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[[File:Us south census.png|thumb|300px|Southern United States as defined by the [[U.S. Census Bureau]]. There are other definitions of which states comprise the South as well.]]

[[File:Us south census.png|thumb|300px|Southern United States as defined by the [[U.S. Census Bureau]]. There are other definitions of which states comprise the South as well.]]

'''The South''' is a socio-cultural region of the [[United States]]. It includes the eleven states that made up the [[Confederate States of America]] which consisted of [[South Carolina]], [[Mississippi]], [[Florida]], [[Alabama]], [[Georgia]], [[Louisiana]], [[Texas]], [[Virginia]], [[Arkansas]], [[Tennessee]] and [[North Carolina]].  The South is currently defined by the US Census as these states, as well as [[Delaware]], [[Maryland]], [[West Virginia]], [[Kentucky]], and [[Oklahoma]].<ref>https://www.census.gov/geo/www/us_regdiv.pdf</ref>  Additionally, [[Missouri]] is sometimes considered a southern state.<ref>[http://officialcitysites.org/us/states/missouri/ Missouri]. ''officialcitysites.org''. Retrieved September 10, 2016.</ref> The '''Deep South''' consists of the states most "southern" ''in culture'':  South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, and parts of Georgia and Louisiana.

'''The South''' is a socio-cultural region of the [[United States]]. It includes the eleven states that made up the [[Confederate States of America]] which consisted of [[South Carolina]], [[Mississippi]], [[Florida]], [[Alabama]], [[Georgia]], [[Louisiana]], [[Texas]], [[Virginia]], [[Arkansas]], [[Tennessee]] and [[North Carolina]].  The South is currently defined by the US Census as these states, as well as [[Oklahoma]], [[Kentucky]], [[West Virginia]],  

[[Maryland]] and [[Delaware]].<ref>https://www.census.gov/geo/www/us_regdiv.pdf</ref>  In a campaign speech [[Joe Biden]] once famously noted that Delaware was a "slave state that fought beside the North. That's only because we couldn't figure out how to get to the South. There were a couple of states in the way."<ref>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2019/06/13/flashback-in-2006-joe-biden-joked-about-slavery-wishing-delaware-fought-for-the-south-n2548205</ref>

[[Missouri]] is also sometimes considered a southern state.<ref>[http://officialcitysites.org/us/states/missouri/ Missouri]. ''officialcitysites.org''. Retrieved September 10, 2016.</ref>  

The South is closely related to the [[Bible Belt]] and the [[Sun Belt]].

The '''Deep South''' consists of the states most "southern" ''in culture'':  South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, and parts of Georgia and Louisiana.  The South is closely related to the [[Bible Belt]] and the [[Sun Belt]].

==History==

==History==