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. 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. The Census Bureau regions are "widely used . . . for data collection and analysis." Not all definitions of the Northeastern United States, however, are the same as the Census Bureau's.

Composition
The region comprises the Census Bureau sub-regions designated as "New England" and "Middle Atlantic." The Census Bureau classifies other states generally included in definitions of the Mid-Atlantic states--Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia--as part of the South Atlantic region, part of the Southern United States.

Demography
The Northeastern United States, as defined by the Census Bureau, is the wealthiest region of the United States. The region accounts for approximately 25% of U.S. gross domestic product as of 2007. As of the 2010 Census, the population of the region totaled 55,317,240.