Region

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-001608",
  "term": "Region",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "definition": "Four groupings of states and the District of Columbia (Northeast, South, Midwest, and West) established by the Census Bureau in 1942 for the presentation of census data.\n\n• Region 1\nNortheast Region: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania\n\n• Region 2\nMidwest Region: North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio\n\n• Region 3\nSouth Region: Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, District of Columbia\n\n• Region 4\nWest Region: Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Alaska, Hawaii\n\nPuerto Rico and the Island areas are not part of any region.",
  "see_also": [
    "Division",
    "Island Areas",
    "Outlying areas"
  ],
  "references": [
    "U.S. Census Bureau Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/region/"
}