Midwestern U.S.

America's agricultural center

The Midwestern U.S. is the north-central region of the United States, stretching from Ohio to the Dakotas and Kansas to Minnesota.

The region is associated with agriculture, manufacturing, and a cultural reputation for friendliness, practicality, and unpretentious values: That Midwestern politeness, Midwestern work ethic.

Also called the Midwest or the heartland.

Related

hog · Mississippi River · Rust Belt · comfort food · farming · folk music · abolitionist movements · supper clubs · Native American tribes · quilting · college towns · Friday night lights · tornado · winter storm · prairie · Lutheranism · immigrant communities · small town values

Opposites
geographic position

Midwestern U.S.East Coast

America's eastern shoreline

West Coast · Eastern Seaboard · Pacific Coast · Northeastern U.S. · New England

cultural stereotype

Midwestern U.S.coastal elite

Privileged urban seaboard residents

Hollywood · Manhattan · New York City · Los Angeles · San Francisco

landscape and environment

Midwestern U.S.coastal regions

Areas bordering oceans

seaboard · Appalachia · Pacific Northwest · Rocky Mountains · tidewater

Family

Midwest, Midwesterner, mid, middle, west, western, westerner, westerly, westward

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G