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These states are then divided into 5 geographical regions: the Northeast, the Southeast, the Midwest, the Southwest, and the West, each with different climates, economies, and people. Map of the 5 US regions with state abbreviations, including Hawaii and Alaska (not to scale).
This is a list of some of the ways regions are defined in the United States. Many regions are defined in law or regulations by the federal government; others by shared culture and history, and others by economic factors.
A common way of referring to regions in the United States is grouping them into 5 regions according to their geographic position on the continent: the Northeast, Southwest, West, Southeast, and Midwest.
A multitiered hierarchy of culture areas might be postulated for the United States; but the most interesting levels are, first, the nation as a whole and, second, the five to 10 large subnational regions, each embracing several states or major portions thereof.
While there are some official government regions, such as those used by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Standard Federal Regions, most people use five major regions when dividing up the states. They are the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, and West.
There are four main regions in the US according to the Census Bureau including the northeast, midwest, south, and west, although some add more divisions. The south is a large economic driver, producing a large part of the country's GDP.
The United States map above is divided into five regions. These regions are the Pacific, Frontier, Midwest, South, and Northeast. The Pacific states consist of: Alaska; California; Hawaii; Nevada; Oregon; Washington; The mainland Pacific states have a time zone of eight hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). This is known as the Pacific ...