The East South Central States constitute one of the nine geographic divisions within the United States that are officially recognized by that country's census bureau.
Four states comprise the division: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee. The division is one of the three that together make up the larger region known as the South (the other two of which are the South Atlantic States and the West South Central States).
The East South Central States form the core of Old Dixie, one of the nine moral regions identified by James Patterson and Peter Kim in their acclaimed 1991 geopolitical best-seller, The Day America Told The Truth.
