# Poll: What Standard Federal Region do you live in? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 22, 2020, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-standard-federal-region-do-you-live-in/921202 "2020-09-22T04:06:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-standard-federal-region-do-you-live-in/921202/1 "2020-09-22T04:06:52Z")
[From here.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_regions_of_the_United_States#Standard_Federal_Regions) > [@](#): > > ``` > Region I: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont > Region II: New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands > Region III: Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia > Region IV: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee > Region V: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin > Region VI: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas > Region VII: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska > Region VIII: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming > Region IX: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands > Region X: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington > > ``` _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-standard-federal-region-do-you-live-in/921202/1))_ ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-standard-federal-region-do-you-live-in/921202/2 "2020-09-22T04:23:14Z")
I have to say, the Discourse colors for that pie aren’t varied enough. I see a 10-section variation from white to midnight blue. Can I get some contrast please, add red, orange, vermilion, yellow, fuschia in between all these green/blue colors? ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-standard-federal-region-do-you-live-in/921202/3 "2020-09-22T05:32:35Z")
How about none of the above? I vote Region II, but I don’t know the purpose of the pole, as it’s centered on those who live in the U.S. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-standard-federal-region-do-you-live-in/921202/4 "2020-09-22T05:35:11Z")
Well it is for people in the US and territories. I should have made that clear in the thread title, apologies. Edit: are you saying you vote in region II but live overseas/outside the poll’s regions? ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-standard-federal-region-do-you-live-in/921202/5 "2020-09-22T06:00:24Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > Edit: are you saying you vote in region II but live overseas/outside the poll’s regions? S/he lives in Switzerland - you can click on their name and see their location. Same for any poster, if they’ve set it up in their settings. Were I to vote, I’d select Region IV, as that’s my voting location, but I actually live in Australia. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-standard-federal-region-do-you-live-in/921202/6 "2020-09-22T06:04:38Z")
> [@galen\_ubal](#): > > S/he lives in Switzerland - you can click on their name and see their location. Same for any poster, if they’ve set it up in their settings. I didn’t know the new board allowed user locations, and I sorely missed that from the old board. Thanks, I’ll set mine up. > [@](#): > > Were I to vote, I’d select Region IV, as that’s my voting location, but I actually live in Australia. Well, “where do you live” in the OP seems pretty clear: you and Die\_Capacitrix don’t live in those regions. Again, sorry my thread title wasn’t clearer. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-standard-federal-region-do-you-live-in/921202/7 "2020-09-22T06:21:01Z")
I’ll note my region III should have been named “Pennsylginia” (Virvania?) ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-standard-federal-region-do-you-live-in/921202/8 "2020-09-22T06:44:48Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > I have to say, the Discourse colors for that pie aren’t varied enough. I see a 10-section variation from white to midnight blue. Can I get some contrast please, add red, orange, vermilion, yellow, fuschia in between all these green/blue colors? For red you pay extra. The Dope can’t afford it. The West is any color so long as it’s black. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-standard-federal-region-do-you-live-in/921202/9 "2020-09-22T08:19:05Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > I have to say, the Discourse colors for that pie aren’t varied enough. I see a 10-section variation from white to midnight blue. Can I get some contrast please, add red, orange, vermilion, yellow, fuschia in between all these green/blue colors? I agree. One of my pet peeves, especially on tv. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-standard-federal-region-do-you-live-in/921202/10 "2020-09-22T14:55:29Z")
Nitpick but it would be more accurate to call Region I New England, rather than “Maine-ish”. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-standard-federal-region-do-you-live-in/921202/11 "2020-09-22T15:36:22Z")
Yeah, as someone with Deuteranopia, that chart is pretty much useless to me. Edit: I realize now that I can zoom in and tap on each wedge to show me what it represents. So that helps. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-standard-federal-region-do-you-live-in/921202/12 "2020-09-22T15:43:10Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > I realize now that I can zoom in and tap on each wedge to show me what it represents. So that helps. Also the pie pieces for each region proceed clockwise in poll order around the pie: Region I is just after “midnight”, followed by Region II clockwise etc. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-standard-federal-region-do-you-live-in/921202/13 "2020-09-26T05:09:26Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Nitpick but it would be more accurate to call Region I New England, rather than “Maine-ish”. Beat me to it. I’ll admit that this part of the country was a mishmash in my mind before I moved here a couple of decades ago, and I remember fruitlessly looking for “New England” on a map in second grade, but considering the fact that Region I includes all six New England states, it only makes sense to refer to this region as New England. “Maine-ish” is just bizarre. I like Maine a lot, frequently going there for recreation (mostly canoeing trips and ski trips), but Maine is more of the hinterland of New England than anything else. It would be like calling Region VI “Greater Arkansas.” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-standard-federal-region-do-you-live-in/921202/14 "2020-09-26T05:16:32Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > I have to say, the Discourse colors for that pie aren’t varied enough. I see a 10-section variation from white to midnight blue. Can I get some contrast please, add red, orange, vermilion, yellow, fuschia in between all these green/blue colors? Region 1 And I hate the pie charts for a different reason - I want to know the percentages, not the absolute numbers of votes. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-standard-federal-region-do-you-live-in/921202/15 "2020-09-26T05:38:51Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > `Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee` I’m quite surprised how unrepresented the US southeast is. 4 in 61 at the moment. There are a great number of people in that region. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-standard-federal-region-do-you-live-in/921202/16 "2020-09-26T05:42:04Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Edit: I realize now that I can zoom in and tap on each wedge to show me what it represents. So that helps. Users with a mouse can also mouse-over each wedge to see a caption showing what it is. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-standard-federal-region-do-you-live-in/921202/17 "2020-09-26T17:45:46Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > I’m quite surprised how unrepresented the US southeast is. 4 in 61 at the moment. There are a great number of people in that region. Haven’t we run most of them off these boards? ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-standard-federal-region-do-you-live-in/921202/18 "2020-09-27T04:44:06Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Haven’t we run most of them off these boards? 67 million people live in region IV. 20% of the US. I doubt we’ve intimidated every one of them. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-standard-federal-region-do-you-live-in/921202/19 "2020-09-27T15:13:30Z")
Doesn’t matter how many of them there are who’ve never heard of the Dope. Matters how many were on the Dope and aren’t here any longer. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-standard-federal-region-do-you-live-in/921202/20 "2020-09-28T21:12:23Z")
> [@robby](#): > > “Maine-ish” is just bizarre. I like Maine a lot, frequently going there for recreation (mostly canoeing trips and ski trips), but Maine is more of the hinterland of New England than anything else. It would be like calling Region VI “Greater Arkansas.” Like region VIII “Greater Wyoming” literally the least populous state in the region. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-standard-federal-region-do-you-live-in/921202.md?page=2)