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| | Rust Belt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The Rust Belt, a term coined from the Manufacturing Belt, is an area in the northeastern United States, roughly between Chicago and New York City, whose economic activity forms a significant part of the wealth producing sectors of the American economy including heavy industry, manufacturing, and associated industries. |
 | | In essence, the rust belt can broadly be defined as the region beginning immediately west of the BosWash corridor and running west to Chicago, south to the beginnings of the coal mining regions of Appalachia, and north to the Great Lakes and into the manufacturing regions of Ontario. |
 | | In the 2004 population estimate, it showed that the Rust Belt states were the weakest in growth, averaging less than 2% for new growth, compared to the large percentage of new growth in the Sun Belt. |
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