To most Americans, the south is those States who were involved in the Confederacy. That would include Florida, Geordia, South & South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Virginia/West Virginia. Some states start to fall off that list as they become more metropolitan. I think Florida, Texas and Virginia are all quasi-south now. Interestingly enough, West Virginia was established because they no longer supported the South, even though I would argue they are more south than Virginia is today. Richmond, Virginia, was the capital of the "south" at one point. A really cool bit of history about the south and the Civil War, General Robert E. Lee had to forfeit all of his lands at the conclusion of the war. Those lands became Arlington National Cemetery, one of the most hallowed places in the United States.
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