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List of belt regions of the United States

The usage has expanded to other climatic, economic, and cultural concentrations. These regions are not formally defined; they frequently overlap and have vague borders. The terminology is also used outside the U.S. (e.g. India's Hindi Belt).

• Banana belt, a term applied to several U.S. areas with milder climates than their surrounding regions
• Bible Belt, any collection of states more specifically in the American South where evangelical and fundamentalist Protestantism are prevalent
• Black Belt in the American South, the social history and politics, especially concerning slavery and black workers, of the geological region known as the Black Belt
• Black Belt (region of Alabama), a section of Alabama (and extending into Mississippi) having a particular concentration of African Americans
• Borscht Belt, a region of Jewish resorts in the Catskill Mountains
• Corn Belt, midwestern and southern states where corn is the primary crop
• Cotton Belt, southern states where cotton is or was a primary crop
• Fruit Belt, an area where fruit growing is prominent, specially oranges at the state of Florida and grapes at California
• Indiana Gas Belt, a region of Indiana that was the site of a natural gas boom in the late 19th century and early 20th century
• Jell-O Belt, also known as the Mormon corridor or Mormon belt, western states with a large Mormon population
• Lead Belt, a district in southeastern Missouri that has a long history of mining for lead
• Pine Belt, a region of southern Mississippi where longleaf pine trees are abundant
• Pretzel Belt, a district of Pennsylvania associated with numerous regional and nationally distributed pretzel and snack food producers
• Rice Belt, southern states where rice is a major crop
• Rust Belt (in the past, commonly known as the Manufacturing Belt, Factory Belt, or Steel Belt), northeastern and central northern states where heavy industrialization—and some economic stagnation—is common
• Salt Belt, a region in the northeast and midwest states where large quantities of salt are applied to control snow and ice on roads during the winter season
• Snow Belt, areas around the Great Lakes prone to lake-effect snow and cold weather
• Stroke Belt, a region in the Southeast that has an unusually high incidence of stroke and other forms of cardiovascular disease
• Sun Belt, southern, hot-weather states stretching from coast to coast
• Unchurched Belt, a region in the far Northwestern United States that has low religious attendance
• Wheat Belt, northern midwestern states where most of North America's grain and soybeans are grown (cf. Breadbasket)^[1]

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