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As defined by the United States Census Bureau, the Western region of the United States includes 13 states, [1] with a total 2020 population of 78,588,572. [3] The West is one of the most sparsely settled areas in the United States with 49.5 inhabitants per square mile (19.1 inhabitants/km 2).
The bottom of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in Arizona Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado. Together with the Pacific States of Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington, the Mountain states constitute the broader region of the West, one of the four regions the United States Census Bureau formally recognizes (the Northeast, South, and Midwest being the other three).
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.
Division totals – 9 divisions for 50 states and District of Columbia Region totals – 4 regions (2 or 3 divisions each) Individual territories Total U.S. territories 50 states + District of Columbia Divisions & regions as defined by U.S. Census Bureau Last col. shows larger region which contains entity in col. 1
The United States of America is a federal republic [1] consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States), five major territories, and various minor islands. [2] [3] Both the states and the United States as a whole are each sovereign jurisdictions. [4]
Regions of the Western United States. Subcategories. This category has the following 12 subcategories, out of 12 total. B. Basin and Range Province (10 C, 16 P) C.
The Intermountain West, or Intermountain Region, is a geographic and geological region of the Western United States. It is located between the Rocky Mountain Front on the east and the Cascade Range and Sierra Nevada on the west.
The West Coast of the United States, also known as the Pacific Coast and the Western Seaboard, is the coastline along which the Western United States meets the North Pacific Ocean. The term typically refers to the contiguous U.S. states of California, Oregon, and Washington, but it occasionally includes Alaska and Hawaii in