This article is about the Midwestern region in the United States. For the similarly translated ("Mid West" = Center-West ) region in Brazil, see Center-West Region, Brazil.

The Midwestern United States (or Midwest) is a region of the north-central and northeastern United States of America, located entirely inland. The term's etymology is now somewhat archaic, as the region's states were once a part of the Northwest Territory and the region was known as being a part of the "Middle West" of the United States before the Louisiana Purchase. Today, this region is neither the middle nor the west of the United States (see map), but in fact begins in the East and spans to the Great Plains. Nonetheless, both the geographic center of the contiguous US (in Kansas) and the population center of the US (Missouri) are located in states generally considered to be Midwestern. More geographically-accurate regional terms for these locations are the East North Central States (essentially the Great Lakes States); and the West North Central States (essentially the Great Plains States), as defined by the United States Census Bureau. However, these terms are not generally used outside of technical descriptions of the region. In everyday speech the region is almost universally referred to simply as the Midwest, and most Americans would identify the region as the sociocultural (if not geographic) center of the country.

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OH: "I'm from the Midwest, where they have fresh water. Doesn't salt water on the East Coast make the fish taste salty?" *sigh*
dalecruse (Dale Cruse) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:36:38 -0000
OH: "I'm from the Midwest, where they have fresh water. Doesn't salt water on the East Coast make the fish taste salty?" *sigh*
National Briefing | Midwest: Michigan: Money to Fight Invasive Carp http://bit.ly/8SgMGV
nytimesnational (NYTimes National) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:34:27 -0000
National Briefing | Midwest: Michigan: Money to Fight Invasive Carp http://bit.ly/8SgMGV
@Chainjix lmao I realize that :) It's early for me, stuck in the midwest of the US :) #craigferguson
osuvalpal (Valarie Holly, x.d.) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:33:29 -0000
@Chainjix lmao I realize that :) It's early for me, stuck in the midwest of the US :) #craigferguson
@plattyjo thanks, lady! we leave for holiday festivities in the midwest on wednesday and being sick would not be good.
treesquirrel (jen schuetz) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:24:31 -0000
@plattyjo thanks, lady! we leave for holiday festivities in the midwest on wednesday and being sick would not be good.
@SydneyOwen Yet when we have the option, we move back to the midwest! Growing up, the cold must have damaged our thought process.
kmskala (Kasey Skala) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:24:19 -0000
@SydneyOwen Yet when we have the option, we move back to the midwest! Growing up, the cold must have damaged our thought process.
RT @headius: I think we need to schedule a JRubyConf Midwest edition, since so many JRubyists are in MN/WI/IL/MI/OH/KS/MO.
trptcolin (trptcolin) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:24:00 -0000
RT @headius: I think we need to schedule a JRubyConf Midwest edition, since so many JRubyists are in MN/WI/IL/MI/OH/KS/MO.

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