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The US 'Southeast' is the eastern portion of the Southern United States, but the Census Bureau does not provide a standard definition of a "Southeast" region of the United States, and organizations that need to subdivide the US are free to define a "Southeast" region to fit their needs. [1] However, Georgia is almost always included, Texas is never included, and inclusion of other states varies.
Atlanta is the central metropolis of the Southeast [2] [3] , and the Southeast roughly corresponds to an area with Atlanta centrally located, with Hartsfield as the region's airline hub. Much of Virginia is associated with the Washington or Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News metropolitan areas. A portion of the latter extends into North Carolina.
The region boasts a number of prominent universities, with several large research universities of longstanding significance (such as UNC Chapel Hill, University of Georgia, Duke University, Clemson University, University of South Carolina and Georgia Institute of Technology) exerting an influence beyond the region. Research Triangle Park, in the Raleigh-Durham urban area of North Carolina has emerged (over a nearly 50-year existence) as a major hub of technology, governmental and biotechnological research and development. The Cummings Research Park in the Huntsville, Alabama area is another of the largest research complexes in the nation.

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Examples

Defining organization	AL	FL	GA	SC	NC	VA/DC	TN	MS	KY	AR	LA
A Look At Atlanta p. 6	x	x	x	x	x		x	x
Southeastern Conference	x	x	x	x			x	x	x	x	x
Southeast Conference, United Church of Christ	part	part	x	x			part	x
Southeast Conservative Baptist	x	x		x					x
Southeast Division (NBA)		x	x		x	x
Southeast Division (NHL)		x	x	x	x	x
Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor	x	x	x	x	x	x
I-85 Corridor	x		x	x	x	x
BellSouth	x	x	x	x	x		x	x	x		x

Largest metropolitan areas

Rank	Metropolitan Area	Population	State(s)
1	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach	'5,422,200 '	Florida
2	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria	'5,290,400'	Virginia / District of Columbia / Maryland / West Virginia
3	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta	'5,249,121'	Georgia
4	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater	'2,589,637'	Florida
5	Orlando-Kissimmee	'1,997,437'	Florida
6	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News	'1,700,000'	Virginia / North Carolina
7	Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord	'1,521,278'	North Carolina / South Carolina
8	Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro	'1,498,836'	Tennessee
9	Raleigh-Durham	'1,467,434'	North Carolina
10	Jacksonville	'1,348,381'	Florida
11	Richmond	'1,300,000'	Virginia
12	Memphis	'1,260,905'	Tennessee/Mississippi/Arkansas
13	Louisville-Jefferson County	'1,245,920'	Kentucky
14	Birmingham-Hoover	'1,100,019'	Alabama

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