  • Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee
  • Lakes Region
  • White Mountains
  • Great North Woods
  • Western New Hampshire
  • Central New Hampshire

    New Jersey

  • North Jersey
  • Central Jersey
  • South Jersey
  • Jersey Shore

    New Mexico

  • Central New Mexico
  • New Mexico Bootheel
  • Eastern New Mexico
  • Northern New Mexico

    New York

  • Downstate New York

    North Carolina

  • Mountains
  • Piedmont
  • Coast

    North Dakota

  • Badlands
  • Missouri Escarpment
  • Missouri River Corridor
  • Red River Valley

    Ohio

  • Connecticut Western Reserve (historic, now defunct)
  • Extreme Northwest Ohio
  • Great Black Swamp (shared with Indiana)
  • Greater Cincinnati
  • Greater Cleveland
  • The Lake Erie Islands
  • Miami Valley
  • Central Ohio
  • Northeast Ohio
  • Northwest Ohio
  • Southeast Ohio

    Oklahoma

  • Arbuckle Country
  • Central Oklahoma
  • Cherokee Outlet
  • Green Country
  • Little Dixie
  • Northeastern Oklahoma
  • Northwestern Oklahoma
  • Southeastern Oklahoma
  • Southwestern Oklahoma
  • 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

  • Allegheny National Forest
  • Coal Region
  • Cumberland Valley
  • Delaware Valley
  • Dutch Country
  • Endless Mountains
  • Happy Valley
  • Pennsylvania Highlands
  • Laurel Highlands
  • Lehigh Valley
  • Northern Tier
  • Northeastern Pennsylvania
  • Northwest Region
  • Pittsburgh Metro Area
  • The Poconos
  • Susquehanna Valley
  • Wyoming Valley
  • Western Pennsylvania

    Rhode Island

  • Block Island
  • Blackstone River Valley
  • East Bay
  • West Bay
  • South County

    South Carolina

    Major Regions
  • The Upstate
  • The Midlands
  • The Lowcountry
    Travel/Tourism Regions
  • Grand Strand
  • Historic Charleston
  • 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
  • Metrolina

    South Dakota

  • The 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
  • Gulf Coast
  • East Texas
  • North Texas
  • Northeast Texas
  • Piney Woods
  • South Texas
  • Southeast Texas
  • Texas Urban Triangle
  • West Texas

    Utah

  • Cache Valley
  • Canyonlands Desert
  • 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

  • Appomattox Basin
  • 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
  • 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
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