the Sunbelt

noun

: the southern and southwestern states of the U.S.

Examples of the Sunbelt in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Geographies that historically built their economies around specific labor pools like back-office data processing centers in secondary Midwestern hubs or call center clusters in the Sunbelt face structural displacement. — Anjana Susarla, Forbes.com, 15 June 2026

Further, corporate ownership is more concentrated in certain regions, such as parts of the Sunbelt, particularly in and around Atlanta. — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 May 2026

Rental communities like Avilla have expanded rapidly in the Sunbelt over the last decade. — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026

Unencumbered by office attendance, remote workers headed south to cash in on the Sunbelt’s warm temperatures, low tax rates, and new construction. — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026

Today, more than six in ten people live in the Sunbelt, with White Americans comprising about half or less of the population there. — Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026

Due to lower construction costs and zoning laws, construction actually increased in smaller towns and secondary cities in less dense areas of the country — like the Sunbelt and the Midwest, according to Dietz and Fairweather. — Hannah Parker, NBC news, 11 Jan. 2026

Many of the Sunbelt cities in the top 20 have experienced significant population growth in recent years, boosted and maintained by their thriving job markets and economies. — Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025

Last year, Cypress West and TPG Angelo Gordon formed a joint venture to acquire medical office assets in the Sunbelt and West Coast markets. — Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 15 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for the Sunbelt

• belt
• celt
• dealt
• dwelt
• felt
• knelt
• melt
• pelt
• smelt
• spelt
• veldt
• welt