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		Eastern portion of the Southern United States

Region
	Southeast Region of the United States of America

	Region

	Southeastern United States
	Dark red states are usually included in definitions of the Southeastern United States. Light red states are considered "Southeastern" with less frequency and included in other regions of the United States.

	Area

	 • Total	580,835 sq mi (1,504,360 km2)
	 • Land	540,511 sq mi (1,399,920 km2)
	 • Water	40,324 sq mi (104,440 km2)  6.9%
	Population (2018)

	 • Total	97,438,243 [note 1]
	 • Density	150.5/sq mi (58.1/km2)
	Time zone	EST (UTC-5)/CST (UTC-6);
AST (UTC-4) in PR and VI
	 • Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)/CDT (UTC-5);
 No DST in PR and VI


  
Miami is the eleventh largest city in the region, and is the core of the second-largest metro area in the region.



  
Atlanta is the eighth largest city in the region, and serves as an anchor to the third-largest metro area in the region.



  
Charlotte is the second-largest city in the region, and serves as an anchor to the sixth largest metro area in the region.



  
Nashville is the fourth largest city in the region, and serves as an anchor to the eighth largest metro area in the region.



  
Tampa is the thirteenth largest city in the region, and serves as an anchor to the fourth-largest metro area in the region.



The Southeastern United States, also referred to as the American Southeast or simply the Southeast and sometimes simply the South, is, broadly, the eastern portion of the Southern United States and the southern portion of the Eastern United States. It comprises at least a core of states on the lower East Coast of the United States and eastern Gulf Coast.  Expansively, it includes everything south of the Mason–Dixon line, the Ohio River, and the 36°30' parallel, and as far west as Arkansas and Louisiana.[1]  There is no official U.S. government definition of the region, through various agencies and departments use different definitions.


Contents


	1 Geography
	2 History
	3 Demographics
	3.1 Most populous states
	3.2 U.S. territories



	4 Culture
	5 Climate
	6 Economy
	6.1 Research and development



	7 Education
	7.1 Higher education



	8 Largest cities
	9 Metropolitan Statistical Areas
	10 Combined Statistical Areas
	11 Sports
	12 See also
	13 References
	14 Notes
	15 External links





Geography[edit]

The US Geological Survey considers the Southeast region to be Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee, plus Puerto Rico and the U.S. The Virgin Islands. There is no official Census Bureau definition of the southeastern United States; instead, they divide a larger region including Texas and Oklahoma designated as the "South" into three subregions none of which are conventionally considered to define the southeast.  The nonprofit American Association of Geographers defines the southeastern United States as Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.[2] The OSBO (American small business support organization) uses the same states, but includes Arkansas and Louisiana. The state of Delaware plus the District of Columbia is also sometimes added in some definitions of the term.


History[edit]

	
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The history of human presence in the Southeast extends to before the dawn of civilization about 11,000 BC. The earliest artifacts were from the Clovis culture.

Before the arrival of Europeans, Native Americans of the Woodland period tradition occupied the region for several hundred years.

The first Europeans to arrive in the region were conquistadors of the Spanish Empire. In 1541, Hernando de Soto journeyed through the south and crossed the Mississippi River.

The region hosted the first permanent European settlement in North America, by the Kingdom of England at Jamestown, Virginia in 1607.

Prior to and during the American Civil War (1861-1865), the Confederate States of America consisted of the southeastern states plus Texas, i.e., Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas. Kentucky and Maryland were neutral border states that eventually joined the Union.

Much of the Southeast observed Jim Crow laws during the American segregation era.


Demographics[edit]

Most populous states[edit]

The most populous states in the region are Florida (20,612,439), followed by Georgia (10,310,371) and North Carolina (10,146,788).[3]


	State
	2017 estimate
	2010 census
	Change
	Land area
	Density

	Alabama
	4,874,747
	4,779,736
	+1.99%
	50,645 sq mi (131,171 km2)
	96.3/sq mi (37.2/km2)

	Arkansas
	3,004,279
	2,915,918
	+3.03%
	52,035 sq mi (134,771 km2)
	57.7/sq mi (22.3/km2)

	Florida
	20,984,400
	18,801,310
	+11.61%
	53,625 sq mi (138,887 km2)
	391.3/sq mi (151.1/km2)

	Georgia
	10,429,379
	9,687,653
	+7.66%
	57,513 sq mi (148,959 km2)
	181.3/sq mi (70.0/km2)

	Kentucky
	4,454,189
	4,339,367
	+2.65%
	39,486 sq mi (102,269 km2)
	112.8/sq mi (43.6/km2)

	Louisiana
	4,684,333
	4,533,372
	+3.33%
	43,204 sq mi (111,898 km2)
	108.4/sq mi (41.9/km2)

	Mississippi
	2,984,100
	2,967,297
	+0.57%
	46,923 sq mi (121,531 km2)
	63.6/sq mi (24.6/km2)

	North Carolina
	10,273,419
	9,535,483
	+7.74%
	48,618 sq mi (125,920 km2)
	211.3/sq mi (81.6/km2)

	South Carolina
	5,024,369
	4,625,364
	+8.63%
	30,061 sq mi (77,857 km2)
	167.1/sq mi (64.5/km2)

	Tennessee
	6,715,984
	6,346,105
	+5.83%
	41,235 sq mi (106,798 km2)
	162.9/sq mi (62.9/km2)

	Virginia
	8,470,020
	8,001,024
	+5.86%
	39,490 sq mi (102,279 km2)
	214.5/sq mi (82.8/km2)

	West Virginia
	1,815,857
	1,852,994
	−2.00%
	24,038 sq mi (62,259 km2)
	75.5/sq mi (29.2/km2)

	Total
	83,715,076
	78,385,623
	+6.80%
	526,874 sq mi (1,364,597 km2)
	158.9/sq mi (61.3/km2)



U.S. territories[edit]

Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands are located southeast of Florida, and are considered to be in the South / Southeastern U.S. by the FAA, Agricultural Research Service, and the U.S. National Park Service.[4][5][6]


	Territory
	2019 estimate[7][8]
	2010 census
	Change
	Land area[9][8]
	Density

	Puerto Rico
	3,193,694
	3,725,789
	−14.28%
	3,459 sq mi (8,959 km2)
	923.3/sq mi (356.5/km2)

	U.S. Virgin Islands
	106,235
	106,405
	−0.16%
	134 sq mi (346 km2)
	795.2/sq mi (307.0/km2)



Culture[edit]

Main article: Culture of the Southern United States

The predominant culture of the Southeast has its origins with the settlement of the region by European colonists and African slaves in the 17th to 19th centuries, as large groups of English, Scottish and Ulster-Scottish, Germans, Spanish, French, and Acadians migrated to the region. Since the late 20th century the New South has emerged as the fastest-growing area of the United States economically. Multiculturalism has become mainstream in the Southeastern states. African Americans remain a dominant demographic at around 30% of the total population of the Southeast. The New South is built upon the metropolitan areas along the Interstate 85 corridor. Cities include Birmingham, Atlanta, Greenville, Spartanburg, Charlotte, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and Raleigh-Durham.


Climate[edit]

Most of the southeastern part of the United States is dominated by the humid subtropical climate (Cfa/Cwa). As one nears the southern portions of Florida, the climate gradually becomes tropical as winters are freezing free and all months have a mean temperature above 64.4 °F (18.0 °C) (the defined coldest monthly mean temperature of tropical climates).

Seasonally, summers are generally hot and humid throughout the entire region. The Bermuda High pumps hot and moist air mass from the tropical Atlantic Ocean and eastern Gulf of Mexico westward toward the southeast United States, creating the typical sultry tropical summers. Daytime highs are often in the upper 80s to lower 90s F.[10][11] Rainfall is summer concentrated along the Gulf Coast and the South Atlantic coast from Norfolk, VA southward, reaching a sharp summer monsoon-like pattern over peninsular Florida, with dry winters and wet summers. Sunshine is abundant across the southeastern United States in summer, as the rainfall often comes in quick, but intense downpours. The mid-South, especially Tennessee, and the northern halves of Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia, have maximum monthly rainfall amounts in winter and spring, owing to copious Gulf moisture and clashes between warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico and cold, dry air from Canada during the cold season. Here, December, March, or April are typically the wettest months; August to October, the driest months (for example, at Tupelo, MS, Huntsville, AL and Memphis, TN).

Winters are cool in areas like Tennessee and western North Carolina, with average highs in the 45 °F (7 °C) range in January. Farther south, winters become milder across interior eastern North and South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama, with average January highs in the 53 °F (12 °C) range. As one nears the Gulf of Mexico coastal plain and coastal areas of Georgia and the Carolinas, winters become warm, with daytime highs near or over 60 °F (16 °C), until far enough south in central Florida where daytime highs are above 70 °F (21 °C). Winters tend to be very dry and sunny across Florida, with a gradual increase in winter rainfall with increasing latitude, especially west of the Appalachian Mountains.


Economy[edit]

	
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The Southeast has changed dramatically in the last two generations. Since 1980, there has been a boom in its service economy, manufacturing base, high technology industries, and the financial sector. Examples of this include the surge in tourism in Florida and along the Gulf Coast; numerous new automobile production plants such as Mercedes-Benz in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Hyundai in Montgomery, Alabama; Toyota Motors in Blue Springs, Mississippi; Kia in West Point, Georgia; the BMW production plant in Greer, South Carolina; Volkswagen in Chattanooga, Tennessee; the GM manufacturing plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee; and the Nissan North American headquarters in Franklin, Tennessee; the two largest research parks in the country: Research Triangle Park in the Triangle area of North Carolina (the world's largest) and the Cummings Research Park in Huntsville, Alabama (the world's fourth largest); and the corporate headquarters of Verso Paper in Memphis, as well as FedEx, which is one of the world's largest shipping companies.

Fortune 500 companies having headquarters in the region include 16 in Florida, 15 in North Carolina, and 14 in Georgia. This economic expansion has enabled parts of the South to have of some of the lowest unemployment rates in the United States.[12] In Alabama, there is a large-scale manufacturing project owned by the German steel megacorporation ThyssenKrupp, which operates a massive, state-of-the-art facility in Mobile.


Research and development[edit]

Research Triangle Park, in the Raleigh-Durham urban area of North Carolina, has emerged as a major hub of technology, governmental, and biotechnological research and development. The Cummings Research Park in the Huntsville, Alabama area is the second-largest research complex in the nation. Located in Huntsville is the Redstone Arsenal, United States Army Missile Command, the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and much other key government, military, and aerospace agencies. Tullahoma, TN contains Arnold Air Force Base. The base is home to the Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC), the most advanced and largest complex of flight simulation test facilities in the world. 

The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Florida, is the largest laboratory in the world devoted to the study of magnetism.[citation needed] The University of South Carolina is currently constructing a research campus in downtown Columbia, and the university is the nation's only National Science Foundation-funded Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Fuel Cells.[13]


Education[edit]

	
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Higher education[edit]

  
University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida



  
University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia



  
University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee



  
University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama



  
University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina



The region includes a number of notable universities, public and private, whose research exert influence globally. Chief among these are:



	Alabama State University
	Appalachian State University
	Auburn University
	Clemson University
	Florida International University
	Florida State University
	Georgia Institute of Technology
	Georgia State University
	Jackson State University
	Mississippi State University
	North Carolina A&T State University
	North Carolina State University
	Radford University
	University of Alabama
	University of Alabama at Birmingham
	University of Central Florida
	University of Florida
	University of Georgia
	University of Memphis
	University of Mississippi
	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
	University of North Carolina at Charlotte
	University of North Carolina at Greensboro
	University of South Carolina
	University of South Florida
	University of Tennessee
	College of William & Mary



There are a number of well-known private institutions, as well. Notable among these are:




	Belmont University
	Davidson College
	Duke University
	Emory University
	Furman University
	Georgetown University
	Howard University
	Johns Hopkins University
	Mercer University
	Morehouse College
	Rhodes College
	Spelman College
	Tulane University
	Tuskegee University
	University of Miami
	University of Richmond
	Vanderbilt University
	Wake Forest University
	Washington and Lee University



The region is home to the greatest number of historically black colleges and universities in the nation. The three largest in the region are: 




	North Carolina A&T University
	Florida A&M University
	Howard University





Largest cities[edit]

These are the largest cities in the Southeastern region of the United States by population, according to the United States Census Bureau:[14]


	Rank
	City
	State
or territory
	Population (2015)

	1
	Jacksonville[a]
	Florida
	868,031

	2
	Charlotte
	North Carolina
	827,097

	3
	Washington
	District of Columbia
	672,228

	4
	Nashville[a]
	Tennessee
	660,388

	5
	Memphis
	Tennessee
	652,717

	6
	Baltimore
	Maryland
	621,849

	7
	Louisville[a]
	Kentucky
	615,366

	8
	Atlanta
	Georgia
	463,878

	9
	Virginia Beach
	Virginia
	452,745

	10
	Raleigh
	North Carolina
	451,066

	11
	Miami
	Florida
	441,003

	12
	New Orleans[a]
	Louisiana
	389,617

	13
	Tampa
	Florida
	369,075

	—
	San Juan
	Puerto Rico
	318,441[15]

	14
	Lexington
	Kentucky
	314,488

	15
	Greensboro
	North Carolina
	285,342

	16
	Orlando
	Florida
	270,394

	17
	Durham
	North Carolina
	257,636

	18
	Saint Petersburg
	Florida
	257,083

	19
	Norfolk
	Virginia
	246,393

	20
	Winston-Salem
	North Carolina
	241,218

	21
	Hialeah
	Florida
	237,069

	22
	Chesapeake
	Virginia
	235,429

	23
	Baton Rouge
	Louisiana
	228,590

	24
	Richmond
	Virginia
	220,289

	25
	Birmingham
	Alabama
	212,461

	26
	Fayetteville
	North Carolina
	201,963

	27
	Augusta
	Georgia
	201,554

	28
	Columbus
	Georgia
	200,579



	^ a:  Jacksonville, Louisville, Nashville, Augusta and New Orleans are consolidated city-counties/parishes. Therefore the population given is for the entire city excluding other incorporated places lying within the county limits.



Metropolitan Statistical Areas[edit]

These are the metropolitan areas of the Southeastern region which exceed 1  million in population according to the United States Census Bureau's 2019 estimates:[16]


	Rank	Metropolitan area	Anchor city	Population (2016)	State(s) or territory

	1	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria	Washington	6,280,487	District of Columbia / Virginia /
 Maryland / West Virginia

	2	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach	Miami	6,166,488	Florida

	3	Atlanta–Sandy Springs-Roswell	Atlanta	6,020,364	Georgia

	4	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater	Tampa	3,194,831	Florida

	5	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson	Baltimore	2,800,053	Maryland

	6	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia	Charlotte	2,636,883	North Carolina / South Carolina

	7	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford	Orlando	2,608,147	Florida

	—	San Juan–Caguas–Guaynabo	San Juan	2,020,000[17]	Puerto Rico

	8	Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin	Nashville	1,934,317	Tennessee

	9	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News	Virginia Beach	1,768,901	Virginia / North Carolina

	10	Jacksonville	Jacksonville	1,559,514	Florida

	11	Raleigh	Raleigh	1,390,785	North Carolina

	12	Memphis	Memphis	1,346,045	Tennessee / Mississippi / Arkansas

	13	Richmond-Petersburg	Richmond	1,291,900	Virginia

	14	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner	New Orleans	1,270,530	Louisiana

	15	Louisville-Jefferson County	Louisville	1,265,108	Kentucky / Indiana

	16	Birmingham-Hoover	Birmingham	1,090,435	Alabama



Combined Statistical Areas[edit]

Beyond Megalopolis by Virginia Tech's Metropolitan Institute, an attempt to update Jean Gottmann's work with current trends, defines two "megapolitan areas" contained within the Southeast, out of a total of ten such areas in the United States:


	"Piedmont" extending from North Carolina to Alabama
	"Peninsula" covering South Florida and Central Florida


Two others tie some areas on the margins of the Southeast to urban centers in other regions:


	"Gulf Coast" extending as far east as the western tip of Florida
	"Northeast" including much of Maryland and eastern Virginia


These are the combined statistical areas of the Southeastern region which exceed 1  million in population according to the United States Census Bureau's 2016 estimates. Note that the metropolitan areas of Tampa and Richmond are not included in any CSAs, so they are included in the table without constituent areas.[18]


	Rank	Combined Statistical Area	Population (2019)	Constituent Core Based Statistical Areas

	1	Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA Combined Statistical Area	9,814,928	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area
Winchester, VA-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area
California-Lexington Park, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area
Easton, MD Micropolitan Statistical Area
Cambridge, MD Micropolitan Statistical Area

	2	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Port St. Lucie, FL Combined Statistical Area	6,889,936	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Port St. Lucie, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Okeechobee, FL Micropolitan Statistical Area

	3	Atlanta–Athens-Clarke County–Sandy Springs, GA Combined Statistical Area	6,853,392	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area
Athens-Clarke County, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area
Gainesville, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area
LaGrange, GA Micropolitan Statistical Area
Jefferson, GA Micropolitan Statistical Area
Calhoun, GA Micropolitan Statistical Area
Cedartown, GA Micropolitan Statistical Area
Thomaston, GA Micropolitan Statistical Area

	4	Orlando-Deltona-Daytona Beach, FL Combined Statistical Area	4,160,646	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area
The Villages, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area

	5	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater	3,194,831	MSA only

	6	Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC Combined Statistical Area	2,797,636	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area
Shelby, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area
Albemarle, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area

	7	Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Combined Statistical Area	2,079,687	Raleigh, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area
Dunn, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area
Oxford, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area
Sanford, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area
Henderson, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area

	8	Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro, TN Combined Statistical Area	2,062,547	Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area
Shelbyville, TN Micropolitan Statistical Area
Lawrenceburg, TN Micropolitan Statistical Area
Lewisburg, TN Micropolitan Statistical Area

	9	Virginia Beach-Norfolk, VA-NC Combined Statistical Area	1,859,197	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metropolitan Statistical Area
Elizabeth City, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area
Kill Devil Hills, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area

	10	Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point, NC Combined Statistical Area	1,689,151	Greensboro-High Point, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area
Winston-Salem, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area
Burlington, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area
Mount Airy, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area

	11	Jacksonville-St. Marys-Palatka, FL-GA Combined Statistical Area	1,688,701	Jacksonville, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Palatka, FL Micropolitan Statistical Area
St. Marys, GA Micropolitan Statistical Area

	12	New Orleans-Metairie-Hammond, LA-MS Combined Statistical Area	1,507,017	New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area
Hammond, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area
Picayune, MS Micropolitan Statistical Area
Bogalusa, LA Micropolitan Statistical Area

	13	Louisville/Jefferson County–Elizabethtown–Bardstown, KY-IN Combined Statistical Area	1,489,142	Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY Metropolitan Statistical Area
Bardstown, KY Micropolitan Statistical Area
Scottsburg, IN Micropolitan Statistical Area

	14	Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC Combined Statistical Area	1,475,235	Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area
Spartanburg, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area
Greenwood, SC Micropolitan Statistical Area
Seneca, SC Micropolitan Statistical Area
Gaffney, SC Micropolitan Statistical Area

	15	Memphis-Forrest City, TN-MS-AR Combined Statistical Area	1,371,039	Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metropolitan Statistical Area
Forrest City, AR Micropolitan Statistical Area

	16	Birmingham-Hoover-Talladega, AL Combined Statistical Area	1,317,702	Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micropolitan Statistical Area
Cullman, AL Micropolitan Statistical Area

	17	Richmond-Petersburg	1,291,900	MSA only

	18	Cape Coral-Fort Myers-Naples, FL Combined Statistical Area	1,197,501	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area

	19	Knoxville-Morristown-Sevierville, TN Combined Statistical Area	1,146,049	Knoxville, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area
Morristown, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sevierville, TN Micropolitan Statistical Area
Newport, TN Micropolitan Statistical Area

	20	North Port-Sarasota, FL Combined Statistical Area	1,063,906	North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Punta Gorda, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Arcadia, FL Micropolitan Statistical Area



Sports[edit]

  
Atlanta Falcons



  
Miami Heat



  
Alabama Crimson Tide Football



Although American football is prevalent across the United States, it is especially pervasive in the Southeast. With a total of nine (9) franchises — the Atlanta Falcons, the Baltimore Ravens, the Carolina Panthers, the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Miami Dolphins, the New Orleans Saints, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Tennessee Titans, and the Washington Football Team — across the region, the National Football League (NFL) maintains a stronger commercial presence than any other major North American professional sports league.

The Southeast has seven (7) National Basketball Association (NBA) franchises: the Atlanta Hawks, the Charlotte Hornets, the Memphis Grizzlies, the Miami Heat, the New Orleans Pelicans, the Orlando Magic, and the Washington Wizards.

Major League Baseball (MLB) maintains five (5) teams in the Southeast: the Atlanta Braves, the Baltimore Orioles, the Miami Marlins, the Tampa Bay Rays, and the Washington Nationals.

The Southeast has five (5) National Hockey League (NHL) franchises: the Carolina Hurricanes, the Florida Panthers, the Nashville Predators, the Tampa Bay Lightning, and the Washington Capitals.

Major League Soccer currently holds three (3) clubs — Atlanta United FC, DC United, and Orlando City SC— in the region. This number will increase to six (6) when Nashville SC and Inter Miami CF begin to play in March 2020, and Charlotte's unnamed team joins in 2021.

The Atlantic Coast Conference is an NCAA Division 1 conference of mainly Southeastern college teams, including the Florida State Seminoles, Louisville Cardinals, Miami Hurricanes, Clemson Tigers and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Wake Forest Demon Deacons, Duke Blue Devils, North Carolina Tar Heels, NC State Wolfpack, Virginia Tech Hokies, and Virginia Cavaliers. The Sugar Bowl, Orange Bowl, Peach Bowl, and Citrus Bowl are notable college football bowls held in Southeastern cities. 

The Southeastern Conference is also an NCAA Division 1 conference of Southeastern college teams, including the Alabama Crimson Tide, Arkansas Razorbacks, Auburn Tigers, Kentucky Wildcats, Ole Miss Rebels, Florida Gators, South Carolina Gamecocks, Tennessee Volunteers and Georgia Bulldogs, Mississippi State Bulldogs, and Vanderbilt Commodores.

The majority of NASCAR teams are headquartered in the Charlotte area along with the sports operations headquarters and media outlets. Tracks in the region include Daytona International Speedway, Homestead-Miami Speedway, Talladega Superspeedway, Bristol Motor Speedway, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Atlanta Motor Speedway, Darlington Raceway, Kentucky Speedway, Martinsville Speedway, and Richmond International Speedway.

The southeast also hosts two of the three legs of the American Triple Crown: the Kentucky Derby, in Kentucky, and the Preakness Stakes is also located in the Southeast, being run in Baltimore. The Derby is considered the western leg of the crown and the Preakness is traditionally considered the southern leg.

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See also[edit]

	Hammock (ecology) – Southeastern habitat
	Southeastern mixed forests – Southeastern habitat
	Black Belt in the American South


References[edit]


	^ Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, D.C., Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas

	^ Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers]

	^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2016 (PEPANNRES): All States within the United States and Puerto Rico". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved May 2, 2017.

	^ https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/arc/southern_region/ Federal Aviation Administration. Southern Region. Retrieved July 5, 2020.

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