We did our best to come up with FOUR ideal regional zones for the United States of America and American Banner Exchange.
We tried to make these easy to understand and as equal as possible in terms of population and number of states included.
It might seem obvious the 4 zones should be Northeast, Southeast, Northwest and Southwest. However, as a result of our extensive surveys, this method created some confusion we wanted to avoid.
For example, where would Hawaii go? Is that a Northwest State or a Southwest State? Many think the former, when it should probably be the latter. There is no doubt, however, that Hawaii is a Western State!
Likewise, most states in the center of the United States do not consider it as the Northeast, Southeast, Northwest OR the Southwest. That area is best known as the Midwest.
We also tried to roughly follow the Mason-Dixon Line to divide the Northeast and Southeast, but chose our dividing line to keep the number of states in each regional zone as even as possible. In this case, 11 states plus Washington, D.C. in the Northeast and 12 states in the Southeast. As soon as we can, we will have 50+ zones - one for every State in the Union!
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