11 Facts About Mid-Atlantic region

Middle Atlantic states, commonly shortened to Mid-Atlantic states, is a region of the United States generally located in the overlap between the Northeastern and Southeastern states.

Mid-Atlantic has played an important role in the development of American culture, commerce, trade, and industry; in the late 19th century, the Mid-Atlantic was called "the typically American" region by Frederick Jackson Turner.

European Americans of the Mid-Atlantic region have ancestry from its settlement by the Dutch, Swedes, English Catholics, and Quakers through to the period of British rule and beyond to the current day.

The Mid-Atlantic is a relatively affluent region of the nation, having 43 of the 100 highest-income counties in the nation, based on median household income, and 33 of the top 100, based on per capita income.

The Mid-Atlantic region is home to some of the most prestigious universities in the nation and the world, including Columbia University, Cornell University, Johns Hopkins University, Princeton University, and the University of Pennsylvania, which rank among the top 20 universities in the United States, and the top 25 universities in the world.

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Sometimes, the Mid-Atlantic region's nucleus is considered to be the area centered on the Washington metropolitan area, including Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, and West Virginia.

From early colonial times, the Mid-Atlantic region was settled by a wider range of European people than in New England or the South.

The original English settlements in the Mid-Atlantic region notably provided refuge to religious minorities, Maryland to Roman Catholics and Pennsylvania to Quakers and Anabaptist Pennsylvania Dutch.

In time, all these settlements fell under English colonial control, but the Mid-Atlantic region continued to be a magnet for people of diverse nationalities.

Mid-Atlantic region is home to 33 professional sports franchises in the five major leagues and the two most prominent women's professional leagues:.

Notable golf tournaments in the Mid-Atlantic region include the Barclays, Quicken Loans National and Atlantic City LPGA Classic.