美国西部

美国西部(英语:Western United StatesAmerican West)指的是美国西部各。由于美国自建国以来疆域多次向西扩展,因此美国西部的定义也随着时代而变化。一般多以密西西比河作为美国东西部的分界线。如果采用广义的定义,美国西部占去了美国一半以上的领土。美国西部包括了自路易西安纳购地中获得的土地、1818年自英国获得的土地、得克萨斯州加入美国时的土地、1846年自英国获得的土地、1848年墨西哥割让予美国的土地及盖兹登购地中获得的土地。

美国西部
Western United States

American West、Far West、the West
地区
从上到左:西雅图天际线、大峡谷、黄石国家公园、博伊西天际线、天使登陆点、雷尼尔山、洛杉矶天际线
坐标:40°N 110°W / 40°N 110°W / 40; -110
国家 美国
面积[1]
 • 总计1,873,251.63 平方英里(5,000,000 平方公里)
 • 陆地1,751,053.31 平方英里(5,000,000 平方公里)
人口2020[2]
 • 总计78,588,572人
GDP(名义)[3]
 • 共计5.619万亿美元 (2019年)
 • 人均$71,719 (2019年)
深红色的州份通常视为西部;带有条纹的州份则有时被认为不在西部的范围内
美国人口调查局定义的西部范围,包括了13个州:蒙大拿州怀俄明州爱达荷州华盛顿州俄勒冈州科罗拉多州犹他州新墨西哥州亚利桑那州内华达州加利福尼亚州阿拉斯加州夏威夷州

美国西部本身又可再细分为不同的地域。亚利桑那州科罗拉多州加利福尼亚州新墨西哥州内华达州俄克拉荷马州得克萨斯州犹他州又被视为美国西南部。而蒙大拿州怀俄明州爱达荷州俄勒冈州华盛顿州则是美国西北部

此外,华盛顿州、俄勒冈州和加利福尼亚州三州位于太平洋沿岸,又称为美国西岸

参考文献

  1. ^ United States Summary: 2010, Population and Housing Unit Counts, 2010 Census of Population and Housing (PDF). United States Census Bureau: V–2, 1 & 41 (Tables 1 & 18). September 2012 [February 7, 2014]. (原始内容存档 (PDF)于2012-10-19). 
  2. ^ Change in Resident Population of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico: 1910 to 2020 (PDF). Census.gov. United States Census Bureau. [June 13, 2021]. (原始内容存档 (PDF)于2021-04-26). 
  3. ^ BEA Glossary. Bureau of Economic Analysis. U.S. Department of Commerce. [June 8, 2017]. (原始内容存档于September 28, 2017). 

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