Rust Belt

E3736
economic region informal region region

The Rust Belt is a region in the northeastern and midwestern United States historically dominated by manufacturing and heavy industry that has experienced significant economic decline and population loss since the late 20th century.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Rust Belt canonical 67
United States Rust Belt 13
American Rust Belt 3

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf economic region ⓘ
informal region ⓘ
region ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Manufacturing Belt ⓘ
surface form: Factory Belt

Manufacturing Belt ⓘ
contrastedWith Sun Belt ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
experienced deindustrialization ⓘ
economic decline ⓘ
factory closures ⓘ
job losses in manufacturing ⓘ
population loss ⓘ
urban decay ⓘ
hasIssue aging infrastructure ⓘ
economic restructuring ⓘ
industrial pollution ⓘ
hasMajorCity Akron ⓘ
Buffalo ⓘ
Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago

Cleveland ⓘ
Detroit ⓘ
Flint, Michigan ⓘ
surface form: Flint

Gary ⓘ
Milwaukee ⓘ
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Pittsburgh

Toledo ⓘ
Youngstown ⓘ
hasState Illinois ⓘ
Indiana ⓘ
Michigan (most of state) ⓘ
surface form: Michigan

New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: New Jersey

New York ⓘ
Ohio ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
West Virginia ⓘ
Wisconsin ⓘ
hasTrend efforts at economic revitalization ⓘ
growth of service sector ⓘ
growth of technology sector in some cities ⓘ
historicalIndustry automobile manufacturing ⓘ
coal mining ⓘ
heavy industry ⓘ
machinery manufacturing ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
steel production ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfProsperity early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
post–World War II era ⓘ
locatedIn Midwestern United States ⓘ
surface form: Great Lakes region

Midwestern United States ⓘ
Northeastern United States ⓘ
nameRefersTo rusting factories ⓘ
periodOfDecline 1970s ⓘ
1980s ⓘ
1990s ⓘ
late 20th century ⓘ

Referenced by (90)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Midwestern United States → contains → Rust Belt ⓘ
Pittsburgh region → partOf → Rust Belt ⓘ
Detroit Big Three automakers → associatedWith → Rust Belt ⓘ
Uniontown, Pennsylvania, United States → isPartOf → Rust Belt ⓘ
subject surface form: Uniontown, Pennsylvania
this entity surface form: United States Rust Belt
Cleveland → partOf → Rust Belt ⓘ
Columbus, Ohio → isPartOf → Rust Belt ⓘ
Gary, Indiana → partOf → Rust Belt ⓘ
Homestead, Pennsylvania → partOf → Rust Belt ⓘ
Braddock, Pennsylvania → partOf → Rust Belt ⓘ
Duquesne, Pennsylvania → region → Rust Belt ⓘ
Duquesne, Pennsylvania → economicRegion → Rust Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Rust Belt
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania → isPartOf → Rust Belt ⓘ
Beaver County → isPartOfRegion → Rust Belt ⓘ
Buffalo → region → Rust Belt ⓘ
Rochester → partOf → Rust Belt ⓘ
Ecorse, Michigan → partOf → Rust Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Rust Belt
Bible Belt → contrastedWith → Rust Belt ⓘ
Manufacturing Belt → alternativeName → Rust Belt ⓘ
Manufacturing Belt → relatedConcept → Rust Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: American industrial heartland
Youngstown → locatedInRegion → Rust Belt ⓘ
Fort Wayne, Indiana → partOf → Rust Belt ⓘ
Gary → locatedIn → Rust Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Rust Belt
Eastern United States → containsEconomicRegion → Rust Belt ⓘ
Utica, New York → partOf → Rust Belt ⓘ
East Chicago, Indiana → partOf → Rust Belt ⓘ
East St. Louis, Illinois → belongsTo → Rust Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Midwest urban industrial belt
Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, United States → partOf → Rust Belt ⓘ
subject surface form: Aliquippa, Pennsylvania
Northern Cities Vowel Shift region English → hasSociolinguisticAssociation → Rust Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rust Belt cities
Tonawanda, New York → locatedIn → Rust Belt ⓘ
Erie → partOf → Rust Belt ⓘ
Pittsburgh Steelers vs Cleveland Browns → geographicRegion → Rust Belt ⓘ
Rust Belt corridor along I-90 → partOf → Rust Belt ⓘ
Hammond, Indiana → economicRegion → Rust Belt ⓘ
Dunkirk, New York → isPartOf → Rust Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Rust Belt
Kenosha → locatedInEconomicRegion → Rust Belt ⓘ
Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, United States → partOf → Rust Belt ⓘ
subject surface form: Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
Fremont, Ohio, United States → demographicRegion → Rust Belt ⓘ
subject surface form: Fremont, Ohio
Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania → isPartOf → Rust Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Rust Belt
United States Midwest–Northeast transition region → overlapsWith → Rust Belt ⓘ
Monaca → isPartOf → Rust Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Rust Belt
New Brighton → partOf → Rust Belt ⓘ
subject surface form: New Brighton, Pennsylvania
this entity surface form: United States Rust Belt
Donora, Pennsylvania → partOf → Rust Belt ⓘ
Jeannette, Pennsylvania → partOf → Rust Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Rust Belt
New Kensington, Pennsylvania → partOf → Rust Belt ⓘ
Hancock County, West Virginia → isPartOf → Rust Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Rust Belt
Western Pennsylvania → historicallyPartOf → Rust Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Rust Belt
Western Pennsylvania → historicallyPartOf → Rust Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. steel-producing belt
Wampum, Pennsylvania → hasRegionalContext → Rust Belt ⓘ
McKeesport → isPartOf → Rust Belt ⓘ
New Castle, Pennsylvania → partOf → Rust Belt ⓘ