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Both the U.S. Census Bureau and Centers for Disease and Control have categorized Oklahoma as West South Central and South.
Region 2: Midwest (designated as the North Central Region before June 1984) [8] Division 3: East North Central (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin) Division 4: West North Central (Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota) Region 3: South
Oklahoma (/ ˌ oʊ k l ə ˈ h oʊ m ə / ⓘ OHK-lə-HOH-mə; [7] Choctaw: Oklahumma, pronounced) [8] is a landlocked state in the South Central region of the United States. [9] It borders Texas to the south and west, Kansas to the north, Missouri to the northeast, Arkansas to the east, New Mexico to the west, and Colorado to the northwest.
The Midwestern United States (also referred to as the Midwest, the Heartland or the American Midwest) is one of the four census regions defined by the United States Census Bureau. It occupies the northern central part of the United States. [1] It was officially named the North Central Region by the U.S. Census Bureau until 1984. [2]
Well, the term "Midwest" comes from the time when all the territories west of the Mississippi but in between the North and South were considered the West. #10 Image credits: @midwestern_ope
The brighter red and striped states may or may not be considered part of this region. The brighter red states (California, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado) are also classified as part of the West by the U.S. Census Bureau, though the striped states are not; Texas and Oklahoma are classified as part of the South. [1]
[33] [34] Oklahoma territory and Indian Territory would merge into the state of Oklahoma when it became the 46th U.S. state in 1907. [35] All of these states are usually considered to make up a larger part of the American South, both historically and culturally, as well as classified by the U.S. Census Bureau.
In recent weeks, several cities in Oklahoma have been devastated by tornadoes, like Sulphur, Marietta and Barnsdall, along with other states and communities in the South and Midwest.