Northeastern United States
Sign in to saveAlso known as North East United States, Northeast, Northeast U.S., U.S. Northeast, Northeast US, American Northeast, The Northeastern United States, Northeastern USA
region of the United States
Key facts
- Subregions
- New England Mid-Atlantic
- Country
- United States
- States
- Maine , New Hampshire , Vermont , Massachusetts , Rhode Island , Connecticut , New York , New Jersey , and Pennsylvania
- Region
- 181,324 sq mi (469,630 km )
- Land
- 162,257 sq mi (420,240 km )
- Water
- 19,067 sq mi (49,380 km ) 9.51%
- Urban
- 74,800 sq mi (194,000 km )
- Highest elevation mount washington new h
- 6,288.3 ft (1,916.66 m)
- Lowest elevation atlantic ocean
- 0 ft (0 m)
- Density
- 355.049/sq mi (137.085/km )
- Demonym s
- Northeasterner, Yankee
- Per capita
- $88,600 (2022)
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 ( EDT )
- Largest city
- New York City
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- United States
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Encyclopedic overview
The Northeastern United States (also referred to as the Northeast, the East Coast, or the American Northeast) form one of the four census regions defined by the United States Census Bureau. Located on the Atlantic coast of North America, the region borders Canada to its north, the Southern United States to its south, the Midwestern United States to its west, and the Atlantic Ocean to its east.
The Northeast is one of the four regions defined by the U.S. Census Bureau for the collection and analysis of statistics. The Census Bureau defines the region as including the six New England states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont, and three lower Northeast states of New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. Some expanded definitions of the region include Mid-Atlantic locations such as Delaware, Maryland, Northern Virginia, and Washington, D.C.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Northeastern United States” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.