This is a list of some of the ways
regions
are defined in the
United States
. Many regions are defined in law or regulations by the federal government; others by shared culture and history, and others by economic factors.
Interstate regions
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Census Bureau?designated regions and divisions
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Since 1950, the
United States Census Bureau
defines four statistical regions, with nine divisions.
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The Census Bureau region definition is "widely used ... for data collection and analysis",
[3]
and is the most commonly used classification system.
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- Region 1:
Northeast
- Region 2:
Midwest
(designated as the
North Central Region
before June 1984)
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- Division 3:
East North Central
(
Illinois
,
Indiana
,
Michigan
,
Ohio
, and
Wisconsin
)
- Division 4:
West North Central
(
Iowa
,
Kansas
,
Minnesota
,
Missouri
,
Nebraska
,
North Dakota
, and
South Dakota
)
- Region 3:
South
- Division 5:
South Atlantic
(
Delaware
,
Florida
,
Georgia
,
Maryland
,
North Carolina
,
South Carolina
,
Virginia
,
Washington, D.C.
, and
West Virginia
)
- Division 6:
East South Central
(
Alabama
,
Kentucky
,
Mississippi
, and
Tennessee
)
- Division 7:
West South Central
(
Arkansas
,
Louisiana
,
Oklahoma
, and
Texas
)
- Region 4:
West
- Division 8:
Mountain
(
Arizona
,
Colorado
,
Idaho
,
Montana
,
Nevada
,
New Mexico
,
Utah
, and
Wyoming
)
- Division 9:
Pacific
(
Alaska
,
California
,
Hawaii
,
Oregon
, and
Washington
)
Puerto Rico and other US territories are not part of any census region or census division.
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Federal Reserve Banks
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The
Federal Reserve Act of 1913
divided the country into twelve districts with a central
Federal Reserve Bank
in each district. These twelve Federal Reserve Banks together form a major part of the
Federal Reserve System
, the
central banking
system of the United States.
Missouri
is the only
U.S. state
to have two Federal Reserve locations within its borders, but several other states are also divided between more than one district.
- Boston
- New York
- Philadelphia
- Cleveland
- Richmond
- Atlanta
- Chicago
- St. Louis
- Minneapolis
- Kansas City
- Dallas
- San Francisco
Time zones
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- UTC?12:00
(
Baker Island
,
Howland Island
)
- Samoa Time Zone
(
American Samoa
,
Jarvis Island
,
Kingman Reef
,
Midway Atoll
,
Palmyra Atoll
)
- Hawaii?Aleutian Time Zone
(
Hawaii
,
Aleutian Islands (Alaska)
,
Johnston Atoll
)
- Alaska Time Zone
(
Alaska
, excluding Aleutian Islands)
- Pacific Time Zone
- Arizona Time Zone
(excluding the
Navajo Nation
)
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- Mountain Time Zone
(excluding most parts of
Arizona
)
- Central Time Zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Atlantic Time Zone
(
Puerto Rico
,
U.S. Virgin Islands
)
- Chamorro Time Zone
(
Guam
,
Northern Mariana Islands
)
- Wake Island Time Zone
(
Wake Island
)
Courts of Appeals circuits
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The
Federal Circuit
is not a regional circuit. Its jurisdiction is nationwide but based on the subject matter.
Agency administrative regions
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In 1969, the
Office of Management and Budget
published a list of ten "Standard Federal Regions",
[11]
to which
Federal agencies
could be restructured as a means of standardizing government administration nationwide. Despite a finding in 1977 that this restructuring did not reduce administrative costs as initially expected,
[12]
and the complete rescinding of the standard region system in 1995,
[13]
several agencies continue to follow the system, including the
Environmental Protection Agency
[14]
and the
Department of Housing and Urban Development
.
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Regions and office locations
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Region I
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Office location:
Boston
States:
Connecticut
,
Maine
,
Massachusetts
,
New Hampshire
,
Rhode Island
, and
Vermont
Region II
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Office location:
New York City
States:
New York
,
New Jersey
,
Puerto Rico
, and the
U.S. Virgin Islands
Region III
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Office location:
Philadelphia
States:
Delaware
,
Maryland
,
Pennsylvania
,
Virginia
,
Washington, D.C.
, and
West Virginia
Region IV
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Office location:
Atlanta
States:
Alabama
,
Florida
,
Georgia
,
Kentucky
,
Mississippi
,
North Carolina
,
South Carolina
, and
Tennessee
Region V
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Office location:
Chicago
States:
Illinois
,
Indiana
,
Minnesota
,
Michigan
,
Ohio
, and
Wisconsin
Region VI
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Office location:
Dallas
States:
Arkansas
,
Louisiana
,
New Mexico
,
Oklahoma
, and
Texas
Region VII
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Office location:
Kansas City
States:
Iowa
,
Kansas
,
Missouri
, and
Nebraska
Region VIII
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Office location:
Denver
States:
Colorado
,
Montana
,
North Dakota
,
South Dakota
,
Utah
, and
Wyoming
Region IX
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Office location:
San Francisco
States:
Arizona
,
California
,
Hawaii
,
Nevada
,
Guam
, and
American Samoa
Region X
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Office location:
Seattle
States:
Alaska
,
Idaho
,
Oregon
, and
Washington
Bureau of Economic Analysis regions
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The
Bureau of Economic Analysis
defines regions for comparison of economic data.
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- New England:
Connecticut
,
Maine
,
Massachusetts
,
New Hampshire
,
Rhode Island
, and
Vermont
- Mideast:
Delaware
,
Maryland
,
New Jersey
,
New York
,
Pennsylvania
, and
Washington, D.C.
- Great Lakes:
Illinois
,
Indiana
,
Michigan
,
Ohio
, and
Wisconsin
- Plains:
Iowa
,
Kansas
,
Minnesota
,
Missouri
,
Nebraska
,
North Dakota
, and
South Dakota
- Southeast:
Alabama
,
Arkansas
,
Florida
,
Georgia
,
Kentucky
,
Louisiana
,
Mississippi
,
North Carolina
,
South Carolina
,
Tennessee
,
Virginia
, and
West Virginia
- Southwest:
Arizona
,
New Mexico
,
Oklahoma
, and
Texas
- Rocky Mountain:
Colorado
,
Idaho
,
Montana
,
Utah
, and
Wyoming
- Far West:
Alaska
,
California
,
Hawaii
,
Nevada
,
Oregon
, and
Washington
Unofficial regions
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Multi-state regions
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Multi-territory regions
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The Belts
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Interstate megalopolises
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Interstate metropolitan areas
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- Central Savannah River Area
(part of Georgia and South Carolina)
- Baltimore?Washington metropolitan area
(Washington, D.C. and parts of Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania)
- Greater Boston
(parts of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire)
- Charlotte metropolitan area
(parts of North Carolina and South Carolina)
- Chattanooga Metropolitan Area
- Chicago metropolitan area
(parts of Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin)
- Cincinnati metropolitan area
(parts of Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky)
- Columbus-Auburn-Opelika (GA-AL) Combined Statistical Area
(parts of Georgia and Alabama)
- Delaware Valley
(parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland)
- Evansville, IN?KY Metropolitan Statistical Area
(parts of Indiana and Kentucky)
- Fargo?Moorhead
(parts of North Dakota and Minnesota)
- Fort Smith metropolitan area
(parts of Arkansas and Oklahoma)
- Front Range Urban Corridor
(parts of Colorado and Wyoming)
- Greater Grand Forks
(part of Minnesota and North Dakota)
- Hartford-Springfield
(parts of Connecticut and Massachusetts)
- Kansas City metropolitan area
(parts of Missouri and Kansas)
- Louisville metropolitan area
(Kentuckiana) (parts of Kentucky and Indiana)
- Memphis metropolitan area
(parts of Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi)
- Michiana
(parts of Michigan and Indiana)
- Minneapolis?Saint Paul
(the Twin Cities) (parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin)
- New York metropolitan area
(parts of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania)
- Omaha?Council Bluffs metropolitan area
(parts of Nebraska and Iowa)
- Portland metropolitan area
(parts of Oregon and Washington)
- Quad Cities
(parts of Iowa and Illinois)
- Sacramento metropolitan area
(parts of California and Nevada)
- Greater St. Louis
(parts of Missouri and Illinois)
- Texarkana metropolitan area
(parts of Texas and Arkansas)
- Tri-Cities
(parts of Tennessee and Virginia)
- Twin Ports
(
Duluth, Minnesota
and
Superior, Wisconsin
)
- Hampton Roads region
(parts of Virginia and North Carolina)
- Youngstown?Warren?Boardman metropolitan statistical area
(parts of Ohio and Pennsylvania)
Intrastate and intraterritory regions
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Alabama
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Regions of
Alabama
include:
Alaska
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Regions of
Alaska
include:
American Samoa
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Regions of
American Samoa
include:
Arizona
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Regions of
Arizona
include:
Arkansas
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Regions of
Arkansas
include:
California
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Colorado
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Regions of
Colorado
include:
Connecticut
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Connecticut
has nine official planning regions, which operate as
councils of governments
and are recognized as
county equivalents
by the
U.S. Census Bureau
. The nine regions are:
Some of Connecticut's informal regions include:
Delaware
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Regions of
Delaware
include:
"Slower Lower":
District of Columbia
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Florida
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Directional regions of
Florida
include:
Local vernacular regions of Florida include:
Georgia
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Regions of
Georgia
include:
Physiographic regions
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Physiographic regions of Georgia include:
Guam
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Regions of
Guam
include:
Hawaii
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Regions of
Hawaii
include:
Idaho
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Regions of
Idaho
include:
Illinois
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Regions of
Illinois
include:
Indiana
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Regions of
Indiana
include:
Iowa
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Regions of
Iowa
include:
Kansas
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Regions of
Kansas
include:
Kentucky
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Regions of
Kentucky
include:
Louisiana
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Regions of
Louisiana
include:
Maine
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Regions of
Maine
include:
Maryland
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Regions of
Maryland
include:
Regions of Maryland shared with other states include:
Massachusetts
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Regions of
Massachusetts
include:
Michigan
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Regions of
Michigan
include:
Lower Peninsula
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Upper Peninsula
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Minnesota
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Regions of
Minnesota
include:
Mississippi
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Regions of
Mississippi
include:
Missouri
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Regions of
Missouri
include:
Montana
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Regions of
Montana
include:
Nebraska
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Regions of
Nebraska
include:
Nevada
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Regions of
Nevada
include:
New Hampshire
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Regions of
New Hampshire
include:
New Jersey
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Regions of
New Jersey
include:
New Mexico
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Regions of
New Mexico
include:
New York
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The nine regions of
New York
, as defined by the
Empire State Development Corporation
:
- Capital District
?
counties :
Albany
,
Columbia
,
Greene
,
Warren
,
Washington
,
Saratoga
,
Schenectady
,
Rensselaer
- Central New York
?
counties:
Cortland
,
Cayuga
,
Onondaga
,
Oswego
,
Madison
- Finger Lakes
?
counties:
Orleans
,
Genesee
,
Wyoming
,
Monroe
,
Livingston
,
Wayne
,
Ontario
,
Yates
,
Seneca
- Hudson Valley
?
counties:
Sullivan
,
Ulster
,
Dutchess
,
Orange
,
Putnam
,
Rockland
,
Westchester
- Long Island
?
counties:
Nassau
,
Suffolk
- Mohawk Valley
?
counties:
Oneida
,
Herkimer
,
Fulton
,
Montgomery
,
Otsego
,
Schoharie
- New York City
?
counties (boroughs):
New York
(
Manhattan
),
Bronx
(
The Bronx
),
Queens
(
Queens
),
Kings
(
Brooklyn
),
Richmond
(
Staten Island
)
- North Country
?
counties :
St. Lawrence
,
Lewis
,
Jefferson
,
Hamilton
,
Essex
,
Clinton
,
Franklin
- Southern Tier
?
counties:
Steuben
,
Schuyler
,
Chemung
,
Tompkins
,
Tioga
,
Chenango
,
Broome
,
Delaware
- Western New York
?
counties:
Niagara
,
Erie
,
Chautauqua
,
Cattaraugus
,
Allegany
Regions of
New York
state include:
North Carolina
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Regions of
North Carolina
include:
North Dakota
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Regions of
North Dakota
include:
Northern Mariana Islands
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Regions of the
Northern Mariana Islands
include:
Ohio
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Regions of
Ohio
include:
Oklahoma
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Regions of
Oklahoma
include:
Oregon
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Regions of
Oregon
include:
Pennsylvania
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Regions of
Pennsylvania
include:
Puerto Rico
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Regions of
Puerto Rico
include:
Rhode Island
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Regions of
Rhode Island
include:
South Carolina
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Regions of
South Carolina
include:
- Other geographical distinctions:
South Dakota
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Regions of
South Dakota
include:
Tennessee
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The Grand Divisions of
Tennessee
include:
Texas
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Regions of
Texas
include:
U.S. Minor Outlying Islands
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Regions of
United States Minor Outlying Islands
include:
U.S. Virgin Islands
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Regions of
United States Virgin Islands
include:
Utah
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Regions of
Utah
include:
Vermont
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Regions of
Vermont
include:
Virginia
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Regions of
Virginia
include:
Washington
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Regions of
Washington
include:
West Virginia
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Regions of
West Virginia
include:
Wisconsin
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Wisconsin
is divided into
five geographic regions
:
Wyoming
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Regions of
Wyoming
include:
See also
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Explanatory notes
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References
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- ^
"Statistical Groupings of States and Counties"
(PDF)
.
census.gov
. United States Census Bureau
. Retrieved
December 16,
2020
.
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United States Census Bureau, Geography Division.
"Census Regions and Divisions of the United States"
(PDF)
. Retrieved
January 10,
2013
.
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"The National Energy Modeling System: An Overview 2003" (Report #: DOE/EIA-0581, October 2009). United States Department of Energy,
Energy Information Administration
.
- ^
"The most widely used regional definitions and follow those of the U.S. Bureau of the Census." Seymour Sudman and Norman M. Bradburn,
Asking Questions: A Practical Guide to Questionnaire Design
(1982).
Jossey-Bass
: p. 205.
- ^
"Perhaps the most widely used regional classification system is one developed by the U.S. Census Bureau." Dale M. Lewison,
Retailing
,
Prentice Hall
(1997): p. 384.
ISBN
978-0-13-461427-4
- ^
"[M]ost demographic and food consumption data are presented in this four-region format." Pamela Goyan Kittler, Kathryn P. Sucher,
Food and Culture
,
Cengage Learning
(2008): p.475.
ISBN
9780495115410
- ^
"Census Bureau Regions and Divisions with State FIPS Codes"
(PDF)
. US Census Bureau. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on September 21, 2013
. Retrieved
June 20,
2010
.
- ^
"Census Bureau Regions and Divisions with State FIPS Codes"
(PDF)
. US Census Bureau. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on September 21, 2013
. Retrieved
June 20,
2010
.
- ^
"Geographic Terms and Concepts - Census Divisions and Census Regions"
. US Census Bureau
. Retrieved
August 19,
2015
.
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"No DST in Most of Arizona"
.
www.timeanddate.com
. Retrieved
August 14,
2020
.
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Standard Federal Regions
,
Office of Management and Budget
, 1969, Circular A-105
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Office of Management and Budget
(August 17, 1977),
Standardized Federal Regions: Little Effect on Agency Management of Personnel
,
Government Accountability Office
, FPCD-77-39
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60
FR
15171
- ^
Williams, Dennis C. (March 1993),
Why Are Our Regional Offices and Labs Located Where They Are? A Historical Perspective on Siting
,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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HUD's Regions
,
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
, September 20, 2017
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"BEA Regions"
. Bureau of Economic Analysis. February 18, 2004
. Retrieved
December 27,
2012
.
- ^
The World Factbook
CIA World Factbook - American Samoa. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
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