1. MAINE NEW HAMPSHIRE VERMONT MASSACHUSETTS CONNECTICUT RHODE ISLAND Maine: Augusta New Hampshire: Concord Vermont: Montpelier Massachusetts: Boston Connecticut: Hartford Rhode Island: Providence

2. Mid-Atlantic States NEW YORK PENNSYLVANIA NEW JERSEY MARYLAND DELAWARE New York: Albany Pennsylvania: Harrisburg New Jersey: Trenton Maryland: Annapolis Delaware: Dover

3. West Virginia: Charleston South Atlantic States West Virginia Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida Virginia: Richmond North Carolina: Raleigh South Carolina: Columbia Georgia: Atlanta Florida: Tallahassee

4. South Central and Gulf States Texas: Austin Texas Oklahoma Arkansas Kentucky Tennessee Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Oklahoma: Oklahoma City Arkansas: Little Rock Tennessee: Nashville Kentucky: Frankfort Louisiana: Baton Rouge Mississippi: Jackson Alabama: Montgomery