Northwestern United States
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- See also: Pacific Northwest
The Northwestern United States comprise the northwestern states up to the western Great Plains regions of the United States, and consistently include the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming, to which Southeast Alaska is sometimes added. Occasionally parts of Northern California are included in the Northwest.
"The Northwest" is home to over 11 million citizens, and is sometimes referred to as the "the Pacific Northwest" (abbreviated PNW or PacNW) is often used to mean Oregon and Washington and sometimes Idaho, northwestern Montana and northern California.[1] Internationally, however, this term includes parts of Canada - see Pacific Northwest.
Like the Southwestern United States, the idea of what comprised the Northwest was pushed farther west over time. The original Northwest (usually termed the "Old Northwest") comprised the Northwest Territory and gradually pushed across the Midwest to its current definition. The current area can generally be understood to include the old Oregon Territory (created in 1848 - Oregon, Washington, Idaho and areas in Montana west of the Continental Divide).[citation needed]
The Eastern Idaho region is sometimes excluded because of its cultural and economic ties to the Rocky Mountain region, particularly Utah.[citation needed] The region is culturally influenced by the upper Midwest.[citation needed]
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