The area of the contiguous United States contained in the central third of the country, especially the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas, sometimes inclusive of Missouri and Kentucky.

Alternative spelling of Midwest

The states in the Northern part of the Midwestern United States, mainly used to describe the area that includes Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Iowa, as well as parts of Eastern North and South Dakota.