Southeastern United States

Regional definitions vary from source to source. The states shown in dark red are usually included, while all or portions of the striped states may or may not be considered part of the Southeastern United States.

The Southeastern United States or simply the Southeast refers to a region in the southeastern part of the United States. It usually consists of the following southern states: largest cities

• Louisiana-Baton Rouge
• Mississippi-Jackson
• Alabama-Montgomery
• Georgia-Atlanta
• Florida-Tallahassee
• Tennessee-Nashville
• North Carolina-Raleigh
• South Carolina-Columbia, South Carolina

and sometimes:

• Arkansas-Little Rock
• Oklahoma-Oklahoma City
• Texas-Austin

This geographical designation has much in common with the term Southern United States (or simply "the South"), although that term also includes Virginia, West Virginia, usually Kentucky and sometimes Maryland. All of these states, with the exception of Oklahoma (which was not a state at the time), West Virginia, Kentucky, and Maryland were members of the Confederate States of America.