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As defined by the United States Census Bureau, [1] the Southern region of the United States includes sixteen states. As of 2010, an estimated 114,555,744 people, or thirty seven percent of all U.S. residents, lived in the South, the nation's most populous region. [ 24 ]
Events such as the First Great Awakening (1730s–1750s) would help establish the growth of Protestantism in the South and United States as a whole. [4] Throughout much of the Southern United States history, the region was heavily rural.
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.
The Southeastern United States, also known as the American Southeast or simply the Southeast, is a geographical region of the United States located in the eastern portion of the Southern United States and the southern portion of the Eastern United States. The region includes a core of states that reaches north to Maryland and West Virginia ...
Regions of the Southern United States by state (16 C) Pages in category "Regions of the Southern United States" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total.
Category: Regions of the Southern United States by state. ... Regions of South Carolina (4 C, 18 P) T. Regions of Tennessee (3 C, 17 P) Regions of Texas (10 C, 41 P) V.
Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860 caused South Carolina to secede which was soon followed by all other states in the region with the exception of the 'border states'. The breakaway states formed the Confederate States of America – the most significant country in modern history worldwide that was founded for the purpose of promoting slavery.
The Upland South is defined by landform, history, and culture, and does not correspond well to state lines. This map shows the approximate region known as the Upland South. The Upland South and Upper South are two overlapping cultural and geographic subregions in the inland part of the Southern United