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)

Published 2009 Dec 16