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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 the early days of the Republic. Although east of the [[Rocky Mountains|Rockies]], Texas is considered a Western state.]]
[[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''', commonly referred to as the '''American East''' or simply '''the East''', is a region roughly coinciding with the boundaries of the [[United States]] established in the [[Treaty of Paris (1783)|1783 Treaty of Paris]], which bounded the new country to the west along the [[Mississippi River]]. It is geographically diverse, spanning the [[Northeastern United States|Northeast]] and [[Southeastern United States|Southeast]] as well as the eastern part of the [[Central United States]].
In 2011 the 26 states east of the Mississippi (in addition to [[Washington, D.C.]] but not including the small portions of [[Louisiana]] and [[Minnesota]] east of the river) had an estimated population of 179,948,346 or 58.28% of the total [[U.S. population]] of 308,745,358 (excluding [[Puerto Rico]]).
==Southern United States==
{{main|Southern United States}}
The Southern United States constitutes a large region in the south-eastern and south-central United States, usually enumerated as the following: [[Kentucky]], [[Tennessee]], [[Virginia]], [[West Virginia]], [[Maryland]],{{dubious|date=March 2018}} [[North Carolina]], [[South Carolina]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[Florida]], [[Alabama]], [[Mississippi]], [[Arkansas]], and [[Louisiana]]; all of these are also considered to number among the Eastern United States.
Its unique cultural and historic heritage includes the following aspects:
* [[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 [[Slavery in the United States|enslaved]] Africans
* growth of a large proportion of [[African Americans]] in the population
* reliance on slave labor
* legacy of the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]] after the [[American Civil War]].
These led to "the South" developing distinctive customs, literature, musical styles, and varied cuisines, that have profoundly shaped traditional American culture.
Many aspects of the South's culture remain deeply rooted in the American Civil War.
In the last few decades,{{vague|date=March 2018}} the Southern US has been attracting domestic and international migrants, and the American South{{vague|date=March 2018}} is among the fastest-growing{{vague|date=March 2018}} areas in the 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 (state)|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 Colony|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]].
Historically an area in which parts were strongly [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]], it is now 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 [[United States presidential election, 1992|1992]], [[United States presidential election, 1996|1996]], [[United States presidential election, 2004|2004]], [[United States presidential election, 2008|2008]], [[United States presidential election, 2012|2012]] and [[United States presidential election, 2016|2016]] 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.
Seven states in the central and inland northeastern US, traditionally considered to be part of the Midwest, can also be classified as being part of the Eastern United States: [[Illinois]], [[Indiana]], [[Iowa]], [[Michigan]], [[Minnesota]], [[Ohio]], and [[Wisconsin]]. A 2006 Census Bureau estimate put the population at 66,217,736. 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]] [[missionary|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 studies|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 also traditionally referred to as belonging in part to the [[Great Plains]] 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: 8,622,698
Image:2009-09-18 3060x2040 chicago skyline.jpg|[[Chicago]]<br />population: 2,695,598
Image:Philadelphia skyline August 2007.jpg|[[Philadelphia]]<br />population: 1,567,827
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:WashMonument_WhiteHouse.jpg|[[Washington, D.C.]]<br />population: 703,608
Image:Bostonstraight.jpg|[[Boston]]<br />population: 667,137
Image:Memphis_skyline_from_the_air.jpg|[[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]]<br />population: 646,889
Image:Baltimore Harbor from rest.jpg|[[Baltimore]]<br />population: 611,648
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:Miamiatnightpink.jpg|[[Miami]]<br />population: 453,579
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]]<br />population: 403,892
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}}
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[[Category:Eastern United States| East]]
[[Category:Regions of the United States]]
[[Category:Articles containing video clips]]' |
New page wikitext, after the edit (new_wikitext) | '{{Unreference0ooooooooooooooooooooooood|date=October 2017}}
[[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 the early days of the Republic. Although east of the [[Rocky Mountains|Rockies]], Texas is considered a Western state.]]
[[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''', commonly referred to as the '''American East''' or simply '''the East''', is a region roughly coinciding with the boundaries of the [[United States]] established in the [[Treaty of Paris (1783)|1783 Treaty of Paris]], which bounded the new country to the west along the [[Mississippi River]]. It is geographically diverse, spanning the [[Northeastern United States|Northeast]] and [[Southeastern United States|Southeast]] as well as the eastern part of the [[Central United States]].
In 2011 the 26 states east of the Mississippi (in addition to [[Washington, D.C.]] but not including the small portions of [[Louisiana]] and [[Minnesota]] east of the river) had an estimated population of 179,948,346 or 58.28% of the total [[U.S. population]] of 308,745,358 (excluding [[Puerto Rico]]).
==Southern United States==
{{main|Southern United States}}
The Southern United States constitutes a large region in the south-eastern and south-central United States, usually enumerated as the following: [[Kentucky]], [[Tennessee]], [[Virginia]], [[West Virginia]], [[Maryland]],{{dubious|date=March 2018}} [[North Carolina]], [[South Carolina]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[Florida]], [[Alabama]], [[Mississippi]], [[Arkansas]], and [[Louisiana]]; all of these are also considered to number among the Eastern United States.
Its unique cultural and historic heritage includes the following aspects:
* [[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 [[Slavery in the United States|enslaved]] Africans
* growth of a large proportion of [[African Americans]] in the population
* reliance on slave labor
* legacy of the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]] after the [[American Civil War]].
These led to "the South" developing distinctive customs, literature, musical styles, and varied cuisines, that have profoundly shaped traditional American culture.
Many aspects of the South's culture remain deeply rooted in the American Civil War.
In the last few decades,{{vague|date=March 2018}} the Southern US has been attracting domestic and international migrants, and the American South{{vague|date=March 2018}} is among the fastest-growing{{vague|date=March 2018}} areas in the 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 (state)|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 Colony|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]].
Historically an area in which parts were strongly [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]], it is now 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 [[United States presidential election, 1992|1992]], [[United States presidential election, 1996|1996]], [[United States presidential election, 2004|2004]], [[United States presidential election, 2008|2008]], [[United States presidential election, 2012|2012]] and [[United States presidential election, 2016|2016]] 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.
Seven states in the central and inland northeastern US, traditionally considered to be part of the Midwest, can also be classified as being part of the Eastern United States: [[Illinois]], [[Indiana]], [[Iowa]], [[Michigan]], [[Minnesota]], [[Ohio]], and [[Wisconsin]]. A 2006 Census Bureau estimate put the population at 66,217,736. 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]] [[missionary|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 studies|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 also traditionally referred to as belonging in part to the [[Great Plains]] 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: 8,622,698
Image:2009-09-18 3060x2040 chicago skyline.jpg|[[Chicago]]<br />population: 2,695,598
Image:Philadelphia skyline August 2007.jpg|[[Philadelphia]]<br />population: 1,567,827
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:WashMonument_WhiteHouse.jpg|[[Washington, D.C.]]<br />population: 703,608
Image:Bostonstraight.jpg|[[Boston]]<br />population: 667,137
Image:Memphis_skyline_from_the_air.jpg|[[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]]<br />population: 646,889
Image:Baltimore Harbor from rest.jpg|[[Baltimore]]<br />population: 611,648
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:Miamiatnightpink.jpg|[[Miami]]<br />population: 453,579
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]]<br />population: 403,892
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]]' |
