Regional definitions vary from source to source. The states shown in dark red are included in the United States Census Bureau's definition and the traditional definition, while all or portions of the striped states may or may not be considered part of the Mid-Atlantic.

The Mid-Atlantic States (also called Middle Atlantic States or simply Mid Atlantic) form one of the nine geographic divisions within the United States that are officially recognized by the United States Census Bureau. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census The division consists of three states: New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern ^[1] This definition corresponds with the region's traditional definition as the section of the Atlantic Seaboard between New England and the South. The East Coast of the United States, also known as the "Eastern Seaboard" or "Atlantic Seaboard" refers to the easternmost coastal states in the central and northern History See also History of New England New England's earliest inhabitants were Algonquian -speaking Native Americans including the The Southern United States &mdashcommonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South &mdashconstitutes a large distinctive However, many people consider the Mid-Atlantic to be the states south of the Northeast, centered in Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia . The Northeast is a region of the United States. As defined by the U Delaware ( is a state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state

The traditional Mid-Atlantic States comprise the most densely-populated of the nine U. S. regions, and anchor the megalopolis which runs from Boston to Washington, D.C.. Northeastern_United_States#The_Northeast_as_a_megalopolis BosWash (also referred to as BoWash, BosNYwash, the Northeast Corridor, the Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D The southeastern part of New York State, eastern Pennsylvania, and all of New Jersey combine to form the bulk of the moral region of the Metropolis, according to socio-political geographers James Patterson and Peter Kim, co-authors of the 1991 book The Day America Told The Truth. A metropolis (from the Greek μήτηρ mētēr meaning 'mother' and πόλις pólis meaning 'city/town' is a big City, in most cases with James B Patterson (born March 22, 1947) is an American Author. (Metropolis begins in the southern Connecticut suburbs of New York City and stretches along the Eastern seaboard to the suburbs of Washington, D.C.). Connecticut ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The City of New York Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D The book classifies the remainder of New York State and Pennsylvania in the Rust Belt. The Rust Belt, sometimes called the Manufacturing Belt, is an area in parts of the Northeastern United States, Mid-Atlantic States, and portions of the

History

From early colonial times, the Mid-Atlantic region was settled by a wider range of European peoples than in New England or the South. The New Netherland settlement along the Hudson River in New York and New Jersey, and for a time New Sweden along the Delaware River in Delaware, divided the two great bulwarks of English settlement from each other. New Netherland (Dutch Nieuw-Nederland, Latin Novum Belgium or Nova Belgica) 1614–1674 is the name of the former Dutch territory on the eastern coast New Sweden ( Nya Sverige in Swedish and Uusi-Ruotsi in Finnish) was a small Swedish settlement along the Delaware River The original English settlements in the region notably provided refuge to religious minorities, Maryland to Roman Catholics, and Pennsylvania to the Friends and the mostly Anabaptist Pennsylvania Dutch. The Pennsylvania Dutch (perhaps more strictly Pennsylvania Deitsch, Pennsylvania Germans or Pennsylvania Deutsch) are the descendants of German In time, all these settlements fell under English control, but the region continued to be a magnet for people of diverse nationalities.

Early settlers were mostly farmers and traders and fishermen, and the region, called the Middle Colonies, served as a strategic bridge between North and South. Middle Colonies were a part of the original Thirteen Colonies that would later become The United States of America. Philadelphia, midway between the northern and southern colonies, was home to the Continental Congress, the convention of delegates from the original colonies that organized the American Revolution. Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə The Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that became the governing body of the United States during the In this article the inhabitants of the thirteen colonies that supported the American Revolution are primarily referred to as "Americans" with occasional references to "Patriots" The same city was the birthplace of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and the U.S. Constitution in 1787. This article is about declarations of independence in general The Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme Law of the United States.

The Middle Atlantic states provided the young United States with heavy industry and served as the "melting pot" of new immigrants from Europe. Heavy industry does not have a single fixed meaning as compared to Light industry. Immigration refers to the movement of people among countries While the movement of people has existed throughout human history at various levels modern immigration implies long-term Cities grew along major shipping routes and waterways. Such flourishing cities included New York City on the Hudson River, Philadelphia on the Delaware River, and Baltimore on the Chesapeake Bay. The City of New York The Hudson River, called Muh-he-kun-ne-tuk, the Great Mohegan by the Iroquois, or as the Lenape Native Americans called it in Unami Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə The Delaware River is a river on the Atlantic coast of the United States. The Chesapeake Bay is the largest Estuary in the United States.

Major cities

• Albany, New York
• Buffalo, New York
• Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
• Jersey City, New Jersey
• New York City, New York
• Newark, New Jersey
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Rochester, New York
• Trenton, New Jersey

See also

• List of regions of the United States

References

External links

• http://geology.er.usgs.gov/states/mid_atl.html