> who decided that Chicago, Ohio, and that whole corridor count as "mid-west". The US Census Bureau named the region the Midwest in 1984. Previously the offici

> who decided that Chicago, Ohio, and that whole corridor count as "mid-west". The US Census Bureau named the region the Midwest in 1984. Previously the official name was the North Central Region. But the name Midwest has been used to refer to the region in an unofficial manner since 1886. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwestern_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwestern_United_States