Census Bureau designated areas and time zones

Periodically I will write a blog post that's purely informational just for my reference. I usually do one of these up when I find information that's scattered on different web pages/sites and put it all into a single blog post. This is one of those. 🙂

Regional divisions used by the United States Census Bureau:

Region 1 - Northeast
- Division 1 - New England
  Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut
- Division 2 - Mid-Atlantic
  New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey
Region 2 - Midwest
- Division 3 - East North Central
  Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio
- Division 4 - West North Central
  Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa
Region 3 - South
- Division 5 - South Atlantic
  Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida
- Division 6 - East South Central
  Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama
- Division 7 - West South Central
  Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana
Region 4 - West
- Division 8 - Mountain
  Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico
- Division 9 - Pacific
  Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, Hawaii

Time Zones

Alaska (UTC-9, UTC-8 with DST)
Pacific (UTC-8, UTC-7 with DST)
Mountain (UTC-7, UTC-6 with DST)
Central (UTC-6, UTC-5 with DST)
Eastern (UTC-5, UTC-4 with DST)

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