Megan Anderson

The Opportunity of the Sunbelt

For decades, Americans have been flocking to the warm climate of the southern portion of the US, fondly called the sunbelt. The sunbelt region is loosely defined as the stretch along 18 states in the southern portion of the continental US, from the San Francisco Bay Area to Las Vegas, Dallas, Nashville, Charlotte, Raleigh and the areas south of these hubs. The sunbelt includes 7 of the 10 largest US cities*, and 50% (326 million) of the US population, which is expected to rise to 55% by 2030*. In fact, over the last 10 years, 75% of the total US population growth has occurred in the sunbelt; 15 million of the total 21 million in growth*.