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[[File:UnitedStatesExpansion.png|thumb|300px|The area ceded to the United States by Great Britain in 1783 (light brown) is usually recognized as the Eastern United States. Louisiana and Florida acquisitions were recognized as the Western and Southern frontiers in early days of the Republic. Although east of the Rockies, Texas is considered Western.]]
[[File:Aurora Borealis and eastern United States at Night.ogv|thumb|300px|This video was taken by the crew of [[Expedition 29]] on board the [[International Space Station|ISS]]. The pass goes over the eastern United States.]]
The '''Eastern United States''' or '''the American East''', is today defined by some as the states east of the [[Mississippi River]], and is traditionally divided by the [[Ohio River]] and [[Appalachian Mountains]] into '''[[Southern United States|the South]]''', '''[[Northwest Territory|the Old Northwest]]''' and '''[[Northeastern United States|the Northeast]]'''. The first two tiers of states west of the [[Mississippi]] have traditionally been considered part of the West, but can be amalgamated with states of the Old Northwest into what the [[Census Bureau]] defines as the [[Midwestern United States]]. It has been considered part of the Eastern [[United States]] in regional models that exclude a [[Central United States|Central]] region. {{clarify|date=December 2010}}
As of 2011, the estimated population of the 26 states east of the [[Mississippi]] (not including the small portions of [[Minnesota]] and [[Louisiana]] that are east of the river) plus [[Washington, D.C.]] totals 179,948,346 out of 308,745,358 in the whole nation (excluding the territory of [[Puerto Rico]]), or 58.28% of the [[U.S. population]].
==Southern United States==
{{main|Southern United States}}
The Southern [[United States]] constitutes a large region in the south-eastern and south-central United States. Because of the region's unique cultural and historic heritage, including [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]]; early European settlements of English, Scots-Irish, Scottish and German heritage ; importation of hundreds of thousands of enslaved Africans; growth of a large proportion of African Americans in the population, reliance on slave labor, and legacy of the Confederacy after the [[American Civil War]], the South developed its own customs, literature, musical styles, and varied cuisines, that have profoundly shaped traditional American culture.The South's culture is deeply rooted in the American Civil War.
In the last few decades, the Southern US has been attracting internal and international migrants. The [[American South]] is among the fastest-growing areas in the United States.
[[Kentucky]], [[Tennessee]], [[Virginia]], [[West Virginia]], [[Maryland]], [[North Carolina]], [[South Carolina]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[Alabama]], [[Mississippi]], [[Florida]], and [[Louisiana]] are parts of the Eastern United States which make up the area often known as the Southern United States.
==New England==
{{main|New England}}
New England is a region of the United States located in the northeastern corner of the country, bounded by the [[Atlantic Ocean]], [[Canada]] and the state of [[New York]], consisting of the modern states of [[Maine]], [[New Hampshire]], [[Vermont]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Rhode Island]], and [[Connecticut]].
In one of the earliest English settlements in the [[New World]], English [[Pilgrims]] from Europe first settled in New England in 1620, in the colony of [[Plymouth]]. In the late 18th century, the New England colonies would be among the first North American British colonies to demonstrate ambitions of independence from the [[British Crown]], although they would later threaten secession over the [[War of 1812]] between the United States and Britain.
New England produced the first examples of American literature and philosophy and was home to the beginnings of free public education. In the 19th century, it played a prominent role in the movement to abolish [[slavery in the United States]]. It was the first region of the United States to be transformed by the [[Industrial Revolution]].
It is a region with one of the highest levels of support for the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] in the United States, with the majority of voters in every state voting for the Democrats in the 1992, 1996, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Presidential elections, and every state but New Hampshire voting for [[Al Gore]] in 2000.
==The Midwest==
{{main|Midwestern United States}}
The Midwestern United States (in the U.S. generally referred to as the Midwest) is one of the four geographic regions within the United States that are recognized by the United States Census Bureau.
The region consists of seven states in the central and inland northeastern US: [[Illinois]], [[Indiana]], [[Iowa]], [[Michigan]], [[Minnesota]], [[Ohio]], and [[Wisconsin]]. A 2006 Census Bureau estimate put the population at 66,217,736. Both the geographic center of the contiguous U.S. and the population center of the U.S. are in the Midwest. The United States Census Bureau divides this region into the East North Central States (essentially the [[Great Lakes]] States) and the West North Central States.
[[Chicago]] is the largest city in the region, followed by [[Indianapolis]] and [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]]. Chicago has the largest metropolitan statistical area, followed by Detroit, and [[Minneapolis – Saint Paul]]. [[Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan|Sault Ste. Marie]], Michigan is the oldest city in the region, having been founded by [[French people|French]] [[missionaries]] and explorers in 1668.
The term Midwest has been in common use for over 100 years. Another term sometimes applied to the same general region is "the heartland". Other designations for the region have fallen into disuse, such as the "Northwest" or "Old Northwest" (from "Northwest Territory") and "Mid-America". Since the book Middletown appeared in 1929, [[sociologists]] have often used Midwestern cities (and the Midwest generally) as "typical" of the entire nation. The region has a higher [[employment-to-population ratio]] (the percentage of employed people at least 16 years old) than the Northeast, the West, the South, or the Sun Belt states.
Four of the states associated with the Midwestern United States ([[Kansas]], [[Nebraska]], [[North Dakota]], and [[South Dakota]]) are traditionally referred to as belonging to the [[Great Plains]] region. However, in recent years they are often included in the Midwestern region.
==Major population centers==
The following is a list of the 24 [[List of United States cities by population|largest cities]] in the East by population: <center>
<gallery>
Image:Top_of_Rock_Cropped.jpg|[[New York City]]<br />population: 8,175,133
Image:2009-09-18 3060x2040 chicago skyline.jpg|[[Chicago]]<br />population: 2,695,598
Image:Philadelphia skyline August 2007.jpg|[[Philadelphia]]<br />population: 1,526,006
Image:JacksonvilleSkyline.jpg|[[Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville]]<br />population: 821,784
Image:Downtown indy from parking garage zoom.JPG|[[Indianapolis]]<br />population: 820,445
Image:Columbus-ohio-skyline-panorama.jpg|[[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]]<br />population: 787,033
Image:Skyline of Charlotte, North Carolina (2005).jpg|[[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]]<br />population: 731,424
Image:DetroitSkyline.jpg|[[Detroit]]<br />population: 713,777
Image:Memphis_skyline_from_the_air.jpg|[[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]]<br />population: 646,889
Image:Baltimore Harbor from rest.jpg|[[Baltimore]]<br />population: 620,961
Image:Bostonstraight.jpg|[[Boston]]<br />population: 617,594
Image:WashMonument_WhiteHouse.jpg|[[Washington, D.C.]]<br />population: 601,723
Image:Nashville panorama Kaldari 01.jpg|[[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]]<br />population: 601,222
Image:LouisvilleNightSkyline2-small.jpg|[[Louisville, Kentucky]]<br />population: 597,337
Image:Milwaukee skyline.jpg|[[Milwaukee]]<br />population: 594,833
Image:Virginia Beach from Fishing Pier.jpg|[[Virginia Beach, Virginia]]<br />population: 437,994
Image:Midtownatlanta.jpg|[[Atlanta]]<br />population: 420,003
Image:Downtown-Raleigh-from-Western-Boulevard-Overpass-20081012.jpeg|[[Raleigh, North Carolina]]<br />population: 403,892
Image:Miamiatnightpink.jpg|[[Miami]]<br />population: 399,457
Image:Downtown Cleveland.JPG|[[Cleveland]]<br />population: 396,815
Image:TampaSkyline.jpg|[[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]]<br />population: 335,709
Image:PittSkyline082904.jpg|[[Pittsburgh]]<br />population: 305,704
Image:Cincinnati oh skyline.jpg|[[Cincinnati]]<br />population: 296,943
Image:LexingtonDowntown.JPG|[[Lexington, Kentucky]]<br />population: 295,803
</gallery>
</center>
==See also==
* [[East Coast of the United States]]
* [[Eastern Canada]]
* [[Territories of the United States on stamps]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
{{Commons category|Eastern United States}}
{{Regions of the United States}}
{{Coord|38|N|82|W|region:US_type:adm1st|display=title}}
[[Category:Eastern United States| East]]
[[Category:Regions of the United States]]
[[Category:Articles containing video clips]]' |
New page wikitext, after the edit (new_wikitext) | '{{Unreferenced|date=February 2007}}
[[File:UnitedStatesExpansion.png|thumb|300px|The area ceded to the United States by Great Britain in 1783 (light brown) is usually recognized as the Eastern United States. Louisiana and Florida acquisitions were recognized as the Western and Southern frontiers in early days of the Republic. Although east of the Rockies, Texas is considered Western.]]
[[File:Aurora Borealis and eastern United States at Night.ogv|thumb|300px|This video was taken by the crew of [[Expedition 29]] on board the [[International Space Station|ISS]]. The pass goes over the eastern United States.]]
The '''Eastern United States''' or '''the American East''', is today defined by some as the states east of the [[Mississippi River]], and is traditionally divided by the [[Ohio River]] and [[Appalachian Mountains]] into '''[[Southern United States|the South]]''', '''[[Northwest Territory|the Old Northwest]]''' and '''[[Northeastern United States|the Northeast]]'''. The first two tiers of states west of the [[Mississippi]] have traditionally been considered part of the West, but can be amalgamated with states of the Old Northwest into what the [[Census Bureau]] defines as the [[Midwestern United States]]. It has been considered part of the Eastern [[United States]] in regional models that exclude a [[Central United States|Central]] region. {{clarify|date=December 2010}}
As of 2011, the estimated population of the 26 states east of the [[Mississippi]] (not including the small portions of [[Minnesota]] and [[Louisiana]] that are east of the river) plus [[Washington, D.C.]] totals 179,948,346 out of 308,745,358 in the whole nation (excluding the territory of [[Puerto Rico]]), or 58.28% of the [[U.S. population]].
==Southern United States==
{{main|Southern United States}}
The Southern [[United States]] constitutes a large region in the south-eastern and south-central United States. Because of the region's unique cultural and historic heritage, including [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]]; early European settlements of English, Scots-Irish, Scottish and German heritage ; importation of hundreds of thousands of enslaved Africans; growth of a large proportion of African Americans in the population, reliance on slave labor, and legacy of the Confederacy after the [[American Civil War]], the South developed its own customs, literature, musical styles, and varied cuisines, that have profoundly shaped traditional American culture.The South's culture is deeply rooted in the American Civil War.
In the last few decades, the Southern US has been attracting internal and international migrants. The [[American South]] is among the fastest-growing areas in the United States.
[[Kentucky]], [[Tennessee]], [[Virginia]], [[West Virginia]], [[Maryland]], [[North Carolina]], [[South Carolina]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[Alabama]], [[Mississippi]], [[Florida]], and [[Louisiana]] are parts of the Eastern United States which make up the area often known as the Southern United States.
==New England==
{{main|New England}}
New England is a region of the United States located in the northeastern corner of the country, bounded by the [[Atlantic Ocean]], [[Canada]] and the state of [[New York]], consisting of the modern states of [[Maine]], [[New Hampshire]], [[Vermont]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Rhode Island]], and [[Connecticut]].
In one of the earliest English settlements in the [[New World]], English [[Pilgrims]] from Europe first settled in New England in 1620, in the colony of [[Plymouth]]. In the late 18th century, the New England colonies would be among the first North American British colonies to demonstrate ambitions of independence from the [[British Crown]], although they would later threaten secession over the [[War of 1812]] between the United States and Britain.
New England produced the first examples of American literature and philosophy and was home to the beginnings of free public education. In the 19th century, it played a prominent role in the movement to abolish [[slavery in the United States]]. It was the first region of the United States to be transformed by the [[Industrial Revolution]].
It is a region with one of the highest levels of support for the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] in the United States, with the majority of voters in every state voting for the Democrats in the 1992, 1996, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Presidential elections, and every state but New Hampshire voting for [[Al Gore]] in 2000.
==The Midwest==
{{main|Midwestern United States}}
The Midwestern United States (in the U.S. generally referred to as the Midwest) is one of dick the four geographic regions within the United States that are recognized by the United States Census Bureau.
The region consists of seven states in the central and inland northeastern US: [[Illinois]], [[Indiana]], [[Iowa]], [[Michigan]], [[Minnesota]], [[Ohio]], and [[Wisconsin]]. A 2006 Census Bureau estimate put the population at 66,217,736. Both the geographic center of the contiguous U.S. and the population center of the U.S. are in the Midwest. The United States Census Bureau divides this region into the East North Central States (essentially the [[Great Lakes]] States) and the West North Central States.
[[Chicago]] is the largest city in the region, followed by [[Indianapolis]] and [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]]. Chicago has the largest metropolitan statistical area, followed by Detroit, and [[Minneapolis – Saint Paul]]. [[Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan|Sault Ste. Marie]], Michigan is the oldest city in the region, having been founded by [[French people|French]] [[missionaries]] and explorers in 1668.
The term Midwest has been in common use for over 100 years. Another term sometimes applied to the same general region is "the heartland". Other designations for the region have fallen into disuse, such as the "Northwest" or "Old Northwest" (from "Northwest Territory") and "Mid-America". Since the book Middletown appeared in 1929, [[sociologists]] have often used Midwestern cities (and the Midwest generally) as "typical" of the entire nation. The region has a higher [[employment-to-population ratio]] (the percentage of employed people at least 16 years old) than the Northeast, the West, the South, or the Sun Belt states.
Four of the states associated with the Midwestern United States ([[Kansas]], [[Nebraska]], [[North Dakota]], and [[South Dakota]]) are traditionally referred to as belonging to the [[Great Plains]] region. However, in recent years they are often included in the Midwestern region.
==Major population centers==
The following is a list of the 24 [[List of United States cities by population|largest cities]] in the East by population: <center>
<gallery>
Image:Top_of_Rock_Cropped.jpg|[[New York City]]<br />population: 8,175,133
Image:2009-09-18 3060x2040 chicago skyline.jpg|[[Chicago]]<br />population: 2,695,598
Image:Philadelphia skyline August 2007.jpg|[[Philadelphia]]<br />population: 1,526,006
Image:JacksonvilleSkyline.jpg|[[Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville]]<br />population: 821,784
Image:Downtown indy from parking garage zoom.JPG|[[Indianapolis]]<br />population: 820,445
Image:Columbus-ohio-skyline-panorama.jpg|[[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]]<br />population: 787,033
Image:Skyline of Charlotte, North Carolina (2005).jpg|[[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]]<br />population: 731,424
Image:DetroitSkyline.jpg|[[Detroit]]<br />population: 713,777
Image:Memphis_skyline_from_the_air.jpg|[[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]]<br />population: 646,889
Image:Baltimore Harbor from rest.jpg|[[Baltimore]]<br />population: 620,961
Image:Bostonstraight.jpg|[[Boston]]<br />population: 617,594
Image:WashMonument_WhiteHouse.jpg|[[Washington, D.C.]]<br />population: 601,723
Image:Nashville panorama Kaldari 01.jpg|[[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]]<br />population: 601,222
Image:LouisvilleNightSkyline2-small.jpg|[[Louisville, Kentucky]]<br />population: 597,337
Image:Milwaukee skyline.jpg|[[Milwaukee]]<br />population: 594,833
Image:Virginia Beach from Fishing Pier.jpg|[[Virginia Beach, Virginia]]<br />population: 437,994
Image:Midtownatlanta.jpg|[[Atlanta]]<br />population: 420,003
Image:Downtown-Raleigh-from-Western-Boulevard-Overpass-20081012.jpeg|[[Raleigh, North Carolina]]<br />population: 403,892
Image:Miamiatnightpink.jpg|[[Miami]]<br />population: 399,457
Image:Downtown Cleveland.JPG|[[Cleveland]]<br />population: 396,815
Image:TampaSkyline.jpg|[[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]]<br />population: 335,709
Image:PittSkyline082904.jpg|[[Pittsburgh]]<br />population: 305,704
Image:Cincinnati oh skyline.jpg|[[Cincinnati]]<br />population: 296,943
Image:LexingtonDowntown.JPG|[[Lexington, Kentucky]]<br />population: 295,803
</gallery>
</center>
==See also==
* [[East Coast of the United States]]
* [[Eastern Canada]]
* [[Territories of the United States on stamps]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
{{Commons category|Eastern United States}}
{{Regions of the United States}}
{{Coord|38|N|82|W|region:US_type:adm1st|display=title}}
[[Category:Eastern United States| East]]
[[Category:Regions of the United States]]
[[Category:Articles containing video clips]]' |
