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As defined by the United States Census Bureau, [1] the Southern region of the United States includes sixteen states. As of 2010, an estimated 114,555,744 people, or thirty seven percent of all U.S. residents, lived in the South, the nation's most populous region. [24] The Census Bureau defined three smaller divisions:
Conversely, southern Ohio and southern Indiana are highly Southern in comparison to most of the Midwest, as is the "Little Egypt" region of southern Illinois. [ citation needed ] Some sources treat Southern Indiana as essentially the upper tip of Upland South culture, while others maintain that Southern culture, while significant, is not ...
Tampa is the 13th-largest city in the region, and part of the region's fourth-largest metropolitan area. These are the largest cities in the Southeastern region of the United States by population, according to the United States Census Bureau in 2015: [ 11 ]
The 430-mile trail runs through southern Missouri and into northern Arkansas, passing through springs, caves and rolling hills, and can be tackled as a multi-day hike or a more gentle walk through ...
The conservative Southern Democrats – the Dixiecrats – took control of the state parties in half the region and ran Strom Thurmond for president against Truman. Thurmond carried only the Deep South, but that threat was enough to guarantee the national Democratic Party in 1952 and 1956 would not make civil rights a major issue.
The Deep South or the Lower South is a cultural and geographic subregion of the Southern United States. The term was first used to describe the states which were most economically dependent on plantations and slavery , specifically Louisiana , Mississippi , Alabama , Georgia , and South Carolina .
The Upland South is defined by landform, history, and culture, and does not correspond well to state lines. This map shows the approximate region known as the Upland South. The Upland South and Upper South are two overlapping cultural and geographic subregions in the inland part of the Southern United
The South Atlantic United States form one of the nine Census Bureau Divisions within the United States that are recognized by the United States Census Bureau. This region, U.S. Census Bureau Region 3, Division 5, corresponds to the South (states/areas that were geographically part of the Thirteen Colonies) with the addition of Florida.