Northeastern United States (U.S. Census Bureau)
The Northeastern United States is a region of the United States as defined by the United States Census Bureau.[1]
Composition
The region comprises nine states: the New England states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont; and the Mid-Atlantic states of New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.[2] The Census Bureau regions are "widely used...for data collection and analysis."[3][4][5] Not all definitions of the Northeastern United States, however, are the same as the Census Bureau's.[6][7]
Demography
The region accounts for approximately 25% of U.S. gross domestic product as of 2007.[8] As of the 2010 Census, the population of the region totaled 55,317,240. [9]
| Rank |
Metropolitan Area |
State(s) and/or Territory |
2010 Census Population |
| 1 |
New York |
CT, NJ, NY |
18,897,109 |
| 2 |
Philadelphia |
DE, NJ, PA |
5,965,343 |
| 3 |
Boston |
MA, NH |
4,552,402 |
| 4 |
Pittsburgh |
PA |
2,356,285 |
| 5 |
Providence |
MA, RI |
1,600,852 |
| 6 |
Hartford |
CT |
1,212,381 |
| 7 |
Buffalo |
NY |
1,135,509 |
| 8 |
Rochester |
NY |
1,054,323 |
[10]
| Rank |
City |
State(s) and/or Territory |
2010 Census Population |
| 1 |
New York City |
NY |
8,175,133 |
| 2 |
Philadelphia |
PA |
1,526,006 |
| 3 |
Boston |
MA |
617,594 |
| 4 |
Pittsburgh |
PA |
305,704 |
| 5 |
Newark |
NJ |
277,140 |
| 6 |
Buffalo |
NY |
261,310 |
| 7 |
Jersey City |
NJ |
247,597 |
| 8 |
Rochester |
NY |
210,565 |
| 9 |
Yonkers |
NY |
195,976 |
[11]
References
- ^ "Census Regions and Divisions of the United States". US Census Bureau. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/us_regdiv.pdf.
- ^ US Regional Divisions, accessed 16 Apr 2008
- ^ U.S. Energy Information Administration, "The National Energy Modeling System: An Overview 2003", Report #:DOE/EIA-0581(2009) (October 2009).
- ^ "The most widely used regional definitions follow those of the U.S. Bureau of the Census." Seymour Sudman & Norman M. Bradburn, Asking Questions: A Practical Guide to Questionnaire Design, Jossey-Bass (1982): 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 9780134614274
- ^ "Northeast", MSN Encarta dictionary.
- ^ American Heritage Dictionary on dictionary.com, http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/northeast
- ^ Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by State
- ^ http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-01.pdf
- ^ "Population and Housing Occupancy Status: 2010 - United States -- Metropolitan Statistical Area; and for Puerto Rico more information 2010 Census National Summary File of Redistricting Data". 2010 United States Census. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. April 14, 2011. http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_NSRD_GCTPL2.US24PR&prodType=table. Retrieved July 25, 2011.
- ^ "American FactFinder". U.S. Census Bureau. http://factfinder2.census.gov. Retrieved July 25, 2011.