South Atlantic states

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The South Atlantic states, U.S. Census Bureau Region 3, Division 5, consisting of the states of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia

The South Atlantic states form one of the nine Census Bureau Divisions within the United States that are recognized by the United States Census Bureau. This region, U.S. Census Bureau Region 3, Division 5, corresponds to the South (states/areas that were geographically part of the Thirteen Colonies) with the addition of Florida.

Terminology

The name of the census division does not refer to the South Atlantic Ocean, but rather to its location along the Atlantic Coast of the United States. Farther north are the Census-defined Middle Atlantic and New England (or North Atlantic) states.

Geography

This division includes eight states and one district; Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia and Washington.<ref>"Census Regions and Divisions of the United States" Template:Webarchive, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved June 19, 2011</ref> This division is also a recognized geographical division used by the United States Geological Survey.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Rp All entities within the region apart from the District of Columbia and West Virginia border the North Atlantic Ocean.

Together with the East South Central States (Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee) and the West South Central states (Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas), the South Atlantic states constitute the United States Census Bureau's broader Census Bureau Region of the South (the other three regions being the Northeast, Midwest and West, all of which have two divisions).

Demographics

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Ethnic origins in South Atlantic states

As of 2010, the South Atlantic states had a combined population of 61,774,970. The South Atlantic states region covers Template:Convert. With the exception of West Virginia, the region has seen rapid population growth and economic development in recent decades.

States and Federal District in the South Atlantic

State	2020 census	Land area
Delaware	989,948	1,982
Florida	21,538,187	65,755
Georgia	10,711,908	59,425
Maryland	6,177,224	12,407
North Carolina	10,439,388	53,819
South Carolina	5,118,435	32,020
Virginia	8,631,393	42,774
West Virginia	1,793,716	24,230
Washington, D.C.	689,545	177

Ten largest cities by population in the South Atlantic states region

	City	2020 census
1	Jacksonville, Florida	949,611
2	Charlotte, North Carolina	874,579
3	Washington, D.C.	689,545
4	Baltimore, Maryland	585,708
5	Atlanta, Georgia	498,715
6	Raleigh, North Carolina	467,665
7	Virginia Beach, Virginia	459,470
8	Miami, Florida	442,241
9	Tampa, Florida	384,959
10	Orlando, Florida	307,573

Largest metropolitan statistical areas in the region

	Metro area	2020 census
1	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA	6,385,162
2	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA MSA	6,220,106
3	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL MSA	6,138,333
4	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA	3,175,275
5	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD MSA	2,844,510
6	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL MSA	2,673,376
7	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC MSA	2,660,329
8	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA	1,799,674
9	Jacksonville, FL MSA	1,605,848
10	Raleigh-Cary, NC MSA	1,413,982

Politics

Parties
Template:Party shading/Nonpartisan| Nonpartisan	Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican| Democratic-Republican	Template:Party shading/Democratic| Democratic	Template:Party shading/Nullifier|Nullifier	Template:Party shading/Whig| Whig	Template:Party shading/Republican| Republican	Template:Party shading/Liberal Republican|Liberal Republican	Template:Party shading/Dixiecrat| Dixiecrat	Template:Party shading/American Independent| American Independent

• Bold denotes election winner.
• Note: Election results for the Upper South Atlantic States (Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Washington, D.C.) are included in the table of the Mid-Atlantic states article.

Presidential electoral votes in the Lower South Atlantic States since 1789
Year	Florida	Georgia	North Carolina	South Carolina
1789	Template:Party shading/Independent| No election	Template:Party shading/Nonpartisan|Washington	Template:Party shading/Independent| No election	Template:Party shading/Nonpartisan|Washington
1792	Template:Party shading/Independent| No election	Template:Party shading/Nonpartisan|Washington	Template:Party shading/Nonpartisan|Washington	Template:Party shading/Nonpartisan|Washington
1796	Template:Party shading/Independent| No election	Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican|Jefferson	Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican|Jefferson	Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican|Jefferson
1800	Template:Party shading/Independent| No election	Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican|Jefferson	Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican|Jefferson	Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican|Jefferson
1804	Template:Party shading/Independent| No election	Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican|Jefferson	Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican|Jefferson	Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican|Jefferson
1808	Template:Party shading/Independent| No election	Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican|Madison	Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican|Madison	Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican|Madison
1812	Template:Party shading/Independent| No election	Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican|Madison	Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican|Madison	Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican|Madison
1816	Template:Party shading/Independent| No election	Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican|Monroe	Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican|Monroe	Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican|Monroe
1820	Template:Party shading/Independent| No election	Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican|Monroe	Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican|Monroe	Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican|Monroe
1824	Template:Party shading/Independent| No election	Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican|Crawford	Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican|Jackson	Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican|Jackson
1828	Template:Party shading/Independent| No election	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Jackson	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Jackson	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Jackson
1832	Template:Party shading/Independent| No election	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Jackson	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Jackson	Template:Party shading/Nullifier|Floyd
1836	Template:Party shading/Independent| No election	Template:Party shading/Whig|White	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Van Buren	Template:Party shading/Whig|Magnum
1840	Template:Party shading/Independent| No election	Template:Party shading/Whig|Harrison	Template:Party shading/Whig|Harrison	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Van Buren
1844	Template:Party shading/Independent| No election	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Polk	Template:Party shading/Whig|Clay	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Polk
1848	Template:Party shading/Whig|Taylor	Template:Party shading/Whig|Taylor	Template:Party shading/Whig|Taylor	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Cass
1852	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Pierce	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Pierce	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Pierce	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Pierce
1856	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Buchanan	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Buchanan	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Buchanan	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Buchanan
1860	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Breckinridge	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Breckinridge	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Breckinridge	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Breckinridge
1864	Template:Party shading/Independent| No election	Template:Party shading/Independent| No election	Template:Party shading/Independent| No election	Template:Party shading/Independent| No election
1868	Template:Party shading/Republican|Grant	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Seymour	Template:Party shading/Republican|Grant	Template:Party shading/Republican|Grant
1872	Template:Party shading/Republican|Grant	Template:Party shading/Liberal Republican|Brown	Template:Party shading/Republican|Grant	Template:Party shading/Republican|Grant
1876	Template:Party shading/Republican|Hayes	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Tilden	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Tilden	Template:Party shading/Republican|Hayes
1880	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Hancock	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Hancock	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Hancock	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Hancock
1884	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Cleveland	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Cleveland	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Cleveland	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Cleveland
1888	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Cleveland	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Cleveland	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Cleveland	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Cleveland
1892	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Cleveland	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Cleveland	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Cleveland	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Cleveland
1896	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Bryan	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Bryan	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Bryan	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Bryan
1900	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Bryan	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Bryan	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Bryan	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Bryan
1904	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Parker	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Parker	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Parker	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Parker
1908	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Bryan	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Bryan	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Bryan	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Bryan
1912	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Wilson	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Wilson	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Wilson	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Wilson
1916	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Wilson	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Wilson	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Wilson	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Wilson
1920	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Cox	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Cox	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Cox	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Cox
1924	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Davis	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Davis	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Davis	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Davis
1928	Template:Party shading/Republican|Hoover	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Smith	Template:Party shading/Republican|Hoover	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Smith
1932	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Roosevelt	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Roosevelt	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Roosevelt	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Roosevelt
1936	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Roosevelt	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Roosevelt	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Roosevelt	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Roosevelt
1940	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Roosevelt	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Roosevelt	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Roosevelt	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Roosevelt
1944	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Roosevelt	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Roosevelt	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Roosevelt	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Roosevelt
1948	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Truman	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Truman	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Truman	Template:Party shading/Dixiecrat|Thurmond
1952	Template:Party shading/Republican|Eisenhower	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Stevenson	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Stevenson	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Stevenson
1956	Template:Party shading/Republican|Eisenhower	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Stevenson	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Stevenson	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Stevenson
1960	Template:Party shading/Republican|Nixon	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Kennedy	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Kennedy	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Kennedy
1964	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Johnson	Template:Party shading/Republican|Goldwater	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Johnson	Template:Party shading/Republican|Goldwater
1968	Template:Party shading/Republican|Nixon	Template:Party shading/American Independent|Wallace	Template:Party shading/Republican|Nixon	Template:Party shading/Republican|Nixon
1972	Template:Party shading/Republican|Nixon	Template:Party shading/Republican|Nixon	Template:Party shading/Republican|Nixon	Template:Party shading/Republican|Nixon
1976	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Carter	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Carter	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Carter	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Carter
1980	Template:Party shading/Republican|Reagan	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Carter	Template:Party shading/Republican|Reagan	Template:Party shading/Republican|Reagan
1984	Template:Party shading/Republican|Reagan	Template:Party shading/Republican|Reagan	Template:Party shading/Republican|Reagan	Template:Party shading/Republican|Reagan
1988	Template:Party shading/Republican|Bush	Template:Party shading/Republican|Bush	Template:Party shading/Republican|Bush	Template:Party shading/Republican|Bush
1992	Template:Party shading/Republican|Bush	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Clinton	Template:Party shading/Republican|Bush	Template:Party shading/Republican|Bush
1996	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Clinton	Template:Party shading/Republican|Dole	Template:Party shading/Republican|Dole	Template:Party shading/Republican|Dole
2000	Template:Party shading/Republican|Bush	Template:Party shading/Republican|Bush	Template:Party shading/Republican|Bush	Template:Party shading/Republican|Bush
2004	Template:Party shading/Republican|Bush	Template:Party shading/Republican|Bush	Template:Party shading/Republican|Bush	Template:Party shading/Republican|Bush
2008	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Obama	Template:Party shading/Republican|McCain	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Obama	Template:Party shading/Republican|McCain
2012	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Obama	Template:Party shading/Republican|Romney	Template:Party shading/Republican|Romney	Template:Party shading/Republican|Romney
2016	Template:Party shading/Republican|Trump	Template:Party shading/Republican|Trump	Template:Party shading/Republican|Trump	Template:Party shading/Republican|Trump
2020	Template:Party shading/Republican|Trump	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Biden	Template:Party shading/Republican|Trump	Template:Party shading/Republican|Trump
2024	Template:Party shading/Republican|Trump	Template:Party shading/Republican|Trump	Template:Party shading/Republican|Trump	Template:Party shading/Republican|Trump
Year	Florida	Georgia	North Carolina	South Carolina

References

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