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Palisades</a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:290px;max-width:290px"><div style="height:82px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:A651,_Philadelphia_skyline_from_the_Spring_Garden_Street_Bridge,_2018.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/A651%2C_Philadelphia_skyline_from_the_Spring_Garden_Street_Bridge%2C_2018.jpg/288px-A651%2C_Philadelphia_skyline_from_the_Spring_Garden_Street_Bridge%2C_2018.jpg" decoding="async" width="288" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/A651%2C_Philadelphia_skyline_from_the_Spring_Garden_Street_Bridge%2C_2018.jpg/432px-A651%2C_Philadelphia_skyline_from_the_Spring_Garden_Street_Bridge%2C_2018.jpg 1.5x, 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ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_England" title="New England">New England</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_(United_States)" title="Mid-Atlantic (United States)">Mid-Atlantic</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">States</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maine" title="Maine">Maine</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vermont" title="Vermont">Vermont</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a></li></ul></div><sup id="cite_ref-Census_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/Region" title="Region">Region</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">181,324 sq mi (469,630 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">162,257 sq mi (420,240 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">19,067 sq mi (49,380 km<sup>2</sup>) 9.51%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Urban<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">74,800 sq mi (194,000 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"> (<a href="/wiki/Mount_Washington_(New_Hampshire)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mount Washington (New Hampshire)">Mount Washington</a>, New Hampshire<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-USGS_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USGS-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NAVD88_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NAVD88-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</div></th><td class="infobox-data">6,288 ft (1,916.66 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Lowest elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"> (Atlantic Ocean<sup id="cite_ref-USGS_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USGS-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</div></th><td class="infobox-data">0 ft (0 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a><sup id="cite_ref-auto_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/Region" title="Region">Region</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">57,609,148</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">320/sq mi (120/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Northeasterner, Yankee</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">GDP<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Region" title="Region">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data">$5.1 trillion (2022)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Per capita</th><td class="infobox-data">$88,600 (2022)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-5" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-5">UTC-5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Time">EST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-4" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-4">UTC-4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Time">EDT</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The Northeast is one of the four regions defined by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">U.S. Census Bureau</a> for the collection and analysis of statistics.<sup id="cite_ref-Census_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Census Bureau defines the region as including the six <a href="/wiki/New_England" title="New England">New England</a> states of <a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maine" title="Maine">Maine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Vermont" title="Vermont">Vermont</a>, and three northern <a href="/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_(United_States)" title="Mid-Atlantic (United States)">Mid-Atlantic</a> states of <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>. </p><p>The region is home to the <a href="/wiki/Northeast_megalopolis" title="Northeast megalopolis">Northeast megalopolis</a>, which includes many of the nation's largest metropolitan areas, including <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>. The megalopolis makes up 67% of the region's total population of 57,609,148. The <a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">gross domestic product</a> of the region was $5.1 trillion as of 2022 and contains some of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_Human_Development_Index" class="mw-redirect" title="List of U.S. states and territories by Human Development Index">most developed states</a> based on the <a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">Human Development Index</a>, with every state with the exception of <a href="/wiki/Maine" title="Maine">Maine</a> above the national average.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is also the most densely populated region in the United States, with 320 people per square mile (120 people/km<sup>2</sup>).<sup id="cite_ref-Zelinksy1_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zelinksy1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hobbs_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hobbs-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The U.S. Census Bureau defines the Northeast United States as having a total area of 181,324 sq mi (469,630 km<sup>2</sup>), making it the smallest region of the United States by total area. </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#History"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">History</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#Indigenous_people"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Indigenous people</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Colonial_history"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Colonial history</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#American_Revolution"><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span> <span class="toctext">American Revolution</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-5"><a href="#Formation_of_the_United_States_of_America"><span class="tocnumber">1.3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Formation of the United States of America</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#Early_and_mid-19th_century"><span class="tocnumber">1.4</span> <span class="toctext">Early and mid-19th century</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Industrial_Revolution_and_modern_times"><span class="tocnumber">1.5</span> <span class="toctext">Industrial Revolution and modern times</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#Geography"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Geography</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#Topography"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Topography</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a href="#Land_use"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Land use</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="#Climate"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">Climate</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="#Demographics"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Demographics</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13"><a href="#Economy"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Economy</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a href="#New_York_City"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">New York City</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15"><a href="#Philadelphia"><span class="tocnumber">4.2</span> <span class="toctext">Philadelphia</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-16"><a href="#Boston"><span class="tocnumber">4.3</span> <span class="toctext">Boston</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-17"><a href="#Other_regions"><span class="tocnumber">4.4</span> <span class="toctext">Other regions</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-18"><a href="#Transportation"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Transportation</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-19"><a href="#Rail_systems"><span class="tocnumber">5.1</span> <span class="toctext">Rail systems</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-20"><a href="#Major_stations"><span class="tocnumber">5.1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Major stations</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-21"><a href="#Airports"><span class="tocnumber">5.2</span> <span class="toctext">Airports</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-22"><a href="#Road"><span class="tocnumber">5.3</span> <span class="toctext">Road</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-23"><a href="#Major_crossings"><span class="tocnumber">5.3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Major crossings</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-24"><a href="#History_2"><span class="tocnumber">5.4</span> <span class="toctext">History</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-25"><a href="#Culture"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Culture</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-26"><a href="#Landmarks"><span class="tocnumber">6.1</span> <span class="toctext">Landmarks</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-27"><a href="#Religion"><span class="tocnumber">6.2</span> <span class="toctext">Religion</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-28"><a href="#Sports"><span class="tocnumber">6.3</span> <span class="toctext">Sports</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-29"><a href="#Politics"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Politics</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-30"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-31"><a href="#Notes"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">Notes</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-32"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-33"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">11</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Northeastern_United_States&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Indigenous_people">Indigenous people</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Northeastern_United_States&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Indigenous people" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Northeastern_Woodlands" title="Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands">Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands</a></div> <p>Anthropologists recognize the "Northeastern Woodlands" as one of the <a href="/wiki/Classification_of_indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas" class="mw-redirect" title="Classification of indigenous peoples of the Americas">cultural regions</a> that existed in the <a href="/wiki/Western_Hemisphere" title="Western Hemisphere">Western Hemisphere</a> at the time of <a href="/wiki/Colonialism" title="Colonialism">European colonists</a> in the 15th and later centuries. Most did not settle in North America until the 17th century. The cultural area, known as the "<a href="/wiki/Northeastern_Woodland" class="mw-redirect" title="Northeastern Woodland">Northeastern Woodlands</a>", in addition to covering the entire Northeast U.S., also covered much of what is now Canada and others regions of what is now the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_United_States" title="Eastern United States">eastern United States</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Among the many tribes inhabiting this area were those that made up the <a href="/wiki/Iroquois" title="Iroquois">Iroquois nations</a> and the numerous <a href="/wiki/Algonquian_peoples" title="Algonquian peoples">Algonquian peoples</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Native_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Native-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the United States of the 21st century, 18 <a href="/wiki/List_of_federally_recognized_tribes_by_state" title="List of federally recognized tribes by state">federally recognized tribes</a> reside in the Northeast.<sup id="cite_ref-wildlife_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wildlife-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the most part, the people of the Northeastern Woodlands, on whose lands European fishermen began camping to dry their codfish in the early 1600s, lived in villages, especially after being influenced by agricultural traditions of the Ohio and Mississippi valley societies.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Colonial_history">Colonial history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Northeastern_United_States&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Colonial history" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_New_England" title="History of New England">History of New England</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Robert_Walter_Weir_-_Embarkation_of_the_Pilgrims_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Robert_Walter_Weir_-_Embarkation_of_the_Pilgrims_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/220px-Robert_Walter_Weir_-_Embarkation_of_the_Pilgrims_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="6012" data-file-height="3990"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 146px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Robert_Walter_Weir_-_Embarkation_of_the_Pilgrims_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/220px-Robert_Walter_Weir_-_Embarkation_of_the_Pilgrims_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="146" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Robert_Walter_Weir_-_Embarkation_of_the_Pilgrims_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/330px-Robert_Walter_Weir_-_Embarkation_of_the_Pilgrims_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Robert_Walter_Weir_-_Embarkation_of_the_Pilgrims_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/440px-Robert_Walter_Weir_-_Embarkation_of_the_Pilgrims_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption><i>Embarkation of the Pilgrims</i>, an 1857 portrait by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Walter_Weir" title="Robert Walter Weir">Robert Walter Weir</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Treaty_of_Penn_with_Indians_by_Benjamin_West.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Treaty_of_Penn_with_Indians_by_Benjamin_West.jpg/220px-Treaty_of_Penn_with_Indians_by_Benjamin_West.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1150" data-file-height="800"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 153px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Treaty_of_Penn_with_Indians_by_Benjamin_West.jpg/220px-Treaty_of_Penn_with_Indians_by_Benjamin_West.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="153" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Treaty_of_Penn_with_Indians_by_Benjamin_West.jpg/330px-Treaty_of_Penn_with_Indians_by_Benjamin_West.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Treaty_of_Penn_with_Indians_by_Benjamin_West.jpg/440px-Treaty_of_Penn_with_Indians_by_Benjamin_West.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption><i>Penn's Treaty with the Indians</i>, a 1772 portrait by <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_West" title="Benjamin West">Benjamin West</a></figcaption></figure> <p>All of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. states</a> making up the Northeastern region were among the original <a href="/wiki/Thirteen_Colonies" title="Thirteen Colonies">Thirteen Colonies</a>, though Maine and Vermont were part of other colonies before the United States became independent in the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolution" title="American Revolution">American Revolution</a>. The two cultural and geographic regions that form parts of the Northeastern region have distinct histories. The first European explorer known to have explored the Atlantic shoreline of the Northeast since the <a href="/wiki/Norse_colonization_of_the_Americas" class="mw-redirect" title="Norse colonization of the Americas">Norse</a> was <a href="/wiki/Giovanni_da_Verrazzano" title="Giovanni da Verrazzano">Giovanni da Verrazzano</a> in 1524. His ship <i>La Dauphine</i> explored the coast from what is now known as Florida to New Brunswick. </p><p>The first Europeans to settle and colonize New England were <a href="/wiki/Pilgrims_(Plymouth_Colony)" title="Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony)">Pilgrims</a> from <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_England" title="Kingdom of England">England</a>, who landed in present-day Massachusetts in 1620.<sup id="cite_ref-Arenstam_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Arenstam-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Pilgrims arrived on the ship <i><a href="/wiki/Mayflower" title="Mayflower">Mayflower</a></i> and founded <a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Colony" title="Plymouth Colony">Plymouth Colony</a> so they could practice religion freely.<sup id="cite_ref-Arenstam_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Arenstam-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ten years later, a larger group of <a href="/wiki/Puritan" class="mw-redirect" title="Puritan">Puritans</a> settled north of Plymouth Colony in <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a> to form <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony" title="Massachusetts Bay Colony">Massachusetts Bay Colony</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1636, colonists established <a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Colony" title="Connecticut Colony">Connecticut Colony</a><sup id="cite_ref-Kelly_2019_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kelly_2019-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Providence_Plantations" class="mw-redirect" title="Providence Plantations">Providence Plantations</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kelly_2020_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kelly_2020-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Providence was founded by <a href="/wiki/Roger_Williams_(theologian)" class="mw-redirect" title="Roger Williams (theologian)">Roger Williams</a>, who was banished by Massachusetts for his beliefs in freedom of religion, and it was the first colony to guarantee all citizens freedom of worship. <a href="/wiki/Anne_Hutchinson" title="Anne Hutchinson">Anne Hutchinson</a>, who was also banished by Massachusetts, formed the town of <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth,_Rhode_Island" title="Portsmouth, Rhode Island">Portsmouth</a>. Providence, Portsmouth and two other towns (<a href="/wiki/Newport,_Rhode_Island" title="Newport, Rhode Island">Newport</a> and <a href="/wiki/Warwick,_Rhode_Island" title="Warwick, Rhode Island">Warwick</a>) consolidated to form the <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Rhode_Island_and_Providence_Plantations" title="Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations">Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kelly_2020_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kelly_2020-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Henry_Hudson" title="Henry Hudson">Henry Hudson</a> explored the area of present-day New York in 1609 and claimed it for the Netherlands. His journey stimulated Dutch interest, and the area became known as <a href="/wiki/New_Netherland" title="New Netherland">New Netherland</a>. In 1625, the city of <a href="/wiki/New_Amsterdam" title="New Amsterdam">New Amsterdam</a> (the location of present-day New York City) was designated the capital of the province.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Dutch New Netherland settlement along the <a href="/wiki/Hudson_River" title="Hudson River">Hudson River</a> and, for a time, the <a href="/wiki/New_Sweden" title="New Sweden">New Sweden</a> settlement along the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_River" title="Delaware River">Delaware River</a> divided the English settlements in the north and the south. In 1664, <a href="/wiki/Charles_II_of_England" title="Charles II of England">Charles II of England</a> formally annexed New Netherland and incorporated it into the <a href="/wiki/English_colonial_empire" class="mw-redirect" title="English colonial empire">English colonial empire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Radford_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Radford-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The territory became the colonies of <a href="/wiki/Province_of_New_York" title="Province of New York">New York</a> and <a href="/wiki/Province_of_New_Jersey" title="Province of New Jersey">New Jersey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Radford_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Radford-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> New Jersey was originally split into <a href="/wiki/East_Jersey" title="East Jersey">East Jersey</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Jersey" title="West Jersey">West Jersey</a> until the two were united as a royal colony in 1702.<sup id="cite_ref-Radford_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Radford-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/New_England" title="New England">New England</a> played a prominent role in early American education. Starting in the 17th century, the larger towns in New England opened <a href="/wiki/Grammar_schools" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammar schools">grammar schools</a>, the forerunner of the modern <a href="/wiki/High_school" class="mw-redirect" title="High school">high school</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The first public school in the English colonies was the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Latin_School" title="Boston Latin School">Boston Latin School</a>, founded in 1635.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1636, the colonial <a href="/wiki/Legislature_of_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Legislature of Massachusetts">legislature of Massachusetts</a> founded <a href="/wiki/Harvard_College" title="Harvard College">Harvard College</a>, the oldest <a href="/wiki/Higher_education" class="mw-redirect" title="Higher education">institution of higher learning</a> in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1681, <a href="/wiki/William_Penn" title="William Penn">William Penn</a>, who wanted to give <a href="/wiki/Quakers" title="Quakers">Quakers</a> a land of religious freedom, founded <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Pennsylvania" title="Province of Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> and extended freedom of religion to all citizens.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Penn strongly desired access to the sea for the <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Pennsylvania" title="Province of Pennsylvania">Province of Pennsylvania</a> and leased what then came to be known as the "Lower Counties on the Delaware" from the <a href="/wiki/James_II_of_England" title="James II of England">Duke</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hod_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hod-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Penn established representative government and briefly combined his two possessions under one General Assembly in 1682. </p><p>By 1704, the province of Pennsylvania had grown so large that their representatives wanted to make decisions without the assent of the Lower Counties and the two groups of representatives began meeting on their own, one at <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, and the other at <a href="/wiki/New_Castle,_Delaware" title="New Castle, Delaware">New Castle, Delaware</a>. Penn and his heirs remained proprietors of both and always appointed the same person Governor for their province of Pennsylvania and their territory of the Lower Counties. The fact that Delaware and Pennsylvania shared the same governor was not unique. From 1703 to 1738, both New York and New Jersey shared a governor.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Massachusetts and New Hampshire also shared a governor for some time.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="American_Revolution">American Revolution</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Northeastern_United_States&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: American Revolution" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/American_Revolution" title="American Revolution">American Revolution</a> and <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Battle_of_Trenton_by_Charles_McBarron.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Battle_of_Trenton_by_Charles_McBarron.jpg/220px-Battle_of_Trenton_by_Charles_McBarron.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="160" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1931" data-file-height="1407"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 160px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Battle_of_Trenton_by_Charles_McBarron.jpg/220px-Battle_of_Trenton_by_Charles_McBarron.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="160" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Battle_of_Trenton_by_Charles_McBarron.jpg/330px-Battle_of_Trenton_by_Charles_McBarron.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Battle_of_Trenton_by_Charles_McBarron.jpg/440px-Battle_of_Trenton_by_Charles_McBarron.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Trenton" title="Battle of Trenton">Battle of Trenton</a>, fought in New Jersey in December 1776 following <a href="/wiki/George_Washington%27s_crossing_of_the_Delaware_River" title="George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River">Washington's covert crossing of the Delaware</a> during the night of December 25, 1776, represented an inspiring victory for Washington's <a href="/wiki/Continental_Army" title="Continental Army">Continental Army</a> and began to turn the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">Revolutionary War</a> in the Americans' favor.</figcaption></figure> <p>The beginnings of the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> would be in the Northeast, specifically in Massachusetts. The <a href="/wiki/Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord" title="Battles of Lexington and Concord">Battles of Lexington and Concord</a> in northeast of Boston would be the first military engagements between the Revolutionaries and the British.<sup id="cite_ref-Daughan_2018_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Daughan_2018-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (August 2024)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Many of the major battles of the revolution would be fought in the Northeast. The British would <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Boston" title="Siege of Boston">evacuate Boston</a> in early-1776 and would move to <a href="/wiki/Landing_at_Kip%27s_Bay" title="Landing at Kip's Bay">capture New York City</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-McCullough_2005_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McCullough_2005-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (August 2024)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The revolutionaries were pushed to the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_River" title="Delaware River">Delaware River</a> before suddenly moving forward against the British in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Trenton" title="Battle of Trenton">Battles of Trenton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Princeton" title="Battle of Princeton">Princeton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-McCullough_2005_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McCullough_2005-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (August 2024)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup> A stalemate was reached in 1778, between the British and American Revolutionaries and continued until the end of the war in 1783.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The war would move to southern states and eventually conclude with the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Yorktown" title="Siege of Yorktown">Battle of Yorktown</a> in Virginia.<sup id="cite_ref-McCullough_2005_33-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McCullough_2005-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (August 2024)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Formation_of_the_United_States_of_America">Formation of the United States of America</h4><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Northeastern_United_States&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Formation of the United States of America" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>The idea of an independent United States of America, with the designs of its government would be created primarily in the Northeast in a series of declarations, constitutions, and documents. The <a href="/wiki/Continental_Congress" title="Continental Congress">Continental Congresses</a> would meet in Philadelphia, which would produce the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence" title="United States Declaration of Independence">Declaration of Independence</a> and <a href="/wiki/Articles_of_Confederation" title="Articles of Confederation">the Articles of Confederation</a>. Following the American Revolution, the <a href="/wiki/List_of_capitals_in_the_United_States" title="List of capitals in the United States">capital of the newly formed United States</a> would move around in the states of <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a>, and <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>. It was based in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> from 1785 until 1790, when it was moved to <a href="/wiki/Congress_Hall" title="Congress Hall">Congress Hall</a> in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, where it remained for a decade, until 1800, when the construction of the new national capital of <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> was completed.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Convention_(United_States)" title="Constitutional Convention (United States)">Constitutional Convention</a> was held in Philadelphia, where the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_States" title="Constitution of the United States">new United States Constitution</a> was drafted in 1787.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 6 of the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Constitution#Ratification_of_the_Constitution" title="History of the United States Constitution">first 13 states to ratify</a> the new constitution would be in the Northeast, with the last of the original 13, Rhode Island, ratifying the constitution in 1790. Vermont would be admitted in 1791 as the 14th state. The <a href="/wiki/1st_United_States_Congress" title="1st United States Congress">first Congress</a> would convene in <a href="/wiki/Federal_Hall" title="Federal Hall">Federal Hall</a> in New York City in March 1789.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_and_mid-19th_century">Early and mid-19th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Northeastern_United_States&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Early and mid-19th century" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Battle_of_Gettysburg,_by_Currier_and_Ives.png" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Battle_of_Gettysburg%2C_by_Currier_and_Ives.png/220px-Battle_of_Gettysburg%2C_by_Currier_and_Ives.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="139" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="569"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 139px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Battle_of_Gettysburg%2C_by_Currier_and_Ives.png/220px-Battle_of_Gettysburg%2C_by_Currier_and_Ives.png" data-width="220" data-height="139" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Battle_of_Gettysburg%2C_by_Currier_and_Ives.png/330px-Battle_of_Gettysburg%2C_by_Currier_and_Ives.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Battle_of_Gettysburg%2C_by_Currier_and_Ives.png/440px-Battle_of_Gettysburg%2C_by_Currier_and_Ives.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gettysburg" title="Battle of Gettysburg">Battle of Gettysburg</a>, fought in and around <a href="/wiki/Gettysburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Gettysburg, Pennsylvania">Gettysburg, Pennsylvania</a>, was the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>'s bloodiest battle; the <a href="/wiki/Union_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Army">Union</a>'s victory at Gettysburg represented a turning point in the war in the Union's favor.</figcaption></figure> <p>Following the revolution the Northeast would see small skirmishes like the <a href="/wiki/Whiskey_Rebellion" title="Whiskey Rebellion">Whiskey Rebellion</a> in western parts of Pennsylvania.<sup id="cite_ref-Berkin_2017_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Berkin_2017-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (August 2024)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Many northeastern states would continue trading with the British and other European powers. Tensions between the United States and Europe (specifically Britain) would sour in the lead up to the <a href="/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a>. </p><p>This caused certain trade merchants to <a href="/wiki/Hartford_Convention" title="Hartford Convention">meet in Hartford</a> to propose succeeding from the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a> would see less fighting in the Northeast and instead more fighting in western and southern areas. A failed <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Canada_(1812)" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of Canada (1812)">invasion of Canada</a> and the occupation of Maine would be some of the major conflicts during the war.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The war would end in 1815 and most of the Northeast has not seen any major conflict since then. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Industrial_Revolution_in_the_United_States" title="Industrial Revolution in the United States">American Industrial Revolution</a> was launched in <a href="/wiki/Blackstone_Valley" title="Blackstone Valley">Blackstone Valley</a> in <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a> and <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>, where <a href="/wiki/Textile_manufacturing" title="Textile manufacturing">textile mills</a> spread across New England, and in eastern <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>, where coal, steel, and industrialization launched the nation's manufacturing sector.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the end of the War of 1812, industry boomed in the Northeast in the early and middle parts of the 19th century. With the construction of railroad and canals crossing the northeast and the rise of western territories and resources from the south, the Northeast experienced the development of new industries and a fast-growing population. Many of the coastal cities, including <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, served as ocean trade ports for American goods. </p><p>Cities, including <a href="/wiki/Allentown,_Pennsylvania" title="Allentown, Pennsylvania">Allentown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York" title="Buffalo, New York">Buffalo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rochester,_New_York" title="Rochester, New York">Rochester</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Syracuse,_New_York" title="Syracuse, New York">Syracuse</a>, were settled and emerged as major industrial centers.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 1860, New York City, based on its present-day boundaries, was the first U.S. city to reach a population exceeding one million.<sup id="cite_ref-Jackson_1995_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jackson_1995-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (August 2024)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Due to the settlement of the <a href="/wiki/Midwestern_United_States" title="Midwestern United States">Midwest</a> and <a href="/wiki/Great_Plains" title="Great Plains">Great Plains</a>, agriculture would collapse in the Mid-Atlantic and New England, with many farms being abandoned by the end of the century, returning to rural forest. </p><p>Conflicts with the south over the <a href="/wiki/Slave_states_and_free_states" title="Slave states and free states">spread of slavery</a> would become a large factor in the start of the American Civil War, between the United States (western and Northeastern states) and <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" title="Confederate States of America">the Confederacy</a> (southeastern states). The admission of Maine as a free state in exchange for <a href="/wiki/Missouri" title="Missouri">Missouri</a> becoming a slave state as part of the <a href="/wiki/Missouri_Compromise" title="Missouri Compromise">Missouri Compromise</a> in 1820 would settle the final boundaries of the Northeastern states.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Mason%E2%80%93Dixon_line" title="Mason–Dixon line">Mason-Dixon line</a> would be established as the border of slavery, following the border of Pennsylvania and Delaware/Maryland.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Abolitionism_in_the_United_States" title="Abolitionism in the United States">Abolitionist movements</a> would start in the Northeast and Midwest and would become prominent towards the mid-19th century, these groups advocated the shrinking or banning of slavery in the United States. Some Northeastern states still had small amounts of slaves into the 1850s, though some would ban it during the decade. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_presidential_election" title="1860 United States presidential election">election of 1860</a> led to the start of the Civil War; southern states seceded from the United States in late-1860 and early-1861. States like <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Delaware" title="Delaware">Delaware</a> would remain in the union, even with slavery still legal. For the first two years, the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_theater_of_the_American_Civil_War" title="Eastern theater of the American Civil War">eastern theater of the war</a> would remain in <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> and Maryland, but in 1863 the war would reach its northeastern most extent in <a href="/wiki/Gettysburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Gettysburg, Pennsylvania">Gettysburg, Pennsylvania</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gettysburg" title="Battle of Gettysburg">Battle of Gettysburg</a> is considered a turning point in the Civil War, seeing the end of the Confederate push northwards.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While all Northeastern states would remain in the United States during the war, conflicts did arise, like the <a href="/wiki/New_York_City_draft_riots" title="New York City draft riots">New York draft riots</a> in 1863.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The war would end in 1865 with the United States taking back control of Southern states. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Industrial_Revolution_and_modern_times">Industrial Revolution and modern times</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Northeastern_United_States&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Industrial Revolution and modern times" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mulberry_Street_NYC_c1900_LOC_3g04637u_edit.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Mulberry_Street_NYC_c1900_LOC_3g04637u_edit.jpg/220px-Mulberry_Street_NYC_c1900_LOC_3g04637u_edit.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="162" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2800" data-file-height="2067"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 162px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Mulberry_Street_NYC_c1900_LOC_3g04637u_edit.jpg/220px-Mulberry_Street_NYC_c1900_LOC_3g04637u_edit.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="162" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Mulberry_Street_NYC_c1900_LOC_3g04637u_edit.jpg/330px-Mulberry_Street_NYC_c1900_LOC_3g04637u_edit.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Mulberry_Street_NYC_c1900_LOC_3g04637u_edit.jpg/440px-Mulberry_Street_NYC_c1900_LOC_3g04637u_edit.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Little_Italy,_Manhattan" title="Little Italy, Manhattan">Little Italy</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lower_Manhattan" title="Lower Manhattan">Lower Manhattan</a>, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1900</span></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Harmsworth_atlas_and_Gazetter_1908_(135851517).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/The_Harmsworth_atlas_and_Gazetter_1908_%28135851517%29.jpg/220px-The_Harmsworth_atlas_and_Gazetter_1908_%28135851517%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="289" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="9577" data-file-height="12568"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 289px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/The_Harmsworth_atlas_and_Gazetter_1908_%28135851517%29.jpg/220px-The_Harmsworth_atlas_and_Gazetter_1908_%28135851517%29.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="289" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/The_Harmsworth_atlas_and_Gazetter_1908_%28135851517%29.jpg/330px-The_Harmsworth_atlas_and_Gazetter_1908_%28135851517%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/The_Harmsworth_atlas_and_Gazetter_1908_%28135851517%29.jpg/440px-The_Harmsworth_atlas_and_Gazetter_1908_%28135851517%29.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Northeastern United States in 1908 from <i>The Harmsworth atlas and Gazetter</i></figcaption></figure> <p>Following the Civil War, the Northeast would see a large economic boom and would become one of the most industrialized regions in the world. Many technological innovations would be made in the Northeast during this time. The <a href="/wiki/Second_Industrial_Revolution" title="Second Industrial Revolution">Second Industrial Revolution</a> would see the northeast grow massively, even more so than before the Civil War. Many cities in the Northeast would explode in population, with cities like Philadelphia and New York climbing over one million people, while other cities like Buffalo, Boston, and Pittsburgh would rise above half a million during this time. </p><p>New York City eventually grew to become one of the largest cities in the world by 1900. With the American involvement in both World Wars, the Northeast would become a large base of war production, with the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Navy_Yard" title="Brooklyn Navy Yard">Brooklyn Naval Yard</a> producing many navy ships.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many worker strikes would occur in the states, including the <a href="/wiki/Homestead_strike" title="Homestead strike">Homestead strike</a> in 1892.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many of these cities would see a peak population and industrial output in the aftermath of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> in the 1950s.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Starting in the 1950s and continuing into the 21st century, a large <a href="/wiki/Deindustrialization" title="Deindustrialization">industrial decline</a> in the Northeast resulted in a depopulation of many Northeastern cities, many of which had not yet recovered from it into the 21st century. This led to the rise of programs of <a href="/wiki/Urban_renewal" title="Urban renewal">urban renewal</a> and demolition of large parts of Northeastern cities during the mid and late 20th century.<sup id="cite_ref-Sugrue_2014_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sugrue_2014-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (August 2024)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup> There has also been a large population shift to the <a href="/wiki/Sun_Belt" title="Sun Belt">Sun Belt states</a> starting in the 1960s.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York state</a> lost its claim to being the most populated state after it was surpassed by <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> in the 1970s. Some Northeastern cities, including New York City, have recovered from its decline in the mid-20th century.<sup id="cite_ref-Jackson_1995_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jackson_1995-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (August 2024)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Many new information and service industries have risen in the northeast, which has led to a boom in the 21st century in some cities in the Northeast like Boston, New York, and Philadelphia. Some other cities like <a href="/wiki/Hartford,_Connecticut" title="Hartford, Connecticut">Hartford</a>, Syracuse, and Buffalo still are declining though in the 21st century.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Sandy" title="Hurricane Sandy">Hurricane Sandy</a> would impact much of the northeast in 2012, severely damaging much of the coast and causing flooding inland. The hurricane would directly impact <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a> and caused large amounts of flooding in New York City.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although the first settlers of New England were motivated by religion, since the 21st century, <a href="/wiki/New_England" title="New England">New England</a> had become one of the least religious parts of the United States. In a 2009 <a href="/wiki/The_Gallup_Organization" class="mw-redirect" title="The Gallup Organization">Gallup</a> survey, less than half of residents in <a href="/wiki/Maine" title="Maine">Maine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Vermont" title="Vermont">Vermont</a> reported religion as an important part of their daily life.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a 2010 Gallup survey, less than 30% of residents in Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts reported <a href="/wiki/Church_attendance" title="Church attendance">attending church</a> weekly, giving them the lowest church attendance among U.S. states.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Northeastern_United_States&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Geography" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sunset_on_Cape_Cod_Bay.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Sunset_on_Cape_Cod_Bay.jpg/220px-Sunset_on_Cape_Cod_Bay.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="4646" data-file-height="3023"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 143px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Sunset_on_Cape_Cod_Bay.jpg/220px-Sunset_on_Cape_Cod_Bay.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="143" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Sunset_on_Cape_Cod_Bay.jpg/330px-Sunset_on_Cape_Cod_Bay.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Sunset_on_Cape_Cod_Bay.jpg/440px-Sunset_on_Cape_Cod_Bay.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Cape_Cod_Bay" title="Cape Cod Bay">Cape Cod Bay</a>, a leading tourist destination in <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Palisades_Sill_from_Palisades_Parkway.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Palisades_Sill_from_Palisades_Parkway.jpg/220px-Palisades_Sill_from_Palisades_Parkway.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="752" data-file-height="565"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 165px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Palisades_Sill_from_Palisades_Parkway.jpg/220px-Palisades_Sill_from_Palisades_Parkway.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="165" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Palisades_Sill_from_Palisades_Parkway.jpg/330px-Palisades_Sill_from_Palisades_Parkway.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Palisades_Sill_from_Palisades_Parkway.jpg/440px-Palisades_Sill_from_Palisades_Parkway.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/The_Palisades_(Hudson_River)" title="The Palisades (Hudson River)">The Palisades</a> along the <a href="/wiki/Hudson_River" title="Hudson River">Hudson River</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Montauk_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Montauk_01.jpg/220px-Montauk_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="5182" data-file-height="3455"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 147px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Montauk_01.jpg/220px-Montauk_01.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="147" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Montauk_01.jpg/330px-Montauk_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Montauk_01.jpg/440px-Montauk_01.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Montauk_Point_Lighthouse" class="mw-redirect" title="Montauk Point Lighthouse">Montauk Point Lighthouse</a> on the east end of <a href="/wiki/Long_Island" title="Long Island">Long Island</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The vast area from central <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> to northern <a href="/wiki/Maine" title="Maine">Maine</a>, and from western <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>, from <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a> in the west to the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a> in the east, have all been loosely grouped into the Northeast. The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">U.S. Census Bureau</a>'s definition of the Northeast includes nine states: <a href="/wiki/Maine" title="Maine">Maine</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vermont" title="Vermont">Vermont</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Census_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The region is often subdivided into <a href="/wiki/New_England" title="New England">New England</a>, the six states east of New York state and the <a href="/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_(United_States)" title="Mid-Atlantic (United States)">Mid-Atlantic states</a> of New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. This definition has been essentially unchanged since 1880 and is widely used as a standard for data tabulation.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-widely_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-widely-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The U.S. Census Bureau has acknowledged the obvious limitations of this definition and the potential merits of a proposal created after the 1950 census,<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that would include changing regional boundaries to include <a href="/wiki/Delaware" title="Delaware">Delaware</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> with the Mid-Atlantic states, but ultimately decided that "the new system did not win enough overall acceptance among data users to warrant adoption as an official new set of general-purpose State groupings. The previous development of many series of statistics, arranged and issued over long periods of time on the basis of the existing State groupings, favored the retention of the summary units of the current regions and divisions."<sup id="cite_ref-GARM_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GARM-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The U.S. Census Bureau confirmed in 1994 that it would continue to "review the components of the regions and divisions to ensure that they continue to represent the most useful combinations of states and state equivalents."<sup id="cite_ref-GARM_64-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GARM-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many organizations and reference works follow the Census Bureau's definition for the region.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the history of the United States, the <a href="/wiki/Mason%E2%80%93Dixon_line" title="Mason–Dixon line">Mason–Dixon line</a> between Pennsylvania (<a href="/wiki/Northern_United_States" title="Northern United States">the North</a>) and Maryland (<a href="/wiki/Southern_United_States" title="Southern United States">the South</a>) traditionally divided the regions,<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but in modern times, various entities define the Northeastern United States in somewhat different ways. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Association_of_American_Geographers" class="mw-redirect" title="Association of American Geographers">Association of American Geographers</a> divides the Northeast into two divisions: "New England", which is the same as the Census Bureau; and it has the same "Middle States" but adds Delaware.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Similarly, the <a href="/wiki/Geological_Society_of_America" title="Geological Society of America">Geological Society of America</a> defines the Northeast as these same states but with the addition of Maryland and the <a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia" class="mw-redirect" title="District of Columbia">District of Columbia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The narrowest definitions include only the states of New England.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other more restrictive definitions include New England and New York as part of the Northeast United States, but exclude Pennsylvania and New Jersey.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>States beyond the Census Bureau definition are included in Northeast Region by various other entities: </p> <ul><li>Various organizations include <a href="/wiki/Delaware" title="Delaware">Delaware</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a>, and the national capital of <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a><sup id="cite_ref-Hobbs_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hobbs-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hudson_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hudson-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-McIlwraith_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlwraith-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Shelley_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shelley-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NRC_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRC-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-USDA_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USDA-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Environmental_Protection_Agency" title="United States Environmental Protection Agency">U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</a> and <a href="/wiki/National_Oceanic_and_Atmospheric_Administration" title="National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration</a> include in their Northeast Region Delaware, Maryland, and <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia" title="West Virginia">West Virginia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Fish_and_Wildlife_Service" title="United States Fish and Wildlife Service">United States Fish and Wildlife Service</a> includes in their Northeast Region: Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, West Virginia, and <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/National_Park_Service" title="National Park Service">National Park Service</a> includes in their Northeast Region: Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia, though small parts are also in the National Capital Region.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Topography">Topography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Northeastern_United_States&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Topography" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>While most of the Northeastern United States lie in the physiographic region of the <a href="/wiki/Appalachian_Mountains" title="Appalachian Mountains">Appalachian Highlands</a>, some are also part of the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_coastal_plain" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic coastal plain">Atlantic coastal plain</a>, which extends south to the southern tip of <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>. The coastal plain areas include <a href="/wiki/Cape_Cod" title="Cape Cod">Cape Cod</a> in Massachusetts, <a href="/wiki/Long_Island" title="Long Island">Long Island</a> in New York, and most of <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a>, and are generally low and flat with sandy soil and marshy land.<sup id="cite_ref-Hobbs_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hobbs-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The highlands, including the <a href="/wiki/Piedmont_(United_States)" title="Piedmont (United States)">Piedmont</a> and the Appalachian Mountains, are heavily forested, ranging from rolling hills to summits greater than 6,000 feet (1,800 m), and pocked with many lakes.<sup id="cite_ref-Hobbs_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hobbs-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The highest peak in the Northeast is <a href="/wiki/Mount_Washington_(New_Hampshire)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mount Washington (New Hampshire)">Mount Washington</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a> at 6,288 feet (1,917 m).<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Land_use">Land use</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Northeastern_United_States&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Land use" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>As of 2012<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Northeastern_United_States&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, forest-use covered approximately 60% of the Northeastern states, including Delaware, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., about twice the national average. About 11% was cropland and another 4% grassland pasture or range. There is also more urbanized land in the Northeast (12%) than any other region in the U.S.<sup id="cite_ref-USDA_78-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USDA-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many parks on a state and national level cover the inland parts of the region. Large parks include the <a href="/wiki/Adirondack_Park" title="Adirondack Park">Adirondack Park</a> in northeastern New York, <a href="/wiki/Green_Mountain_National_Forest" title="Green Mountain National Forest">Green Mountain National Forest</a> in Vermont, <a href="/wiki/White_Mountain_National_Forest" title="White Mountain National Forest">White Mountain Forest</a> in northern New Hampshire, <a href="/wiki/Baxter_State_Park" title="Baxter State Park">Baxter State Park</a> in northern Maine, <a href="/wiki/Acadia_National_Park" title="Acadia National Park">Acadia National Park</a> on the eastern coast of Maine, <a href="/wiki/Allegheny_National_Forest" title="Allegheny National Forest">Allegheny National Forest</a> in northwestern Pennsylvania, and <a href="/wiki/Catskill_Park" title="Catskill Park">Catskill Park</a> in southern New York. There are also some parks closer to the shore, though these are usually smaller and squeezed in-between urbanized areas. These include the <a href="/wiki/The_Palisades_(Hudson_River)" title="The Palisades (Hudson River)">Palisades Park</a> in New Jersey, <a href="/wiki/Fire_Island_National_Seashore" title="Fire Island National Seashore">Fire Island</a> in Long Island, and the <a href="/wiki/Cape_Cod_National_Seashore" title="Cape Cod National Seashore">Cape Cod shoreline</a> in Massachusetts. The Northeast has 72 <a href="/wiki/National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="National Wildlife Refuge">National Wildlife Refuges</a>, encompassing more than 500,000 acres (780 sq mi; 2,000 km<sup>2</sup>) of habitat and designed to protect some of the 92 different threatened and <a href="/wiki/Endangered_species" title="Endangered species">endangered species</a> living in the region.<sup id="cite_ref-wildlife_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wildlife-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Northeastern_United_States&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Climate" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>The climate of the Northeastern United States varies from northernmost state of <a href="/wiki/Maine" title="Maine">Maine</a> to its southernmost state in <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a>. The region's climate is influenced by its positional western to eastern flow of weather in the middle latitudes in the United States. Summers are normally warm in northern areas to hot in southern areas. In summer, the building <a href="/wiki/Bermuda_High" class="mw-redirect" title="Bermuda High">Bermuda High</a> pumps warm and sultry air toward the Northeast, and frequent (but brief) thundershowers are common on hot summer days. </p><p>In winter, the subtropical high retreats southeastward, and the polar jet stream moves south bringing colder air masses from up in <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> and more frequent storm systems to the region. Winter often brings both rain and snow as well as surges of both warm and cold air. In the southern part of the Northeast from coastal Rhode Island southwest to eastern Maryland, the Appalachians partially protect these locations from the extreme cold coming from the west and the interior of North America.<sup id="cite_ref-Climate_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Climate-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The basic climate of the Northeast can be divided into a colder and snowier interior, including western Maryland, most of Pennsylvania, most of <a href="/wiki/North_Jersey" title="North Jersey">North Jersey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Upstate_New_York" title="Upstate New York">Upstate New York</a>, and most of New England, and a milder coastal plain region from <a href="/wiki/Cape_Cod" title="Cape Cod">Cape Cod</a> and southern <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a> southward, including <a href="/wiki/Long_Island" title="Long Island">Long Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Southern_Connecticut" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Connecticut">Southern Connecticut</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, central and southern <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a>, part of the Pennsylvania portion of the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_Valley" title="Delaware Valley">Delaware Valley</a> including <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Delaware" title="Delaware">Delaware</a>, and most of <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a>. In the latter region the <a href="/wiki/Hardiness_zone" title="Hardiness zone">hardiness zone</a> ranges from 7a to 8a. Annual mean temperatures range from the low-to-mid 50s F from Maryland to southern Connecticut, to the 40s F in most of New York State, New England, and northern Pennsylvania.<sup id="cite_ref-Climate_85-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Climate-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most of the Northeast has a <a href="/wiki/Humid_continental_climate" title="Humid continental climate">humid continental climate</a> (<i>Dfa/Dfb/occasional Dfc/Dc</i>). The northernmost portion of the <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">humid subtropical</a> zone (<i>Cfa/Do</i>) begins at <a href="/wiki/Martha%27s_Vineyard" title="Martha's Vineyard">Martha's Vineyard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Westerly,_Rhode_Island" title="Westerly, Rhode Island">extreme SW Rhode Island</a> and extends southwestward down the coastal plain to central and southern Maryland. The <a href="/wiki/Oceanic_climate" title="Oceanic climate">oceanic climate</a> zone (<i>Cfb/Do</i>) only exists on <a href="/wiki/Block_Island" title="Block Island">Block Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nantucket" title="Nantucket">Nantucket</a>, and the far coastal islands of Maine. It is the only area of the Northeast where all months average between 0 and 22 °C (32 and 72 °F). <a href="/wiki/Cape_Cod" title="Cape Cod">Cape Cod</a> borders this zone and warm-summer humid continental (<i>Dfb/Dc</i>).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Northeastern_United_States&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Demographics" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop 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0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1790_United_States_census" title="1790 United States census">1790</a></th><td>1,968,040</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1800_United_States_census" title="1800 United States census">1800</a></th><td>2,632,755</td><td></td><td>33.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1810_United_States_census" title="1810 United States census">1810</a></th><td>3,486,486</td><td></td><td>32.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1820_United_States_census" title="1820 United States census">1820</a></th><td>4,359,653</td><td></td><td>25.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1830_United_States_census" title="1830 United States census">1830</a></th><td>5,542,381</td><td></td><td>27.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1840_United_States_census" title="1840 United States census">1840</a></th><td>6,761,082</td><td></td><td>22.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_census" title="1850 United States census">1850</a></th><td>8,626,851</td><td></td><td>27.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td>10,594,268</td><td></td><td>22.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>12,298,730</td><td></td><td>16.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>14,507,407</td><td></td><td>18.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>17,406,969</td><td></td><td>20.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>21,046,695</td><td></td><td>20.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>25,868,573</td><td></td><td>22.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>29,662,053</td><td></td><td>14.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>34,427,091</td><td></td><td>16.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>35,976,777</td><td></td><td>4.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>39,477,986</td><td></td><td>9.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>44,677,819</td><td></td><td>13.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>49,040,703</td><td></td><td>9.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>49,135,283</td><td></td><td>0.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>50,809,229</td><td></td><td>3.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>53,594,378</td><td></td><td>5.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>55,317,240</td><td></td><td>3.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>57,609,148</td><td></td><td>4.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2022 (est.)</th><td class="us-census-pop-estimate">57,040,406</td><td><sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>−1.0%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote"><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ethnic_Origins_in_the_Northeastern_United_States.png" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Ethnic_Origins_in_the_Northeastern_United_States.png/220px-Ethnic_Origins_in_the_Northeastern_United_States.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="7000" data-file-height="4773"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 150px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Ethnic_Origins_in_the_Northeastern_United_States.png/220px-Ethnic_Origins_in_the_Northeastern_United_States.png" data-width="220" data-height="150" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Ethnic_Origins_in_the_Northeastern_United_States.png/330px-Ethnic_Origins_in_the_Northeastern_United_States.png 1.5x, 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Since the last century, the <a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_population_growth_rate" class="mw-redirect" title="List of U.S. states by population growth rate">U.S. population has been shifting away</a> from the Northeast and <a href="/wiki/Midwestern_United_States" title="Midwestern United States">Midwest</a> toward the <a href="/wiki/Southern_United_States" title="Southern United States">South</a> and <a href="/wiki/Western_United_States" title="Western United States">West</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The region's racial composition as of 2020 was 64.42% <a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_census" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States census">white</a>, 11.51% African American, 0.51% Native American, 7.25% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 8.17% from other races, and 8.10% from two or more races. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> of any race were 15.27% of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were 22,418,883 households and 14,189,719 families in 2021. Of the 22,418,883 households, 27.7% included children under the age of 18.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2021, the region's the population's age distribution was 20.5% under age 18, 57.36% from 18 to 62, and 22.1% who were 62 years of age or older. The median age was 40.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.4 males. For every 100 women ages 18 and over, there were 94.3 men.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The median income for a household in the region in 2021 was $77,142, and the median income for a family was $97,347. About 11.9% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 16.0% of those under age 18 and 10.4% of those age 65 or over.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The two U.S. Census Bureau divisions in the Northeast, <a href="/wiki/New_England" title="New England">New England</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_(United_States)" title="Mid-Atlantic (United States)">Mid-Atlantic</a>, rank second and first respectively among the <a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_population_density" class="mw-redirect" title="List of U.S. states by population density">9 divisions in population density</a> according to the 2013 population estimate. The <a href="/wiki/South_Atlantic_states" title="South Atlantic states">South Atlantic</a> region (233.1) was very close behind New England (233.2). Due to the faster growth of the <a href="/wiki/South_Atlantic_states" title="South Atlantic states">South Atlantic</a> region, it will take over the #2 division rank in population density in the next estimate, dropping New England to 3rd position. New England is projected to retain the number 3 rank for many, many years, as the only other lower-ranked division with even half the population density of New England is the <a href="/wiki/East_North_Central_states" title="East North Central states">East North Central</a> division (192.1) and this region's population is projected to grow slowly.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-census.gov_95-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census.gov-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_states_and_territories_of_the_United_States" title="List of states and territories of the United States">State</a> </th> <th>2020 census </th> <th>2010 census </th> <th>Change </th> <th>Total Area </th> <th>Density </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3,605,944 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3,574,097 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="6999890000000000000♠"></span><span style="color:green">+0.89%</span> </td> <td>4,842.35 sq mi (12,541.6 km<sup>2</sup>) </td> <td><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7002741000547254948♠"></span>741/sq mi (286/km<sup>2</sup>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Maine" title="Maine">Maine</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,362,359 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,328,361 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7000256000000000000♠"></span><span style="color:green">+2.56%</span> </td> <td>30,842.90 sq mi (79,882.7 km<sup>2</sup>) </td> <td><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7001433132746920685♠"></span>43/sq mi (17/km<sup>2</sup>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">7,029,917 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">6,547,629 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7000737000000000000♠"></span><span style="color:green">+7.37%</span> </td> <td>7,800.05 sq mi (20,202.0 km<sup>2</sup>) </td> <td><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7002879458336805533♠"></span>879/sq mi (340/km<sup>2</sup>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,377,529 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,316,470 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7000463999999999999♠"></span><span style="color:green">+4.64%</span> </td> <td>8,952.64 sq mi (23,187.2 km<sup>2</sup>) </td> <td><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7002149988718411552♠"></span>150/sq mi (58/km<sup>2</sup>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,097,379 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,052,567 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7000426000000000000♠"></span><span style="color:green">+4.26%</span> </td> <td>1,033.81 sq mi (2,677.6 km<sup>2</sup>) </td> <td><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7003102498428144436♠"></span>1,025/sq mi (396/km<sup>2</sup>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Vermont" title="Vermont">Vermont</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">643,077 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">625,741 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7000277000000000000♠"></span><span style="color:green">+2.77%</span> </td> <td>9,216.65 sq mi (23,871.0 km<sup>2</sup>) </td> <td><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7001676663429771120♠"></span>68/sq mi (26/km<sup>2</sup>) </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="background:#fbfbbb"> <td><b>New England</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;background-color:#fbfbbb;">15,116,205 </td> <td style="text-align:right;background-color:#fbfbbb;">14,444,865 </td> <td style="text-align:right;background-color:#fbfbbb;"><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7000465000000000000♠"></span><span style="color:green">+4.65%</span> </td> <td>62,688.4 sq mi (162,362 km<sup>2</sup>) </td> <td><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7002236247870419407♠"></span>236/sq mi (91/km<sup>2</sup>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">9,288,994 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">8,791,894 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7000565000000000000♠"></span><span style="color:green">+5.65%</span> </td> <td>7,354.21 sq mi (19,047.3 km<sup>2</sup>) </td> <td><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7003122455627456926♠"></span>1,225/sq mi (473/km<sup>2</sup>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">20,201,249 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">19,378,102 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7000425000000000000♠"></span><span style="color:green">+4.25%</span> </td> <td>47,126.36 sq mi (122,056.7 km<sup>2</sup>) </td> <td><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7002421195250386407♠"></span>421/sq mi (163/km<sup>2</sup>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">13,002,700 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">12,702,379 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7000236000000000000♠"></span><span style="color:green">+2.36%</span> </td> <td>44,742.67 sq mi (115,883.0 km<sup>2</sup>) </td> <td><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7002286204131313576♠"></span>286/sq mi (111/km<sup>2</sup>) </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="background:#fbfbbb"> <td><b>Middle Atlantic</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;background-color:#fbfbbb;">42,492,943 </td> <td style="text-align:right;background-color:#fbfbbb;">40,872,375 </td> <td style="text-align:right;background-color:#fbfbbb;"><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7000396000000000000♠"></span><span style="color:green">+3.96%</span> </td> <td>99,223.24 sq mi (256,987.0 km<sup>2</sup>) </td> <td><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7002419867160153206♠"></span>420/sq mi (162/km<sup>2</sup>) </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="background:#fbfbbb"> <td><b>Total</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;background-color:#fbfbbb;">57,609,148 </td> <td style="text-align:right;background-color:#fbfbbb;">55,317,240 </td> <td style="text-align:right;background-color:#fbfbbb;"><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7000413999999999999♠"></span><span style="color:green">+4.14%</span> </td> <td>161,911.64 sq mi (419,349.2 km<sup>2</sup>) </td> <td><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7002353914913097044♠"></span>354/sq mi (137/km<sup>2</sup>) </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-nolines"> <li class="gallerycaption">Largest cities in the Northeast</li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 315px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 310px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:View_of_Empire_State_Building_from_Rockefeller_Center_New_York_City_dllu.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="New York City, New York is the most populated city in both the Northeast and the United States. Its population was 8,804,190 in 2020. Its metro area has a population of 20,140,470.[93]"><noscript><img alt="Downtown NYC" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/View_of_Empire_State_Building_from_Rockefeller_Center_New_York_City_dllu.jpg/310px-View_of_Empire_State_Building_from_Rockefeller_Center_New_York_City_dllu.jpg" decoding="async" width="310" height="233" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="8207" data-file-height="6167"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 310px;height: 233px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/View_of_Empire_State_Building_from_Rockefeller_Center_New_York_City_dllu.jpg/310px-View_of_Empire_State_Building_from_Rockefeller_Center_New_York_City_dllu.jpg" data-alt="Downtown NYC" data-width="310" data-height="233" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/View_of_Empire_State_Building_from_Rockefeller_Center_New_York_City_dllu.jpg/465px-View_of_Empire_State_Building_from_Rockefeller_Center_New_York_City_dllu.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/View_of_Empire_State_Building_from_Rockefeller_Center_New_York_City_dllu.jpg/620px-View_of_Empire_State_Building_from_Rockefeller_Center_New_York_City_dllu.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><b><a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City, New York</a></b> is the most populated city in both the Northeast and the United States. Its population was 8,804,190 in 2020. Its <a href="/wiki/New_York_metropolitan_area" title="New York metropolitan area">metro area</a> has a population of 20,140,470.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 315px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 310px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Philadelphia_skyline_August_2007.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the second-most populated in the Northeast and sixth-largest in the nation. Its population was 1,603,797 in 2020. Its metro area population was 6,228,601."><noscript><img alt="Downtown Philadelphia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Philadelphia_skyline_August_2007.jpg/310px-Philadelphia_skyline_August_2007.jpg" decoding="async" width="310" height="206" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="974" data-file-height="648"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 310px;height: 206px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Philadelphia_skyline_August_2007.jpg/310px-Philadelphia_skyline_August_2007.jpg" data-alt="Downtown Philadelphia" data-width="310" data-height="206" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Philadelphia_skyline_August_2007.jpg/465px-Philadelphia_skyline_August_2007.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Philadelphia_skyline_August_2007.jpg/620px-Philadelphia_skyline_August_2007.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><b><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</a></b> is the second-most populated in the Northeast and sixth-largest in the nation. Its population was 1,603,797 in 2020. Its <a href="/wiki/Delaware_Valley" title="Delaware Valley">metro area</a> population was 6,228,601.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 315px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 310px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Boston_skyline_from_Longfellow_Bridge_September_2017_panorama_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Boston, Massachusetts is the third-largest city in the Northeast and 24th-largest in the nation. Its population was 675,647 in 2020. Its metro area had a population of 4,941,632."><noscript><img alt="Back Bay, Boston" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Boston_skyline_from_Longfellow_Bridge_September_2017_panorama_2.jpg/310px-Boston_skyline_from_Longfellow_Bridge_September_2017_panorama_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="310" height="124" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="9250" data-file-height="3700"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 310px;height: 124px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Boston_skyline_from_Longfellow_Bridge_September_2017_panorama_2.jpg/310px-Boston_skyline_from_Longfellow_Bridge_September_2017_panorama_2.jpg" data-alt="Back Bay, Boston" data-width="310" data-height="124" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Boston_skyline_from_Longfellow_Bridge_September_2017_panorama_2.jpg/465px-Boston_skyline_from_Longfellow_Bridge_September_2017_panorama_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Boston_skyline_from_Longfellow_Bridge_September_2017_panorama_2.jpg/620px-Boston_skyline_from_Longfellow_Bridge_September_2017_panorama_2.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><b><a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston, Massachusetts</a></b> is the third-largest city in the Northeast and 24th-largest in the nation. Its population was 675,647 in 2020. Its <a href="/wiki/Greater_Boston" title="Greater Boston">metro area</a> had a population of 4,941,632.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 315px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 310px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Newark_Skyline_Northwest_View.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Newark, New Jersey is the fourth-largest city in the Northeast and 66th-largest in the U.S. Its population was 311,549 in 2020. Its metro area is combined with the New York area."><noscript><img alt="Newark, New Jersey is the fourth-largest city in the Northeast and 66th-largest in the U.S. Its population was 311,549 in 2020. Its metro area is combined with the New York area." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Newark_Skyline_Northwest_View.jpg/310px-Newark_Skyline_Northwest_View.jpg" decoding="async" width="310" height="167" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="456" data-file-height="245"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 310px;height: 167px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Newark_Skyline_Northwest_View.jpg/310px-Newark_Skyline_Northwest_View.jpg" data-alt="Newark, New Jersey is the fourth-largest city in the Northeast and 66th-largest in the U.S. Its population was 311,549 in 2020. Its metro area is combined with the New York area." data-width="310" data-height="167" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Newark_Skyline_Northwest_View.jpg 1.5x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><b><a href="/wiki/Newark,_New_Jersey" title="Newark, New Jersey">Newark, New Jersey</a></b> is the fourth-largest city in the Northeast and 66th-largest in the U.S. Its population was 311,549 in 2020. Its metro area is combined with the <a href="/wiki/New_York_metropolitan_area" title="New York metropolitan area">New York area</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 315px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 310px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Duquesne_Incline_(50076338942)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the fifth-largest city in the Northeast and 68th-largest in the nation. Pittsburgh is at the western frontier of the Northeast, a short drive from the Ohio border, and is widely regarded as the transition point between the Northeast and Midwest. Its population was 302,971 in 2020. Its metro area has a population of 2,370,930."><noscript><img alt="downtown Pittsburgh" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Duquesne_Incline_%2850076338942%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/310px-Duquesne_Incline_%2850076338942%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="310" height="138" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1452" data-file-height="647"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 310px;height: 138px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Duquesne_Incline_%2850076338942%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/310px-Duquesne_Incline_%2850076338942%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" data-alt="downtown Pittsburgh" data-width="310" data-height="138" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Duquesne_Incline_%2850076338942%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/465px-Duquesne_Incline_%2850076338942%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Duquesne_Incline_%2850076338942%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/620px-Duquesne_Incline_%2850076338942%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><b><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</a></b> is the fifth-largest city in the Northeast and 68th-largest in the nation. Pittsburgh is at the western frontier of the Northeast, a short drive from the Ohio border, and is widely regarded as the transition point between the Northeast and Midwest. Its population was 302,971 in 2020. Its <a href="/wiki/Greater_Pittsburgh" title="Greater Pittsburgh">metro area</a> has a population of 2,370,930.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 315px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 310px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jersey_City_from_a_helicopter.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Jersey City, New Jersey is the sixth-largest city in the Northeast and 75th-largest in the nation. It had a population of 292,449 in 2020. It sits directly across the Hudson River from New York City."><noscript><img alt="Newport area of Jersey City" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Jersey_City_from_a_helicopter.jpg/310px-Jersey_City_from_a_helicopter.jpg" decoding="async" width="310" height="175" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="4320" data-file-height="2432"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 310px;height: 175px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Jersey_City_from_a_helicopter.jpg/310px-Jersey_City_from_a_helicopter.jpg" data-alt="Newport area of Jersey City" data-width="310" data-height="175" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Jersey_City_from_a_helicopter.jpg/465px-Jersey_City_from_a_helicopter.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Jersey_City_from_a_helicopter.jpg/620px-Jersey_City_from_a_helicopter.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><b><a href="/wiki/Jersey_City,_New_Jersey" title="Jersey City, New Jersey">Jersey City, New Jersey</a></b> is the sixth-largest city in the Northeast and 75th-largest in the nation. It had a population of 292,449 in 2020. It sits directly across the <a href="/wiki/Hudson_River" title="Hudson River">Hudson River</a> from New York City.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 315px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 310px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Buffalo_Skyline_from_Drone_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Buffalo, New York is the seventh-largest city in the Northeast and 78th-largest in the U.S. Its population was 278,349 in 2020. Its metro area had a population of 1,166,902."><noscript><img alt="Downtown Buffalo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Buffalo_Skyline_from_Drone_1.jpg/310px-Buffalo_Skyline_from_Drone_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="310" height="207" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2751" data-file-height="1833"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 310px;height: 207px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Buffalo_Skyline_from_Drone_1.jpg/310px-Buffalo_Skyline_from_Drone_1.jpg" data-alt="Downtown Buffalo" data-width="310" data-height="207" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Buffalo_Skyline_from_Drone_1.jpg/465px-Buffalo_Skyline_from_Drone_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Buffalo_Skyline_from_Drone_1.jpg/620px-Buffalo_Skyline_from_Drone_1.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><b><a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York" title="Buffalo, New York">Buffalo, New York</a></b> is the seventh-largest city in the Northeast and 78th-largest in the U.S. Its population was 278,349 in 2020. Its <a href="/wiki/Buffalo%E2%80%93Niagara_Falls_metropolitan_area" title="Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area">metro area</a> had a population of 1,166,902.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 315px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 310px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:View_of_Yonkers_from_the_New_Jersey_Palisades_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Yonkers, New York is the eighth-largest city in the Northeast and 111th-largest city in the U.S. It had a population of 211,569 in 2020. It borders the Bronx, a borough of New York City to its south."><noscript><img alt="Yonkers, New York is the eighth-largest city in the Northeast and 111th-largest city in the U.S. It had a population of 211,569 in 2020. It borders the Bronx, a borough of New York City to its south." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/View_of_Yonkers_from_the_New_Jersey_Palisades_%282%29.jpg/310px-View_of_Yonkers_from_the_New_Jersey_Palisades_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="310" height="164" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1118" data-file-height="590"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 310px;height: 164px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/View_of_Yonkers_from_the_New_Jersey_Palisades_%282%29.jpg/310px-View_of_Yonkers_from_the_New_Jersey_Palisades_%282%29.jpg" data-alt="Yonkers, New York is the eighth-largest city in the Northeast and 111th-largest city in the U.S. It had a population of 211,569 in 2020. It borders the Bronx, a borough of New York City to its south." data-width="310" data-height="164" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/View_of_Yonkers_from_the_New_Jersey_Palisades_%282%29.jpg/465px-View_of_Yonkers_from_the_New_Jersey_Palisades_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/View_of_Yonkers_from_the_New_Jersey_Palisades_%282%29.jpg/620px-View_of_Yonkers_from_the_New_Jersey_Palisades_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><b><a href="/wiki/Yonkers,_New_York" title="Yonkers, New York">Yonkers, New York</a></b> is the eighth-largest city in the Northeast and 111th-largest city in the U.S. It had a population of 211,569 in 2020. It borders <a href="/wiki/The_Bronx" title="The Bronx">the Bronx</a>, a borough of New York City to its south.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 315px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 310px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Downtown_Rochester,_NY_HDR_by_patrickashley.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Rochester, New York is the ninth-largest city in the Northeast and the 112th-largest city in the United States. It had a population of 211,328 in 2020. The Rochester metro has a population of 1,090,135."><noscript><img alt="Rochester, New York is the ninth-largest city in the Northeast and the 112th-largest city in the United States. It had a population of 211,328 in 2020. The Rochester metro has a population of 1,090,135." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Downtown_Rochester%2C_NY_HDR_by_patrickashley.jpg/310px-Downtown_Rochester%2C_NY_HDR_by_patrickashley.jpg" decoding="async" width="310" height="207" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 310px;height: 207px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Downtown_Rochester%2C_NY_HDR_by_patrickashley.jpg/310px-Downtown_Rochester%2C_NY_HDR_by_patrickashley.jpg" data-alt="Rochester, New York is the ninth-largest city in the Northeast and the 112th-largest city in the United States. It had a population of 211,328 in 2020. The Rochester metro has a population of 1,090,135." data-width="310" data-height="207" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Downtown_Rochester%2C_NY_HDR_by_patrickashley.jpg/465px-Downtown_Rochester%2C_NY_HDR_by_patrickashley.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Downtown_Rochester%2C_NY_HDR_by_patrickashley.jpg/620px-Downtown_Rochester%2C_NY_HDR_by_patrickashley.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><b><a href="/wiki/Rochester,_New_York" title="Rochester, New York">Rochester, New York</a></b> is the ninth-largest city in the Northeast and the 112th-largest city in the United States. It had a population of 211,328 in 2020. The <a href="/wiki/Rochester_metropolitan_area,_New_York" title="Rochester metropolitan area, New York">Rochester metro</a> has a population of 1,090,135.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 315px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 310px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Downtown_Worcester,_Massachusetts.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Worcester, Massachusetts is the tenth-largest city in the Northeast and the 114th-largest city in the United States. It had a population of 206,518 in the 2020 census. It is an edge city of Greater Boston and its metro is combined with it."><noscript><img alt="Worcester, Massachusetts is the tenth-largest city in the Northeast and the 114th-largest city in the United States. It had a population of 206,518 in the 2020 census. It is an edge city of Greater Boston and its metro is combined with it." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Downtown_Worcester%2C_Massachusetts.jpg/310px-Downtown_Worcester%2C_Massachusetts.jpg" decoding="async" width="310" height="154" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3177" data-file-height="1581"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 310px;height: 154px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Downtown_Worcester%2C_Massachusetts.jpg/310px-Downtown_Worcester%2C_Massachusetts.jpg" data-alt="Worcester, Massachusetts is the tenth-largest city in the Northeast and the 114th-largest city in the United States. It had a population of 206,518 in the 2020 census. It is an edge city of Greater Boston and its metro is combined with it." data-width="310" data-height="154" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Downtown_Worcester%2C_Massachusetts.jpg/465px-Downtown_Worcester%2C_Massachusetts.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Downtown_Worcester%2C_Massachusetts.jpg/620px-Downtown_Worcester%2C_Massachusetts.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><b><a href="/wiki/Worcester,_Massachusetts" title="Worcester, Massachusetts">Worcester, Massachusetts</a></b> is the tenth-largest city in the Northeast and the 114th-largest city in the United States. It had a population of 206,518 in the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 census</a>. It is an edge city of <a href="/wiki/Greater_Boston" title="Greater Boston">Greater Boston</a> and its metro is combined with it.</div> </li> </ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Northeastern_United_States&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Economy" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Northeastern_United_States&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">February 2023</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>As of 2012<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Northeastern_United_States&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the Northeast U.S. accounts for approximately 23% of the nation's <a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">gross domestic product</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to its vast population and diverse landscapes, the Northeast has a large and robust economy, ranging from financial services in Manhattan, to agriculture in <a href="/wiki/South_Central_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="South Central Pennsylvania">Central Pennsylvania</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_York_City">New York City</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Northeastern_United_States&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: New York City" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Economy_of_New_York_City" title="Economy of New York City">Economy of New York City</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Photos_NewYork1_032.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Photos_NewYork1_032.jpg/220px-Photos_NewYork1_032.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 165px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Photos_NewYork1_032.jpg/220px-Photos_NewYork1_032.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="165" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Photos_NewYork1_032.jpg/330px-Photos_NewYork1_032.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Photos_NewYork1_032.jpg/440px-Photos_NewYork1_032.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Stock_Exchange_Building" title="New York Stock Exchange Building">New York Stock Exchange</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lower_Manhattan" title="Lower Manhattan">Lower Manhattan</a> is the largest stock exchange in the world by market capitalization.</figcaption></figure> <p>As of 2021<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Northeastern_United_States&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the <a href="/wiki/New_York_metropolitan_area" title="New York metropolitan area">New York metropolitan area</a> is estimated to produce a <a href="/wiki/Gross_metropolitan_product" title="Gross metropolitan product">gross metropolitan product</a> (GMP) of $2.1 trillion US dollars, ranking it <a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._metropolitan_areas_by_GDP" class="mw-redirect" title="List of U.S. metropolitan areas by GDP">first in the U.S.</a> If the New York metropolitan area were a <a href="/wiki/Sovereign_state" title="Sovereign state">sovereign state</a>, it would have been the <a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)" title="List of countries by GDP (nominal)">eighth-largest economy</a> in the world. <a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a> is considered the world's financial center, with many large banks based in <a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a> and some of the largest stock exchanges on <a href="/wiki/Wall_Street" title="Wall Street">Wall Street</a>, like the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Stock_Exchange" title="New York Stock Exchange">New York Stock Exchange</a>, it is so prominent that the term "Wall Street" is usually synonymous with finance. Many other companies are based in New York City area, either in <a href="/wiki/Midtown_Manhattan" title="Midtown Manhattan">Midtown Manhattan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Downtown_Brooklyn" title="Downtown Brooklyn">downtown Brooklyn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Long_Island_City" title="Long Island City">Long Island City</a>, or the various suburbs, like <a href="/wiki/Stamford,_Connecticut" title="Stamford, Connecticut">Stamford</a> or <a href="/wiki/White_Plains,_New_York" title="White Plains, New York">White Plains</a>. Some of the largest companies based in New York City area include, <a href="/wiki/Verizon_Communications" class="mw-redirect" title="Verizon Communications">Verizon</a>, <a href="/wiki/JPMorgan_Chase" title="JPMorgan Chase">J.P. Morgan Chase</a>, <a href="/wiki/Citigroup" title="Citigroup">Citigroup</a>, <a href="/wiki/MetLife" title="MetLife">MetLife</a>, <a href="/wiki/PepsiCo" title="PepsiCo">PepsiCo</a>, <a href="/wiki/IBM" title="IBM">IBM</a>, <a href="/wiki/WarnerMedia" title="WarnerMedia">Time Warner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Goldman_Sachs" title="Goldman Sachs">Goldman Sachs</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Pfizer" title="Pfizer">Pfizer</a>. Several technology companies have been founded in New York, or moved their headquarters to New York from other places. </p><p><a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> is the nation's most populated city, and the <a href="/wiki/New_York_metropolitan_area" title="New York metropolitan area">New York metropolitan area</a> including and surrounding it is the nation's most populated metropolitan region, contributing to a sizable shopping economy, including many large shopping malls and department stores based in the area, such as <a href="/wiki/Macy%27s_Herald_Square" title="Macy's Herald Square">Macy's on 34th Street</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fifth_Avenue" title="Fifth Avenue">Fifth Avenue</a>, and <a href="/wiki/American_Dream_Meadowlands" class="mw-redirect" title="American Dream Meadowlands">American Dream</a> in <a href="/wiki/East_Rutherford,_New_Jersey" title="East Rutherford, New Jersey">East Rutherford, New Jersey</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Palisades_Center" title="Palisades Center">Palisades Center</a> in <a href="/wiki/West_Nyack,_New_York" title="West Nyack, New York">West Nyack, New York</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/The_SoNo_Collection" title="The SoNo Collection">SoNo Collection</a> in <a href="/wiki/Norwalk,_Connecticut" title="Norwalk, Connecticut">Norwalk, Connecticut</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Port_of_New_York_and_New_Jersey" title="Port of New York and New Jersey">Port of New York and New Jersey</a>, one of the nation's largest ports, is located on <a href="/wiki/New_York_Harbor" title="New York Harbor">New York Harbor</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Northeastern_United_States&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Philadelphia" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Philadelphia" title="Economy of Philadelphia">Economy of Philadelphia</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Adirondacks_printemps_2008.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Adirondacks_printemps_2008.JPG/220px-Adirondacks_printemps_2008.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 165px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Adirondacks_printemps_2008.JPG/220px-Adirondacks_printemps_2008.JPG" data-width="220" data-height="165" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Adirondacks_printemps_2008.JPG/330px-Adirondacks_printemps_2008.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Adirondacks_printemps_2008.JPG/440px-Adirondacks_printemps_2008.JPG 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Adirondack_Park" title="Adirondack Park">Adirondack Park</a></figcaption></figure> <p>As of 2021<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Northeastern_United_States&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_Valley" title="Delaware Valley">Philadelphia metropolitan area</a> is estimated to produce a GMP of $479 billion US dollars, making it the 9th largest economy in the United States. Many large companies are based in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, the nation's sixth-largest city, including <a href="/wiki/AmerisourceBergen" class="mw-redirect" title="AmerisourceBergen">AmerisourceBergen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Comcast" title="Comcast">Comcast</a>, and <a href="/wiki/DuPont" title="DuPont">DuPont</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Mint" title="Philadelphia Mint">Philadelphia Mint</a> is also located in the city. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Boston">Boston</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Northeastern_United_States&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Boston" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Greater_Boston" title="Greater Boston">Boston metropolitan area</a> is a major center for insurance, finance, and technology, serving as the global headquarters for <a href="/wiki/General_Electric" title="General Electric">General Electric</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liberty_Mutual" title="Liberty Mutual">Liberty Mutual</a>, and other large companies. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_regions">Other regions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Northeastern_United_States&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Other regions" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>Rural regions and states, including most of <a href="/wiki/Upstate_New_York" title="Upstate New York">Upstate New York</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vermont" title="Vermont">Vermont</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Maine" title="Maine">Maine</a>, rely more on agriculture, logging, mining, and tourism to help boost their local and statewide economies. Many national and state parks in the region generate lots of tourism, especially during fall months. The logging industry is especially prominent in Maine, making up a large part of <a href="/wiki/North_Maine_Woods" title="North Maine Woods">Northern Maine</a>'s economy. </p><p>Many Northeastern states have very large economies and are highly developed. As of 2022, the per capita <a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">gross domestic products</a> for these states are: </p> <ol><li><b><a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a></b>, US$2.1 trillion, per capita $105,226</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a></b>, US$931 billion, per capita $71,825</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a></b>, US$753 billion, per capita $81,307</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a></b>, US$693 billion, per capita $99,274</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a></b>, US$323 billion, per capita $89,301</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a></b>, US$106 billion, per capita $76,008</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Maine" title="Maine">Maine</a></b>, US$85 billion, per capita $61,491</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a></b>, US$72 billion per capita $65,879</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Vermont" title="Vermont">Vermont</a></b>, US$41 billion, per capita $63,275</li></ol> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_Regulatory_Commission" title="Nuclear Regulatory Commission">Nuclear Regulatory Commission</a> oversees 34 nuclear reactors, eight for research or testing and 26 for <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_power" title="Nuclear power">power production</a> in the Northeastern United States.<sup id="cite_ref-NRC_77-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRC-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Northeastern_United_States&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Transportation" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rail_systems">Rail systems</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Northeastern_United_States&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Rail systems" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:R160_E_enters_42nd_Street.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/R160_E_enters_42nd_Street.jpg/220px-R160_E_enters_42nd_Street.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 147px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/R160_E_enters_42nd_Street.jpg/220px-R160_E_enters_42nd_Street.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="147" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/R160_E_enters_42nd_Street.jpg/330px-R160_E_enters_42nd_Street.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/R160_E_enters_42nd_Street.jpg/440px-R160_E_enters_42nd_Street.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/New_York_City_Subway" title="New York City Subway">New York City Subway</a>, one of the busiest transit systems in the world, used by over two billion passengers annually</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Outbound_train_approaching_Mansfield_station,_July_2019.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Outbound_train_approaching_Mansfield_station%2C_July_2019.jpg/220px-Outbound_train_approaching_Mansfield_station%2C_July_2019.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 147px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Outbound_train_approaching_Mansfield_station%2C_July_2019.jpg/220px-Outbound_train_approaching_Mansfield_station%2C_July_2019.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="147" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Outbound_train_approaching_Mansfield_station%2C_July_2019.jpg/330px-Outbound_train_approaching_Mansfield_station%2C_July_2019.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Outbound_train_approaching_Mansfield_station%2C_July_2019.jpg/440px-Outbound_train_approaching_Mansfield_station%2C_July_2019.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/MBTA_Commuter_Rail" title="MBTA Commuter Rail">MBTA Commuter Train</a>. one of the Northeast's busiest commuter rail systems, entering <a href="/wiki/Mansfield_station_(MBTA)" title="Mansfield station (MBTA)">Mansfield station</a> in <a href="/wiki/Mansfield,_Massachusetts" title="Mansfield, Massachusetts">Mansfield, Massachusetts</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The Northeast is served by <a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a> trains, with the <a href="/wiki/Northeast_Regional" title="Northeast Regional">Northeast Regional</a> and <a href="/wiki/Acela" title="Acela">Acela</a>, two of the busiest intercity rail lines running from <a href="/wiki/Washington_D.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Washington D.C.">Washington D.C.</a> in the south to <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a> in the north. Other Amtrak Lines that serve the Northeast include the <a href="/wiki/Downeaster_(train)" title="Downeaster (train)">Downeaster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Empire_Service" title="Empire Service">Empire Service</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vermonter_(train)" title="Vermonter (train)">Vermonter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lake_Shore_Limited" title="Lake Shore Limited">Lake Shore Limited</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvanian_(train)" title="Pennsylvanian (train)">Pennsylvanian</a>. <a href="/wiki/Light_rail" title="Light rail">Light rail</a>, <a href="/wiki/Commuter_rail" title="Commuter rail">commuter rail</a>, and other <a href="/wiki/Rapid_transit" title="Rapid transit">subway</a> systems are also available in the region. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>No. </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Metro </th> <th>Rail type </th> <th>City </th> <th>No. of lines </th> <th>Annual Ridership <p><span style="font-size:85%;">(Q4 2019)</span><sup id="cite_ref-APTA-2019-Q4_98-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-APTA-2019-Q4-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_City_Subway" title="New York City Subway">New York City Subway</a> </td> <td>New York </td> <td>Rapid Transit </td> <td>New York </td> <td>36 </td> <td>2,723,960,100 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/MBTA_subway" title="MBTA subway">MBTA subway</a> </td> <td>Boston </td> <td>Rapid Transit/ <p>Light Rail </p> </td> <td>Boston </td> <td>12 </td> <td>199,501,352 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Long_Island_Rail_Road" title="Long Island Rail Road">Long Island Rail Road</a> </td> <td>New York </td> <td>Commuter Rail </td> <td>New York/<a href="/wiki/Long_Island" title="Long Island">Long Island</a> </td> <td>13 </td> <td>117,773,400 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/SEPTA_Metro" title="SEPTA Metro">SEPTA subway</a> </td> <td>Philadelphia </td> <td>Rapid Transit </td> <td>Philadelphia </td> <td>3 </td> <td>90,240,800 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PATH_(rail_system)" title="PATH (rail system)">PATH</a> </td> <td>New York </td> <td>Rapid Transit </td> <td>Newark/Jersey City/New York </td> <td>4 </td> <td>90,276,600 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/NJ_Transit_Rail_Operations" title="NJ Transit Rail Operations">NJ Transit Commuter Rail</a> </td> <td>New York/Philadelphia </td> <td>Commuter Rail </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hoboken,_New_Jersey" title="Hoboken, New Jersey">Hoboken</a>/<a href="/wiki/Paterson,_New_Jersey" title="Paterson, New Jersey">Paterson</a>/<a href="/wiki/Atlantic_City,_New_Jersey" title="Atlantic City, New Jersey">Atlantic City</a> </td> <td>11 </td> <td>88,319,600 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Metro-North_Railroad" title="Metro-North Railroad">Metro North Railroad</a> </td> <td>New York </td> <td>Commuter Rail </td> <td>NYC/<a href="/wiki/New_Haven,_Connecticut" title="New Haven, Connecticut">New Haven</a>/<a href="/wiki/White_Plains,_New_York" title="White Plains, New York">White Plains</a>/<a href="/wiki/Stamford,_Connecticut" title="Stamford, Connecticut">Stamford</a> </td> <td>3-4 </td> <td>86,459,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/SEPTA" title="SEPTA">SEPTA Trolley</a> </td> <td>Philadelphia </td> <td>Light Rail </td> <td>Philadelphia </td> <td>8 </td> <td>24,321,200 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/SEPTA_Regional_Rail" title="SEPTA Regional Rail">SEPTA Regional Rail</a> </td> <td>Philadelphia </td> <td>Commuter Rail </td> <td>Philadelphia </td> <td>13 </td> <td>35,594,800 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/MBTA_Commuter_Rail" title="MBTA Commuter Rail">MBTA Commuter Rail</a> </td> <td>Boston </td> <td>Commuter Rail </td> <td>Boston, <a href="/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island">Providence</a>, <a href="/wiki/Worcester,_Massachusetts" title="Worcester, Massachusetts">Worcester</a> </td> <td>14 </td> <td>32,420,400 </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Light_Rail" title="Pittsburgh Light Rail">Pittsburgh Light Rail</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greater_Pittsburgh" title="Greater Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a> </td> <td>Light Rail </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bethel_Park,_Pennsylvania" title="Bethel Park, Pennsylvania">Bethel Park</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>27,975,600 </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Light_rail_in_New_Jersey" title="Light rail in New Jersey">NJ Transit Tram</a> </td> <td>New York/Philadelphia </td> <td>Light Rail </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Trenton,_New_Jersey" title="Trenton, New Jersey">Trenton</a>/<a href="/wiki/Camden,_New_Jersey" title="Camden, New Jersey">Camden</a>/<a href="/wiki/Newark,_New_Jersey" title="Newark, New Jersey">Newark</a>/<a href="/wiki/Jersey_City,_New_Jersey" title="Jersey City, New Jersey">Jersey City</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>23,700,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Metro_Rail" title="Buffalo Metro Rail">Buffalo Metro Rail</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buffalo%E2%80%93Niagara_Falls_metropolitan_area" title="Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area">Buffalo</a> </td> <td>Light Rail </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York" title="Buffalo, New York">Buffalo</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1,890,200 </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hartford_Line" title="Hartford Line">Hartford Line</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greater_Hartford" title="Greater Hartford">Hartford</a> </td> <td>Commuter Rail </td> <td>New Haven, <a href="/wiki/Hartford,_Connecticut" title="Hartford, Connecticut">Hartford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Springfield,_Massachusetts" title="Springfield, Massachusetts">Springfield</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>750,000<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>15 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shore_Line_East" title="Shore Line East">Shore Line East</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greater_New_Haven" title="Greater New Haven">New Haven</a> </td> <td>Commuter Rail </td> <td>New Haven, <a href="/wiki/New_London,_Connecticut" title="New London, Connecticut">New London</a>, Stamford </td> <td>1 </td> <td>660,500 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Major_stations">Major stations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Northeastern_United_States&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Major stations" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Image-Grand_central_Station_Outside_Night_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Image-Grand_central_Station_Outside_Night_2.jpg/220px-Image-Grand_central_Station_Outside_Night_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="177" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="4726" data-file-height="3805"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 177px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Image-Grand_central_Station_Outside_Night_2.jpg/220px-Image-Grand_central_Station_Outside_Night_2.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="177" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Image-Grand_central_Station_Outside_Night_2.jpg/330px-Image-Grand_central_Station_Outside_Night_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Image-Grand_central_Station_Outside_Night_2.jpg/440px-Image-Grand_central_Station_Outside_Night_2.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Grand_Central_Terminal" title="Grand Central Terminal">Grand Central Terminal</a> in New York City, a <a href="/wiki/National_Historic_Landmark" title="National Historic Landmark">National Historic Landmark</a> and the second-busiest train station in the nation after <a href="/wiki/New_York_Penn_Station" title="New York Penn Station">New York Penn Station</a>, also in New York City</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/30th_Street_Station" title="30th Street Station">30th Street Station</a> in Philadelphia. Served by all SEPTA Regional Lines, Amtrak, NJ Transit's <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_City_Line" title="Atlantic City Line">Atlantic City Line</a>, it is the third-busiest <a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a> station and 11th-busiest train station in North America with over four million passengers in 2019.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Station_(New_York_City)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pennsylvania Station (New York City)">Pennsylvania Station</a> in New York City is served by some <a href="/wiki/NJ_Transit" title="NJ Transit">NJ Transit</a> lines, and some <a href="/wiki/Long_Island_Rail_Road" title="Long Island Rail Road">Long Island Rail Road</a> and <a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a> trains. It is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_busiest_railway_stations_in_North_America" title="List of busiest railway stations in North America">busiest train station in North America</a>, with over 10 million passengers in 2019, along with 27 million passengers from NJ Transit and 69 million from Long Island Rail in 2017.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Central_Terminal" title="Grand Central Terminal">Grand Central Terminal</a> in New York City is served by Metro North and some Long Island Rail trains (beginning in January 2023). Grand Central Terminal had over 67 million annual passengers in 2017 and is the second-busiest train station in the nation and third-busiest in North America.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_Station_(New_Haven)" title="Union Station (New Haven)">Union Station</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_Haven,_Connecticut" title="New Haven, Connecticut">New Haven, Connecticut</a> is served by <a href="/wiki/New_Haven_Line" title="New Haven Line">New Haven Line</a>, Hartford Line, and Shoreline East along existing <a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a> train lines. It had 350,000 annual Amtrak passengers in 2017.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Station" title="South Station">South Station</a> in <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a> is served by southern MBTA commuter lines and Amtrak, and was the seventh-busiest train station in North America with nearly 29 million passengers as of 2017.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Station" title="North Station">North Station</a> in Boston is served by northern MBTA commuter lines and the <a href="/wiki/Downeaster_(train)" title="Downeaster (train)">Downeaster</a> on Amtrak. It had six million MBTA users in 2012 and 152,000 Amtrak passengers in 2021.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Airports">Airports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Northeastern_United_States&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Airports" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:JFK_Aerial_Nov_14_2018.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/JFK_Aerial_Nov_14_2018.jpg/220px-JFK_Aerial_Nov_14_2018.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 165px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/JFK_Aerial_Nov_14_2018.jpg/220px-JFK_Aerial_Nov_14_2018.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="165" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/JFK_Aerial_Nov_14_2018.jpg/330px-JFK_Aerial_Nov_14_2018.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/JFK_Aerial_Nov_14_2018.jpg/440px-JFK_Aerial_Nov_14_2018.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_International_Airport" title="John F. Kennedy International Airport">JFK International Airport</a> in <a href="/wiki/Queens" title="Queens">Queens</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a>. The busiest airport in the Northeast and the 13th busiest in the nation.</figcaption></figure> <p>The following table includes all airports categorized by the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Aviation_Administration" title="Federal Aviation Administration">FAA</a> as <a href="/wiki/FAA_airport_categories" title="FAA airport categories">large or medium hubs</a><sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> located in the Northeastern states.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>National <p>Rank </p> </th> <th>Metro area served</th> <th>Airport<br>code</th> <th>Airport name</th> <th>Largest airline<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Annual <p>Passengers<sup id="cite_ref-:0_104-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </th></tr> <tr> <td>13 </td> <td>New York </td> <td>JFK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_International_Airport" title="John F. Kennedy International Airport">John F. Kennedy International Airport</a> </td> <td>JetBlue (39%) </td> <td>15,273,342 </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 </td> <td>New York </td> <td>EWR </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Newark_Liberty_International_Airport" title="Newark Liberty International Airport">Newark Liberty International Airport</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Airlines" title="United Airlines">United</a> (53%) </td> <td>14,514,049 </td></tr> <tr> <td>19 </td> <td>Boston </td> <td>BOS </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Logan_International_Airport" title="Logan International Airport">Logan International Airport</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/JetBlue" title="JetBlue">JetBlue</a> (30%) </td> <td>10,909,817 </td></tr> <tr> <td>21 </td> <td>Philadelphia </td> <td>PHL </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_International_Airport" title="Philadelphia International Airport">Philadelphia International Airport</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Airlines" title="American Airlines">American</a> (44%) </td> <td>9,820,222 </td></tr> <tr> <td>25 </td> <td>New York </td> <td>LGA </td> <td><a href="/wiki/LaGuardia_Airport" title="LaGuardia Airport">LaGuardia Airport</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delta_Air_Lines" title="Delta Air Lines">Delta</a> (21%) </td> <td>7,827,307 </td></tr> <tr> <td>48 </td> <td>Pittsburgh </td> <td>PIT </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_International_Airport" title="Pittsburgh International Airport">Pittsburgh International Airport</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southwest_Airlines" title="Southwest Airlines">Southwest</a> (26%) </td> <td>3,069,259 </td></tr> <tr> <td>54 </td> <td>Hartford </td> <td>BDL </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bradley_International_Airport" title="Bradley International Airport">Bradley International Airport</a> </td> <td>American (17%) </td> <td>2,273,259 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Road">Road</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Northeastern_United_States&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Road" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>Many major highways cross the Northeast, connecting it to the rest of the nation. </p> <table class="routelist-top wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Number </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number">Length (mi)<sup id="cite_ref-table1_105-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-table1-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number">Length (km) </th> <th scope="col" class="unsortable">Southern or western terminus </th> <th scope="col" class="unsortable">Northern or eastern terminus </th> <th scope="col">Formed </th> <th scope="col">Removed </th> <th scope="col" class="unsortable">Notes </th></tr> <tr id="I0070"> <th scope="row" class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/I-70.svg/25px-I-70.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 25px;height: 25px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/I-70.svg/25px-I-70.svg.png" data-alt="" data-width="25" data-height="25" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/I-70.svg/38px-I-70.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/I-70.svg/50px-I-70.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span> <span data-sort-value="I0070 !"><a href="/wiki/Interstate_70_(Utah%E2%80%93Maryland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate 70 (Utah–Maryland)">I-70</a></span> </th> <td align="right">2171.71</td> <td align="right">3,495.03 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Interstate_15" title="Interstate 15">I-15</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cove_Fort" title="Cove Fort">Cove Fort</a>, Utah</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Interstate_695_(Maryland)" title="Interstate 695 (Maryland)">I-695</a> at <a href="/wiki/Woodlawn,_Baltimore_County,_Maryland" title="Woodlawn, Baltimore County, Maryland">Woodlawn, Baltimore County, Maryland</a> </td> <td align="center"><span style="display:none; speak:none">01956-01-01</span>1956</td> <td align="center">current </td> <td>Serves Pennsylvania<br>Associated routes: none in the Northeast </td></tr> <tr id="I0076"> <th scope="row" class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/I-76.svg/25px-I-76.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 25px;height: 25px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/I-76.svg/25px-I-76.svg.png" data-alt="" data-width="25" data-height="25" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/I-76.svg/38px-I-76.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/I-76.svg/50px-I-76.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span> <span data-sort-value="I0076 !"><a href="/wiki/Interstate_76_(Ohio%E2%80%93New_Jersey)" title="Interstate 76 (Ohio–New Jersey)">I-76</a></span> </th> <td align="right">435.66</td> <td align="right">701.13 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Interstate_71" title="Interstate 71">I-71</a> in <a href="/wiki/Westfield_Center,_Ohio" title="Westfield Center, Ohio">Westfield Center, Ohio</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Interstate_295_(Delaware-New_Jersey)" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate 295 (Delaware-New Jersey)">I-295</a> at <a href="/wiki/Bellmawr,_New_Jersey" title="Bellmawr, New Jersey">Bellmawr, New Jersey</a> </td> <td align="center"><span style="display:none; speak:none">01964-01-01</span>1964</td> <td align="center">current </td> <td>Serves two northeastern states:<a href="/wiki/Interstate_76_in_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate 76 in Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_76_in_New_Jersey" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate 76 in New Jersey">New Jersey</a><br>Associated routes: <a href="/wiki/Interstate_176" title="Interstate 176">I-176</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_276" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate 276">I-276</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_376" title="Interstate 376">I-376</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_476" title="Interstate 476">I-476</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_676" title="Interstate 676">I-676</a> </td></tr> <tr id="I0078"> <th scope="row" class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/I-78.svg/25px-I-78.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 25px;height: 25px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/I-78.svg/25px-I-78.svg.png" data-alt="" data-width="25" data-height="25" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/I-78.svg/38px-I-78.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/I-78.svg/50px-I-78.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span> <span data-sort-value="I0078 !"><a href="/wiki/Interstate_78" title="Interstate 78">I-78</a></span> </th> <td align="right">146.28</td> <td align="right">235.41 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Interstate_81" title="Interstate 81">I-81</a> at <a href="/wiki/Jonestown,_Lebanon_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Jonestown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania">Jonestown, Pennsylvania</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canal_Street_(Manhattan)" title="Canal Street (Manhattan)">Canal Street</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> </td> <td align="center"><span style="display:none; speak:none">01957-01-01</span>1957</td> <td align="center">current </td> <td>Serves three northeastern states: <a href="/wiki/Interstate_78_in_Pennsylvania" title="Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_78_in_New_Jersey" title="Interstate 78 in New Jersey">New Jersey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_78_in_New_York" title="Interstate 78 in New York">New York</a><br>Associated routes: <a href="/wiki/Interstate_278" title="Interstate 278">I-278</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_478" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate 478">I-478</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_678" title="Interstate 678">I-678</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_878" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate 878">I-878</a> </td></tr> <tr id="I0079"> <th scope="row" class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/I-79.svg/25px-I-79.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 25px;height: 25px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/I-79.svg/25px-I-79.svg.png" data-alt="" data-width="25" data-height="25" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/I-79.svg/38px-I-79.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/I-79.svg/50px-I-79.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span> <span data-sort-value="I0079 !"><a href="/wiki/Interstate_79" title="Interstate 79">I-79</a></span> </th> <td align="right">343.46</td> <td align="right">552.75 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Interstate_77" title="Interstate 77">I-77</a> in <a href="/wiki/Charleston,_West_Virginia" title="Charleston, West Virginia">Charleston, West Virginia</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Route_5" title="Pennsylvania Route 5">PA 5</a> in <a href="/wiki/Erie,_Pennsylvania" title="Erie, Pennsylvania">Erie, Pennsylvania</a> </td> <td align="center"><span style="display:none; speak:none">01967-01-01</span>1967</td> <td align="center">current </td> <td>Serves Pennsylvania<br>Associated routes: <a href="/wiki/Interstate_279" title="Interstate 279">I-279</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_579" title="Interstate 579">I-579</a> </td></tr> <tr id="I0080"> <th scope="row" class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/I-80.svg/25px-I-80.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 25px;height: 25px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/I-80.svg/25px-I-80.svg.png" data-alt="" data-width="25" data-height="25" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/I-80.svg/38px-I-80.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/I-80.svg/50px-I-80.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span> <span data-sort-value="I0080 !"><a href="/wiki/Interstate_80" title="Interstate 80">I-80</a></span> </th> <td align="right">2899.59</td> <td align="right">4,666.44 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_101" title="U.S. Route 101">US 101</a> in <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a></td> <td><a href="#I0095">I-95</a> in <a href="/wiki/Teaneck,_New_Jersey" title="Teaneck, New Jersey">Teaneck, New Jersey</a> </td> <td align="center"><span style="display:none; speak:none">01956-01-01</span>1956</td> <td align="center">current </td> <td>Serves 2 northeastern states: <a href="/wiki/Interstate_80_in_Pennsylvania" title="Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> and <a href="/wiki/Interstate_80_in_New_Jersey" title="Interstate 80 in New Jersey">New Jersey</a><br>Associated routes: <a href="/wiki/Interstate_180_(Pennsylvania)" title="Interstate 180 (Pennsylvania)">I-180</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_380_(Pennsylvania)" title="Interstate 380 (Pennsylvania)">I-380</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_280_(New_Jersey)" title="Interstate 280 (New Jersey)">I-280</a> </td></tr> <tr id="I0081"> <th scope="row" class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/I-81.svg/25px-I-81.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 25px;height: 25px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/I-81.svg/25px-I-81.svg.png" data-alt="" data-width="25" data-height="25" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/I-81.svg/38px-I-81.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/I-81.svg/50px-I-81.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span> <span data-sort-value="I0081 !"><a href="/wiki/Interstate_81" title="Interstate 81">I-81</a></span> </th> <td align="right">855.02</td> <td align="right">1,376.02 </td> <td><a href="#I0040">I-40</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dandridge,_Tennessee" title="Dandridge, Tennessee">Dandridge, Tennessee</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93United_States_border" title="Canada–United States border">Canadian border</a> at <a href="/wiki/Wellesley_Island" title="Wellesley Island">Wellesley Island, New York</a> </td> <td align="center"><span style="display:none; speak:none">01961-01-01</span>1961</td> <td align="center">current </td> <td>Serves two northeastern states: <a href="/wiki/Interstate_81_in_Pennsylvania" title="Interstate 81 in Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_81_in_New_York" title="Interstate 81 in New York">New York</a><br>Associated routes:<a href="/wiki/Interstate_481" title="Interstate 481">I-481</a> and <a href="/wiki/Interstate_781" title="Interstate 781">I-781</a> </td></tr> <tr id="I0083"> <th scope="row" class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/I-83.svg/25px-I-83.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 25px;height: 25px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/I-83.svg/25px-I-83.svg.png" data-alt="" data-width="25" data-height="25" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/I-83.svg/38px-I-83.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/I-83.svg/50px-I-83.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span> <span data-sort-value="I0083 !"><a href="/wiki/Interstate_83" title="Interstate 83">I-83</a></span> </th> <td align="right">85.03</td> <td align="right">136.84 </td> <td>President Street and Fayette Street in <a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a>, Maryland</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Interstate_81" title="Interstate 81">I-81</a> in <a href="/wiki/Harrisburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Harrisburg, Pennsylvania">Harrisburg, Pennsylvania</a> </td> <td align="center"><span style="display:none; speak:none">01959-01-01</span>1959</td> <td align="center">current </td> <td>Serves Pennsylvania<br>Associated route: <a href="/wiki/Interstate_283" title="Interstate 283">I-283</a> </td></tr> <tr id="I0084"> <th scope="row" class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/I-84.svg/25px-I-84.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 25px;height: 25px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/I-84.svg/25px-I-84.svg.png" data-alt="" data-width="25" data-height="25" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/I-84.svg/38px-I-84.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/I-84.svg/50px-I-84.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span> <span data-sort-value="I0084 !"><a href="/wiki/Interstate_84_(Pennsylvania%E2%80%93Massachusetts)" title="Interstate 84 (Pennsylvania–Massachusetts)">I-84</a></span> </th> <td align="right">232.71</td> <td align="right">374.51 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Interstate_81" title="Interstate 81">I-81</a> in <a href="/wiki/Scranton,_Pennsylvania" title="Scranton, Pennsylvania">Scranton, Pennsylvania</a></td> <td><a href="#I0090">I-90</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sturbridge,_Massachusetts" title="Sturbridge, Massachusetts">Sturbridge, Massachusetts</a> </td> <td align="center"><span style="display:none; speak:none">01963-01-01</span>1963</td> <td align="center">current </td> <td>Serves four states: <a href="/wiki/Interstate_84_in_Pennsylvania" title="Interstate 84 in Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_84_in_New_York" title="Interstate 84 in New York">New York</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_84_in_Connecticut" title="Interstate 84 in Connecticut">Connecticut</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_84_in_Massachusetts" title="Interstate 84 in Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a><br>Associated routes: <a href="/wiki/Interstate_384" title="Interstate 384">I-384</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_684" title="Interstate 684">I-684</a> </td></tr> <tr id="I0086"> <th scope="row" class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/I-86.svg/25px-I-86.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 25px;height: 25px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/I-86.svg/25px-I-86.svg.png" data-alt="" data-width="25" data-height="25" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/I-86.svg/38px-I-86.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/I-86.svg/50px-I-86.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span> <span data-sort-value="I0086 !"><a href="/wiki/Interstate_86_(Pennsylvania%E2%80%93New_York)" title="Interstate 86 (Pennsylvania–New York)">I-86</a></span> </th> <td align="right">223.39</td> <td align="right">359.51 </td> <td><a href="#I0090">I-90</a> near <a href="/wiki/North_East,_Pennsylvania" title="North East, Pennsylvania">North East, Pennsylvania</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Route_17" title="New York State Route 17">NY 17</a>/<a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Route_79" title="New York State Route 79">NY 79</a> in <a href="/wiki/Windsor_(village),_New_York" title="Windsor (village), New York">Windsor, New York</a> </td> <td align="center"><span style="display:none; speak:none">01999-01-01</span>1999</td> <td align="center">current </td> <td><small>Unfinished in New York</small><br>Serves two northeastern states: Pennsylvania, New York<br>Associated routes: none </td></tr> <tr id="I0087"> <th scope="row" class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/I-87.svg/25px-I-87.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 25px;height: 25px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/I-87.svg/25px-I-87.svg.png" data-alt="" data-width="25" data-height="25" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/I-87.svg/38px-I-87.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/I-87.svg/50px-I-87.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span> <span data-sort-value="I0087 !"><a href="/wiki/Interstate_87_(New_York)" title="Interstate 87 (New York)">I-87</a></span> </th> <td align="right">333.49</td> <td align="right">536.70 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Interstate_278" title="Interstate 278">I-278</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Quebec_Autoroute_15" title="Quebec Autoroute 15">A-15</a> at <a href="/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93United_States_border" title="Canada–United States border">Canadian border</a> in <a href="/wiki/Champlain_(village),_New_York" title="Champlain (village), New York">Champlain, New York</a> </td> <td align="center"><span style="display:none; speak:none">01957-01-01</span>1957</td> <td align="center">current </td> <td>New York only<br>Associated routes: <a href="/wiki/Interstate_287" title="Interstate 287">I-287</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_587_(New_York)" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate 587 (New York)">I-587</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_787" title="Interstate 787">I-787</a> </td></tr> <tr id="I0088"> <th scope="row" class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/I-88.svg/25px-I-88.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 25px;height: 25px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/I-88.svg/25px-I-88.svg.png" data-alt="" data-width="25" data-height="25" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/I-88.svg/38px-I-88.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/I-88.svg/50px-I-88.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span> <span data-sort-value="I0088 !"><a href="/wiki/Interstate_88_(New_York)" title="Interstate 88 (New York)">I-88</a></span> </th> <td align="right">117.75</td> <td align="right">189.50 </td> <td><a href="#I0081">I-81</a> in <a href="/wiki/Binghamton,_New_York" title="Binghamton, New York">Binghamton, New York</a></td> <td><a href="#I0090">I-90</a> in <a href="/wiki/Schenectady,_New_York" title="Schenectady, New York">Schenectady, New York</a> </td> <td align="center"><span style="display:none; speak:none">01968-01-01</span>1968</td> <td align="center">current </td> <td>New York only<br>Associated routes: none </td></tr> <tr id="I0089"> <th scope="row" class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/I-89.svg/25px-I-89.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 25px;height: 25px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/I-89.svg/25px-I-89.svg.png" data-alt="" data-width="25" data-height="25" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/I-89.svg/38px-I-89.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/I-89.svg/50px-I-89.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span> <span data-sort-value="I0089 !"><a href="/wiki/Interstate_89" title="Interstate 89">I-89</a></span> </th> <td align="right">191.12</td> <td align="right">307.58 </td> <td><a href="#I0093">I-93</a>/<a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_Route_3A" title="New Hampshire Route 3A">SR 3A</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bow,_New_Hampshire" title="Bow, New Hampshire">Bow, New Hampshire</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Quebec_Route_133" title="Quebec Route 133">Route 133</a>/Future <a href="/wiki/Quebec_Autoroute_35" title="Quebec Autoroute 35">A-35</a> at <a href="/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93United_States_border" title="Canada–United States border">Canadian border</a> in <a href="/wiki/Highgate,_Vermont" title="Highgate, Vermont">Highgate, Vermont</a> </td> <td align="center"><span style="display:none; speak:none">01960-01-01</span>1960</td> <td align="center">current </td> <td>Serves two northeastern states: New Hampshire, Vermont<br>Associated route: <a href="/wiki/Interstate_189" title="Interstate 189">I-189</a> </td></tr> <tr id="I0090"> <th scope="row" class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/I-90.svg/25px-I-90.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 25px;height: 25px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/I-90.svg/25px-I-90.svg.png" data-alt="" data-width="25" data-height="25" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/I-90.svg/38px-I-90.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/I-90.svg/50px-I-90.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span> <span data-sort-value="I0090 !"><a href="/wiki/Interstate_90" title="Interstate 90">I-90</a></span> </th> <td align="right">3020.44</td> <td align="right">4,860.93 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington_State_Route_519" title="Washington State Route 519">SR 519</a>/4th Avenue/Edgar Martinez Drive in <a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a>, Washington</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Route_1A" title="Massachusetts Route 1A">MA 1A</a> in <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, Massachusetts </td> <td align="center"><span style="display:none; speak:none">01956-01-01</span>1956</td> <td align="center">current </td> <td>Serves three northeastern states: <a href="/wiki/Interstate_90_in_Pennsylvania" title="Interstate 90 in Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_90_in_New_York" title="Interstate 90 in New York">New York</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_90_in_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate 90 in Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a><br>Associated routes: <a href="/wiki/Interstate_190_(New_York)" title="Interstate 190 (New York)">I-190 (New York)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_290_(New_York)" title="Interstate 290 (New York)">I-290 (New York)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_390" title="Interstate 390">I-390</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_490_(New_York)" title="Interstate 490 (New York)">I-490</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_590" title="Interstate 590">I-590</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_690" title="Interstate 690">I-690</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_790" title="Interstate 790">I-790</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_890" title="Interstate 890">I-890</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_990" title="Interstate 990">I-990</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_190_(Massachusetts)" title="Interstate 190 (Massachusetts)">I-190 (Massachusetts)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_290_(Massachusetts)" title="Interstate 290 (Massachusetts)">I-290 (Massachusetts)</a><br>Longest Interstate highway in the US </td></tr> <tr id="I0091"> <th scope="row" class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/I-91.svg/25px-I-91.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 25px;height: 25px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/I-91.svg/25px-I-91.svg.png" data-alt="" data-width="25" data-height="25" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/I-91.svg/38px-I-91.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/I-91.svg/50px-I-91.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span> <span data-sort-value="I0091 !"><a href="/wiki/Interstate_91" title="Interstate 91">I-91</a></span> </th> <td align="right">290.37</td> <td align="right">467.31 </td> <td><a href="#I0095">I-95</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_Haven,_Connecticut" title="New Haven, Connecticut">New Haven, Connecticut</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Quebec_Autoroute_55" title="Quebec Autoroute 55">A-55</a> at <a href="/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93United_States_border" title="Canada–United States border">Canadian border</a> in <a href="/wiki/Derby_Line,_Vermont" title="Derby Line, Vermont">Derby Line, Vermont</a> </td> <td align="center"><span style="display:none; speak:none">01958-01-01</span>1958</td> <td align="center">current </td> <td>Serves three northeastern states: Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont<br>Associated routes: <a href="/wiki/Interstate_291_(Connecticut)" title="Interstate 291 (Connecticut)">I-291 (Connecticut)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_291_(Massachusetts)" title="Interstate 291 (Massachusetts)">I-291 (Massachusetts)</a> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_391" title="Interstate 391">I-391</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_691" title="Interstate 691">I-691</a> </td></tr> <tr id="I0093"> <th scope="row" class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/I-93.svg/25px-I-93.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 25px;height: 25px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/I-93.svg/25px-I-93.svg.png" data-alt="" data-width="25" data-height="25" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/I-93.svg/38px-I-93.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/I-93.svg/50px-I-93.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span> <span data-sort-value="I0093 !"><a href="/wiki/Interstate_93" title="Interstate 93">I-93</a></span> </th> <td align="right">189.95</td> <td align="right">305.69 </td> <td><a href="#I0095">I-95</a>/<a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_1" title="U.S. Route 1">US 1</a> in <a href="/wiki/Canton,_Massachusetts" title="Canton, Massachusetts">Canton, Massachusetts</a></td> <td><a href="#I0091">I-91</a> in <a href="/wiki/St._Johnsbury,_Vermont" title="St. Johnsbury, Vermont">St. Johnsbury, Vermont</a> </td> <td align="center"><span style="display:none; speak:none">01957-01-01</span>1957</td> <td align="center">current </td> <td>Serves three northeastern states: <a href="/wiki/Interstate_93_in_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate 93 in Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_93_in_New_Hampshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate 93 in New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_93_in_Vermont" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate 93 in Vermont">Vermont</a><br>Associated routes: <a href="/wiki/Interstate_293" title="Interstate 293">I-293</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_393" title="Interstate 393">I-393</a> </td></tr> <tr id="I0095"> <th scope="row" class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/I-95.svg/25px-I-95.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 25px;height: 25px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/I-95.svg/25px-I-95.svg.png" data-alt="" data-width="25" data-height="25" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/I-95.svg/38px-I-95.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/I-95.svg/50px-I-95.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span> <span data-sort-value="I0095 !"><a href="/wiki/Interstate_95" title="Interstate 95">I-95</a></span> </th> <td align="right">1919.31</td> <td align="right">3,088.83 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_1" title="U.S. Route 1">US 1</a> in <a href="/wiki/Miami" title="Miami">Miami</a>, Florida</td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick_Route_95" title="New Brunswick Route 95">NB 95</a> at <a href="/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93United_States_border" title="Canada–United States border">Canadian border</a> in <a href="/wiki/Houlton,_Maine" title="Houlton, Maine">Houlton, Maine</a> </td> <td align="center"><span style="display:none; speak:none">01957-01-01</span>1957</td> <td align="center">current </td> <td>Serves eight northeastern states:<a href="/wiki/Interstate_95_in_Pennsylvania" title="Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_95_in_New_Jersey" title="Interstate 95 in New Jersey">New Jersey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_95_in_New_York" title="Interstate 95 in New York">New York</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_95_in_Connecticut" title="Interstate 95 in Connecticut">Connecticut</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_95_in_Rhode_Island" title="Interstate 95 in Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_95_in_Massachusetts" title="Interstate 95 in Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_95_in_New_Hampshire" title="Interstate 95 in New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_95_in_Maine" title="Interstate 95 in Maine">Maine</a><br>Associated routes: <a href="/wiki/Interstate_195_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Interstate 195 (disambiguation)">I-195</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_295_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Interstate 295 (disambiguation)">I-295</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_395_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Interstate 395 (disambiguation)">I-395</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_495_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Interstate 495 (disambiguation)">I-495</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_695_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Interstate 695 (disambiguation)">I-695</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_895_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Interstate 895 (disambiguation)">I-895</a><br>Longest primary north-south Interstate highway </td></tr> <tr id="I0099"> <th scope="row" class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/I-99.svg/25px-I-99.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 25px;height: 25px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/I-99.svg/25px-I-99.svg.png" data-alt="" data-width="25" data-height="25" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/I-99.svg/38px-I-99.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/I-99.svg/50px-I-99.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span> <span data-sort-value="I0099 !"><a href="/wiki/Interstate_99" title="Interstate 99">I-99</a></span> </th> <td align="right">98.34</td> <td align="right">158.26 </td> <td><a href="#I0070">I-70</a>/<a href="/wiki/Interstate_76_(east)" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate 76 (east)">I-76</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bedford,_Pennsylvania" title="Bedford, Pennsylvania">Bedford, Pennsylvania</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Interstate_86_(east)" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate 86 (east)">I-86</a>/<a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Route_17" title="New York State Route 17">NY 17</a> in <a href="/wiki/Painted_Post,_New_York" title="Painted Post, New York">Painted Post, New York</a> </td> <td align="center"><span style="display:none; speak:none">01998-01-01</span>1998</td> <td align="center">current </td> <td><small>Unfinished in Pennsylvania</small><br>Serves two northeastern states: Pennsylvania, New York<br>Associated routes: none </td></tr><tr class="sortbottom"><td colspan="9" class="routelist-bottom"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1060968971">.mw-parser-output .routelist-bottom{text-align:center;background-color:#f2f2f2}.mw-parser-output .routelist-bottom-legend{margin-left:1.6em;font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .routelist-bottom-legend ul{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .routelist-bottom-legend li>span{border:1px solid #000}</style></td></tr> </tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2014-05-07_16_27_05_View_of_the_New_Jersey_Turnpike_mainline_from_an_airplane_heading_for_Newark_Airport-cropped.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/2014-05-07_16_27_05_View_of_the_New_Jersey_Turnpike_mainline_from_an_airplane_heading_for_Newark_Airport-cropped.JPG/220px-2014-05-07_16_27_05_View_of_the_New_Jersey_Turnpike_mainline_from_an_airplane_heading_for_Newark_Airport-cropped.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="163" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3196" data-file-height="2361"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 163px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/2014-05-07_16_27_05_View_of_the_New_Jersey_Turnpike_mainline_from_an_airplane_heading_for_Newark_Airport-cropped.JPG/220px-2014-05-07_16_27_05_View_of_the_New_Jersey_Turnpike_mainline_from_an_airplane_heading_for_Newark_Airport-cropped.JPG" data-width="220" data-height="163" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/2014-05-07_16_27_05_View_of_the_New_Jersey_Turnpike_mainline_from_an_airplane_heading_for_Newark_Airport-cropped.JPG/330px-2014-05-07_16_27_05_View_of_the_New_Jersey_Turnpike_mainline_from_an_airplane_heading_for_Newark_Airport-cropped.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/2014-05-07_16_27_05_View_of_the_New_Jersey_Turnpike_mainline_from_an_airplane_heading_for_Newark_Airport-cropped.JPG/440px-2014-05-07_16_27_05_View_of_the_New_Jersey_Turnpike_mainline_from_an_airplane_heading_for_Newark_Airport-cropped.JPG 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Turnpike" title="New Jersey Turnpike">New Jersey Turnpike</a> (I-95) is one of the busiest highways in the nation.</figcaption></figure> <p>Many other minor highways exist in the Northeast, connecting cities. Major US Routes which run through the Northeast include <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_1" title="U.S. Route 1">US 1</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_2" title="U.S. Route 2">US 2</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_3" title="U.S. Route 3">US 3</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_4" title="U.S. Route 4">US 4</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_5" title="U.S. Route 5">US 5</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_6" title="U.S. Route 6">US 6</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_7" title="U.S. Route 7">US 7</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_9" title="U.S. Route 9">US 9</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_11" title="U.S. Route 11">US 11</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_13" title="U.S. Route 13">US 13</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_15" title="U.S. Route 15">US 15</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_19" title="U.S. Route 19">US 19</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_20" title="U.S. Route 20">US 20</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_22" title="U.S. Route 22">US 22</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_30" title="U.S. Route 30">US 30</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_40" title="U.S. Route 40">US 40</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_44" title="U.S. Route 44">US 44</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_46" title="U.S. Route 46">US 46</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_62" title="U.S. Route 62">US 62</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_130" title="U.S. Route 130">US 130</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_201" title="U.S. Route 201">US 201</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_202" title="U.S. Route 202">US 202</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_206" title="U.S. Route 206">US 206</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_209" title="U.S. Route 209">US 209</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_219" title="U.S. Route 219">US 219</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_220" title="U.S. Route 220">US 220</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_222" title="U.S. Route 222">US 222</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_224" title="U.S. Route 224">US 224</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_302" title="U.S. Route 302">US 302</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_322" title="U.S. Route 322">US 322</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_422" title="U.S. Route 422">US 422</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_522" title="U.S. Route 522">US 522</a>. </p><p>The Northeast has the highest amount of tolled roads/bridges in the nation with only two states in the Northeast having no tolls, Connecticut and Vermont. Notable turnpikes include the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Turnpike" title="Pennsylvania Turnpike">Pennsylvania Turnpike</a> (I-76/I-276/I-95), <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Turnpike" title="New Jersey Turnpike">New Jersey Turnpike</a> (partially I-95), <a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Thruway" title="New York State Thruway">New York Thruway</a> (I-87/I-90), <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Turnpike" title="Massachusetts Turnpike">Massachusetts Turnpike</a> (I-90), <a href="/wiki/Interstate_95_in_Maine" title="Interstate 95 in Maine">Maine Turnpike</a> (I-95), <a href="/wiki/Interstate_476" title="Interstate 476">PA Turnpike Northeast Extension</a> (I-476). The northeast also contains many tolled and non-tolled parkways, many of which are in New York City metro. Major parkways include the <a href="/wiki/Garden_State_Parkway" title="Garden State Parkway">Garden State Parkway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taconic_State_Parkway" title="Taconic State Parkway">Taconic State Parkway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hutchinson_River_Parkway" title="Hutchinson River Parkway">Hutchinson River Parkway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saw_Mill_River_Parkway" title="Saw Mill River Parkway">Saw Mill River Parkway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lake_Ontario_State_Parkway" title="Lake Ontario State Parkway">Lake Ontario State Parkway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Niagara_Scenic_Parkway" title="Niagara Scenic Parkway">Niagara Scenic Parkway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belt_Parkway" title="Belt Parkway">Belt Parkway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grand_Central_Parkway" title="Grand Central Parkway">Grand Central Parkway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_State_Parkway" title="Northern State Parkway">Northern State Parkway</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Major_crossings">Major crossings</h4><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Northeastern_United_States&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Major crossings" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Washington_Bridge_001.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/George_Washington_Bridge_001.JPG/300px-George_Washington_Bridge_001.JPG" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3580" data-file-height="2685"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 300px;height: 225px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/George_Washington_Bridge_001.JPG/300px-George_Washington_Bridge_001.JPG" data-width="300" data-height="225" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/George_Washington_Bridge_001.JPG/450px-George_Washington_Bridge_001.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/George_Washington_Bridge_001.JPG/600px-George_Washington_Bridge_001.JPG 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/George_Washington_Bridge" title="George Washington Bridge">George Washington Bridge</a> crossing the <a href="/wiki/Hudson_River" title="Hudson River">Hudson River</a>, carrying most traffic on Interstate 95 from New Jersey to New York.</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Driscoll-Viesser-Edison_Bridges_-_August_30,_2020.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Driscoll-Viesser-Edison_Bridges_-_August_30%2C_2020.jpg/300px-Driscoll-Viesser-Edison_Bridges_-_August_30%2C_2020.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="167" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="4683" data-file-height="2611"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 300px;height: 167px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Driscoll-Viesser-Edison_Bridges_-_August_30%2C_2020.jpg/300px-Driscoll-Viesser-Edison_Bridges_-_August_30%2C_2020.jpg" data-width="300" data-height="167" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Driscoll-Viesser-Edison_Bridges_-_August_30%2C_2020.jpg/450px-Driscoll-Viesser-Edison_Bridges_-_August_30%2C_2020.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Driscoll-Viesser-Edison_Bridges_-_August_30%2C_2020.jpg/600px-Driscoll-Viesser-Edison_Bridges_-_August_30%2C_2020.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Driscoll_Bridge" title="Driscoll Bridge">Driscoll Bridge</a> is one of the world's widest and busiest motor vehicle bridges, crossing the <a href="/wiki/Raritan_River" title="Raritan River">Raritan River</a> on New Jersey's <a href="/wiki/Garden_State_Parkway" title="Garden State Parkway">Garden State Parkway</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Holland_Tunnel_Eastbound.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Holland_Tunnel_Eastbound.jpg/300px-Holland_Tunnel_Eastbound.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="224" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1936"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 300px;height: 224px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Holland_Tunnel_Eastbound.jpg/300px-Holland_Tunnel_Eastbound.jpg" data-width="300" data-height="224" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Holland_Tunnel_Eastbound.jpg/450px-Holland_Tunnel_Eastbound.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Holland_Tunnel_Eastbound.jpg/600px-Holland_Tunnel_Eastbound.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Holland_Tunnel" title="Holland Tunnel">Holland Tunnel</a> crossing under the Hudson River, connecting <a href="/wiki/Jersey_City,_New_Jersey" title="Jersey City, New Jersey">Jersey City</a> with <a href="/wiki/Lower_Manhattan" title="Lower Manhattan">Lower Manhattan</a>.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Delaware_Memorial_Bridge" title="Delaware Memorial Bridge">Delaware Memorial Bridge</a> (<a href="/wiki/Interstate_295_(Delaware%E2%80%93Pennsylvania)" title="Interstate 295 (Delaware–Pennsylvania)">I-295</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Turnpike" title="New Jersey Turnpike">NJ Turnpike</a>) - Crosses the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_River" title="Delaware River">Delaware River</a> between Delaware and New Jersey, the southern most fixed crossing on the river. Eastbound span opened in 1951, westbound span opened in 1968.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walt_Whitman_Bridge" title="Walt Whitman Bridge">Walt Whitman Bridge</a> (I-76) - Crosses the Delaware River, connecting southern Philadelphia to <a href="/wiki/South_Jersey" title="South Jersey">southern New Jersey suburbs</a>. Opened in 1957.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin_Bridge" title="Benjamin Franklin Bridge">Benjamín Franklin Bridge</a> (<a href="/wiki/Interstate_676" title="Interstate 676">I-676</a>) - Connects <a href="/wiki/Center_City,_Philadelphia" title="Center City, Philadelphia">downtown Philadelphia</a> with <a href="/wiki/Camden,_New_Jersey" title="Camden, New Jersey">Camden, New Jersey</a> and southern New Jersey. Opened in 1926.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delaware_River%E2%80%93Turnpike_Toll_Bridge" title="Delaware River–Turnpike Toll Bridge">Delaware River Turnpike Toll Bridge</a> (I-95, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Turnpike" title="Pennsylvania Turnpike">PA Turnpike</a>) - Connects the PA Turnpike to the NJ Turnpike. I-95 was only designated in 2018, formerly was I-276. Opened in 1956.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Driscoll_Bridge" title="Driscoll Bridge">Driscoll Bridge</a> (<a href="/wiki/Garden_State_Parkway" title="Garden State Parkway">Garden State Parkway</a>) - Crosses the <a href="/wiki/Raritan_River" title="Raritan River">Raritan River</a> near its mouth at <a href="/wiki/Raritan_Bay" title="Raritan Bay">Raritan Bay</a>. Opened in 1954, the bridge is located within the <a href="/wiki/Central_Jersey" title="Central Jersey">heart of the state of New Jersey</a>, providing access to the <a href="/wiki/Jersey_Shore" title="Jersey Shore">Jersey Shore</a> to the south and <a href="/wiki/North_Jersey" title="North Jersey">North Jersey</a> to the north.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newark_Bay_Bridge" title="Newark Bay Bridge">Newark Bay Bridge</a> (I-76, NJ Turnpike) - Crosses Newark Bay, connecting Newark to Jersey City and <a href="/wiki/Bayonne,_New_Jersey" title="Bayonne, New Jersey">Bayonne</a>. Opened in 1956.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bayonne_Bridge" title="Bayonne Bridge">Bayonne Bridge</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Route_440" title="New Jersey Route 440">NJ 440</a>/<a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Route_440" title="New York State Route 440">NY 440</a>) - Crosses <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Kill" title="Arthur Kill">Arthur Kill</a>, connecting Bayonne to <a href="/wiki/Staten_Island" title="Staten Island">Staten Island, New York</a>. Opened in 1931, raised in 2017.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verrazzano-Narrows_Bridge" title="Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge">Verrazzano Narrows Bridge</a> (<a href="/wiki/Interstate_278" title="Interstate 278">I-278</a>) - Crosses <a href="/wiki/New_York_Harbor" title="New York Harbor">New York Harbor</a> to connect Staten Island to <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn" title="Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a>, double decked. Opened in 1964.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn%E2%80%93Battery_Tunnel" title="Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel">Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel</a> (I-478) - Crosses underneath the <a href="/wiki/East_River" title="East River">East River</a> to connect <a href="/wiki/Lower_Manhattan" title="Lower Manhattan">Lower Manhattan</a> to Brooklyn. Opened in 1950.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Bridge" title="Brooklyn Bridge">Brooklyn Bridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manhattan_Bridge" title="Manhattan Bridge">Manhattan Bridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Williamsburg_Bridge" title="Williamsburg Bridge">Williamsburg Bridge</a> - The bridges cross the East River to connect Lower Manhattan to Brooklyn. Opened in 1883, 1909, and 1903.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/PATH_(rail_system)#Construction" title="PATH (rail system)">PATH Hudson Tubes</a> - Carries the PATH metro trains underneath the <a href="/wiki/Hudson_River" title="Hudson River">Hudson River</a> to connect Newark, Jersey City, and Hoboken to Lower and <a href="/wiki/Midtown_Manhattan" title="Midtown Manhattan">Midtown Manhattan</a>. The tubes opened up in 1908/1909.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holland_Tunnel" title="Holland Tunnel">Holland Tunnel</a> (I-78) - Crosses underneath the Hudson River, connects road traffic from Jersey City and Newark to Lower Manhattan. Opened in 1927.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queens%E2%80%93Midtown_Tunnel" title="Queens–Midtown Tunnel">Queens-Midtown Tunnel</a> (<a href="/wiki/Interstate_495_(New_York)" title="Interstate 495 (New York)">I-495</a>) - Crosses underneath the East River, connecting the Long Island Expressway to Manhattan. Opened in 1940.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_River_Tunnels" title="North River Tunnels">North River Tunnels</a> (NJ Transit, Amtrak) Carries the <a href="/wiki/Northeast_Corridor" title="Northeast Corridor">Northeast Corridor</a> underneath the Hudson River, connecting rail traffic from New Jersey to <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Station_(New_York_City)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pennsylvania Station (New York City)">Pennsylvania Station</a> and New England. Opened in 1910.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Tunnel" title="Lincoln Tunnel">Lincoln Tunnel</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Route_495" title="New Jersey Route 495">NJ 495</a>) - Crosses underneath the Hudson River to connect New Jersey to Midtown Manhattan. Opened in 1937.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queensboro_Bridge" title="Queensboro Bridge">Queensboro Bridge</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Route_25" title="New York State Route 25">NY 25</a>) - Connects Midtown Manhattan to Long Island City. Opened in 1909.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Bridge" title="Robert F. Kennedy Bridge">Triborough Bridge</a> (I-278) - Crosses the East River and <a href="/wiki/Harlem_River" title="Harlem River">Harlem River</a>, provides road connections to <a href="/wiki/Upper_Manhattan" title="Upper Manhattan">Upper Manhattan</a>, Queens, and <a href="/wiki/The_Bronx" title="The Bronx">the Bronx</a>. Also crosses and connects <a href="/wiki/Randalls_and_Wards_Islands" title="Randalls and Wards Islands">Randalls Island</a>. Opened in 1936.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hell_Gate_Bridge" title="Hell Gate Bridge">Hell Gate Bridge</a> (Amtrak) - Crosses the East River and <a href="/wiki/Bronx_Kill" title="Bronx Kill">Bronx Kill</a>, provides a rail connection from Pennsylvania Station to the Bronx and Connecticut. Opened in 1917.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Washington_Bridge" title="George Washington Bridge">George Washington Bridge</a> (I-95) - Crosses the Hudson River, connecting New York and New England to New Jersey and cross-country I-80. One of the busiest crossings in the United States. Double Decked. Opened in 1931.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Hamilton_Bridge" title="Alexander Hamilton Bridge">Alexander Hamilton Bridge</a> (I-95) - Crosses the Harlem River, connecting Manhattan and the GW Bridge to the <a href="/wiki/Cross_Bronx_Expressway" title="Cross Bronx Expressway">Cross Bronx Expressway</a>. Opened in 1963.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bronx%E2%80%93Whitestone_Bridge" title="Bronx–Whitestone Bridge">Whitestone Bridge</a> (<a href="/wiki/Interstate_678" title="Interstate 678">I-678</a>) - Crosses the East River, connecting <a href="/wiki/South_Bronx" title="South Bronx">South Bronx</a> to Queens. Opened in 1939.<figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:August_4,_2011_beautiful_Boston_vista_(6012618162)_crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/August_4%2C_2011_beautiful_Boston_vista_%286012618162%29_crop.jpg/320px-August_4%2C_2011_beautiful_Boston_vista_%286012618162%29_crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="320" height="160" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2975" data-file-height="1488"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 320px;height: 160px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/August_4%2C_2011_beautiful_Boston_vista_%286012618162%29_crop.jpg/320px-August_4%2C_2011_beautiful_Boston_vista_%286012618162%29_crop.jpg" data-width="320" data-height="160" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/August_4%2C_2011_beautiful_Boston_vista_%286012618162%29_crop.jpg/480px-August_4%2C_2011_beautiful_Boston_vista_%286012618162%29_crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/August_4%2C_2011_beautiful_Boston_vista_%286012618162%29_crop.jpg/640px-August_4%2C_2011_beautiful_Boston_vista_%286012618162%29_crop.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Leonard_P._Zakim_Bunker_Hill_Memorial_Bridge" title="Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge">Zakim Bridge</a> carrying traffic on Intestate 93 from Boston across the <a href="/wiki/Charles_River" title="Charles River">Charles River</a>.</figcaption></figure></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Throgs_Neck_Bridge" title="Throgs Neck Bridge">Throgs Neck Bridge</a> (<a href="/wiki/Interstate_295_(New_York)" title="Interstate 295 (New York)">I-295</a>) Crosses the East River, connecting the Bronx and New England to the Queens and Long Island, northern most crossing of the East River. (no fixed crossings are in Long Island Sound) Opened in 1961.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tappan_Zee_Bridge_(2017%E2%80%93present)" title="Tappan Zee Bridge (2017–present)">Tappan Zee Bridge</a> (I-87, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_287" title="Interstate 287">I-287</a>) - Crosses the Hudson River, carrying NY Thruway and suburban traffic from <a href="/wiki/Rockland_County,_New_York" title="Rockland County, New York">Rockland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Westchester_County,_New_York" title="Westchester County, New York">Westchester</a> counties. Alternative to GW Bridge. Current span opened in 2017, former span opened in 1955.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newburgh%E2%80%93Beacon_Bridge" title="Newburgh–Beacon Bridge">Newburgh-Beacon Bridge</a> (I-84) - Crosses the Hudson River, carrying traffic from Pennsylvania and southeastern New York across the river to New England. Opened in 1963.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearl_Harbor_Memorial_Bridge_(Connecticut)" title="Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge (Connecticut)">Q Bridge</a> (I-95) - Crosses the Quinnipiac River, carrying New Haven traffic along with traffic heading to New England or New York. Current span opened in 2012, original span opened in 1958.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_E._Baldwin_Bridge" title="Raymond E. Baldwin Bridge">Baldwin Bridge</a> (I-95) - Crosses the Connecticut River, carrying cross-state traffic and connecting <a href="/wiki/Old_Saybrook,_Connecticut" title="Old Saybrook, Connecticut">Old Saybrook</a> to New London. Opened in 1948.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamestown_Verrazzano_Bridge" title="Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge">Jamestown</a>/<a href="/wiki/Claiborne_Pell_Newport_Bridge" title="Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge">Newport Pell</a> Bridges (<a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_Route_138" title="Rhode Island Route 138">RI 138</a>) - Crosses <a href="/wiki/Narragansett_Bay" title="Narragansett Bay">Narraganset Bay</a>, connecting <a href="/wiki/Newport,_Rhode_Island" title="Newport, Rhode Island">Newport, Rhode Island</a> to the rest of the state. Jamestown Bridge opened in 1992, Newport Pell opened in 1969.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charter_Oak_Bridge" title="Charter Oak Bridge">Charter Oak Bridge</a> (<a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Route_15" title="Connecticut Route 15">CT 15</a>/US 5) - Crosses the <a href="/wiki/Connecticut_River" title="Connecticut River">Connecticut River</a>, connecting southern Hartford and I-91 northbound to <a href="/wiki/East_Hartford,_Connecticut" title="East Hartford, Connecticut">East Hartford</a> and I-84 eastbound. Opened in 1991.</li> <li><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rainbow_Bridge.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Rainbow_Bridge.jpg/475px-Rainbow_Bridge.jpg" decoding="async" width="475" height="121" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="4992" data-file-height="1274"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 475px;height: 121px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Rainbow_Bridge.jpg/475px-Rainbow_Bridge.jpg" data-width="475" data-height="121" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Rainbow_Bridge.jpg/713px-Rainbow_Bridge.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Rainbow_Bridge.jpg/950px-Rainbow_Bridge.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Rainbow_Bridge_(Niagara_Falls)" title="Rainbow Bridge (Niagara Falls)">Rainbow Bridge</a>, connecting New York to Canada nearby <a href="/wiki/Niagara_Falls" title="Niagara Falls">Niagara Falls</a>.</figcaption></figure> <a href="/wiki/Bulkeley_Bridge" title="Bulkeley Bridge">Bulkeley Bridge</a> (I-84) - Crosses the Connecticut River, connecting Hartford area traffic across the river. The oldest interstate crossing in the US. Opened in 1908.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams_Tunnel" title="Ted Williams Tunnel">Ted Williams Tunnel</a> (I-90) - Crosses underneath <a href="/wiki/Boston_Harbor" title="Boston Harbor">Boston Harbor</a>. Connects the Mass Pike and I-93 to <a href="/wiki/East_Boston" title="East Boston">East Boston</a> and Logan Airport. Opened in 1995/2003.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_P._Zakim_Bunker_Hill_Memorial_Bridge" title="Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge">Zakim Bridge</a> (I-93) - Crosses the <a href="/wiki/Charles_River" title="Charles River">Charles River</a>, carrying Boston traffic to the northern Massachusetts and Maine/New Hampshire. Opened in 2003.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piscataqua_River_Bridge" title="Piscataqua River Bridge">Piscataqua River Bridge</a> (I-95) - Crosses the <a href="/wiki/Piscataqua_River" title="Piscataqua River">Piscataqua River</a>, carrying traffic from New Hampshire and Massachusetts to Maine. Opened in 1972.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peace_Bridge" title="Peace Bridge">Peace Bridge</a> (<a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_Way" title="Queen Elizabeth Way">QEW</a>/I-190) - Crosses the Niagara River, carrying traffic from Buffalo, New York into Ontario. Opened in 1927.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rainbow_Bridge_(Niagara_Falls)" title="Rainbow Bridge (Niagara Falls)">Rainbow Bridge</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Route_384" title="New York State Route 384">NY 384</a>/<a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Route_104" title="New York State Route 104">NY 104</a>) - Crosses the Niagara River, carrying traffic from <a href="/wiki/Niagara_Falls,_New_York" title="Niagara Falls, New York">Niagara Falls, New York</a> into <a href="/wiki/Niagara_Falls,_Ontario" title="Niagara Falls, Ontario">Niagara Falls, Ontario</a>. Opened in 1941.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewiston%E2%80%93Queenston_Bridge" title="Lewiston–Queenston Bridge">Lewiston-Queenston Bridge</a> (<a href="/wiki/Interstate_190_(New_York)" title="Interstate 190 (New York)">I-190</a>) Crosses the <a href="/wiki/Niagara_River" title="Niagara River">Niagara River</a>, carrying traffic from <a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York" title="Buffalo, New York">Buffalo, New York</a> into <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a>. Opened in 1962.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="History_2">History</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Northeastern_United_States&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: History" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Central_Railroad_of_New_Jersey_Terminal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Central_Railroad_of_New_Jersey_Terminal.jpg/220px-Central_Railroad_of_New_Jersey_Terminal.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2003"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 147px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Central_Railroad_of_New_Jersey_Terminal.jpg/220px-Central_Railroad_of_New_Jersey_Terminal.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="147" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Central_Railroad_of_New_Jersey_Terminal.jpg/330px-Central_Railroad_of_New_Jersey_Terminal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Central_Railroad_of_New_Jersey_Terminal.jpg/440px-Central_Railroad_of_New_Jersey_Terminal.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Central_Railroad_of_New_Jersey_Terminal" title="Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal">Jersey City Terminal</a>, a major rail and ferry connection between New Jersey and New York City.</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CBX_Parkchester_6_jeh.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/CBX_Parkchester_6_jeh.JPG/220px-CBX_Parkchester_6_jeh.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="3072"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 293px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/CBX_Parkchester_6_jeh.JPG/220px-CBX_Parkchester_6_jeh.JPG" data-width="220" data-height="293" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/CBX_Parkchester_6_jeh.JPG/330px-CBX_Parkchester_6_jeh.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/CBX_Parkchester_6_jeh.JPG/439px-CBX_Parkchester_6_jeh.JPG 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>The Cross-Bronx Expressway (I-95) is an urban freeway which was built using <a href="/wiki/Slum_clearance_in_the_United_States" title="Slum clearance in the United States">slum clearance</a> policies in the 1950s and 1960s. Today it is one of the most congested highways in the nation. It is regarded as a major cause for <a href="/wiki/Urban_decay" title="Urban decay">urban decay</a> in the Bronx.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The Northeast has been a place for many firsts in transportation in the US, from the first commercial railroad in the US in <a href="/wiki/Milton,_Massachusetts" title="Milton, Massachusetts">Milton, Massachusetts</a> (<a href="/wiki/Granite_Railway" title="Granite Railway">Granite Railway</a>), first rapid transit system (<a href="/wiki/Green_Line_(MBTA)" title="Green Line (MBTA)">MBTA Green Line</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the first limited access road was the <a href="/wiki/Bronx_River_Parkway" title="Bronx River Parkway">Bronx River Parkway</a>, opened in 1922,<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> New York is also where the first urban freeway was built in the late-1930s.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/FDR_Drive" title="FDR Drive">FDR Drive</a>) The northeast would also be home to some of the first major <a href="/wiki/Highway_revolt" title="Highway revolt">freeway revolts</a> in <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Village" title="Greenwich Village">Greenwich Village</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:1_110-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and would see the first major highway teardown (<a href="/wiki/West_Side_Highway" title="West Side Highway">Miller Highway</a>) in the 1970s.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Before European settlement, most of the Northeast was loosely connected by Native American trails, some of which would be incorporated into early-European settlement roads and turnpikes. One major early road was the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Post_Road" title="Boston Post Road">Boston Post Road</a>, connecting New York City and Boston along the Connecticut and Rhode Island coasts.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later these roads would be included in the <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Highway_(Charleston_to_Boston)" title="King's Highway (Charleston to Boston)">King's Highway</a>, spanning most of the east coast. Smaller turnpikes would also connect cities across the northeast. These roads would prove essential to moving goods across the English colonies in the 18th century and would later play a large part in the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolution" title="American Revolution">American Revolution</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The region saw a boom in canal-building in the early-19th century, with a major canal being the <a href="/wiki/Erie_Canal" title="Erie Canal">Erie Canal</a>, opened in 1825, connecting the <a href="/wiki/Great_Lakes" title="Great Lakes">Great Lakes</a> to the Hudson River and Atlantic Ocean through <a href="/wiki/Western_New_York" title="Western New York">Western New York</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first railroads would be built in the late-1820s and would explode in mileage in the mid to late 19th century.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Places like Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Newark, and Pittsburgh would become large water and rail hubs during the Industrial Revolution and would see tremendous booms in population and use.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many large rivers in the northeast like the Hudson and Delaware would be slowly crossed with bridges starting in the 1800s, with the first fixed crossing of the Hudson River south of Albany being the <a href="/wiki/Walkway_over_the_Hudson" title="Walkway over the Hudson">Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge</a>, opened in 1889.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Delair_Bridge" title="Delair Bridge">Delair Bridge</a>, which would connect Philadelphia with New Jersey was opened six years later in 1896.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first crossing of the Hudson River into New York City would be the series of Hudson River PATH tunnels, being opened in 1908 and 1909.<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first major vehicle tunnel would be the Holland Tunnel, opened up in 1927.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The start of highway construction would be the <a href="/wiki/Bronx_River_Parkway" title="Bronx River Parkway">Bronx River Parkway</a> and <a href="/wiki/Long_Island_Motor_Parkway" title="Long Island Motor Parkway">Long Island Motor Parkway</a>, both of which started construction in the early-1900s.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rise of <a href="/wiki/Robert_Moses" title="Robert Moses">Robert Moses</a> in New York would see the construction of many major road bridges and highways crossing the city and metro area. East River Drive (eventually renamed FDR Drive), was built along the corresponding river in Manhattan.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The mid-20th century would see the rise of urban and suburban <a href="/wiki/Controlled-access_highway" title="Controlled-access highway">freeways</a> and the decline of passenger and freight rail, with many lesser used tracks being abandoned or torn up during this time.<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It would also see the original <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Station_(1910%E2%80%931963)" title="Pennsylvania Station (1910–1963)">Pennsylvania Station</a> demolished in Midtown Manhattan during the mid-1960s.<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The construction of the <a href="/wiki/Cross_Bronx_Expressway" title="Cross Bronx Expressway">Cross-Bronx Expressway</a> in New York, <a href="/wiki/Central_Artery" title="Central Artery">Central Artery</a> in Boston, and the <a href="/wiki/Interstate_676" title="Interstate 676">Vine Street Expressway</a> in Philadelphia tore up many ethnic and minority neighborhoods in the name of <a href="/wiki/Urban_renewal" title="Urban renewal">urban renewal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_128-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many other highways were proposed during this era, like the <a href="/wiki/Lower_Manhattan_Expressway" class="mw-redirect" title="Lower Manhattan Expressway">Lower Manhattan Expressway</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Interstate_695_(Massachusetts)" title="Interstate 695 (Massachusetts)">Inner Belt</a> in Boston, which were not built due to fierce highway revolts and rising costs.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_110-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_128-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the major highway revolts and rise of environmental concerns, new highway and interstate projects were mostly cancelled or shortened in the Northeast by the 1990s. </p><p>Despite the lack of new major road projects in the Northeast, the region has still continued to grow in population, resulting in the rise of alternative forms of transport like <a href="/wiki/High-occupancy_vehicle_lane" title="High-occupancy vehicle lane">HOV lanes</a> or <a href="/wiki/Commuter_rail" title="Commuter rail">commuter rails</a>. This has led to the Northeast having one of the highest transit usage percentages in North America, with the Long Island Railroad being the most used commuter rail in the continent.<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One exception was the <a href="/wiki/Big_Dig" title="Big Dig">Big Dig</a>, a major road project that would tear down the former elevated Central Artery (I-93) and instead <a href="/wiki/O%27Neill_Tunnel" title="O'Neill Tunnel">tunnel it</a> (and widen). It would also construct a <a href="/wiki/Leonard_P._Zakim_Bunker_Hill_Memorial_Bridge" title="Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge">new Charles River bridge</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams_Tunnel" title="Ted Williams Tunnel">Ted Williams Tunnel</a> (I-90). This would end up becoming one of the costliest construction projects in the world, costing $21 billion adjusted to 2020 inflation.<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The former highway's path would become the <a href="/wiki/Rose_Fitzgerald_Kennedy_Greenway" title="Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway">Rose Kennedy Greenway</a>, a large public park. The <a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Route_895" title="New York State Route 895">Sheridan Expressway</a> (former I-895) was also rebuilt into a boulevard in the late-2010s.<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Rochester,_New_York" title="Rochester, New York">Rochester, New York</a> has torn down the <a href="/wiki/Inner_Loop_(Rochester)" title="Inner Loop (Rochester)">Inner Loop</a> due to low traffic and to reunify neighborhoods in downtown and to create developable space.<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(6)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Northeastern_United_States&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Culture" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-6 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-6"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Northeastern_United_States&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">July 2021</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>One geographer, <a href="/wiki/Wilbur_Zelinsky" title="Wilbur Zelinsky">Wilbur Zelinsky</a>, asserts that the Northeast region lacks a unified cultural identity,<sup id="cite_ref-Zelinksy1_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zelinksy1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but has served as a "culture hearth" for the rest of the nation.<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several much smaller geographical regions within the Northeast have distinct cultural identities.<sup id="cite_ref-Zelinksy1_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zelinksy1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Landmarks">Landmarks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Northeastern_United_States&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Landmarks" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>Almost half of the <a href="/wiki/National_Historic_Landmark" title="National Historic Landmark">National Historic Landmarks</a> maintained by the National Park Service are located in the Northeastern United States.<sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Northeastern_United_States&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Religion" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>According to a 2009 <a href="/wiki/Gallup_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gallup (company)">Gallup poll</a>, the Northeastern states differ from most of the rest of the U.S. in religious affiliation, generally reflecting the descendants of immigration patterns of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with many Catholics arriving from Ireland, Italy, French Canada - Quebec, Portugal and east-central Europe. Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York and New Jersey are the only states in the nation where <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholics</a> outnumber <a href="/wiki/Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant">Protestants</a> and other <a href="/wiki/Christian_denomination" title="Christian denomination">Christian denominations</a>. More than 20% of respondents in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont declared no religious identity.<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Compared to other U.S. regions, the Northeast, along with the Pacific Northwest, has had the lowest regular religious service attendance and the fewest people for whom religion is an important part of their daily lives as of 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sports">Sports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Northeastern_United_States&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Sports" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>The Northeast region is home to numerous professional sports franchises in the <a href="/wiki/Major_professional_sports_leagues_in_the_United_States_and_Canada" title="Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada">"Big Four" leagues</a> (NFL, NBA, NHL and MLB),<sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with more than 100 championships collectively among them.<sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>New York metropolitan area: <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants" title="New York Giants">Giants</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_Jets" title="New York Jets">Jets</a> (NFL), <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">Yankees</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">Mets</a> (MLB), <a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">Knicks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Nets" title="Brooklyn Nets">Nets</a> (NBA), <a href="/wiki/New_York_Rangers" title="New York Rangers">Rangers</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_Islanders" title="New York Islanders">Islanders</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Devils" title="New Jersey Devils">Devils</a> (NHL)</li> <li>Philadelphia: <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles" title="Philadelphia Eagles">Eagles</a> (NFL), <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Phillies</a> (MLB), <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">76ers</a> (NBA), <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Flyers" title="Philadelphia Flyers">Flyers</a> (NHL)</li> <li>Boston: <a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">Patriots</a> (NFL), <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Red Sox</a> (MLB), <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Celtics</a> (NBA), <a href="/wiki/Boston_Bruins" title="Boston Bruins">Bruins</a> (NHL)</li> <li>Pittsburgh: <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Steelers" title="Pittsburgh Steelers">Steelers</a> (NFL), <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pirates</a> (MLB), <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Penguins" title="Pittsburgh Penguins">Penguins</a> (NHL)</li> <li>Buffalo: <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bills" title="Buffalo Bills">Bills</a> (NFL), <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Sabres" title="Buffalo Sabres">Sabres</a> (NHL)</li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Soccer" title="Major League Soccer">Major League Soccer</a> features four Northeastern teams: <a href="/wiki/New_England_Revolution" title="New England Revolution">New England Revolution</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_City_FC" title="New York City FC">New York City FC</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_Red_Bulls" title="New York Red Bulls">New York Red Bulls</a> and <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Union" title="Philadelphia Union">Philadelphia Union</a>. The region also has two <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_National_Basketball_Association" title="Women's National Basketball Association">WNBA</a> teams: <a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Sun" title="Connecticut Sun">Connecticut Sun</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_York_Liberty" title="New York Liberty">New York Liberty</a>. </p><p>Notable golf tournaments in the Northeastern United States include <a href="/wiki/The_Northern_Trust" class="mw-redirect" title="The Northern Trust">The Northern Trust</a>, <a href="/wiki/Travelers_Championship" title="Travelers Championship">Travelers Championship</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_City_LPGA_Classic" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic City LPGA Classic">Atlantic City LPGA Classic</a>. The <a href="/wiki/US_Open_(tennis)" title="US Open (tennis)">US Open</a>, held in New York, is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments. </p><p>Notable Northeastern motorsports tracks include <a href="/wiki/Watkins_Glen_International" title="Watkins Glen International">Watkins Glen International</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pocono_Raceway" title="Pocono Raceway">Pocono Raceway</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_Motor_Speedway" title="New Hampshire Motor Speedway">New Hampshire Motor Speedway</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lime_Rock_Park" title="Lime Rock Park">Lime Rock Park</a>, which have hosted <a href="/wiki/Formula_One" title="Formula One">Formula One</a>, <a href="/wiki/IndyCar" title="IndyCar">IndyCar</a>, <a href="/wiki/NASCAR" title="NASCAR">NASCAR</a> and <a href="/wiki/International_Motor_Sports_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="International Motor Sports Association">International Motor Sports Association</a> races. Also, drag strips such as <a href="/wiki/Old_Bridge_Township_Raceway_Park" title="Old Bridge Township Raceway Park">Englishtown</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_England_Dragway" title="New England Dragway">Epping</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maple_Grove_Raceway" title="Maple Grove Raceway">Reading</a> have hosted <a href="/wiki/NHRA" class="mw-redirect" title="NHRA">NHRA</a> national events. <a href="/wiki/Belmont_Park" title="Belmont Park">Belmont Park</a> at New York hosts the <a href="/wiki/Belmont_Stakes" title="Belmont Stakes">Belmont Stakes</a> horse races, which is part of the <a href="/wiki/Triple_Crown_of_Thoroughbred_Racing_(United_States)" title="Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States)">Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing</a>. </p><p>The region has also been noted for the prevalence of the traditionally Northeastern sports of <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">ice hockey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lacrosse" title="Lacrosse">lacrosse</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(7)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Northeastern_United_States&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Politics" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-7 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-7"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Political_party_strength_in_U.S._states" title="Political party strength in U.S. states">Political party strength in U.S. states</a></div> <p>The Northeastern United States tended to vote <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> in federal elections through the first half of the 20th century, but the region has since the 1990s shifted to become the most <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> region in the nation, along with the <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_of_the_United_States" title="West Coast of the United States">West Coast</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Shelley_76-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shelley-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Results from a 2008 <a href="/wiki/Gallup_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gallup (company)">Gallup poll</a> indicated that eight of the top ten Democratic states were located in the region, with every Northeastern state having a Democratic Party affiliation advantage of at least ten points.<sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following table demonstrates Democratic support in the Northeast as compared to the remainder of the nation.<sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Year </th> <th colspan="2">% President vote </th> <th colspan="2">% Senate seats </th> <th colspan="2">% House seats </th></tr> <tr> <td>Northeast </td> <td>Remainder </td> <td>Northeast </td> <td>Remainder </td> <td>Northeast </td> <td>Remainder </td></tr> <tr> <th>2000 </th> <td>57.6 </td> <td>47.5 </td> <td>60.0 </td> <td>46.3 </td> <td>59.6 </td> <td>45.7 </td></tr> <tr> <th>2002 </th> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>60.0 </td> <td>45.0 </td> <td>58.3 </td> <td>44.7 </td></tr> <tr> <th>2004 </th> <td>57.1 </td> <td>47.3 </td> <td>60.0 </td> <td>40.0 </td> <td>59.5 </td> <td>43.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th>2006 </th> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>75.0 </td> <td>45.0 </td> <td>73.8 </td> <td>48.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th>2008 </th> <td>60.7 </td> <td>52.0 </td> <td>80.0 </td> <td>52.5 </td> <td>81.0 </td> <td>52.9 </td></tr> <tr> <th>2010 </th> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>75.0 </td> <td>47.5 </td> <td>67.9 </td> <td>38.5 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The following table of <a href="/wiki/United_States_presidential_election" title="United States presidential election">United States presidential election</a> results since 1920 illustrates that over the past eight presidential elections, only three Northeastern states supported a Republican candidate. New Hampshire voted for <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> in 2000;<sup id="cite_ref-2000_EC_Results_143-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2000_EC_Results-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pennsylvania and <a href="/wiki/Maine%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Maine's 2nd congressional district">Maine's 2nd congressional district</a> voted for <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> in 2016;<sup id="cite_ref-2016_EC_Results_144-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2016_EC_Results-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Maine's 2nd district voted for Trump again in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-2020_EC_Results_145-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020_EC_Results-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2004 is so far the only election in U.S. history in which the winner did not win any northeastern state.<sup id="cite_ref-2004_EC_Results_146-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2004_EC_Results-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bolded entries indicate that party's candidate also won the general election. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>State </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_presidential_election" title="1920 United States presidential election">1920</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_presidential_election" title="1924 United States presidential election">1924</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_presidential_election" title="1928 United States presidential election">1928</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_presidential_election" title="1932 United States presidential election">1932</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_presidential_election" title="1936 United States presidential election">1936</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_presidential_election" title="1940 United States presidential election">1940</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_presidential_election" title="1944 United States presidential election">1944</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election" title="1948 United States presidential election">1948</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_presidential_election" title="1952 United States presidential election">1952</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_presidential_election" title="1956 United States presidential election">1956</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election" title="1960 United States presidential election">1960</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_presidential_election" title="1964 United States presidential election">1964</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election" title="1968 United States presidential election">1968</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election" title="1972 United States presidential election">1972</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election" title="1976 United States presidential election">1976</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election" title="1980 United States presidential election">1980</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election" title="1984 United States presidential election">1984</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election" title="1988 United States presidential election">1988</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_presidential_election" title="1992 United States presidential election">1992</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election" title="1996 United States presidential election">1996</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election" title="2000 United States presidential election">2000</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election" title="2004 United States presidential election">2004</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election" title="2008 United States presidential election">2008</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election" title="2012 United States presidential election">2012</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election" title="2016 United States presidential election">2016</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election" title="2020 United States presidential election">2020</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th nowrap><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Connecticut" title="Elections in Connecticut">CT</a> </th> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th nowrap><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Maine" title="Elections in Maine">ME</a> </th> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="background:thistle;">D<br>(<i><b>R</b></i> <a href="/wiki/Maine%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Maine's 2nd congressional district">ME-02</a>) </td> <td style="background:thistle;"><i><b>D</b></i><br>(R <a href="/wiki/Maine%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Maine's 2nd congressional district">ME-02</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th nowrap><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Elections in Massachusetts">MA</a> </th> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th nowrap><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_New_Hampshire" title="Elections in New Hampshire">NH</a> </th> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th nowrap><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_New_Jersey" title="Elections in New Jersey">NJ</a> </th> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th nowrap><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_New_York_(state)" title="Elections in New York (state)">NY</a> </th> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th nowrap><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Pennsylvania" title="Elections in Pennsylvania">PA</a> </th> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th nowrap><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Rhode_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Elections in Rhode Island">RI</a> </th> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th nowrap><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Vermont" title="Elections in Vermont">VT</a> </th> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i><b>R</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><i><b>D</b></i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The following table shows the breakdown of party affiliation of governors, attorneys general, state legislative houses and U.S. congressional delegation for the Northeastern states, as of May 2020<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Northeastern_United_States&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>. (Demographics reflect registration-by-party figures from that state's registered voter statistics.) </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr align="center"> <th>State</th> <th>Governor</th> <th>Attorney general</th> <th>Upper House majority</th> <th>Lower House majority</th> <th>Senior U.S. senator</th> <th>Junior U.S. senator</th> <th>U.S. House delegation</th> <th>Demographics </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <th nowrap><a href="/wiki/Political_party_strength_in_Connecticut" title="Political party strength in Connecticut">CT</a> </th> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic<br>23-13 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic<br>92-59 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic<br>5-0 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic<br>36-21 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <th nowrap><a href="/wiki/Political_party_strength_in_Maine" title="Political party strength in Maine">ME</a> </th> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic<br>21-14 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic<br>89-57-5 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC">Independent </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic<br>2-0 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic<br>32-27 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <th nowrap><a href="/wiki/Political_party_strength_in_Massachusetts" title="Political party strength in Massachusetts">MA</a> </th> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic<br>34-6 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic<br>127-32 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic<br>9-0 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic<br>35-11 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <th nowrap><a href="/wiki/Political_party_strength_in_New_Hampshire" title="Political party strength in New Hampshire">NH</a> </th> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican<br>14-10 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican<br>213-187 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic<br>2-0 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican<br>30-27 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <th nowrap><a href="/wiki/Political_party_strength_in_New_Jersey" title="Political party strength in New Jersey">NJ</a> </th> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic<br>24-16 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic<br>52-28 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic<br>10-2 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic<br>32-21 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <th nowrap><a href="/wiki/Political_party_strength_in_New_York_(state)" title="Political party strength in New York (state)">NY</a> </th> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic<br>40-23 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic<br>106-43-1 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic<br>15-11 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic<br>49-24 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <th nowrap><a href="/wiki/Political_party_strength_in_Pennsylvania" title="Political party strength in Pennsylvania">PA</a> </th> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican<br>28-22 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic<br>102-101 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic<br>9-8 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic<br>46-39 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <th nowrap><a href="/wiki/Political_party_strength_in_Rhode_Island" title="Political party strength in Rhode Island">RI</a> </th> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic<br>33-5 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic<br>66-9 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic<br>2-0 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic<br>42-11 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <th nowrap><a href="/wiki/Political_party_strength_in_Vermont" title="Political party strength in Vermont">VT</a> </th> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic<br>22-6-2 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic<br>95-43-7-5 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC">Independent </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic<br>1-0 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic<br>47-31 </td></tr></tbody></table> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(8)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Northeastern_United_States&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: See also" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-8 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-8"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Northeast" title="Atlantic Northeast">Atlantic Northeast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jersey_Shore" title="Jersey Shore">Jersey Shore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_England%E2%80%93Acadian_forests" title="New England–Acadian forests">New England–Acadian forests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Corridor" title="Northeast Corridor">Northeast Corridor</a></li> <li><a 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class="references"> <li id="cite_note-NAVD88-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-NAVD88_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Elevation adjusted to <a href="/wiki/North_American_Vertical_Datum_of_1988" title="North American Vertical Datum of 1988">North American Vertical Datum of 1988</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The term "East Coast" is almost exclusively used to refer to the <a href="/wiki/Northeast_megalopolis" title="Northeast megalopolis">Northeastern megalopolis</a>. As stated in numerous dictionaries and encyclopedias, including both the Oxford English Dictionary and the American Heritage Dictionary, the 'East Coast' primarily refers to the region between <a href="/wiki/Washington_D.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Washington D.C.">Washington D.C.</a> in the south and <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a> in the north.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Historically, the term has always connoted the Northeast.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-58">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The U.S. Census Bureau reorganized its administrative units, and its regional offices do not cover the Census regions (the northeasternmost regional office headquartered in New York covers New England, New York, New Jersey, and Puerto Rico).<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-96"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-96">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Based on U.S. Census Bureau population projections to 2030 (and assuming constant land area) the population density for the <a href="/wiki/South_Atlantic_states" title="South Atlantic states">South Atlantic</a> division will increase significantly to 294.6/mi<sup>2</sup>, New England's density will increase to 249.2/mi<sup>2</sup> and the East North Central division will increase only slightly to 200.2/mi<sup>2</sup>. The division with the 5th highest density is projected to be the <a href="/wiki/East_South_Central_States" class="mw-redirect" title="East South Central States">East South Central</a> division at 111.6/mi<sup>2</sup>.<sup id="cite_ref-census.gov_95-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census.gov-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(10)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Northeastern_United_States&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: References" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-10 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-10"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Census-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Census_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Census_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Census_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Census_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053705/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/maps/pdfs/reference/us_regdiv.pdf">"Census Regions and Divisions of the United States"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Commerce" title="United States Department of Commerce">United States Department of Commerce</a>, <a href="/wiki/Economics_and_Statistics_Administration" title="Economics and Statistics Administration">Economics and Statistics Administration</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>, Geography Division. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 17,</span> 2015</span>. <q>The most widely used regional definitions follow those of the U.S. Bureau of the Census.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Asking+Questions%3A+Practical+Guide+to+Questionnaire+Design&rft.pages=205&rft.pub=Jossey-Bass&rft.date=1982&rft.isbn=978-0-87589-546-8&rft.au=Seymour+Sudman&rft.au=Norman+M.+Bradburn&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D8Ay2AAAAIAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANortheastern+United+States" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-61"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-61">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDale_M._Lewison1997" class="citation book cs1">Dale M. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 17,</span> 2015</span>. <q>Perhaps the most widely used regional classification system is one developed by the U.S. Census Bureau.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Retailing&rft.pages=384&rft.pub=Prentice+Hall&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=978-0-13-461427-4&rft.au=Dale+M.+Lewison&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DoPUJAQAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANortheastern+United+States" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-62"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-62">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPamela_Goyan_KittlerKathryn_P._Sucher2008" class="citation book cs1">Pamela Goyan Kittler; Kathryn P. 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Norti-Orientales" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeastern_United_States" title="Northeastern United States – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Northeastern United States" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_(USA)" title="Northeast (USA) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Northeast (USA)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a 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