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[164] [165] Also, the region as a whole has witnessed some of the highest population growth in the United States, and according to the US Census Bureau, in 2008–2009, Utah was the fastest-growing state in America. As of the 2010 Census, Nevada was the fastest-growing state in the United States, with an increase of 35.1% in the last ten years ...
U.S. Census Bureau regions and divisions. Since 1950, the United States Census Bureau defines four statistical regions, with nine divisions. [1] [2] The Census Bureau region definition is "widely used... for data collection and analysis", [3] and is the most commonly used classification system.
Another rough definition of the region is the area south of the Parallel 36°30′ north. [1] Several climates can be found in the region— desert / semi-desert ( Eastern California , Nevada , Arizona , New Mexico , Utah , and West Texas ), Mediterranean ( California ), humid subtropical ( Alabama , Mississippi , Louisiana , Florida , Georgia ...
It is between the Atlantic Ocean and the Western United States, with the Midwestern and Northeastern United States to its north and the Gulf of Mexico and Mexico to its south. Historically, the South was defined as all states south of the 18th-century Mason–Dixon line , the Ohio River , and the 36°30′ parallel . [ 3 ]
Border with Central African Republic near Deng, Logone Oriental region: 07°27′N Vietnam: Amboyna Cay (disputed) Hon Sao Island Cape Cà Mau (mainland) 07°51′N 08°25′N 08°35′N Sudan: Including Kafia Kingi [note 3] border with South Sudan south of Kurmuk, Blue Nile State: 08°41′N 09°30′N China
The term "United States," when used in the geographic sense, refers to the contiguous United States (sometimes referred to as the Lower 48, including the District of Columbia not as a state), Alaska, Hawaii, the five insular territories of Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and minor outlying possessions. [1]
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The Global Southwest is the southwestern region of the world. It mainly includes Latin America. [1] The term can also be used to refer to the interaction between the American South (or the southern border region in general) and Latin America (primarily with Mexico). [2] [3]