[[ImageFail:Map_of_the_Southern_United_States_modern_definition.png|thumb|300px|'''Definisi moden''' Negeri-negeri bewarna merah gelap sentiasa dimasukkan dalam definisi moden Selatan sementara yang berwarna merah sedang selalunya dimasukkan juga. Beberapa sumber mengelaskan Maryland dan Missouri sebagai Selatan, sementara Delaware jarang dimasukkan dalam kumpulan wilayah ini. West Virginia selalu dianggap Selatan kerana negeri itu dulu sebahagian daripada Virginia.<ref>Wilson, Charles & William Ferris ''Encyclopedia of Southern Culture'' ISBN 9780807818237978-0-8078-1823-7; Univ. of Pennsylvania Telsur Project [http://www.ling.upenn.edu/phono_atlas/maps/MapsS/Map1S.html Telsur Map of Southern Dialect]</ref><ref>Vance, Rupert Bayless, ''Regionalism and the South'', Univ. of North Carolina Press, 1982, ms. 166 "West Virginia is found to have its closest attachment to the Southeast on the basis of agriculture and population."</ref><ref name="unc-ch">{{cite web| url=http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jun99/reed16.htm | title=UNC-CH surveys reveal where the ‘real’ South lies | author=David Williamson | dateformat=mdy | accessdate=22 Feb 2007 |date=2 Jun 1999}}</ref>]]
