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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 was raised in a Sun Belt state—Woodrow Wilson, raised in Georgia—although two others, Andrew Johnson and James Polk, may be counted if North Carolina is included. Dwight D. Eisenhower can be considered as being from a Sun Belt state, as he was born in Texas; however, his family moved to Kansas he was two years old, and he lived there throughout his childhood before leaving for West Point.
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