Special Edition – Sub-State Region Maps for the U.S. - Part 1 - Regional Community Development News – March 28, 2011 [regions_work]

State Maps with Regional Councils and Alternatives

by Census Regions and Divisions

States and their counties or equivalents are the two major political geographies in the United States. National and State data is collected for these boundaries. When it comes to regional analysis, the states are too large and the counties too small. Metropolitan statistical areas reflect major regional economic relationships, but that focus leaves out the non-metro counties. A longitudinal analysis for MSAs over decades is not fruitful, since the underlying composition changes.

A geospatial unit of analysis that is used in many states and could be used nation-wide is the sub-state district, generically known as the regional council. A majority of states have a complete system where the regional council is organized and may be a political subdivision. Long term analysis can be done for these State standard regions. The analyses can be used by these regions for programmatic purposes, such as economic development. Data solutions exist for States with an incomplete system or no system.

Following, by state, in relative geographic order based on Census Regions and Divisions, are maps of regional council regions, the names of regions and a means to get the map and check the organization via a link. Due to the image source and limits of web images, the scale varies. This is part of the ongoing work of the Regions Work Initiative begun in 1998 to prove this was possible. The Census map is first.

1. New England Division - Northeast Region

01. Maine

http://www.maine.gov/spo/landuse/techassist/regionalcouncillist.htm#map

02. New Hampshire

Regional Planning Commissions

http://www.strafford.org/rpclinks.htm

1 - North County Council

2 - Lakes Region Planning Commission

3 - Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission

4 - Southwest Region Planning Commission

5a - Central New Hampshire Regional Planning Commission

5b - Southern New Hampshire Planning Commission

5c - Nashua Regional Planning Commission

6 - Rockingham Planning Commission

7 - Strafford Regional Planning Commission

03. Vermont

http://www.vapda.org/index.html

04. Massachusetts

http://www.pvpc.org/resource_center/affiliate-agencies.shtml

05. Rhode Island

Counties as regions

http://www.dlt.ri.gov/lmi/maps/county.htm

06. Connecticut

OPM Map includes Stafford in the Capital region though it is a non-member.

http://www.ct.gov/opm/cwp/view.asp?a=2986&q=390892

2. Middle Atlantic Division - Northeast Region

07. New York

http://www.nysarc.com/

08. New Jersey

http://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/parks/maps/index.html

http://www.newjerseyvisitorsnetwork.com/regions/

09. Pennsylvania

http://www.ncentral.com/index.php?page=luted

Northwest Pennsylvania Regional Planning & Development Commission

Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission

North Central Pennsylvania Regional Planning and Development Commission

Southern Alleghenies Planning & Development Commission

Central: SEDA Council of Governments

Northern Tier Regional Planning & Development Commission

Central Region – no commission

Lehigh Valley Planning Commission

Northeastern Pennsylvania Alliance

Southeast: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission

3. South Atlantic Division - Northeast Region

10. Delaware

Counties as regions

http://dedo.delaware.gov/information/demographic_data/community_profile.shtml

11. Maryland

Regional Planning Councils listing at MDOT

1 - Tri-County Council for Western Maryland

2 – Suburban Maryland - Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

3 - Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland

4 - Baltimore Metropolitan Council

5 - Upper Shore Regional Council

6 - Mid-Shore Regional Council

7 - Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland

http://www.mdot.maryland.gov/Planning/Resources.html

12. District of Columbia

Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

http://www.mwcog.org/about/jurisdiction/

13. Virginia

01 - LENOWISCO PDC

02 - Cumberland Plateau PDC

03 - Mount Rogers PDC

04 - New River Valley PDC

05 - Roanoke Valley-Alleghany RC

06 - Central Shenandoah PDC

07 - Northern Shenandoah Valley RC (formerly Lord Fairfax)

08 - Northern Virginia RC

09 - Rappahannock-Rapidan RC

10 - Thomas Jefferson PDC

11 - Region 2000 LGC (Formerly Central Virginia)

12 - West Piedmont PDC

13 - Southside PDC

14 - Commonwealth PDC (Formerly Piedmont)

15 - Richmond Regional PDC

16 - George Washington RC (Formerly RADCO)

17 - Northern Neck PDC

18 - Middle Peninsula PDC

19 - Crater PDC

22 - Accomack-Northampton PDC

23 - Hampton Roads PDC (combination of 20 Peninsula and 21 Southeastern Virginia)

http://www.vapdc.org/aboutpdcs.htm

14. West Virginia

Online map

http://www.region9wv.com/

1 - Region I Planning & Development Council

2 - Region II Planning & Development Council

3 - Regional Intergovernmental Council

4 - Region IV Planning & Development Council

5 - Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Council

6 - Region VI Planning & Development Council

7 - Region VII Planning & Development Council

8 - Region 8 Planning & Development Council

9 - Eastern Panhandle Regional Planning and Development Council-Region 9

10 - Belomar Regional Council - Region X

11 - Brooke Hancock Jefferson Metropolitan Planning Commission/Region Planning & Development Council

http://www.regionvi.com/regionalcouncils.cfm

15. North Carolina

http://www.ncregions.org/

A: Southwestern Commission

B: Land-of-Sky Regional Council

C: Isothermal Planning and Development Commission

D: High Country Council of

E: Western Piedmont Council of Governments

F: Centralina Council of Governments

G: Piedmont Triad Council of Governments

H: has been merged into other regions

I: Northwest Piedmont Council of Governments

J: Triangle J Council of Governments

K: Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments

L: Upper Coastal Plain Council of Governments

M: Mid-Carolina Council of Governments

N: Lumber River Council of Governments

O: Cape Fear Council of Governments

P: Eastern Carolina Council of Governments

Q: Mid-East Commission

R: Albemarle Commission

North Carolina's Regional Councils Association

http://www.ncregions.org/regcouncils.htm

16. South Carolina

http://www.centralmidlands.org/sccogs.asp

17. Georgia

Georgia Association of Regional Commissions

http://garc.ga.gov/main.php?Regional-Commissions-2

18. Florida

Florida Regional Councils Association

http://www.ncfrpc.org/state.html

4. East South Central Division - South Region

19. Kentucky

01 Purchase Area Development District

02 Pennyrile Area Development District

03 Green River Area Development District

04 Barren River Area Development District

05 Lincoln Trail Area Development District

06 Kentuckiana Regional Planning and Development Agency

07 Northern Kentucky Area Devlopment District

08 Buffalo Trace Area Development District

09 Gateway Area Development District

10 FIVCO Area Development District

11 Big Sandy Area Development District

12 Kentucky River Area Development District

13 Cumberland Valley Area Development District

14 Lake Cumberland Area Development District

15 Bluegrass Area Development District

http://www.kcadd.org/District_Contacts.html

20. Tennessee

MAAG Memphis Area Association of Governments

NWTDD Northwest Tennessee Development District

SWTDD Southwest Tennessee Development District

SCTDD South Central Tennessee Development District

GNRC Greater Nashville Regional Council

UCDD Upper Cumberland Development District

SETDD Southeast Tennessee Development District

ETDD East Tennessee Development District

FTDD First Tennessee Development District

http://www.discoveret.org/etdd/tdda.htm

21. Alabama

http://www.alarc.org/

Alabama Association of Regional Councils

1 Northwest Alabama Council of Local Governments

2 West Alabama Regional Commission

3 Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham

4 East Alabama - Regional Planning & Development Commission

5 South Central Alabama Development Commission

6 Alabama-Tombigbee Regional Commission

7 Southeast Alabama RP & DC

8 South Alabama Regional Planning Commission

9 Central Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission

10 Lee-Russell Council of Governments

11 North Central Alabama Regional Council of Governments

12 Top of Alabama Regional Council of Governments

22. Mississippi

NDPDD North Delta Planning and Development District - 1

SDPDD South Delta Planning and Development District - 2

NEMPDD Northeast Mississippi Planning and Development District - 3

TRPDD Three Rivers Planning and Development District - 4

GTPDD Golden Triangle Planning and Development District - 5

NCPDD North Central Planning and Development District - 6

CMPDD Central Mississippi Planning and Development District - 7

ECPDD East Central Planning and Development District - 8

SMPDD Southern Mississippi Planning and Development District - 9

SWMPDD Southwest Mississippi Planning and Development District – 10

Mississippi Association of Planning and Development Districts (MAPDD)

Map of Districts and information in Directory and PowerPoint PDFs at site.

http://www.cmpdd.org/mapdd.php

5. West South Central Division - South Region

23. Louisiana

Map and links at Louisiana.gov

http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/census/plandist.htm

1 PDC Regional Planning Commission

2 CRPC Capital Region Planning & Development Commission

3 SCPDC South Central Planning & Development Commission

4 ARDD Acadiana Regional Development District

5 IMCAL Imperial Calcasieu Regional Planning & Development Commission

6 KDRP Kisatchie Delta Regional Planning & Development District, Inc.

7 CDC The Coordinating & Development Corporation

8 NDRP North Delta Regional Planning & Development District

Louisiana Association of Planning and Development Districts

http://www.lapdd.org/index.php

24. Arkansas

http://www.aiea.ualr.edu/research/pdd/default.html

Arkansas Planning and Development Districts

Central PDD

East PDD

Northwest EDD

Southeast EDD

Southwest PDD

West Central PDD

Western PDD

White River PDD

25. Oklahoma

Map from Department of Human Services

1 Grand Gateway Economic Development Association - GGEDA

2 Eastern Oklahoma Economic Development District - EODD

3 Kiamichi Economic Development District - KEDDO

4 Southern Oklahoma Development Association - SODA

5 Central Oklahoma Economic Development District - COEDD

6 Indian Nations Council of Governments – INCOG – Tulsa

7 Northern Oklahoma Development Association - NODA

8 Association of Central Oklahoma Governments - ACOG

9 Association of South Central Oklahoma Governments – ASCOG

10 South Western Oklahoma Development Authority - SWODA

11 Oklahoma Economic Development Association - OEDA

Oklahoma Association of Regional Councils

http://www.oarcok.org/

26. Texas

Region Name Number Abbreviation

Alamo Area Council of Governments 18 AACOG

Ark-Tex Council of Governments 5 ARK-TEX

Brazos Valley Council of Governments 13 BVCOG

Capital Area Council of Governments 12 CAPCOG

Central Texas Council of Governments 23 CTCOG

Coastal Bend Council of Governments 20 CBCOG

Concho Valley Council of Governments 10 CVCOG

Deep East Texas Council of Governments 14 DETCOG

East Texas Council of Governments 6 ETCOG

Golden Crescent Regional Planning Commission 17 GCRPC

Heart of Texas Council of Governments 11 HOTCOG

Houston-Galveston Area Council 16 H-GAC

Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council 21 LRGVDC

Middle Rio Grande Development Council 24 MRGDC

Nortex Regional Planning Commission 3 NORTEX

North Central Texas Council of Governments 4 NCTCOG

Panhandle Regional Planning Commission 1 PRPC

Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission 9 PBRPC

Rio Grande Council of Governments 8 RGCOG

South East Texas Regional Planning Commission 15 SETRPC

South Plains Association of Governments 2 SPAG

South Texas Development Council 19 STDC

Texoma Council of Governments 22 TEXOMA

West Central Texas Council of Governments 7 WCTCOG

Texas Association of Regional Councils

http://www.txregionalcouncil.org/display.php?page=regions_map.php

Balance of States are in Part 2 due to graphic limits of Blogger posts.

State Geo-Codes Table

Division	Geo-code	Region/State linked to region map page	Abr.	State FIPS
1. New England Division		Northeast Region
	1	Maine	ME	23
	2	New Hampshire	NH	33
	3	Vermont	VT	50
	4	Massachusetts	MA	25
	5	Rhode Island	RI	44
	6	Connecticut	CT	9
2. Middle Atlantic Division		Northeast Region
	7	New York	NY	36
	8	New Jersey	NJ	34
	9	Pennsylvania	PA	42
3. South Atlantic Division		South Region
	10	Delaware	DE	10
	11	Maryland	MD	24
	12	District of Columbia	DC	11
	13	Virginia	VA	51
	14	West Virginia	WV	54
	15	North Carolina	NC	37
	16	South Carolina	SC	45
	17	Georgia	GA	13
	18	Florida	FL	12
4. East South Central Division		South Region
	19	Kentucky	KY	21
	20	Tennessee	TN	47
	21	Alabama	AL	1
	22	Mississippi	MS	28
5. West South Central Division		South Region
	23	Louisiana	LA	22
	24	Arkansas	AR	5
	25	Oklahoma	OK	40
	26	Texas	TX	48
6. East North Central Division		Midwest Region
	27	Michigan	MI	26
	28	Ohio	OH	39
	29	Indiana	IN	18
	30	Illinois	IL	17
	31	Wisconsin	WI	55
7. West North Central Division		Midwest Region
	32	Minnesota	MN	27
	33	North Dakota	ND	38
	34	South Dakota	SD	46
	35	Iowa	IA	19
	36	Nebraska	NE	31
	37	Missouri	MO	29
	38	Kansas	KS	20
8. Mountain Division		West Region
	39	Montana	MT	30
	40	Wyoming	WY	56
	41	Idaho	ID	16
	42	Nevada	NV	32
	43	Utah	UT	49
	44	Colorado	CO	8
	45	New Mexico	NM	35
	46	Arizona	AZ	4
9. Pacific Division		West Region
	47	Alaska	AK	2
	48	Washington	WA	53
	49	Oregon	OR	41
	50	California	CA	6
	51	Hawaii	HI	15