Northern United States

==Geography==
Geographically, the term includes the [[U.S. state]]s and [[regions of the United States|regions]] of the [[United States|United States of America]] that are located across the northernmost part of the country. It includes states along the [[Canada–United States border]].

===Census Bureau===
The [[United States Census Bureau]] divides some of the northernmost United States into the [[Midwestern United States|Midwest Region]] and the [[Northeastern United States|Northeast Region]].<ref name=census>{{cite web |publisher=United States Census Bureau |title=Census Regions and Divisions of the United States |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/us_regdiv.pdf |access-date=2009-10-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20130107113900/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/us_regdiv.pdf |archive-date=2013-01-07 }}</ref> The U.S. Census Bureau also includes the northernmost states of the [[Northwestern United States|Northwest]], that are within the [[Western United States|West Region]].<ref name=census />

===Urban centers===
Among the larger cities by population in the Northern United States are: [[New York City]], [[Chicago]], [[Philadelphia]], [[Boston]], [[Pittsburgh]], [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]], [[Indianapolis]], [[Cleveland]], [[Cincinnati]], [[Minneapolis]], [[St. Paul, Minnesota|St. Paul]], [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], [[Milwaukee]], [[Detroit]], and [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]].

The Northern United States also comprises most of the [[Northeast megalopolis]], which is the most populated and urbanized [[megalopolis]] in the United States. The [[Great Lakes megalopolis]] is also located in the Northern United States, largely in the [[Great Lakes region]] and [[Midwestern United States|Midwest]].

===Climate===
The Northern United States has a [[humid continental climate]]. Most of the Northern states have warm to hot summers and significant [[snow]]fall during the [[winter]].