美国西部

美国西部（Western United States、 American West）指的是美国西部各州。由于美国自建国以来疆域多次向西扩展，因此美国西部的定义也随着时代而变化。一般多以密西西比河作为美国东西部的分界线。如果采用广义的定义，美国西部占去了美国一半以上的领土。美国西部包括了自路易西安纳购地中获得的土地、1818年自英国获得的土地、德克萨斯州加入美国时的土地、1846年自英国获得的土地、1848年墨西哥割让予美国的土地及盖兹登购地中获得的土地。

美国西部本身又可再细分为不同的地域。亚利桑那州、科罗拉多州、加利福尼亚州、新墨西哥州、内华达州、俄克拉荷马州、德克萨斯州及犹他州又被视为美国西南部。而蒙大拿州、怀俄明州、爱达荷州、俄勒冈州和华盛顿州则是美国西北部。

此外，华盛顿州、俄勒冈州和加利福尼亚州三州位于太平洋沿岸，又称为美国西岸。

## 延伸阅读

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## 基本资料

- 日语原文：美国西部、Western United States
- 别名：American West、Far West、the West
- 类型：地区
- 域：从上到左：西雅图天际线、大峡谷、黄石国家公园、博伊西天际线、天使登陆点、雷尼尔山、洛杉矶天际线
- 州：阿拉斯加州、亚利桑那州、加利福尼亚州、科罗拉多州、夏威夷州、爱达荷州、蒙大拿州、内华达州、新墨西哥州、俄勒冈州、犹他州、华盛顿州、怀俄明州
- unit_pref：US
- 总计：1,873,251.63
- 陆地：1,751,053.31
- 人口：78,588,572
- 人口统计时间：2020
- 密度：auto
- 共计：GDP（名义）
- 共计：5.619万亿美元 (2019年)
- 人均：$71,719 (2019年)