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The US Census says yes, Md is a southern state

https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/maps/reference/us_regdiv.pdf

Division 5: South Atlantic
Delaware (10)
District of Columbia (11) Florida (12)
Georgia (13)
Maryland (24)
North Carolina (37) South Carolina (45) Virginia (51)
West Virginia (54)

But Marylanders say no.

https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/maryland-considered-northern-state-goucher-college-poll/

BALTIMORE, Md. (WJZ) -- Is Maryland more northern or southern? The answer to that question depends on whom you ask, but most Marylanders say it's northern.
That's according to the results of a new Goucher College poll, which shows 65% of residents consider Maryland a northern state, more than double the 27% who view it as a southern state.
While the responses seem fairly cut-and-dried, the state's history is a little bit more complicated.
Maryland actually sits below the Mason-Dixon Line, which divided free states in the north from their slave-owning counterparts in the south during the Civil War era.

But ultimately, the consensus among residents from all walks of life -- regardless of age, gender, race, and political stance -- is that Maryland is a northern state.[/quote]

Consensus doesn't dictate reality. [/quote]

Yes that was obviously implied by the juxtaposition of legal definitions for US regions including Md as a southern state in contrast to the self identification of most Marylanders as living in a northern state. [/quote]

It depends on which Marylanders you ask. Truth isn't subjective.[/quote]

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