This article is about the Midwestern region in the United States. For the similarly translated ("Mid West" = Center-West ) region in Brazil, see Center-West Region, Brazil.

The Midwestern United States (or Midwest) is a region of the north-central and northeastern United States of America, located entirely inland. The term's etymology is now somewhat archaic, as the region's states were once a part of the Northwest Territory and the region was known as being a part of the "Middle West" of the United States before the Louisiana Purchase. Today, this region is neither the middle nor the west of the United States (see map), but in fact begins in the East and spans to the Great Plains. Nonetheless, both the geographic center of the contiguous US (in Kansas) and the population center of the US (Missouri) are located in states generally considered to be Midwestern. More geographically-accurate regional terms for these locations are the East North Central States (essentially the Great Lakes States); and the West North Central States (essentially the Great Plains States), as defined by the United States Census Bureau. However, these terms are not generally used outside of technical descriptions of the region. In everyday speech the region is almost universally referred to simply as the Midwest, and most Americans would identify the region as the sociocultural (if not geographic) center of the country.

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@Ginrod Midwest, hun. Definitely Midwest. Y'all don't have the drawwwwwwwwl.
sharagrif (Shara) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:22:09 -0000
@Ginrod Midwest, hun. Definitely Midwest. Y'all don't have the drawwwwwwwwl.
Are Oklahomans more South or Midwestern? I vote Midwest. Opinions welcome!
Ginrod (Susi Doring Preston) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:20:28 -0000
Are Oklahomans more South or Midwestern? I vote Midwest. Opinions welcome!
@itzuvi i don't claim South. I claim Midwest!!! Geographically they put us Okies as Southwest!
Ginrod (Susi Doring Preston) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:17:44 -0000
@itzuvi i don't claim South. I claim Midwest!!! Geographically they put us Okies as Southwest!
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Pancakes!!! WHY they call em Hot Cakes?Im REALLY in the Midwest!!!
jcorbi82 (Joseph) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:17:06 -0000
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Pancakes!!! WHY they call em Hot Cakes?Im REALLY in the Midwest!!!
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EfusjonHipHop (EfusjonHipHop) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:10:55 -0000
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Just heard a story about MO wines on NPR - nice to hear some Midwest wine coverage. Ole Miss now offering vini/viti
oenoblog (Ryan Reichert) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:00:40 -0000
Just heard a story about MO wines on NPR - nice to hear some Midwest wine coverage. Ole Miss now offering vini/viti

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