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Originating in the 19th century the terms "Midwest", "Middle West" and "Heartland" refer to The Midwestern United States (or Midwest). The midwest is neither the middle nor the west of the United States. The United States Census Bureau refers to the midwest as East North Central States and the West North Central States. The heart of the Midwest is bounded by the Great Lakes and the Ohio and Mississippi River Valleys. The "Old Northwest" (or the "West"), refers to the states of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin. This area is now called the East North Central States by the United States Census Bureau.
Midwestern ethnicity was partially shaped by the relative absence of slavery, except for Missouri, due to 20th-century African-American migration from the South. Large African-American urban centers are Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, Columbus, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Minneapolis. Immigration to the midwestern by German, Scandinavian, and Slavic people rounds out the major influences of migration on the ethnic diversity of the region. The Midwest remains a predominantly Protestant region though large concentrations of Catholics are found in Chicago and St. Louis because of Irish, Italian, and Polish immigration in the 1800s.
Education is another of the region's legacies with more Nobel-prize winners having been affiliated with The University of Chicago than with any other university in the world except Cambridge in the UK. Other top ranking Midwestern Universities include the University of Michigan, Northwestern University, Notre Dame University, University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Indiana, Indianapolis
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The 475 mile long Wabash River bisects the state from northeast to southwest. The White river (a tributary of the Wabash, which is a tributary of the Ohio) zigzags through central Indiana, and this is where most of the population lives.
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Illinois, Springfield
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Illinois possess a wide range of temperatures, offering the best of all four seasons for its residents. Registering 113 degrees as the highest temperature ever recorded in the state in 1934, and -36 in 1999, Illinois offers the ability to experience activities from boating and beaches to skiing and snowboarding.
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Chicago, Illinois, largest city in the Midwest and 3rd largest city in America, Chicagoland, when combined with the greater Milwaukee region is often considered a megacity or megalopolis with a population of approximately 12 million people.
Iowa, Des Moines
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Iowa includes many beautiful sights, including the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, which form boundary lines for the state, as well as the Big Sioux River north of Sioux City.
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Kansas, Topeka
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As of 2004, the population of Kansas was 2,735,502. The increase in population was only 0.4% from the prior year. Only eight states and the District of Columbia have slower growth rates. Between 1990 and 2004, the state grew by 246,000, a 9% increase."Rural flight," as it is called, has led to offers of free land and tax breaks as enticements to newcomers.
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Michigan, Lansing
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These two peninsulas are connected only by the five-mile-long Mackinac Bridge - the third longest suspension bridge in the world. Of the continental United States, Michigan has the longest shoreline of any state: 2,242 miles. This equals the length of the Atlantic Coast, from Maine to Florida.
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Detroit, Michigan, overtaken by San Jose, California as the tenth largest metropolitan region in the nation. The Detroit area is often referred to as "The Motor City" for its role in the manufacting of automobiles. The area is suffering from economic hard times due to the shifting of the industry to sources of cheaper labor in newer plants and the industry becoming more global in nature.
Minnesota, Saint Paul
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Minnesota is home to numerous park lands, such as the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCA), as well as a number of state and county parks, most notably Itasca State Park, the official source of the Mississippi River.
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, the largest city in Minnesota adjoins Saint Paul, the state's capital, forming the core of the Twin Cities metropolitan area, the 15th-largest in the country.
Missouri, Jefferson City
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Although now commonly thought of as part of the Midwest, Missouri was once considered as a southern state. A well known example would be the writings of Mark Twain, who grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, and who described his upbringing as from "the South".
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St. Louis, Missouri, the settlement that would become the city of Saint Louis, named after Louis IX of France, was founded by French explorers in 1763. The St Louis metropolitan area, includes counties in both Missouri and Illinois.
Nebraska, Lincoln
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Some of the largest urban areas of Nebraska, in order of size, are Omaha, Lincoln, and Grand Island.
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North Dakota, Bismarck
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The population trend in North Dakota is a distinct shift from the rural areas to the larger cities. Most of North Dakota's largest communities grew in the decade between 1990 and 2000.
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With an area of 116,096 km2, Ohio is the 34th largest State. It was the first and easternmost state in the Midwest admitted to the Union under the Northwest Ordinance as a free state. Ohio is an Iroquois word meaning "great water." The name refers to the Ohio River that forms its southern border.
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South Dakota, Pierre
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South Dakota is a state in the high plains of the northern Middle West. It is named after the Lakota (Sioux) American Indian tribe. The 1990 movie Dances With Wolves, starring Kevin Costner as Lt. John Dunbar, was shot entirely in South Dakota.
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Wisconsin, Madison
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Wisconsin real estate, located in the Midwest, has an area of169,790 km2, the 23rd largest state. Wisconsin became the 30th state on May 29, 1848. "Wisconsin" is thought to be an English version of a French adaptation of the Ojibwe word Miskasinsin, meaning "Red-stone place."
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