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The Sun Belt is a region of the United States generally considered to stretch across the South and Southwest. The Sun Belt has seen substantial demographic and economic growth in recent decades compared to the Rust Belt states of the Northeast and Midwest.
Arizona, California, Florida, Louisiana, Georgia, Nevada, New Mexico and Texas are the states most commonly identified with the Sun Belt, and South Carolina, Mississippi and Alabama are also within the same region as far as climate is concerned. Some people consider North Carolina to be a Sun Belt state because it has seen similar growth, although its climate is slightly more "wintry" than the others.
Interestingly, every elected President of the United States since 1964 has come from a Sun Belt State. They are:
- Lyndon B. Johnson (1964) -- Texas
- Richard M. Nixon (1968, 1972) -- California
- Jimmy Carter (1976) -- Georgia
- Ronald Reagan (1980, 1984) -- California
- George H. W. Bush (1988) -- Texas
- Bill Clinton (1992, 1996) -- Arkansas
- George W. Bush (2000, 2004) -- Texas
Even more oddly, only one president prior to this (Dwight D. Eisenhower -- Texas) was from a sunbelt state (although two others, Andrew Johnson and James Polk may also be counted if North Carolina is included).
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