downstate

/D AW1 N S T EY0 T/
noun
  1. 1

    The southern region of certain US states, particularly Michigan, New York, and Illinois.

    โ€œThe final election returns from downstate may not be available until late Wednesday morning.โ€

adjective
  1. 1

    Of the southern section of a state.

adverb
  1. 1

    To the southern section of a state.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/downstate