Location Information

The locations in the Data Trends & Maps system are classified under national, regional, states and other locations.

National

In this Web site, 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.