Что (кто) такое Midwest - определение
![The 2007 [[Indianapolis 500]] at [[Indianapolis Motor Speedway]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2007 Indianapolis 500 - Starting field formation before start.jpg?width=200 "The 2007 [[Indianapolis 500]] at [[Indianapolis Motor Speedway]]")
![Free-State]] poster](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bleeding Kansas Poster.jpg?width=200 "Free-State]] poster")
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![Cumulus clouds hover above a yellowish prairie at [[Badlands National Park]], [[South Dakota]], native lands to the Sioux.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cumulus Clouds over Yellow Prairie2.jpg?width=200 "Cumulus clouds hover above a yellowish prairie at [[Badlands National Park]], [[South Dakota]], native lands to the Sioux.")
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![The [[Upper Mississippi River]] near [[Harpers Ferry, Iowa]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Efmo View from Fire Point.jpg?width=200 "The [[Upper Mississippi River]] near [[Harpers Ferry, Iowa]]")
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![Wheat production]] in [[Kansas]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kansas Summer Wheat and Storm Panorama.jpg?width=200 "Wheat production]] in [[Kansas]]")
![[[Lake Michigan]] is shared by four Midwestern states: [[Michigan]], [[Indiana]], [[Illinois]], and [[Wisconsin]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LightningVolt Lake Michigan Sunset.jpg?width=200 "[[Lake Michigan]] is shared by four Midwestern states: [[Michigan]], [[Indiana]], [[Illinois]], and [[Wisconsin]].")
![The first local meeting of the new Republican Party took place here in [[Ripon, Wisconsin]] on March 20, 1854.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Little White Schoolhouse Ripon Wisconsin Feb 2012.jpg?width=200 "The first local meeting of the new Republican Party took place here in [[Ripon, Wisconsin]] on March 20, 1854.")
![[[Louisiana Purchase]] 1803](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Louisiana Purchase.png?width=200 "[[Louisiana Purchase]] 1803")
![The [[Milwaukee Art Museum]] is located on [[Lake Michigan]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Milwaukee Art Museum at night.jpg?width=200 "The [[Milwaukee Art Museum]] is located on [[Lake Michigan]].")
![[[Monks Mound]], located at the [[Cahokia Mounds]] near [[Collinsville, Illinois]], is the largest [[Pre-Columbian]] earthwork in America north of [[Mesoamerica]] and a [[World Heritage Site]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Monks Mound in July.JPG?width=200 "[[Monks Mound]], located at the [[Cahokia Mounds]] near [[Collinsville, Illinois]], is the largest [[Pre-Columbian]] earthwork in America north of [[Mesoamerica]] and a [[World Heritage Site]].")
![Black Hills]] of [[South Dakota]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mountrushmore.jpg?width=200 "Black Hills]] of [[South Dakota]].")
![[[Northwest Territory]] 1787](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Northwest-territory-usa-1787.png?width=200 "[[Northwest Territory]] 1787")
![Young [[Oglala Lakota]] girl in front of [[tipi]] with puppy beside her, probably on or near [[Pine Ridge Indian Reservation]], [[South Dakota]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Oglala girl in front of a tipi.jpg?width=200 "Young [[Oglala Lakota]] girl in front of [[tipi]] with puppy beside her, probably on or near [[Pine Ridge Indian Reservation]], [[South Dakota]]")
![A pastoral [[farm]] scene near [[Traverse City, Michigan]], with a classic American red [[barn]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pastoral-barn.jpg?width=200 "A pastoral [[farm]] scene near [[Traverse City, Michigan]], with a classic American red [[barn]]")
![U.S. Representatives]] by party for the [[118th Congress]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Political party affiliation of members of the United States House of Representatives in the Midwest, 118th Congress.svg?width=200 "U.S. Representatives]] by party for the [[118th Congress]]")
![U.S. Senators]] by party for the [[117th Congress]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Political party affiliation of members of the United States Senate in the Midwest, 117th Congress.svg?width=200 "U.S. Senators]] by party for the [[117th Congress]]")
![Prairie in [[Effigy Mounds National Monument]], [[Iowa]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Prairie in Effigy Mounds National Monument, Iowa (2005).jpg?width=200 "Prairie in [[Effigy Mounds National Monument]], [[Iowa]]")
![The [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in Cleveland](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - Joy of Museums 2.jpg?width=200 "The [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in Cleveland")
![[[Ohio River]] near [[Rome, Ohio]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rome Waterfront, on the Ohio River.jpg?width=200 "[[Ohio River]] near [[Rome, Ohio]]")
![[[Scotts Bluff National Monument]] in western [[Nebraska]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Scotts bluff national monument.jpg?width=200 "[[Scotts Bluff National Monument]] in western [[Nebraska]]")
![Cathedral of Saint Paul, Minnesota]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/St Paul Cathedral 2012.jpg?width=200 "Cathedral of Saint Paul, Minnesota]]")
![[[Theodore Roosevelt National Park]], [[North Dakota]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thro canyon.jpg?width=200 "[[Theodore Roosevelt National Park]], [[North Dakota]]")
![Vernon County]], [[Wisconsin]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/TypicalDriftless.jpg?width=200 "Vernon County]], [[Wisconsin]]")
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![The state cessions that eventually allowed for the creation of the territories north and southwest of the [[River Ohio]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/United States land claims and cessions 1782-1802.png?width=200 "The state cessions that eventually allowed for the creation of the territories north and southwest of the [[River Ohio]]")
![[[Flint Hills]] grasslands of [[Kansas]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wabaunsee County View.JPG?width=200 "[[Flint Hills]] grasslands of [[Kansas]]")
![Winnebago]] family (1852)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Winnebago wigwam.jpg?width=200 "Winnebago]] family (1852)")
Википедия
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 Western United States, with Canada to the north and the Southern United States to the south.
The Census Bureau's definition consists of 12 states in the north central United States: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. The region generally lies on the broad Interior Plain between the states occupying the Appalachian Mountain range and the states occupying the Rocky Mountain range. Major rivers in the region include, from east to west, the Ohio River, the Upper Mississippi River, and the Missouri River. The 2020 United States census put the population of the Midwest at 68,995,685. The Midwest is divided by the Census Bureau into two divisions. The East North Central Division includes Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin, all of which are also part of the Great Lakes region. The West North Central Division includes Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, and South Dakota, several of which are located, at least partly, within the Great Plains region.
Chicago is the most populous city in the American Midwest and the third most populous in the United States. Chicago and its suburbs, together called Chicagoland, form the largest metropolitan area with 10 million people, making it the fourth largest metropolitan area in North America, after Greater Mexico City, the New York Metropolitan Area, and Greater Los Angeles. Other large Midwestern cities include Columbus, Indianapolis, Detroit, Milwaukee, Kansas City, Omaha, Minneapolis, Wichita, Cleveland, St. Paul, St. Louis, and Cincinnati. Large Midwestern metropolitan areas include Metro Detroit, Minneapolis–St. Paul, Greater St. Louis, Greater Cincinnati, the Kansas City metro area, the Columbus metro area, and Greater Cleveland.
