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| title = Standard Federal Regions
| year = 1969
| id = Circular A-105}}</ref> to which [[List of federal agencies in the United States|Federalfederal agencies]] could be restructured as a means of standardizing government administration nationwide. Despite a finding in 1977 that this restructuring did not reduce administrative costs as initially expected,<ref
name="GAO FPCD-77-39">{{Citation
| title = Standardized Federal Regions: Little Effect on Agency Management of Personnel
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Office location: [[San Francisco]]
 
States: [[Arizona]], [[California]], [[Hawaii]], [[Nevada]], [[Guam]], [[Northern Mariana Islands]], and [[American Samoa]]
 
=====Region X=====
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* [[Calumet Region]]
* [[The Carolinas]]
* [[Pacific Northwest|Cascadia]] <ref>{{citation needed - |reason=the US Pacific Northwest region is not interchangeable with Cascadia, which is a bioregional concept - there are no references to PNW that include British Columbia other than Wikipedia, which is wrong but always used as proof, while Cascadia does include British Columbia in most reasonable definitions</ref>|date=May 2023}}
* [[Central United States]]
* [[Coastal states]]
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* [[The Dakotas]]
* [[Deep South]]
* [[Deseret]]
* [[Delmarva Peninsula]]
* [[Dixie]]
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{{main|Regions of Illinois}}
[[File:Littleegyptmap.PNG|thumb|[[Southern Illinois]], also known as "Little Egypt"]]
Regions of [[Illinois]] include:
 
* [[Central Illinois]]
* [[Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area]]
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{{main|Geography of Indiana}}
[[File:IndianaRegions.png|thumb|Regions of Indiana]]
Regions of [[Indiana]] include:
 
* [[East Central Indiana]]
* [[Indianapolis metropolitan area]]
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===Iowa===
[[File:IowaRegions2012.png|thumb|Regions of Iowa.]]
Regions of [[Iowa]] include:
 
* [[Coteau des Prairies]]
* [[Des Moines metropolitan area]]
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===Kansas===
Regions of [[Kansas]] include:
 
* [[East-Central Kansas]]
* [[Flint Hills]]
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===Kentucky===
Regions of [[Kentucky]] include:
* [[Bluegrass region|The Bluegrass]]
 
* [[Bluegrass region|The Bluegrass]]
* [[Cumberland Plateau]] or [[Eastern Coal Field]]
* [[Jackson Purchase]]
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===Louisiana===
[[File:LouisianaMap of regions mapof Louisiana.svg|thumb|Regions of [[Louisiana]]]]
Regions of [[Louisiana]] include:
 
* [[Acadiana]]
:* [[Cajun Heartland#Geography|Cajun Heartland]]
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===Maine===
Regions of [[Maine]] include:
 
* [[Acadia]]
* [[Down East]]
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===Maryland===
[[File:Regions of Maryland USA.gif|thumb|Regions of [[Maryland]]]]
Regions of [[Maryland]] include:
 
* [[Baltimore–Washington Metropolitan Area]]
* [[Capital region]]
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* [[Western Maryland]]
 
Regions of Maryland shared with other states include:
 
* [[Allegheny Mountains]]
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===Massachusetts===
[[File:Berkshire ma highlight.png|thumb|[[The Berkshires]] region of [[Massachusetts]]]]
*Regions of [[Western Massachusetts]] include:
 
** [[The Berkshires]] (shown in map)
** [[Housatonic Valley]]
** [[Pioneer Valley]]
** [[Quabbin Valley|Quabbin-Swift River Valley]]
* [[Central Massachusetts]]
** [[MetroWest]]
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** [[South Coast (Massachusetts)|South Coast]]
** [[South Shore (Massachusetts)|South Shore]]
* [[Western Massachusetts]]
** [[The Berkshires]] (shown in map)
** [[Housatonic Valley]]
** [[Pioneer Valley]]
** [[Quabbin Valley|Quabbin-Swift River Valley]]
 
===Michigan===
{{main|Geography of Michigan}}
[[File:Michigan Regions.png|thumb|Regions of [[Michigan]]]]
Regions of [[Michigan]] include:
 
==== Lower Peninsula ====
{{main|Lower Peninsula of Michigan}}
 
* [[Northern Michigan]]
** [[Traverse City micropolitanmetropolitan area|Traverse Bay Area]]
** [[Straits of Mackinac|Straits Area]]
* [[Central Michigan|Central/Mid-Michigan]]
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{{main|Geography of Minnesota}}
[[File:Regions_of_Minnesota.svg|thumb|Regions of [[Minnesota]]]]
Regions of [[Minnesota]] include:
 
* [[Arrowhead Region]]
* [[Boundary Waters]]
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===Mississippi===
Regions of [[Mississippi]] include:
 
* [[Mississippi Alluvial Plain]]
* [[Mississippi Delta]]
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===Missouri===
[[File:Map of Missouri highlighting Bootheel.gif|thumb|The [[Missouri Bootheel]]]]
Regions of [[Missouri]] include:
 
* [[Boonslick]]
* [[Missouri Bootheel|Bootheel]]
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===Montana===
{{main list|List of regions of Montana}}
Regions of [[Montana]] include:
 
* [[Big Horn Mountains]]
* [[Eastern Montana]]
* [[The Flathead]]
* [[Glacier Country, Montana|Glacier Country]]
* [[Glacier National Park (U.S.)|Glacier National Park]]
* [[Regional designations of Montana]]
* [[The Flathead]]
* [[Two Medicine]]
* [[Western Montana]]
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===Nebraska===
[[File:Map of Nebraska highlighting Panhandle.svg|thumb|The [[Nebraska Panhandle]]]]
Regions of [[Nebraska]] include:
 
* [[Nebraska Panhandle]]
* [[Pine Ridge (region)|Pine Ridge]]
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===Nevada===
Regions of [[Nevada]] include:
 
* [[Black Rock Desert]]
* [[Lake Tahoe]]
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===New Hampshire===
Regions of [[New Hampshire]] include:
 
* [[Connecticut River Valley]]
* [[Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Region]] (overlaps with Connecticut River Valley)
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===New Jersey===
Regions of [[New Jersey]] include:
 
* [[Central Jersey]]
** [[Raritan Bayshore|Bayshore]]
** [[Jersey Shore]]
** [[Shore Region]]
* [[North Jersey]]
** [[Skylands Region|Skylands]]
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*** [[Raritan Bayshore]]
*** [[West Hudson, New Jersey|West Hudson]]
* [[Central Jersey]]
** [[Raritan Bayshore|Bayshore]]
** [[Jersey Shore]]
** [[Shore Region]]
* [[South Jersey]]
** [[Shore Region]]
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===New Mexico===
Regions of [[New Mexico]] include:
 
* [[Central New Mexico]]
* [[Eastern New Mexico]]
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===New York===
[[File:Map of New York Economic Regions.svg|thumb|Regions of [[New York (state)|New York]] states as defined by the [[New YorkEmpire State DepartmentDevelopment of Economic DevelopmentCorporation]]
Regions of [[New York (state)|New York]]]]
The nine regions of [[New York (state)|New York]], as defined by the [[New YorkEmpire State DepartmentDevelopment of Economic DevelopmentCorporation]]:
 
*[[Capital District, New York|Capital District]] – ''counties : [[Albany County, New York|Albany]], [[Columbia County, New York|Columbia]], [[Greene County, New York|Greene]], [[Warren County, New York|Warren]], [[Washington County, New York|Washington]], [[Saratoga County, New York|Saratoga]], [[Schenectady County, New York|Schenectady]], [[Rensselaer County, New York|Rensselaer]]''
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* [[Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky metropolitan area]]
* [[Columbus, Ohio metropolitan area]]
* [[Connecticut Western Reserve]] (historic, now defunct)
* [[Great Black Swamp]] (shared with [[Indiana]])
* [[Lake Erie Islands]]