State in the Southeastern region of the United States known as the "Heart of Dixie" and the "Cotton State" with its capital is Montgomery, and its largest city by population and area is Huntsville, its oldest city is Mobile, founded by French colonists in 1702 as the capital of French Louisiana and greater Birmingham is Alabama's largest metropolitan area and its economic center

South Central region of the United States, wuth diverse geography ranges from the mountainous regions of the Ozark and Ouachita Mountains, which make up the US Interior Highlands, to the densely forested land in the south known as the Arkansas Timberlands, to the eastern lowlands along the Mississippi River and the Arkansas Delta

State in the Southeastern region of the United States and its two largest cities are Louisville and Lexington and known as the "Bluegrass State", a nickname based on Kentucky bluegrass, a species of grass found in many of its pastures, which has supported the thoroughbred horse industry in the center of the state

State in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States with the state's capital of Baton Rouge, and its largest city New Orleans where much of the state's lands were formed from sediment washed down the Mississippi River, leaving enormous deltas and vast areas of coastal marsh and swamp

State in the Southeastern region of the United States with its western boundary largely defined by the Mississippi River and Jackson is both the state's capital and largest city

State in the South Central and Southern Plains region of the United States, partially in the western extreme of the Upland South, with ancient mountain ranges, prairie, mesas, and eastern forests, most of Oklahoma lies in the Great Plains, Cross Timbers, and the U.S. Interior Highlands and historically served as a government-sanctioned territory for Native Americans removed from east of the Mississippi River and a route for cattle drives from Texas

State in the Southeastern region of the United States that has diverse terrain and landforms, and from east to west, contains a mix of cultural features characteristic of Appalachia, the Upland South, and the Deep South and has played a major role in the development of many forms of popular music, including country, blues, rock and roll, soul, and gospel

State in the South Central region of the United States and is the second-largest U.S. state by both area, and population, Texas contains diverse landscapes common to both the U.S. Southern and the Southwestern regions and although Texas is popularly associated with the U.S. southwestern deserts, less than ten percent of Texas's land area is desertand most of the population centers are in areas of former prairies, grasslands, forests, and the coastline