I notice people describe parts of the US as like"the mid west""the south east", wheres an index I can look at?

Question

Is there something like an image that tells me the regions and stuff?

Answer 1

There is no official definition of the regions (or actually, there are several different official definitions).

Here is one.

http://library.thinkquest.org/4552/

Here is another

http://www.census.gov/geo/www/us_regdiv....

This one is good, because it hints at the overlaps.

http://geography.about.com/library/misc/...

A different spin...

http://www.mapsofworld.com/usa/usa-maps/...

Answer 2

Here's a regional map that divides the states up about right.

I think Delaware and Maryland should be in the Mid-Atlantic section though.  West Virginia is neither South nor North nor East.  Maybe it should have its own region.

http://www.census.gov/geo/www/us_regdiv....

Answer 3

Look at a map....the states in the northern eastern part is the NOrhteast, the ones in the middle on the atlantic ocean are the mid-atlantic states, the southe east are those states in the eastern, southern part of the country etc....it's really just common sense