Division

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-000535",
  "term": "Division",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "definition": "A grouping of states and the District of Columbia within a census geographic region, established by the Census Bureau for the presentation of census data. The nine divisions are subdivisions of the four census geographic regions.\n\n• Division 1\nNew England Division: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island\n\n• Division 2\nMiddle Atlantic Division: New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania\n\n• Division 3\nEast North Central Division: Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois\n\n• Division 4\nWest North Central Division: North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota\n\n• Division 5\nSouth Atlantic Division: Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, District of Columbia\n\n• Division 6\nEast South Central Division: Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi\n\n• Division 7\nWest South Central Division: Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana\n\n• Division 8\nMountain Division: Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico\n\n• Division 9\nPacific Division: Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska, Hawaii\n\nPuerto Rico and the Island Areas do not belong to any division.",
  "see_also": [
    "Region"
  ],
  "references": [
    "U.S. Census Bureau Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/division/"
}