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Regional Definitions

A detailed look into how regional areas are defined when reported in cross-tabulations.

California

Coastal:

  • Del Norte County
  • Humboldt County
  • Lake County
  • Mendocino County
  • Monterey County
  • Napa County
  • San Benito County
  • San Luis Obispo County
  • Santa Barbara County
  • Santa Cruz County
  • Sonoma County
  • Ventura County
  • Yolo County

Inland/Valley:

  • Alpine County
  • Amador County
  • Butte County
  • Calaveras County
  • Colusa County
  • El Dorado County
  • Fresno County
  • Glenn County
  • Inyo County
  • Kern County
  • Kings County
  • Lassen County
  • Madera County
  • Mariposa County
  • Merced County
  • Modoc County
  • Mono County
  • Nevada County
  • Placer County
  • Plumas County
  • Sacramento County
  • San Joaquin County
  • Shasta County
  • Sierra County
  • Siskiyou County
  • Solano County
  • Stanislaus County
  • Sutter County
  • Tehama County
  • Trinity County
  • Tulare County
  • Tuolumne County
  • Yuba County

Bay Area:

  • Alameda County
  • Contra Costa County
  • Marin County
  • San Francisco County
  • San Mateo County
  • Santa Clara County

L.A. County:

  • Los Angeles County

Southern California:

  • Imperial County
  • Orange County
  • Riverside County
  • San Bernardino County
  • San Diego County

Colorado

Denver/Boulder:

  • Adams
  • Broomfield
  • Boulder
  • Denver

Arapahoe/Jefferson:

  • Arapahoe
  • Jefferson

West:

  • Archuleta
  • Delta
  • Dolores
  • Garfield
  • Grand
  • Hinsdale
  • Jackson
  • La Plata
  • Larimer
  • Mesa
  • Mineral
  • Moffat
  • Montezuma
  • Montrose
  • Ouray
  • Rio Blanco
  • Rio Grande
  • Routt
  • San Juan
  • San Miguel
  • Weld

Rest of State:

  • Alamos
  • Baca
  • Bent
  • Chaffee
  • Cheyenne
  • Clear Creek
  • Conejos
  • Costilla
  • Crowley
  • Custer
  • Douglas
  • Eagle
  • El Paso
  • Elbert
  • Fremont
  • Gilpin
  • Gunnison
  • Huerfano
  • Kiowa
  • Kit Carson
  • Lake
  • Las Animas
  • Lincoln
  • Logan
  • Morgan
  • Otero
  • Park
  • Philips
  • Pitkin
  • Prowers
  • Pueblo
  • Saguache
  • Sedgwick
  • Summit
  • Teller
  • Washington
  • Yuma

Connecticut

  • Fairfield
  • Hartford
  • Litchfield
  • Middlesex and New Haven
  • Tolland, Windham, and New London

Florida

North/Panhandle:

  • Escambia
  • Santa Rosa
  • Okaloosa
  • Walton
  • Holmes
  • Washington
  • Bay
  • Jackson
  • Calhoun
  • Gulf
  • Gadsden
  • Liberty
  • Franklin
  • Leon
  • Wakulla
  • Jefferson
  • Madison
  • Taylor
  • Hamilton
  • Suwanee
  • Lafayette
  • Dixie
  • Columbia
  • Gilchrist
  • Levy
  • Baker
  • Union
  • Alachua
  • Nassau
  • Duval
  • Bradford
  • Clay
  • St Johns
  • Putnam

Bay Area:

  • Hernando
  • Pasco
  • Pinellas
  • Hillsborough
  • Polk
  • Manatee
  • Hardee

Central:

  • Citrus
  • Marion
  • Flagler
  • Volusia
  • Sumter
  • Lake
  • Seminole
  • Orange
  • Brevard
  • Osceola
  • Indian River
  • Okeechobee
  • St Lucie
  • Martin
  • Highlands
  • Glades
  • De Soto

South West:

  • Sarasota
  • Charlotte
  • Lee
  • Collier

South East:

  • Hendry
  • Palm Beach
  • Broward
  • Miami Dade
  • Monroe

Iowa

Central:

  • Appanoose
  • Boone
  • Clarke
  • Dallas
  • Decatur
  • Hamilton
  • Hardin
  • Jasper
  • Lucas
  • Madison
  • Marion
  • Marshall
  • Monroe
  • Polk
  • Story
  • Warren
  • Wayne
  • Webster

East:

  • Allamakee
  • Benton
  • Black Hawk
  • Bremer
  • Buchanan
  • Butler
  • Cedar
  • Chickasaw
  • Clayton
  • Clinton
  • Davis-
  • Delaware
  • Des Moines
  • Dubuque
  • Fayette
  • Floyd
  • Grundy
  • Henry
  • Howard-
  • Iowa
  • Jackson
  • Jefferson
  • Johnson
  • Jones
  • Keokuk
  • Lee
  • Linn
  • Louisa
  • Mahaska
  • Mitchell
  • Muscatine
  • Poweshiek
  • Scott
  • Tama
  • Van Buren
  • Wapello
  • Washington
  • Winneshiek

West:

  • Adair
  • Adams
  • Audubon
  • Buena Vista
  • Calhoun
  • Carroll
  • Cass
  • Cerro
  • Gordo
  • Cherokee
  • Clay
  • Crawford
  • Dickinson
  • Emmet
  • Franklin
  • Fremont
  • Greene
  • Guthrie
  • Hancock
  • Harrison
  • Humboldt
  • Ida
  • Kossuth
  • Lyon
  • Mills
  • Monona
  • Montgomery
  • O'Brien
  • Osceola
  • Page
  • Palo Alto
  • Plymouth
  • Pocahontas
  • Pottawattamie
  • Ringgold
  • Sac
  • Shelby
  • Sioux
  • Taylor
  • Union
  • Winnebago
  • Woodbury
  • Worth
  • Wright

Michigan

Wayne County:

  • Wayne

Suburbs:

  • Oakland
  • Macomb

South West:

  • Allegan
  • Barry
  • Berrien
  • Branch
  • Cass
  • Clinton
  • Eaton
  • Hillsdale
  • Ionia
  • Kalamazoo
  • Kent
  • Lenawee
  • Ottawa
  • St. Joseph
  • Van Buren

Rest of State:

  • Alcona
  • Alger
  • Alpena
  • Antrim
  • Arenac
  • Baraga Bay
  • Benzie
  • Calhoun
  • Charlevoix
  • Cheboygan
  • Chippewa
  • Clare
  • Crawford
  • Delta
  • Dickinson
  • Emmet
  • Genesee
  • Gladwin
  • Gogebic
  • Grand Traverse
  • Gratiot
  • Houghton
  • Huron
  • Ingham
  • Iosco
  • Iron
  • Isabella
  • Jackson
  • Kalkaska
  • Keweenaw
  • Lake
  • Lapeer
  • Leelanau
  • Livingston
  • Luce
  • Mackinac
  • Manistee
  • Marquette
  • Mason
  • Mecosta
  • Menominee
  • Midland
  • Missaukee
  • Monroe
  • Montcalm
  • Montmorency
  • Muskegon
  • Newaygo
  • Oceana
  • Ogemaw
  • Ontonagon
  • Osceola
  • Oscoda
  • Otsego
  • Presque Isle
  • Roscommon
  • Saginaw
  • Sanilac
  • Schoolcraft
  • Shiawassee
  • St. Clair
  • Tuscola
  • Washtenaw
  • Wexford

Minnesota

Minneapolis/St. Paul:

  • Hennepin
  • Ramsey

Twin Cities Suburbs:

  • Anoka
  • Carver
  • Chisago
  • Dakota
  • Isant
  • Scott
  • Washington
  • Wright

West:

  • Becker
  • Beltrami
  • Benton
  • Big Stone
  • Brown
  • Cass
  • Chippewa
  • Clay
  • Clearwater
  • Cottonwood
  • Crow Wing
  • Douglas
  • Grant
  • Hubbard
  • Jackson
  • Kandiyohi
  • Kittson
  • Lac Qui
  • Parle
  • Lake of the Woods
  • Lincoln
  • Lyon
  • Mahnomen
  • Marshall
  • Martin
  • Mcleod
  • Meeker
  • Morrison
  • Murray
  • Nobles
  • Norman
  • Otter Tail
  • Pennington
  • Pipestone
  • Polk
  • Pope
  • Red Lake
  • Redwood
  • Renville
  • Rock
  • Roseau
  • Sherburne
  • Sibley
  • Stearns
  • Stevens
  • Swift
  • Todd
  • Traverse
  • Wadena
  • Wilkin
  • Yellow Medicine

East:

  • Aitkin
  • Blue Earth
  • Carlton
  • Cook
  • Dodge
  • Faribault
  • Fillmore
  • Freeborn
  • Goodhue
  • Houston
  • Itasca
  • Kanabec
  • Koochiching
  • Lake
  • Le Sueur
  • Mille Lacs
  • Mower
  • Nicollet
  • Olmsted
  • Pine
  • Rice
  • St. Louis
  • Steele
  • Wabasha
  • Waseca
  • Watonwan
  • Winona

New Jersey

Urban:

  • Hudson
  • Essex

Suburban:

  • Bergen
  • Passaic
  • Union
  • Middlesex
  • Mercer

Ex-Urban:

  • Morris
  • Somerset
  • Warren
  • Sussex
  • Hunterdon

Phillyland:

  • Burlington
  • Camden
  • Cape May
  • Cumberland
  • Gloucester
  • Salem

Shore:

  • Atlantic
  • Monmouth
  • Ocean

New York City

  • New York (Manhattan)
  • Bronx
  • Kings (Brooklyn)
  • Queens
  • Richmond (Staten Island)

New York State

Upstate:

  • Albany
  • Allegany
  • Broome
  • Cattaraugus
  • Cayuga
  • Chautauqua
  • Chemung
  • Chenango
  • Clinton
  • Columbia
  • Cortland
  • Delaware
  • Dutchess
  • Erie
  • Essex
  • Franklin
  • Fulton
  • Genesee
  • Greene
  • Hamilton
  • Herkimer
  • Jefferson
  • Lewis
  • Livingston
  • Madison
  • Monroe
  • Montgomery
  • Niagara
  • Oneida
  • Onondaga
  • Ontario
  • Orange
  • Orleans
  • Oswego
  • Otsego
  • Putnam
  • Rensselaer
  • Saratoga
  • Schenectady
  • Schoharie
  • Schuyler
  • Seneca
  • St.Lawrence
  • Steuben
  • Sullivan
  • Tioga
  • Tompkins
  • Ulster
  • Warren
  • Washington
  • Wayne
  • Wyoming
  • Yates

New York City (also see above):

  • New York
  • Bronx
  • Kings
  • Queens
  • Richmond

Suburbs:

  • Nassau
  • Rockland
  • Suffolk
  • Westchester

Ohio

Central:

  • Coshocton
  • Crawford
  • Delaware
  • Fairfield
  • Fayette
  • Franklin
  • Hardin
  • Hocking
  • Knox
  • Licking
  • Madison
  • Marion
  • Morgan
  • Morrow
  • Muskingum
  • Perry
  • Pickaway
  • Pike
  • Ross
  • Union

North East:

  • Ashland
  • Ashtabula
  • Carroll
  • Columbiana
  • Cuyahoga
  • Erie
  • Geauga
  • Holmes
  • Huron
  • Lake
  • Lorain
  • Mahoning
  • Medina
  • Portage
  • Richland
  • Stark
  • Summit
  • Trumbull
  • Tuscarawas
  • Wayne

North West:

  • Defiance
  • Fulton
  • Hancock
  • Henry
  • Lucas
  • Ottawa
  • Putnam
  • Sandusky
  • Seneca
  • Williams
  • Wood
  • Wyandot

South East:

  • Athens
  • Belmont
  • Gallia
  • Guernsey
  • Harrison
  • Jackson
  • Jefferson
  • Lawrence
  • Meigs
  • Monroe
  • Noble
  • Scioto
  • Vinton
  • Washington

South West:

  • Adams
  • Brown
  • Butler
  • Clermont
  • Clinton
  • Hamilton
  • Highland
  • Warren

West Central:

  • Allen
  • Auglaize
  • Champaign
  • Clark
  • Darke
  • Greene
  • Logan
  • Mercer
  • Miami
  • Montgomery
  • Paulding
  • Preble
  • Shelby
  • Van Wert

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia Northeast:

  • Carbon
  • Lackawanna
  • Lehigh
  • Luzerne
  • Monroe
  • Northampton
  • Pike
  • Susquehanna
  • Wayne
  • Wyoming

South East:

  • Bucks
  • Chester
  • Delaware
  • Montgomery

North West:

  • Armstrong
  • Butler
  • Cameron
  • Clarion
  • Clearfield
  • Crawford
  • Elk
  • Erie
  • Forest
  • Jefferson
  • Lawrence
  • Mercer
  • Venango
  • Warren

South West:

  • Beaver
  • Cambria
  • Fayette
  • Greene
  • Indiana
  • Somerset
  • Washington
  • Westmoreland

Central:

  • Adams
  • Bedford
  • Berks
  • Blair
  • Bradford
  • Centre
  • Clinton
  • Columbia
  • Cumberland
  • Dauphin
  • Franklin
  • Fulton
  • Huntingdon
  • Juniata
  • Lancaster
  • Lebanon
  • Lycoming
  • McKean
  • Mifflin
  • Montour
  • Northumberland
  • Perry
  • Potter
  • Schuylkill
  • Snyder
  • Sullivan
  • Tioga
  • Union
  • York

Texas

East:

  • Anderson County
  • Angelina County
  • Bowie County
  • Camp County
  • Cass County
  • Cherokee County
  • Cooke County
  • Delta County
  • Ellis County
  • Fannin County
  • Franklin County
  • Freestone County
  • Grayson County
  • Gregg County
  • Hardin County
  • Harrison County
  • Henderson County
  • Hill County
  • Hopkins County
  • Houston County
  • Hunt County
  • Jasper County
  • Jefferson County
  • Kaufman County
  • Lamar County
  • Leon County
  • Liberty County
  • Limestone County
  • Madison County
  • Marion County
  • Montgomery County
  • Morris County
  • Nacogdoches County
  • Navarro County
  • Newton County
  • Orange County
  • Panola County
  • Polk County
  • Rains County
  • Red River County
  • Rockwall County
  • Rusk County
  • Sabine County
  • San Augustine County
  • San Jacinto County
  • Shelby County
  • Smith County
  • Titus County
  • Trinity County
  • Tyler County
  • Upshur County
  • Van Zandt County
  • Walker County
  • Wood County

Dallas/Ft. Worth Area:

  • Collin County
  • Dallas County
  • Denton County
  • Tarrant County

Houston Area:

  • Brazoria County
  • Chambers County
  • Fort Bend County
  • Galveston County
  • Harris County

South Central:

  • Aransas County
  • Austin County
  • Bastrop County
  • Bee County
  • Bell County
  • Brazos County
  • Burleson County
  • Caldwell County
  • Calhoun County
  • Colorado County
  • DeWitt County
  • Falls County
  • Fayette County
  • Goliad County
  • Gonzales County
  • Grimes County
  • Guadalupe County
  • Hays County
  • Jackson County
  • Karnes County
  • Lavaca County
  • Lee County
  • Live Oak County
  • McLennan County
  • McMullen County
  • Matagorda County
  • Milam County
  • Refugio County
  • Robertson County
  • San Patricio County
  • Travis County
  • Victoria County
  • Waller County
  • Washington County
  • Wharton County
  • Williamson County
  • Wilson County

West:

  • Andrews County
  • Archer County
  • Armstrong County
  • Bailey County
  • Bandera County
  • Baylor County
  • Blanco County
  • Borden County
  • Bosque County
  • Briscoe County
  • Brown County
  • Burnet County
  • Callahan County
  • Carson County
  • Castro County
  • Childress County
  • Clay County
  • Cochran County
  • Coke County
  • Coleman County
  • Collingsworth County
  • Comal County
  • Comanche County
  • Concho County
  • Coryell County
  • Cottle County
  • Crane County
  • Crockett County
  • Crosby County
  • Dallam County
  • Dawson County
  • Deaf Smith County
  • Dickens County
  • Donley County
  • Eastland County
  • Ector County
  • Edwards County
  • Erath County
  • Fisher County
  • Floyd County
  • Foard County
  • Gaines County
  • Garza County
  • Gillespie County
  • Glasscock County
  • Gray County
  • Hale County
  • Hall County
  • Hamilton County
  • Hansford County
  • Hardeman County
  • Hartley County
  • Haskell County
  • Hemphill County
  • Hockley County
  • Hood County
  • Howard County
  • Hutchinson County
  • Irion County
  • Jack County
  • Johnson County
  • Jones County
  • Kendall County
  • Kent County
  • Kerr County
  • Kimble County
  • King County
  • Knox County
  • Lamb County
  • Lampasas County
  • Lipscomb County
  • Llano County
  • Loving County
  • Lubbock County
  • Lynn County
  • McCulloch County
  • Martin County
  • Mason County
  • Menard County
  • Midland County
  • Mills County
  • Mitchell County
  • Montague County
  • Moore County
  • Motley County
  • Nolan County
  • Ochiltree County
  • Oldham County
  • Palo Pinto County
  • Parker County
  • Parmer County
  • Potter County
  • Randall County
  • Reagan County
  • Real County
  • Roberts County
  • Runnels County
  • San Saba County
  • Schleicher County
  • Scurry County
  • Shackelford County
  • Sherman County
  • Somervell County
  • Stephens County
  • Sterling County
  • Stonewall County
  • Sutton County
  • Swisher County
  • Taylor County
  • Terry County
  • Throckmorton County
  • Tom Green County
  • Upton County
  • Ward County
  • Wheeler County
  • Wichita County
  • Wilbarger County
  • Winkler County
  • Wise County
  • Yoakum County
  • Young County

South:

  • Atascosa County
  • Bexar County
  • Brewster County
  • Brooks County
  • Cameron County
  • Culberson County
  • Dimmit County
  • Duval County
  • El Paso County
  • Frio County
  • Hidalgo County
  • Hudspeth County
  • Jeff Davis County
  • Jim Hogg County
  • Jim Wells County
  • Kenedy County
  • Kinney County
  • Kleberg County
  • La Salle County
  • Maverick County
  • Medina County
  • Nueces County
  • Pecos County
  • Presidio County
  • Reeves County
  • Starr County
  • Terrell County
  • Uvalde County
  • Val Verde County
  • Webb County
  • Willacy County
  • Zapata County
  • Zavala County

Virginia

North:

  • Arlington County
  • Fairfax County
  • Loudoun County
  • Prince William County
  • Alexandria City
  • Fairfax City
  • Falls Church City
  • Manassas City
  • Manassas Park City

South East:

  • Brunswick County
  • Greensville County
  • Surry County
  • Sussex County
  • Emporia City
  • Accomack County
  • Isle Of Wight County
  • Northampton County
  • Southampton County
  • York County
  • Chesapeake City
  • Franklin City
  • Hampton City
  • Newport News City
  • Norfolk City
  • Poquoson City
  • Portsmouth City
  • Suffolk City
  • Virginia Beach City

East/Richmond:

  • Albemarle County
  • Caroline County
  • Culpeper County
  • Fauquier County
  • Fluvanna County
  • Greene County
  • King George County
  • Louisa County
  • Madison County
  • Nelson County
  • Orange County
  • Rappahannock County
  • Spotsylvania County
  • Stafford County
  • Charlottesville City
  • Fredericksburg City
  • Amherst County
  • Appomattox County
  • Bedford County
  • Campbell County
  • Franklin County
  • Henry County
  • Patrick County
  • Pittsylvania County
  • Bedford City
  • Danville City
  • Lynchburg City
  • Martinsville City
  • Amelia County
  • Buckingham County
  • Charles City County
  • Charlotte County
  • Chesterfield County
  • Cumberland County
  • Dinwiddie County
  • Goochland County
  • Halifax County
  • Hanover County
  • Henrico County
  • Lunenburg County
  • Mecklenburg County
  • New Kent County
  • Nottoway County
  • Powhatan County
  • Prince Edward County
  • Prince George County
  • Colonial Heights City
  • Hopewell City
  • Petersburg City
  • Richmond City
  • Essex County
  • Gloucester County
  • James City County
  • King & Queen County
  • King William County
  • Lancaster County
  • Mathews County
  • Middlesex County
  • Northumberland County
  • Richmond County
  • Westmoreland County
  • Williamsburg City

West/Shenandoah:

  • Augusta County
  • Bath County
  • Clarke County
  • Frederick County
  • Highland County
  • Page County
  • Rockbridge County
  • Rockingham County
  • Shenandoah County
  • Warren County
  • Buena Vista City
  • Harrisonburg City
  • Lexington City
  • Staunton City
  • Waynesboro City
  • Winchester City
  • Alleghany County
  • Bland County
  • Botetourt County
  • Buchanan County
  • Carroll County
  • Craig County
  • Dickenson County
  • Floyd County
  • Giles County
  • Grayson County
  • Lee County
  • Montgomery County
  • Pulaski County
  • Roanoke County
  • Russell County
  • Scott County
  • Smyth County
  • Tazewell County
  • Washington County
  • Wise County
  • Wythe County
  • Bristol City
  • Covington City
  • Galax City
  • Norton City
  • Radford City
  • Roanoke City
  • Salem City

Wisconsin

Milwaukee:

  • Milwaukee

Milwaukee Vicinity:

  • Dodge
  • Fond
  • Du Lac
  • Jefferson
  • Ozaukee
  • Sheboygan
  • Washington
  • Waukesha

South:

  • Adams
  • Columbia
  • Dane
  • Grant
  • Green
  • Iowa
  • Juneau
  • Kenosha
  • Lafayette
  • Marquette
  • Racine
  • Richland
  • Rock
  • Sauk
  • Walworth

Rest of State:

  • Ashland
  • Barron
  • Bayfield
  • Brown
  • Buffalo
  • Burnett
  • Calumet
  • Chippewa
  • Clark
  • Crawford
  • Door
  • Douglas
  • Dunn
  • Eau Claire
  • Florence
  • Forest
  • Green Lake
  • Iron
  • Jackson
  • Kewaunee
  • La Crosse
  • Langlade
  • Lincoln
  • Manitowoc
  • Marathon
  • Marinette
  • Menominee
  • Monroe
  • Oconto
  • Oneida
  • Outagamie
  • Pepin
  • Pierce
  • Polk
  • Portage
  • Price
  • Rusk
  • Sawyer
  • Shawano
  • St. Croix
  • Taylor
  • Trempealeau
  • Vernon
  • Vilas
  • Washburn
  • Waupaca
  • Waushara
  • Winnebago
  • Wood