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Do Midwesterners include Oklahoma? (lemmy.world)
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My wife and her sister are from Mississippi and always tell me we're in the Midwest. Since the Southerners don't claim us, do you?

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[–] EntropicalVacation@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago

My first instinct would be Southwest, like Texas.

Here’s an article with maps that show the Census regions that @Jackcooper@lemmy.world mentioned puts OK in the South: https://www.businessinsider.com/united-states-regions-new-england-midwest-south-2018-4?op=1

And here’s a map from National Geographic that puts OK in the Southwest: https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/united-states-regions/