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All 13 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 1892–2024 record. Washington, DC, which the framework sets aside as a federal entity rather than a nation, is not listed.

American Nations ranked by presidential margin, one column per election from 1892 to 2024, with the latest demographic snapshot (population, income, $200k+ households, poverty, median age, education, race and ethnicity, language, religion) pinned at the right. Use the column headers to re-sort.

1The Left Coast	−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%	10.5%	39.6	—	—	—	54.6%	4.4%	19.3%	17.1%	30.6%	12.2%	16.8%	60.8%
2Greater 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%	12.1%	41.0	—	—	—	22.1%	1.9%	9.9%	37.0%	24.7%	8.9%	18.6%	59.7%
3New 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	+21.7	17,127,767	$96.4k	—	13.8%	17.9%	39.1	—	—	—	42.3%	17.3%	26.9%	12.8%	42.9%	4.6%	29.6%	48.3%
4Tidewater	+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	−0.4	−0.3	+14.5	+13.4	+15.2	+19.5	+15.9	13,420,321	$97.4k	—	10.3%	13.6%	39.1	—	—	—	53.5%	25.2%	12.3%	5.6%	17.7%	18.3%	11.0%	54.4%
5Yankeedom	−6.0	−23.6	−19.4	−33.4	−22.7	+7.0	−8.1	−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	+10.3	+8.7	+18.5	+14.3	+8.5	+11.9	+6.6	61,534,077	$87.1k	—	11.2%	14.1%	40.5	—	—	—	71.8%	9.6%	11.2%	4.6%	16.4%	9.2%	25.4%	52.4%
6El Norte	−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%	18.5%	36.9	—	—	—	48.9%	4.2%	48.5%	4.8%	38.4%	11.3%	29.3%	50.1%
7First 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	+17.2	+4.5	75,263	$79.3k	—	20.0%	24.4%	31.6	—	—	—	15.5%	1.6%	3.6%	5.6%	37.6%	6.2%	11.9%	63.7%
8The Far West	−20.0	+41.4	+3.2	−29.0	−11.0	+21.0	+11.8	−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	−6.7	−9.0	+5.6	+1.7	+6.0	+7.4	0	46,406,060	$88.4k	—	12.2%	15.0%	37.5	—	—	—	52.6%	4.7%	33.4%	8.8%	33.0%	10.2%	21.0%	54.4%
9The Midlands	−6.9	−10.5	−12.9	−26.6	−9.6	+18.2	−3.5	−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	+0.2	−2.3	+8.2	+3.8	−2.3	+0.6	−2.8	35,316,105	$83.4k	—	11.2%	14.4%	39.5	—	—	—	72.0%	11.7%	9.9%	3.9%	13.3%	12.9%	18.3%	53.5%
10Spanish Caribbean	+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%	16.4%	44.8	—	—	—	45.8%	16.4%	40.0%	2.3%	46.8%	14.4%	24.2%	52.9%
11Deep South	+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	−13.5	+0.6	−43.2	+10.8	−3.9	−23.6	−17.7	−1.8	+0.3	−9.8	−14.0	−5.9	−7.9	−9.4	−7.3	−13.2	46,731,541	$71.4k	—	14.9%	20.2%	39.1	—	—	—	54.7%	24.4%	16.5%	3.4%	17.6%	27.1%	11.5%	47.0%
12New 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%	24.1%	38.0	—	—	—	56.3%	29.5%	8.5%	2.2%	10.5%	17.8%	35.7%	36.1%
13Greater Appalachia	+6.3	+2.1	−0.8	−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	−17.9	−22.4	−15.3	−21.1	−24.7	−20.3	−23.8	63,238,915	$76.1k	—	13.0%	16.8%	38.6	—	—	—	70.5%	10.6%	13.1%	3.5%	14.0%	28.3%	10.0%	49.1%

13 American Nations · 34 elections · 1892–2024Margins are D−R two-party share · MIT Election Lab · VEST · Demographics: ACS 2024 5-year · Religion: 2020 US Religion Census