Census Bureau: Difference between revisions

The United States Census Bureau defines four statistical regions, with nine divisions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/us_regdiv.pdf|access-date=February 3, 2016|author=United States Census Bureau, Geography Division|title=Census Regions and Divisions of the United States|url-status=dead|archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20130107113900/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/us_regdiv.pdf|archive-date=January 7, 2013}}</ref> The Census Bureau regions are "widely used...for data collection and analysis".<ref name=NEMS>"The National Energy Modeling System: An Overview 2003" (Report #:DOE/EIA-0581, October 2009). United States Department of Energy, [[Energy Information Administration]].</ref> The Census Bureau definition is pervasive.<ref>"The most widely used regional definitions follow those of the U.S. Bureau of the Census." Seymour Sudman and Norman M. Bradburn, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=8Ay2AAAAIAAJ Asking Questions: A Practical Guide to Questionnaire Design] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160515042215/https://books.google.com/books?id=8Ay2AAAAIAAJ |date=May 15, 2016 }}'' (1982). [[Jossey-Bass]]: p. 205.</ref><ref>"Perhaps the most widely used regional classification system is one developed by the U.S. Census Bureau." Dale M. Lewison, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=oPUJAQAAMAAJ Retailing] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160521063523/https://books.google.com/books?id=oPUJAQAAMAAJ&dq=ISBN9780134614274 |date=May 21, 2016 }}'', [[Prentice Hall]] (1997): p. 384. {{ISBN|978-0-13-461427-4}}</ref><ref>"(M)ost demographic and food consumption data are presented in this four-region format." Pamela Goyan Kittler, Kathryn P. Sucher, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=eKdbaMY5AHEC&pg=PA475 Food and Culture] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204040905/https://books.google.com/books?id=eKdbaMY5AHEC&lpg=PA475&pg=PA475 |date=December 4, 2016 }}'', [[Cengage Learning]] (2008): p. 475. {{ISBN|978-0495115410}}</ref> The [[Territories of the United States|territories]] are not included, but the [[Washington, D.C.|District of Columbia]] is.

* * Division 1: [[New England]] ([[Connecticut]], [[Maine]], [[Massachusetts]], [[New Hampshire]], [[Rhode Island]], and [[Vermont]])

* *  Division 2: [[Mid-Atlantic States|Mid-Atlantic]] ([[New Jersey]], [[New York (state)|New York]], and [[Pennsylvania]])

* * Division 3: [[East North Central States|East North Central]] ([[Illinois]], [[Indiana]], [[Michigan]], [[Ohio]], and [[Wisconsin]])

* *  Division 4: [[West North Central States|West North Central]] ([[Iowa]], [[Kansas]], [[Minnesota]], [[Missouri]], [[Nebraska]], [[North Dakota]], and [[South Dakota]])

Division 5: [[South Atlantic States|South Atlantic]] ([[Delaware]], the [[Washington, D.C.|District of Columbia]], [[Florida]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[Maryland]], [[North Carolina]], [[South Carolina]], [[Virginia]], and [[West Virginia]])

  Division 6: [[East South Central States|East South Central]] ([[Alabama]], [[Kentucky]], [[Mississippi (state)|Mississippi]], and [[Tennessee]])

  Division 7: [[West South Central States|West South Central]] ([[Arkansas]], [[Louisiana]], [[Oklahoma]], and [[Texas]])

Division 8: [[Mountain States|Mountain]] ([[Arizona]], [[Colorado]], [[Idaho]], [[Montana]], [[Nevada]], [[New Mexico]], [[Utah]], and [[Wyoming]])

  Division 9: [[Pacific States|Pacific]] ([[Alaska]], [[California]], [[Hawaii]], [[Oregon]], and [[Washington (state)|Washington]])