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DescriptionModern Map of the Southern United States.png
English: Map of the what the Southern United States as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. The striped states (Maryland and Delaware) and Washington D.C. are now often considered part of the Northeast and/or Mid-Atlantic by many other sources, public and private, due to economic, demographic, cultural, and political alignments.
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