The belt regions of the United States

The belt regions of the United States are portions of the country that share certain characteristics. The "belt" terminology was first applied to growing regions for various crops, which often follow lines of latitude because those are more likely to have similar climates, hence the allusion to a long clothing belt as seen on a map.

The usage has expanded to other climatic, economic, and cultural concentrations. These regions are not formally defined; they frequently overlap and have vague borders.

Banana Belt - a term applied to several U.S. areas with milder climates than their surrounding regions.

Bible Belt - any collection of states where evangelical and fundamentalist Protestantism are prevalent.

Black Belt - a region of fertile farmlands in the Southeast now known as a region with a high ratio of African-American residents

Black Belt (region of Alabama) - a section of Alabama (and extending into Mississippi) having a particular concentration of the same characteristics

Borscht Belt - a region of Jewish resorts in the Catskills

Corn Belt - Midwestern states where corn is the primary crop

Cotton Belt - southern states where cotton is or was a primary crop

Frost Belt - a region of cold weather in the northeastern and north-central United States

Fruit Belt - an area where fruit growing is prominent

Grain Belt - sometimes Wheat Belt, northern Midwestern states where most of North America's grain and soybeans are grown

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, western states with a large Mormon population

Lead Belt - a district in southeastern Missouri that has a long history of mining for lead

Rice Belt - southern states where rice is a major crop

Rust Belt - sometimes called the Manufacturing Belt, northeastern and central northern states where heavy industrialization—and some economic stagnation—is common

Snowbelt – better known as the Snow Mobil belt, areas in the Northeast and northern Midwest prone to lake effect snow

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

Un-churched Belt - a region in the far Western United States that has low religious attendance

Goiter Belt - the upper Midwest and Great Lakes regions were once known as the “Goiter Belt” because of the prevalence of enlarged thyroid glands that gave the afflicted visibly swollen necks. The goiter problem was widely noted during World War I when Army physicians recognized the condition in recruits

They seem to have left out a few.

Stupidity Belt – a region in South Florida that lacks intelligence, understanding, reason, wit, or sense; basically Dade, Broward and Palm Beach County.

Lipstick stained teeth Belt – Hallandale Beach Florida

Weather Fairy and Weather Bunny Belt – Local weather people in South Florida

Euchre Belt – a region in the Mid-west esp. in Michigan where time is spent playing euchre in a sea of empty beer bottles while shooting the breeze on cold nights

Pinochle belt – a region in Brooklyn where old Italian men pay pinochle in their garage due to rain which hinders them from playing Bocce Ball

Bocce belt - a region in Brooklyn where old Italian men pay bocce ball in the park due to no rain which hinders them from playing pinochle in their garage

Feel free to add your own “Belt.”

Some information gathered from Wikipedia and some gathered from the nooks and crannies of mine and Judith’s mind.