List of regions of the United States

This list of regions of the United States includes official governmental, nonofficial and defunct named areas within the borders of the United States.

Table of contents

1 Interstate regions 1.1 Official U.S. regions 1.2 Unoffical U.S. regions 1.2.1 The "Belts" 1.3 Official regions no longer in use 1.3.2 Former U.S. Territories 1.4 Interstate metropolitan areas 2 Intrastate regions 2.5 Official state regions 2.5.3 California 2.6 Unofficial state regions 2.6.4 California 2.6.5 Indiana 2.6.6 Kentucky 2.6.7 Michigan 2.6.8 Tennessee 2.6.9 Texas 2.6.10 West Virginia 3 Uncategorized 4 See also

Interstate regions

Official U.S. regions

• Census Bureau designated areas
  • U.S. Midwest
  • U.S. Northeast
  • U.S. South
  • U.S. West
• Time Zones as set by Congress in 1918 as amended in 1986 (listed west to east)
  • Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time Zone
  • Alaska Standard Time Zone
  • Pacific Standard Time Zone
  • Mountain Standard Time Zone
  • Central Standard Time Zone
  • Eastern Standard Time Zone

Unoffical U.S. regions

• Acadiana
• Appalachia
• Cascadia
• Deep South
• Four Corners
• Great Lakes region
• Interior Plains
  • Great Plains
• Mid-Atlantic
• New England
• Pacific Northwest
• The South
• Southwest
• Upper Midwest

The "Belts"

• Bible Belt
• Borscht Belt
• Corn Belt
• Rust Belt
• Sun Belt

Official regions no longer in use

• Trans-Mississippi

Former U.S. Territories

• Indian Territory
• Indiana Territory
• Northwest Territory
• Oklahoma Territory
• Michigan Territory
• Dakota Territory

Interstate metropolitan areas

• Chicagoland
• Delaware Valley

Intrastate regions

Official state regions

California

• Sacramento Valley
• San Joaquin Valley

Unofficial state regions

California

• Central Valley
• Northern California
  • San Francisco Bay Area
• Southern California
  • Inland Empire
  • The Southland

Indiana

• Lake Region

Kentucky

• Northern Kentucky

Michigan

• Lower Peninsula
• Upper Peninsula

Tennessee

• East Tennessee
• Middle Tennessee
• West Tennessee

Texas

• Central Texas
• East Texas
• Texas Panhandle

West Virginia

• Eastern Panhandle
• Northern Panhandle

Uncategorized

• Old Northwest
• Piedmont

See also

• United States metropolitan area