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The Upper Midwest is a region of the United States with no universally agreed-upon boundary, but it almost always lies within the US Census Bureau's definition of the Midwest and includes the states of Minnesota and Wisconsin, as well as at least the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
   The Upper Midwest often includes the rest of Michigan, Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, and sometimes extends further southwest to include Missouri, east to Ohio, and sometimes west to North Dakota and South Dakota, and the parts of Montana east of the Rockies.
   Many call it the part of the Midwest that isn't included in the Rust Belt, and north of Chicago. Another possible definition is the Great Lakes states that are not in the region of the original 13 colonies.
   According the to 2000 US Census, the core states of Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana total 39,460,846 people and of land. Including the other states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Missouri, and Ohio the region contains 60,943,336 people and of land. In round numbers, the core states have the same area as France, and the expanded region has the population of France.

AIRUM definition

States included by:	AIRUM	LOC	NWS	GS ESC	GS MRP	Census	OMB	Count of examples
Versions of "the Upper Midwest"
WI	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	7
MI	(UP only)	•	•	•	•	•	•	6.5
IN		•	•	•	•	•	•	6
IL		•	•	•	•	•	•	6
MN	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	7
OH		•	•			•	•	4
IA	•		•	•				3
MO			•					1
SD	•							1
ND	•							1

The Association for Institutional Research in the Upper Midwest defines the region as including the states of Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Library of Congress definition

According to the Library of Congress, the area is a region of the United States that comprised the old Northwest Territory which includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.

US Census East North Central region

The US Census's East North Central region is Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana.

NWS definition

The National Weather Service defines the Upper Midwest as the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin.

US Geological Survey definitions

The United States Geological Survey has at least two definitions of the Upper Midwest:

The USGS Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center considers it to be the six states, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin which comprise the watersheds of the upper Mississippi River and upper Great Lakes.
The USGS Mineral Resources Program considers the area to be Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.

Standard Federal Regions

The ten standard Federal Regions were established by OMB (Office of Management and Budget) Circular A-105, "Standard Federal Regions," in April, 1974, and required for all executive agencies. In recent years, some agencies have tailored their field structures to meet program needs and facilitate interaction with local, state and regional counterparts. Region five is Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio.

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