Location Information
The locations in the Data, Trends, and Maps system are classified under national, regional, states, and other locations.
National
In this website, national data addresses populations representing the entire United States.
Regions
Regions are classified as shown in the table below.
| Northeast | Midwest | South | West |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire New Jersey New York Pennsylvania Rhode Island Vermont |
Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nebraska North Dakota Ohio South Dakota Wisconsin |
Alabama Arkansas Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Mississippi North Carolina Oklahoma South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia West Virginia |
Alaska Arizona California Colorado Hawaii Idaho Montana Nevada New Mexico Oregon Utah Washington Wyoming |
States
State data includes data representing populations from each of the fifty states in the United States, plus Washington, D.C.
Other Locations (Sentinel Sites)
Other Locations consist of Sentinel Sites, which are locations or selected reporting sites that are not typically defined by county, state, or national boundaries.
