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All 14 American Nations

Colin Woodard’s American Nations — the rival regional cultures of North America, mapped county by county per the 2025 Nationhood Lab revision. Each nation is a roll-up of its counties with the full 1876–2024 record.

American Nations ranked by presidential margin, one column per election from 1876 to 2024, with the latest ACS demographic snapshot (population, income, poverty, median age, education, race and ethnicity) pinned at the right. Use the column headers to re-sort.

1Federal Entity																							+71.0	+63.6	+56.5	+65.1	+61.5	+71.7	+68.3	+75.5	+75.9	+76.2	+79.8	+85.9	+83.6	+86.8	+86.8	+85.8	681,294	$109.9k	15.4%	34.9	64.2%	37.9%	11.9%
2The Left Coast	−4.3	−0.6	−9.9	−1.7	−7.5	−3.7	−18.9	−44.9	−26.8	+22.1	0	−37.8	−42.1	−26.0	+21.4	+35.7	+14.5	+14.6	+1.6	−12.2	−9.4	+0.4	+29.9	+4.9	−6.9	+1.6	−6.6	−3.8	+10.9	+21.6	+21.7	+19.7	+23.7	+34.4	+32.3	+35.1	+37.1	+32.9	18,490,172	$115.4k	9.6%	39.6	44.6%	54.6%	19.3%
3Greater Polynesia																						+0.1	+57.5	+21.1	−25.0	+2.5	+1.9	−11.3	+9.5	+11.4	+25.3	+18.3	+8.7	+45.2	+42.7	+32.2	+29.5	+23.1	1,445,168	$100.8k	10.0%	41.0	36.1%	22.1%	9.9%
4New Netherland					+16.0	−15.2	−1.4	−2.6	−8.5	+24.7	−1.8	−36.3	−19.9	+6.7	+24.1	+35.5	+12.2	+12.3	+5.9	−2.3	−14.5	+12.6	+38.5	+10.9	−11.9	+11.4	−1.7	−2.5	+6.4	+19.6	+35.0	+34.5	+26.3	+35.4	+38.3	+37.2	+35.0	+21.6	17,127,767	$96.4k	13.8%	39.1	44.1%	42.3%	26.9%
5Tidewater	+11.6	+8.3	+19.1	−0.8	+12.0	+5.2	+13.4	+63.6	+39.6	+56.5	+30.7	+22.5	+26.5	−4.6	+44.4	+48.2	+45.4	+33.0	+23.0	+4.2	−1.7	+7.4	+15.5	−4.8	−34.1	+3.7	−6.7	−19.6	−15.1	+1.9	+3.5	+2.8	−0.3	+14.5	+13.4	+15.2	+19.5	+15.7	13,420,321	$97.4k	10.3%	39.1	41.8%	53.5%	12.3%
6Yankeedom	+2.4	−2.0	+1.0	+0.2	−4.7	−23.6	−19.4	−33.4	−22.7	+7.0	−7.8	−44.5	−42.1	−17.4	+6.5	+14.2	+0.9	+1.5	+0.8	−15.6	−22.3	+2.8	+32.6	+5.4	−13.9	+0.8	−4.7	−12.7	−1.4	+9.5	+18.0	+10.5	+8.7	+18.5	+14.3	+8.5	+11.9	+6.6	61,534,077	$87.1k	11.2%	40.5	37.9%	71.8%	11.2%
7El Norte	−6.4	+2.2	−3.4	−8.8	−22.1	+32.5	−6.9	−25.9	−21.6	+26.0	+12.0	−14.7	−7.8	−16.9	+36.0	+36.2	+21.7	+15.6	+10.7	−16.5	−18.8	−1.8	+14.4	−7.7	−24.3	−4.5	−21.5	−25.4	−12.2	+3.5	+5.6	−2.1	−5.4	+6.6	+4.8	+11.6	+12.5	+4.8	18,968,471	$81.6k	14.2%	36.9	33.6%	48.9%	48.5%
8First Nation																						−1.7	+50.2	+4.6	−0.1	−1.0	+10.9	−22.3	−17.5	−2.5	+13.2	−11.5	−15.0	−3.2	+34.8	+23.2	+17.9	+4.4	75,263	$79.3k	20.0%	31.6	14.2%	15.5%	3.6%
9The Far West	+1.8	−2.0	−7.5	−8.1	−16.5	+41.4	+3.2	−29.0	−11.0	+21.0	+11.6	−32.2	−36.5	−30.4	+20.9	+32.9	+11.8	+7.3	+2.7	−18.0	−14.2	−3.9	+14.9	−9.1	−22.1	−7.7	−25.4	−27.0	−12.1	+2.9	+0.6	−6.2	−9.0	+5.6	+1.7	+6.0	+7.4	0	46,406,060	$88.4k	12.2%	37.5	33.5%	52.6%	33.4%
10The Midlands					−2.9	−10.5	−12.9	−26.6	−9.6	+18.2	−3.4	−30.3	−32.8	−28.2	+9.7	+17.4	+1.9	−2.1	−1.8	−14.7	−17.6	−4.9	+24.9	−3.9	−23.7	−1.1	−12.1	−16.4	−6.6	+5.2	+6.2	+0.5	−2.3	+8.2	+3.8	−2.3	+0.6	−2.7	35,316,105	$83.4k	11.2%	39.5	35.6%	72.0%	9.9%
11Spanish Caribbean			−0.3		+92.2	+11.7	+40.6	+43.3	+43.0	+51.3	+39.6	+14.7	+11.4	−20.8	+37.8	+44.4	+34.7	+30.0	+9.1	−19.0	−21.9	−0.5	+9.0	−8.9	−35.9	+5.7	−20.4	−24.7	−14.8	+5.6	+16.8	+12.3	+8.6	+14.9	+14.2	+14.1	+6.1	−7.7	8,460,226	$77.3k	12.6%	44.8	36.1%	45.8%	40.0%
12Deep South	+15.9	+21.7	+16.8	+36.2	+46.6	+44.2	+46.4	+54.2	+44.4	+67.9	+64.7	+45.9	+57.1	+20.7	+78.2	+78.0	+70.4	+62.0	+25.2	+10.7	+6.3	+6.6	−8.2	+0.6	−43.2	+10.8	−3.9	−23.6	−17.7	−1.8	+0.3	−9.5	−14.0	−5.9	−7.9	−9.4	−7.3	−13.2	46,731,541	$71.4k	14.9%	39.1	31.4%	54.7%	16.5%
13New France					+43.2	+35.9	+51.5	+77.8	+70.6	+69.9	+73.4	+22.7	+52.3	+57.3	+84.6	+78.4	+69.5	+66.3	+12.2	+6.6	−13.8	+33.1	−2.9	+5.3	−34.6	+7.0	−5.6	−20.9	−7.2	+5.1	+12.9	−4.9	−10.8	−16.4	−14.8	−16.1	−14.5	−17.4	3,027,052	$64.1k	18.1%	38.0	29.4%	56.3%	8.5%
14Greater Appalachia	+34.8	+26.8	+22.2	+28.1	+6.1	+2.1	+0.5	−9.1	−1.4	+22.8	+8.4	−7.5	−5.2	−20.2	+23.6	+23.7	+13.9	+8.1	+11.2	−6.8	−11.5	−7.6	+16.6	−9.6	−36.4	+4.0	−11.3	−27.2	−17.3	−2.4	−4.6	−14.7	−22.4	−15.3	−21.1	−24.7	−20.3	−23.7	63,238,915	$76.1k	13.0%	38.6	32.4%	70.5%	13.1%

14 American Nations · 38 elections · 1876–2024Margins are D−R two-party share · MIT Election Lab · VEST · Demographics: ACS 2024 5-year