Red shows states most commonly part of the South Central region. Pink shows states sometimes included. Because Kansas and Missouri are so rarely included they are white.
The
American South Central States is a region of the United States located in the south central part of the country. It evolved out of the arhaic southwest, which originally was literally the western
U.S. South. The states of
Arkansas,
Louisiana,
Oklahoma, and
Texas are almost always included in the region; sometimes either or both
Mississippi and
New Mexico are included;
Kansas and
Missouri are included in some rare models. The most common use of the region includes, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Geography
The land varies from east to west from the semi-tropical east to the dry Chihuahuan desert of the west.
