شرق الولايات المتحدة

The area ceded to the United States by Great Britain in 1783 (light brown) is usually recognized as the Eastern United States. Louisiana and Florida acquisitions were recognized as the Western and Southern frontiers in early days of the Republic. Although east of the Rockies, Texas is considered Western.

This video was taken by the crew of Expedition 29 on board the ISS. The pass goes over the eastern United States.

شرق الولايات المتحدة Eastern United States أو الشرق الأمريكي American East، يُعرِّفه البعض اليوم بأنه الولايات شرق نهر المسيسپي^{[citation needed]}، and is traditionally divided by the نهر اوهايو وجبال الأپلاشيان into الجنوب, the Old Northwest and الشمال الشرقي. The first two tiers of states west of the Mississippi have traditionally been considered part of the West, but can be amalgamated with states of the Old Northwest into what the Census Bureau defines as the وسط غرب الولايات المتحدة. It has been considered part of the Eastern United States in regional models التي تستبعد المنطقة الوسطى. ^{[مطلوب توضيح]}

As of 2011, the estimated population of the 26 states east of the Mississippi (not including the small portions of Minnesota and Louisiana that are east of the river) plus the District of Columbia totals 179,948,346 out of 308,745,358 in the whole nation (excluding the territory of Puerto Rico), or 58.28% of the تعداد الولايات المتحدة.