Western United States
The Western United States is one of the four census regions defined by the United States Census Bureau. As American settlement in the U.S. expanded westward, the meaning of the term the West changed.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Inkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Region with 77,000,000 residents
- Description: region comprising the westernmost states of the United States
- Also known as: “American West”, “Far West”, “The West”, “Trans-Mississippi West”, “West (U.S.)”, “West (United States)”, “West U.S.”, “West United States”, “Western States (USA)”, “Western States of USA”, and “Western U.S.”
Western United States
- Category: U.S. region
- Location: United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Western United States from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Western United States” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “غرب الولايات المتحدة”
- Arabic: “ولايات الغرب الأمريكية”
- Armenian: “ԱՄՆ արևմուտք”
- Armenian: “ԱՄՆ-ի արևմուտք”
- Asturian: “Oeste d’Estaos Xuníos”
- Basque: “Mendebaldeko Estatu Batuak”
- Belarusian: “Захад ЗША”
- Belarusian: “Заходнія ЗША”
- Breton: “Rummad:Kornôg ar Stadoù-Unanet”
- Bulgarian: “Запад”
- Catalan: “Oest dels Estats Units”
- Central Kurdish: “ڕۆژاوای ویلایەتە یەکگرتووەکان”
- Chinese: “美國西部”
- Czech: “Západ Spojených států amerických”
- Czech: “Západ USA”
- Danish: “Vestlige USA”
- Dutch: “Westelijke Verenigde Staten”
- Esperanto: “Okcidenta Usono”
- Finnish: “Länsi-Yhdysvallat”
- French: “Far Ouest”
- French: “Far West”
- French: “Ouest américain”
- Galician: “oeste dos Estados Unidos”
- German: “amerikanischer Westen”
- German: “West-USA”
- German: “Westen der Vereinigten Staaten”
- German: “westliche USA”
- German: “westliche Vereinigte Staaten”
- Greek: “Δυτικές Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες”
- Hebrew: “מערב ארצות הברית”
- Hindi: “पश्चिमी संयुक्त राज्य”
- Hungarian: “Nyugat-Egyesült Államok”
- Indonesian: “Amerika Serikat Barat”
- Italian: “Stati Uniti d’America occidentali”
- Japanese: “アメリカ合衆国西部”
- Korean: “미국 서부”
- Latin: “Civitates Foederatae Occidentales”
- Macedonian: “Запад”
- Malay: “Barat Amerika Syarikat”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “The Far West”
- Persian: “غرب ایالات متحده آمریکا”
- Piemontese: “West”
- Polish: “Zachód Stanów Zjednoczonych”
- Portuguese: “Região Oeste”
- Romanian: “Vestul Statelor Unite”
- Russian: “Запад США”
- Sardinian: “Istados Unidos de Amèrica Otzidentales”
- Serbian: “Запад”
- Sindhi: “اولهائين آمريڪا”
- Slovak: “Západ”
- Slovenian: “ameriški zahod”
- Slovenian: “transmisisipijske ZDA”
- Slovenian: “transmisisipijske Združene države”
- Slovenian: “zahodne ZDA”
- Slovenian: “zahodne Združene države Amerike”
- Slovenian: “zahodne Združene države”
- South Azerbaijani: “غربی آمریکا بیرلشمیش ایالتلری”
- South Azerbaijani: “وزترن آمریکا بیرلشمیش ایالتلری”
- Spanish: “El Oeste”
- Spanish: “Lejano Oeste”
- Spanish: “Oeste (Estados Unidos)”
- Spanish: “Oeste Americano”
- Spanish: “oeste de Estados Unidos”
- Spanish: “Oeste de Estados Unidos”
- Spanish: “Oeste Estadounidense”
- Swedish: “Västra USA”
- Turkish: “Batı eyaletleri”
- Ukrainian: “Захід США”
- Urdu: “مغربی ریاستہائے متحدہ”
- Venetian: “Stati Unii d’Amèrica osidentałi”
- Vietnamese: “Tây Hoa Kỳ”
- Vlaams: “Westelike Verenigde Stoaten”
- Western Panjabi: “مغربی ریاستہائے متحدہ”
- Yue Chinese: “美國西部”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as South Mountain and Cliffs.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Jims Peak and Sonneman Mine.
United States: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into New York City, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Western United States”. Photo: Inkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.