Midwestern United States

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census region region of the United States

The Midwestern United States is a region of the country known for its agricultural heartland, major industrial cities, and central role in American culture and history.

Aliases (24)

United States Midwest ×68
Midwest ×40
Upper Midwest ×32
American Midwest ×17
Great Lakes region ×7
Midwest United States ×5
U.S. Midwest ×5
Central United States ×3
United States Midwest region ×3
midwestern United States ×3
East North Central States ×1
Heartland of America ×1
Midwestern United States culture ×1
Midwestern United States politics ×1
Midwestern United States wine region ×1
Midwestern United States wine regions ×1
Midwestern United States–West Coast ×1
MidwesternUnitedStates ×1
North Central region of the United States ×1
U.S. Census Bureau Midwest Region ×1
Upper Midwest of the United States ×1
Upper Midwestern United States ×1
West North Central States ×1
central United States ×1

Statements (67)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	census region → region of the United States →
alsoKnownAs	American Midwest → Midwest →
borderedBy	Canada → Northeastern United States → Southern United States → Western United States →
capitalCity	Chicago →
climateRegion	Tornado Alley (southern and central parts) →
contains	Chicago → Cleveland → Columbus, Ohio → Corn Belt → Detroit → Great Lakes → Great Plains → Illinois → Indiana → Indianapolis → Iowa → Kansas → Kansas City metropolitan area → Lake Erie → Lake Huron → Lake Michigan → Lake Superior → Michigan → Milwaukee → Minneapolis–Saint Paul → Minnesota → Mississippi River → Missouri → Missouri River → Nebraska → North Dakota → Ohio → Ohio River → Rust Belt → South Dakota → St. Louis → Wisconsin →
country	United States of America →
demographicFeature	predominantly urban and suburban population → significant rural population →
economicSector	agriculture → manufacturing → services →
federalDivision	U.S. Census Bureau Midwest Region →
hasCharacteristic	agricultural heartland → four distinct seasons → humid continental climate → major industrial centers →
historicalRole	center of 19th-century westward expansion → industrial core during 20th century →
knownFor	automobile industry → corn production → grain production → influence on American culture → manufacturing industry → meatpacking industry → role in American presidential elections → soybean production →
largestCity	Chicago →
locatedInTimeZone	Central Time Zone → Eastern Time Zone →
partOf	contiguous United States →

Referenced by (showing first 500 of 942)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Abilene, Kansas, United States → Addison Township → Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois → Addison, Illinois → Allen County, Indiana → Alvord, Iowa → Appleton → Arlington Heights, Illinois → Barnes-Jewish Hospital → Barton County, Missouri → Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary → Bay City, Michigan ("United States Midwest") → Bellefontaine, Ohio → Bentley, Iowa → Bible Belt → Brown County, South Dakota → Buck Creek State Park → Bull Valley, Illinois → Calumet City, Illinois → Calumet City, Illinois ("United States Midwest") → Calumet Region → Canton, South Dakota → Carson, Iowa → Cass County, Iowa → Cass County, Missouri ("United States Midwest") → Cedar County, Missouri → Cedar County, Missouri ("United States Midwest") → Cedarville, Illinois, United States → Central Illinois → Cherokee County, Kansas → Chicago, Illinois, United States → Chickasaw County, Iowa → City of Big Shoulders → City of Fordson, Michigan → Clinton County, Iowa → Corn Belt → Cranbrook Academy of Art → Crawford County, Kansas → Cresco ("United States Midwest") → Cresco, Iowa → Crystal Lawns, Illinois → Dade County, Missouri → Delaware, Ohio → Detroit → Detroit River → Dixie Highway → Douglas County, Nebraska → Downers Grove Township → Downers Grove Township, DuPage County, Illinois → Duluth Iron Range Railway Company → East Lansing → Eastern Michigan University → Eastern Nebraska → Ellis, Kansas → Eppley Airfield → Erie County, Ohio → Eureka, Illinois → Flint Repertory Theatre → Flower City → Fox River (Illinois–Wisconsin) → French Lick, Indiana → Gary → Gary City Hall → Gary, Indiana → Glacial Park Conservation Area → Golden City, Missouri → Goshen, Indiana → Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad → Great Chicago Fire of 1871 → Great Midwest Fires of 1871 ("Upper Midwest") → Green Garden, Illinois → Greendale, Wisconsin → Hamilton County, Ohio → Hammond, Indiana → Hannibal historic district → Hanover Township, Cook County, Illinois → Hanover Township, Cook County, Illinois ("United States Midwest region") → Harrison County, Iowa ("United States Midwest") → Hazleton, Indiana → Hennepin County → Herbert Hoover Gravesite → Hills, Iowa → Holiday Hills, Illinois → Holland–Grand Haven metropolitan area → Honey Creek, Iowa → Hopewell tradition → Howard County, Iowa ("Upper Midwest") → Huron County, Ohio → Huron River (Ohio) → Illinois → Illinois Waterway system → Independence, Missouri → Indiana → Inwood, Iowa → Iowa County, Iowa → Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission → Jasper County, Iowa → Jasper County, Missouri → Jasper High School ("United States Midwest") → Joslyn Art Museum → Kankakee metropolitan area → Kansas → Kansas City Current → Kansas City, Missouri → Kearney, Missouri ("United States Midwest") → Kenosha County, Wisconsin → Lafayette County, Missouri → Lake County, Illinois → Lake County, Indiana → Lake Michigan → Lake Nokomis → Lansing, Illinois → Larchwood, Iowa → Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail → Lincoln County, South Dakota → Lone Jack, Missouri ("United States Midwest") → Lorain, Ohio → Louisa County, Iowa → Lucas County, Iowa → Macedonia, Iowa → Macomb County, Michigan → Manufacturing Belt → Marion County, Missouri ("United States Midwest") → Maryville, Missouri → Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, Springfield, Missouri, United States → Michigan (most of state) → Miller Brewing Company → Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois → Milwaukee → Minnehaha County, South Dakota → Mission Creek Festival → Missouri → Missouri Botanical Garden → Moneta, Iowa → Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Kansas → Muscatine County, Iowa → Museum at Prairiefire → Muskegon Heights, Michigan → Muskegon River → Naperville Township, DuPage County, Illinois → National Frontier Trails Museum → National Road → Nebraska → Nebraska–Iowa region → New Lisbon, Wisconsin → North Bend, Ohio → North Dakota → North Manitou Island → Northeastern Illinois → Northeastern Iowa → Northeastern Kansas → Northern Ohio → Northern State University → O'Brien County, Iowa → Old Mill Creek, Illinois → Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area → Orange Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio → Otley, Iowa → Oxford, Iowa ("United States Midwest") → Oz Museum → Pan Handle Railway → Plymouth County, Iowa → Point Pleasant, Ohio → Port Huron, Michigan → Porter County, Indiana → Porter, Indiana → Poweshiek County, Iowa → Prophetstown, Illinois → Quad Cities (Illinois portion) → Queen City of the West → Randolph County, Missouri → Rock County, Minnesota → Rock River valley → Round Lake Beach, Illinois → Rust Belt → Rust Belt ("Great Lakes region") → Saginaw County, Michigan → Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States ("United States Midwest") → Sarpy County, Nebraska → Shimer College → Shueyville, Iowa → Sibley, Missouri → Sioux City, Iowa → Siouxland region ("Upper Midwest") → Smithville, Missouri → Solon, Iowa → South Dakota → South Side, Chicago → Southeast Michigan → Southwestern Iowa → Springfield Museum of Art → Springfield, Kansas → St. Joseph River → St. Louis County, Minnesota → St. Louis, Missouri, United States → Swisher, Iowa → Tampico, Illinois → Tornado Alley (southern and central parts) ("central United States") → Tornado Alley (southern and central parts) ("Midwest") → Town of Kansas ("American Midwest") → Treynor, Iowa → Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church → Union Pacific Railroad Museum → United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin → United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth → University of Central Missouri → Upper Mississippi Valley → Upper Peninsula of Michigan → Upper Peninsula of Michigan ("Great Lakes region") → Vernon County, Missouri ("United States Midwest") → Wamego City Cemetery → Wamego, Kansas, United States → Washington Institute → Washington University in St. Louis → Wayne County, Michigan → West Baden Springs, Indiana → Western Division → Winona, Minnesota, United States → York, Nebraska → northwestern Iowa → southeastern South Dakota →	locatedIn
Bellevue, Nebraska → Belton, Missouri, United States ("Midwest") → Berwyn, Illinois → Bloomingdale, Illinois → Bloomington, Indiana → Cook County, Illinois → Country Club Hills, Illinois → Davenport, Iowa ("American Midwest") → Des Plaines, Illinois → East St. Louis, Illinois ("American Midwest") → Eldon, Iowa → Grand Forks, North Dakota ("Upper Midwest") → Great Holland Fire of 1871 → Hancock, Iowa → Indianapolis → Indianapolis ("East North Central States") → Interstate 72 → Iowa → Iowa City, Iowa → Jackson County Courthouse (Independence, Missouri) → Kansas City, Missouri → Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art → La Vista, Nebraska → Lake Michigan shoreline → Little Rock, Iowa → Mad River Mountain ("Midwest") → Marceline, Missouri → Mills County, Iowa → Mindenmines, Missouri → Minneapolis → Minneapolis–Saint Paul ("Upper Midwest") → Minnesota → Minnesota ("Upper Midwest") → Mitchell County, Iowa ("Upper Midwest") → Northeastern Wisconsin → Ohio → Orange Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio ("United States Midwest") → Peoria, Illinois → Protivin, Iowa → Province V → Ralston, Nebraska → Rocky River, Ohio → Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States ("Upper Midwest") → Snow Creek Ski Area → Sugar Creek, Missouri → Tipton, Iowa → U.S. Route 75 ("Central United States") → U.S. Route 75 ("Midwest") → Urbana, Illinois, United States → Village of Dearborn → Wahoo, Nebraska, United States → Wapakoneta, Ohio, United States → Warrenville, Illinois → Wayne Township, DuPage County, Illinois → Weston, Iowa → Wisconsin ("Upper Midwest") → Wisconsin → Zionsville, Indiana, United States →	locatedInRegion
Bartlett, Illinois → Buckner, Missouri → Burlington, Iowa, United States → Cadiz, Ohio → Cedar Rapids metropolitan area → Centralia, Kansas ("Midwest") → Champaign, Illinois → Chester, Iowa → Chesterfield, Missouri → Dolton, Illinois → Elgin, Illinois → Elma, Iowa → Excelsior Springs, Missouri → Florida, Missouri → Grain Valley, Missouri → Grandview, Missouri → Gretna, Nebraska → Iron Mountain, Michigan → Kearney, Missouri → Lamar, Missouri → Lancaster, Ohio → Lee's Summit, Missouri → Liberal, Missouri → Liberty, Missouri → Little Rock, Iowa ("Midwest") → Lone Jack, Missouri → Mecosta, Michigan → North Liberty, Iowa → Orland Park, Illinois → Oxford, Iowa → Prospect Heights, Illinois → Roanoke, Indiana → Robbins, Illinois → Robbins, Illinois ("United States Midwest") → Rochester Hills → Rock Valley, Iowa → Saginaw → Shueyville, Iowa ("Midwest") → Sioux Center, Iowa → Sterling Heights, Michigan → Sugar Creek, Missouri ("Midwest") → Village of Westmont → Warroad, Minnesota → Westmont, Illinois → Zeigler, Illinois →	countrySubdivision
Adair County, Iowa ("United States Midwest") → Augusta AVA ("Midwestern United States wine region") → Aurora, Illinois → Bay County, Michigan → Belton, Missouri, United States → Blue Island, Illinois ("United States Midwest") → Boyden, Iowa → Burbank, Illinois ("United States Midwest") → Carol Stream, Illinois ("United States Midwest") → Carter Lake, Iowa → Centralia, Kansas → Chicago metropolitan area ("Great Lakes region") → Cincinnati → Cincinnati → Cincinnati metropolitan area → City of Pella → Clarion, Iowa → Cleveland ("Great Lakes region") → Council Bluffs → Council Bluffs, Iowa → Cresco → Dakota County, Nebraska → Davis County, Iowa Territory ("American Midwest") → Decatur, Illinois → Decatur–Taylorville metropolitan area → Delaware County, Ohio → Dennison, Ohio ("United States Midwest") → Detroit metropolitan area → Doon, Iowa → Driftless Area → Eastern Iowa →	partOf
Chickasaw County, Iowa ("United States Midwest") → Clarence, Iowa → Columbus, Ohio → Columbus, Ohio ("Great Lakes region") → Dolton, Illinois ("United States Midwest") → Geneva, Illinois ("United States Midwest") → Hancock, Iowa ("United States Midwest") → Hull, Iowa → Iowa City → Niles, Illinois ("United States Midwest region") → Northport, Wisconsin ("United States Midwest") → Oak Grove, Missouri ("United States Midwest") → Shawnee, Kansas ("United States Midwest") → Sibley, Missouri ("United States Midwest") → Solon, Iowa ("United States Midwest") → Stanwood, Iowa → Tinley Park, Illinois ("United States Midwest") → West Liberty, Iowa →	isPartOf
Conrail → First Chicago NBD → Illinois Steel Company → New York Central Railroad → Penn Central Transportation Company → Pennsylvania Railroad → Pennsylvania Railroad Company →	operatedIn
Boyden, Iowa ("American Midwest") → Downers Grove, Illinois → Glendale Heights, Illinois → Minden, Iowa → Village of Darien → Walnut, Iowa →	isInRegion
American League Central → Colts–Titans rivalry → Independence Temple Lot ("American Midwest") → National League Central → York Township, DuPage County, Illinois →	geographicRegion
Great Midwest Fires of 1871 → NFL Eastern Conference ("midwestern United States") → Pullman Strike → Treaty of St. Louis (1825) → U.S. auto industry crisis of 2008–2010 →	location
Chessie System → Missouri Pacific Railroad → Negro American League → PCC&StL → Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad ("Midwest") →	operatedInRegion
Chi-Town → Heart of America → Queen City → The Big O →	associatedWith
Central Division (AHL) → Norris Division → Western Division (BAA) → Western Division (NBA) ("midwestern United States") →	geographicScope
Interstate 65 ("Midwest") → New York–Philadelphia–Pittsburgh–Chicago → New York–St. Louis route →	connectsRegion
Detroit → Ho-Chunk ("Upper Midwest") → Winnebago ("Upper Midwest") →	culturalRegion
Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge → Fort Wayne Assembly → Lake of the Isles →	hasRegion
Ho-Chunk ("Upper Midwest") → Illinois Steel Company ("American Midwest") → Miami-Illinois language →	historicalRegion
Avoca, Iowa → Clark County, Ohio → Spavinaw, Oklahoma →	isInCountrySubdivision
Clinton County, Missouri → North Kansas City, Missouri → Vinton, Iowa →	isPartOfRegion
Farmington Hills → Martins Ferry, Ohio → Orion Assembly →	locatedInCountrySubdivision
Black Arts Movement ("Midwest United States") → Regionalism (art movement) → Regionalism (art movement) ("American Midwest") →	mainRegion
Land Utilization Division → Wisconsin glaciation ("Upper Midwestern United States") →	affectedRegion
Midwestern United States ("Midwest") → Midwestern United States ("American Midwest") →	alsoKnownAs
Ohio Valley region → South Central United States →	borderedBy
Southern United States → western United States →	borders
Carlie Irsay-Gordon → Marshall Field →	businessRegion
Campbell Conference → Cutlerite tradition →	geographicalFocus
Central Division (NBA) → Central Division (NHL) →	geographicalRegion
American Regionalism → NFC North →	geographicFocus
Northern United States ("Midwest") → Northern United States ("Upper Midwest") →	includesRegion
Dibble House → Pella Opera House →	locatedInAdministrativeTerritory
Norfolk Southern Railway → Union Pacific Railroad →	operatesInRegion
Cape Air → Pennsylvania Limited →	operatingRegion
Alvin Karpis →	activityLocation
Treaty of St. Louis (1816) ("Midwest") →	appliesToTerritory
Gateway City ("American Midwest") →	associatedWithRegion
Tri-Cities Blackhawks →	basedInRegion
Maywood, Illinois ("United States Midwest region") →	belongsTo
Northeastern United States →	bordersRegion
Minnesota Timberwolves ("Upper Midwest") →	broadcastRegion
Detroit ("Midwest") →	censusRegion
Norwegian diaspora ("Upper Midwest of the United States") →	commonSettlementRegion
Panhandle Route →	connectedRegion
Overland Route (historic) ("Midwest") →	connects
U.S. Route 6 ("Midwest") →	crosses
Independence, Missouri →	demographicRegion
Great Migration of African Americans →	destinationRegion
Evangeline ("American Midwest") →	featuresLocation
Midwestern United States ("U.S. Census Bureau Midwest Region") →	federalDivision
Kansas City Chiefs–Los Angeles Chargers rivalry ("Midwestern United States–West Coast") →	geographicContext
Michigan State Spartans football ("United States Midwest") →	hasFanBaseIn
MetroLink light rail →	hasLocale
John Vachon →	hasPhotographed
Chicago SRW wheat →	hasPrimaryRegion
American culture ("Midwestern United States culture") →	hasRegionalVariant
Siouan languages →	historicallySpokenIn
Albertus van Raalte →	historicalRegionAssociated
Dutch Americans →	historicalSettlementRegion
West Branch of the Wapsinonoc Creek →	hydrologicallyLocatedIn
Interior United States ("Midwest") →	includesPart
Village of Westmont ("Midwest") →	isInCensusRegion
Chicago, Illinois, United States →	largestCityIn
Norwegian Americans →	largestSettlementRegion
Oakland, Iowa ("West North Central States") →	locatedInCensusDivision
Oakland, Iowa ("Midwest") →	locatedInCensusRegion
Cincinnati Opera →	locatedInCulturalRegion
Lisle Township, DuPage County, Illinois →	locatedInFederalEntity
West Des Moines, Iowa ("Midwest") →	locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
Scandinavian Americans ("Upper Midwest") →	majorRegionInUS
Winnebago →	nativeTo
Ku Klux Klan →	notableActivityRegion
German Americans ("Midwest") →	notableEarlySettlement
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe 4-8-4 locomotive →	operatedRegion
Big Ten Academic Alliance →	operatesIn
CSX Transportation ("Midwest United States") →	operatesInArea
Sauk people →	originalRegion