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The Northwestern United States comprise the northwestern states up to the western Great Plains
Great Plains

The Great Plains are the broad expanse of prairie and steppe which lie west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States and Canada....
 regions of the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, and consistently include the states of Oregon
Oregon

Oregon is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The area was inhabited by many indigenous tribes before the arrival of traders, explorers and settlers....
 and Washington
Washington

Washington is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Washington was carved out of the western part of Washington Territory which had been ceded by Britain in 1846 by the Oregon Treaty as settlement of the Oregon Boundary Dispute....
, to which Idaho
Idaho

The State of Idaho is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States of America. The state's largest city and Capital is Boise, Idaho....
, Montana
Montana

Montana is a U.S. state in the Western United States. The western third of the state contains numerous mountain ranges; other 'island' ranges are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains....
, Wyoming
Wyoming

The State of Wyoming is a sparsely populated U.S. state in the Northwestern United States of the United States. The majority of the state is dominated by the mountain ranges and rangelands of the Rocky Mountains, while the easternmost section of the state is a high altitude prairie region known as the High Plains ....
, Southeast Alaska, and parts of Northern California
Northern California

Northern California or Nor Cal is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento, California; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the Sequoia forests, the North Coast, California, the Big Sur coastline area, the Sierra Nevada including Yosem...
 are sometimes added. Occasionally Northern Nevada, Northern Utah
Northern Utah

Northern Utah is the region in the state of Utah in the United States which runs along Wasatch Mountains . The term Northern Utah refers specifically to the chain of cities running north to south from Logan, Utah to Provo, Utah with Kaysville, Utah and Farmington, Utah at the center....
, Northern Colorado
Northern Colorado

Northern Colorado includes the following Colorado counties:*Boulder County, Colorado*City and County of Broomfield, Colorado*Jackson County, Colorado...
 are also included in the Northwest.

"The Northwest" is home to over 10 million citizens, and is sometimes referred to as the "the Pacific Northwest" (abbreviated PNW or PacNW) is often used to mean Oregon and Washington and sometimes Idaho, northwestern Montana and northern California. Internationally, however, this term includes parts of Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 - see Pacific Northwest
Pacific Northwest

The Pacific Northwest is a region in the northwest of North America . There are several partially overlapping definitions but the term Pacific Northwest should not be confused with the Northwest Territory or the Northwest Territories of Canada....
.

Like the Southwestern United States
Southwestern United States

The Southwestern area of the United States could be defined as the states west of the Mississippi River, with the qualification of a certain northern limit, such as the 37th parallel north, 38th parallel north, 39th parallel north, or 40th parallel north line....
, the idea of what comprised the Northwest was pushed farther west over time.






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The Northwestern United States comprise the northwestern states up to the western Great Plains
Great Plains

The Great Plains are the broad expanse of prairie and steppe which lie west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States and Canada....
 regions of the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, and consistently include the states of Oregon
Oregon

Oregon is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The area was inhabited by many indigenous tribes before the arrival of traders, explorers and settlers....
 and Washington
Washington

Washington is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Washington was carved out of the western part of Washington Territory which had been ceded by Britain in 1846 by the Oregon Treaty as settlement of the Oregon Boundary Dispute....
, to which Idaho
Idaho

The State of Idaho is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States of America. The state's largest city and Capital is Boise, Idaho....
, Montana
Montana

Montana is a U.S. state in the Western United States. The western third of the state contains numerous mountain ranges; other 'island' ranges are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains....
, Wyoming
Wyoming

The State of Wyoming is a sparsely populated U.S. state in the Northwestern United States of the United States. The majority of the state is dominated by the mountain ranges and rangelands of the Rocky Mountains, while the easternmost section of the state is a high altitude prairie region known as the High Plains ....
, Southeast Alaska, and parts of Northern California
Northern California

Northern California or Nor Cal is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento, California; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the Sequoia forests, the North Coast, California, the Big Sur coastline area, the Sierra Nevada including Yosem...
 are sometimes added. Occasionally Northern Nevada, Northern Utah
Northern Utah

Northern Utah is the region in the state of Utah in the United States which runs along Wasatch Mountains . The term Northern Utah refers specifically to the chain of cities running north to south from Logan, Utah to Provo, Utah with Kaysville, Utah and Farmington, Utah at the center....
, Northern Colorado
Northern Colorado

Northern Colorado includes the following Colorado counties:*Boulder County, Colorado*City and County of Broomfield, Colorado*Jackson County, Colorado...
 are also included in the Northwest.

"The Northwest" is home to over 10 million citizens, and is sometimes referred to as the "the Pacific Northwest" (abbreviated PNW or PacNW) is often used to mean Oregon and Washington and sometimes Idaho, northwestern Montana and northern California. Internationally, however, this term includes parts of Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 - see Pacific Northwest
Pacific Northwest

The Pacific Northwest is a region in the northwest of North America . There are several partially overlapping definitions but the term Pacific Northwest should not be confused with the Northwest Territory or the Northwest Territories of Canada....
.

Like the Southwestern United States
Southwestern United States

The Southwestern area of the United States could be defined as the states west of the Mississippi River, with the qualification of a certain northern limit, such as the 37th parallel north, 38th parallel north, 39th parallel north, or 40th parallel north line....
, the idea of what comprised the Northwest was pushed farther west over time. The original Northwest (usually termed the "Old Northwest") comprised the Northwest Territory
Northwest Territory

The Northwest Territory, formally known as the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, was a governmental region within the early United States....
 and gradually pushed across the Midwest to its current definition. The current area can generally be understood to include the old Oregon Territory
Oregon Territory

The Oregon Territory is the name applied both to the unorganized Oregon Country claimed by both the United States and United Kingdom , as well as to the Organized incorporated territories of the United States formed from it that existed between 1848 and 1859....
 (created in 1848 - Oregon, Washington, Idaho and areas in Montana west of the Continental Divide
Continental Divide

The Continental Divide of the Americas, or merely the Continental Divide or Great Divide, is the name given to the principal, and largely mountainous, hydrological divide of the Americas that separates the drainage basin that drain into the Pacific Ocean from, 1) those river systems which drain into the Atlantic Ocean , and 2)...
).

The Eastern Idaho
Eastern Idaho

Eastern Idaho is a generic term used to describe areas of Idaho which lie east of the Magic Valley region. It is generally understood to include: Bannock County, Idaho, Bear Lake County, Idaho, Bingham County, Idaho, Bonneville County, Idaho, Butte County, Idaho, Caribou County, Idaho, Clark County, Idaho, Custer County, Idaho, Franklin Coun...
 region is sometimes excluded because of its cultural and economic ties to the Rocky Mountain
Rocky Mountains

The Rocky Mountains, often called the Rockies, are a mountain range in western North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch more than 4,800 kilometre from the northernmost part of British Columbia, in Canada, to New Mexico, in the United States....
 region, particularly Utah
Utah

The State of Utah is a western United States U.S. state of the United States. It was the List of U.S. states by date of statehood admitted to the United States on January 4, 1896....
. The region is culturally influenced by the upper Midwest.

Population

While other states are occasionally included, Washington
Washington

Washington is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Washington was carved out of the western part of Washington Territory which had been ceded by Britain in 1846 by the Oregon Treaty as settlement of the Oregon Boundary Dispute....
 and Oregon
Oregon

Oregon is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The area was inhabited by many indigenous tribes before the arrival of traders, explorers and settlers....
 are almost always included. Together, these states have a combined population of 10,215,879. The 10 largest cities in the region are:

  • Seattle - 594,210
  • Portland
    Portland, Oregon

    Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States United States, near the confluence of the Willamette River and Columbia River rivers in the state of Oregon....
     - 550,396
  • Spokane
    Spokane

    Spokane may refer to one of the following:*Spokane, Washington**Spokane, Washington neighborhoods*Spokane *Spokane River*Spokane, Missouri...
     - 204,400
  • Tacoma - 196,532
  • Vancouver
    Vancouver, Washington

    Vancouver is a city on the north bank of the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington and the county seat of Clark County, Washington. According to the Washington State Office of Financial Management's April 1, 2008 estimate, the city has a population of 162,400, making it the fourth largest city in the state....
     - 162,400
  • Eugene
    Eugene, Oregon

    The city of Eugene is the county seat of Lane County, Oregon, Oregon, United States. It is located at the south end of the Willamette Valley, at the confluence of the McKenzie River and Willamette River rivers, about 60 miles east of the Oregon Coast....
     - 153,690
  • Salem
    Salem, Oregon

    Salem is the Capital of the U.S. state of Oregon, and the county seat of Marion County, Oregon. It is located in the center of the Willamette Valley alongside the Willamette River, which runs north through the city....
     - 152,290
  • Bellevue
    Bellevue, Washington

    Bellevue is a rapidly growing city in King County, Washington, United States, across Lake Washington from Seattle. Long known as a suburb or satellite city of Seattle, it is now categorized as an edge city or a boomburb....
     - 117,000
  • Everett
    Everett, Washington

    Everett is the county seat of and the largest city in Snohomish County, Washington, Washington, United States. Named for Everett Colby, son of founder Charles L....
     - 102,300