The Upper Midwest is a region of the
United States with no universally agreed-upon boundary, but it almost always lies within the
US Census Bureau's definition of the Midwest and includes the
states of
Minnesota and
Wisconsin, as well as at least the
Upper Peninsula of
Michigan.The Upper Midwest often includes the rest of Michigan,
Iowa,
Indiana,
Illinois, and sometimes extends further southwest to include
Missouri, east to
Ohio, and sometimes west to
North Dakota and
South Dakota, and the parts of
Montana east of the
Rockies.Many call it the part of the Midwest that is not included in the
Rust Belt, and north of
Chicago. Another possible definition is the
Great Lakes states that are not in the region of the original
13 colonies.
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