The Upper Midwest is a region in the northern portion of the U.S. Census Bureau's Midwestern United States.It is largely a sub-region of the Midwest. Although the exact boundaries are not uniformly agreed-upon, the region is defined as referring to the states of Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin; some definitions include Iowa, North Dakota and South Dakota as well.

The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the Midwest or the American Midwest, is one of four census regions of the United States Census Bureau (also known as "Region 2"). It occupies the northern central part of the United States. It was officially named the North Central Region by the Census Bureau until 1984. It is between the Northeastern United States and the …

The Midwest Conference (MWC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III.Member institutions are located in the Midwestern United States in the states of Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin.The Midwest Conference was created in 1994 with the merger of the Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference, which had been sponsoring men's sports since 1921, …

The Great Lakes, also called the Great Lakes of North America or the Laurentian Great Lakes, are a series of large interconnected freshwater lakes in the mid-east region of North America that connect to the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence River.There are five lakes, which are Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario and are in general on or near the Canada–United …

Sometimes called "the breadbasket of America", the Midwest serves as a center for grain production, particularly wheat, corn and soybeans. Graham bread, steamed cornbread, and johnny cakes are traditional Midwestern foods, as are butter cakes like chocolate cake, devil's food cake, coconut cake and fruit cake.Flour was also used to make light sponge cakes, …

This is a list of urban areas in the United States as defined by the United States Census Bureau, ordered according to their 2010 census populations. An urbanized area (UA) is an urban area with population of 50,000 or more; an urban cluster (UC) has population less than 50,000. An urbanized area may serve as the core of a metropolitan statistical area, while an urban cluster …

Le Midwest (aussi appelé Middle West ou Midwestern United States en anglais) est une région des États-Unis comprenant les États de la côte des Grands Lacs, et la majeure partie de la Corn Belt, qui débouche vers l'ouest sur les Grandes Plaines.Selon la définition officielle du Bureau du recensement des États-Unis, la région du Midwest comprend douze États [1] : l'Illinois, …

The Upland South and Upper South are two overlapping cultural and geographic subregions in the inland part of the Southern and lower Midwestern United States. They differ from the Deep South and Atlantic coastal plain by terrain, history, economics, demographics, and settlement patterns.. The term Upper South is a geographic term: the Southern states that are …

The Midwest Driftless Area Restoration Effort is a multi-agency cooperative effort to restore the landscape. The main issues are water pollution from agricultural and animal runoff, and erosion. [ citation needed ] Many farmers in the region utilize contour plowing , strip cropping , and other agricultural practices to reduce soil erosion due ...

The Rust Belt is a potentially pejorative term for a region of the United States that experienced industrial decline starting in the 1950's. The U.S. manufacturing sector as a percentage of the U.S. GDP peaked in 1953 and has been in decline since, impacting certain regions and cities primarily in the Northeast and Midwest regions of the U.S., including Allentown, Buffalo, Cincinnati ...