East Coast of the United States
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For the North American continental area associated with this coast and the Atlantic Canada coast, see Atlantic Seaboard.
The East Coast of the United States, also known as the "Eastern Seaboard", refers to the easternmost coastal states in the central and northern United States, which touch the Atlantic Ocean and stretch up to Canada. In a geographical sense, the term Eastern Seaboard is widely used; in popular usage, the term "East Coast" is most often used to specifically refer to the northern half of this region, which is also known as the Northeastern U.S. The southern half of this region is frequently considered to belong more strongly to the South or Southeast. Major metropolitan areas are based around the cities of Boston, Providence, New York City, Buffalo, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Washington, Richmond, Norfolk, Raleigh, Charlotte, Atlanta, Jacksonville, Orlando, Tampa and Miami. The population of this region, extending from Maine to Florida, is approximately 111,508,688 (about 36% of the country's total population).Inclusion of states
The term East Coast is often associated with the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic United States, particularly for cultural concepts such as an "Eastern college" or "East-coast liberal" or the "I-95 Corridor" (referring to Interstate 95). The states usually included are Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York, the states of New England (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut), and the District of Columbia.The Southeastern portion of the coast from southern Virginia to Georgia is more typically associated culturally with the larger American South. Florida is not typically referred to as part of "The South", perhaps due to its large demographic of residents from Northeastern states such as New York and New Jersey, as well as its large Hispanic populations from surrounding islands and Central and South America.
East Coast is also often used to refer to the highly urbanized strip along the coast from Boston to Washington, D.C., which is also known as the "Northeast Corridor" - a definition which excludes the less densely populated areas of Upstate New York, Western Pennsylvania and most of New England.
See also
- Geology of the Appalachians
- Gulf Coast of the United States
- New York Islands
- Outer barrier
- Third Coast
- West Coast of the United States
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