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The term Bible Belt refers to a region of the Southern United States and the Midwestern state of Missouri (which also has significant Southern influence), where Protestantism exerts a strong social and cultural influence. The region has been described as one of the most socially conservative across the United States due to a significant impact ...
Corn Belt, midwestern and southern states where corn is the primary crop. Cotton Belt, southern states where cotton is or was a primary crop. Fruit Belt, an area where fruit growing is prominent, specially oranges at the state of Florida and grapes at California. Indiana Gas Belt, a region of Indiana that was the site of a natural gas boom in ...
The Unchurched Belt is a region of the US that has low rates of religious participation. The term derives from Bible Belt and the idea of the unchurched. The belt was originally found in the West and Northwestern United States, but has moved over the decades. The term was first applied to the West Coast of the United States in 1985 by Rodney ...
According to a 2011 Gallup poll, the state with the greatest percentage of respondents identifying as "very religious" was Mississippi (59%), and the state with the smallest percentage were Vermont and New Hampshire (23%), while Florida (39%) and Minnesota (40%) were near the median. [ 57 ] A 2014 Pew Research poll found that the states with ...
Mount Carmel (Hebrew הַר הַכַּרְמֶל, Har HaKarmel, "God's vineyard") was a sacred mountain where Elijah defeated the prophets of a Ba'al in a contest. Carmel was a town in Judea mentioned as the residence of Nabal and Abigail. Mount Carmel, Iowa. Carmel, Maine. Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania.
The Sun Belt, highlighted in red. The Sun Belt is a region of the United States generally considered stretching across the Southeast and Southwest. Another rough definition of the region is the area south of the 36th parallel. Several climates can be found in the region— desert / semi-desert (Eastern California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico ...
African Americans. The Black Belt in the American South refers to the social history, especially concerning slavery and black workers, of the geological region known as the Black Belt. The geology emphasizes the highly fertile black soil. Historically, the black belt economy was based on cotton plantations – along with some tobacco plantation ...
Statistics show that Southern states have the highest religious attendance figures of any region in the United States, constituting the so-called Bible Belt. [134] Pentecostalism has been strong across the South since the late 19th century. [135]