MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

The midwestern United States is one of the four geographic regions within the United States of America.

The region consist of 12 states in the north-central United States:
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
Ohio
South Dakota
Wisconsin

A 2006 Census Bureau estimate the population at 66.217.736

CULTURE

Religiously is mostly Christian.

Because of 20th century migration form the south, a large African-American urban population lives in most of the region's major cities, although the concetration is not generally as large as that of the Southern United States.

HISTORY

European settlement of the area began in the 17th century following French exploration of the region.