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Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II (; born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned after his election to the presidency in November 2008.
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Gerald Ford
Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King, Jr.; July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006) was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974. As the first person appointed to the vice-presidency under the terms of the 25th Amendment, when he became President upon Richard Nixon's resignation on August 9, 1974, he also became the only President of the United States who was elected neither President nor Vice-President.
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Jimmy Carter
James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. (born October 1, 1924) served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981 and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office. Before he became President, Carter served two terms as a Georgia State Senator and one as Governor of Georgia, from 1971 to 1975, and was a peanut farmer and naval officer.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969 after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States from 1961 to 1963. He is one of four Presidents who served in all four elected Federal offices of the United States: Representative, Senator, Vice President and President.
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Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States from 1969 to 1974, having formerly been the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961. A member of the Republican Party, he was the only President to resign the office as well as the only person to be elected twice to both the Presidency and the Vice Presidency.
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Alabama
Alabama () is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States of America. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland waterways. The state ranks 23rd in population with almost 4.6 million residents in 2006.
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Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquin name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares a border with six states, with its eastern border largely defined by the Mississippi River. Its diverse geography ranges from the mountainous regions of the Ozarks and the Ouachita Mountains, which make up the U.S. Interior Highlands, to the eastern lowlands along the Mississippi River. The capital and most populous city is Little Rock, located in the central portion of the state.
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Atlanta
Atlanta (, ) is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. Atlanta had an estimated population of about 540,900 people. Its metropolitan area is the ninth largest in the country, inhabited by more than 5.4 million people. The Atlanta Combined Statistical Area has a population approaching six million, making it the most populous metropolis in the Southeastern United States. Like many areas in the Sun Belt, the Atlanta region has seen explosive growth since about 1976, and it added about 1.1 million residents between 2000 and 2008.
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Augusta, Georgia
Augusta (also known as Augusta–Richmond County) is a consolidated city in the U.S. state of Georgia, located along the Savannah River. The city of Augusta and Richmond County governments merged operations in 1996; as of 2008, the Augusta-Richmond County estimated population was 199,768 not counting the unconsolidated cities of Hephzibah and Blythe.
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Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the fifteenth most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in the nation from 2000 to 2006. Austin has a population of 786,382 (2009 U.S. Census estimate). The city is the cultural and economic center of the metropolitan area, with a population of 1,750,224 (2009 U.S. Census estimate), making it the 35th-largest metropolitan area in the United States.
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Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham (, ) is the largest city in Alabama. The city is the county seat of Jefferson County. According to an estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2007, Birmingham had a population of about 229,800. The Birmingham Metropolitan Area, in estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2009, had a population of about 1,212,848. The Birmingham Metropolitan Area contains about one-quarter of the entire population of Alabama.
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California
California (pronounced ) is the most populous state in the United States and the third-largest by land area, after Alaska and Texas. California is also the most populous sub-national entity in North America. It's on the U.S. West Coast, bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the west and by the states of Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, Baja California, Mexico, to the south. Its 5 largest cities are Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, San Francisco, and Long Beach, with Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Jose each having at least 1 million residents. Like many populous states, California's capital, Sacramento is smaller than the state's largest city, Los Angeles. The state is home to the nation's 2nd- and 6th-largest census statistical areas and 8 of the nation's 50 most populous cities. California has a varied climate and geography and a multi-cultural population.
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Ciudad Juárez
Ciudad Juárez (), also known as Juárez and formerly known as El Paso del Norte, is a city and seat of the municipality of Juárez in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Juárez has an estimated population of 1.5 million people. The city lies on the Rio Grande (Río Bravo del Norte), across from El Paso, Texas. El Paso and Ciudad Juárez comprise one of the largest bi-national metropolitan areas in the world with a combined population of 2.4 million people.
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Colorado
Colorado (pronounced or, chiefly by outsiders, ) is a U.S. state that encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains. Colorado is part of the Western United States, the Mountain States, and the Southwestern United States.
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Columbus, Georgia
Columbus is a city in and the county seat of Muscogee County, Georgia, United States, with which it is consolidated. In 2009, its estimated population was 190,414. It is the principal city of the Columbus, Georgia metropolitan area, which, in 2009, had an estimated population of 292,795. It joins with the Auburn, Alabama metropolitan area to form the Columbus, Georgia-Auburn, Alabama Combined Statistical Area, which, in 2009, had an estimated population of 450,467. It is the third largest city and fourth largest metropolitan area in the state, and also the 121st largest city in the United States.
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Corn Belt
The Corn Belt is a region of the Midwestern United States where corn has, since the 1850s, been the predominant crop, replacing the native tall grasses. By 1950, 99% of the corn was grown from hybrids. Most corn is fed to livestock, especially hogs and poultry. In recent decades soybeans have grown in importance. The U.S. produces 40% of the world crop.
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Dallas
Dallas () is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. As of 2009, the population of Dallas was at 1.3 million according to the US Census Bureau. The city is the largest economic center of the 12-county metropolitan area that according to the March 2010 U.S. Census Bureau release, had a population of roughly 6.5 million as of July 2009. The metropolitan area is the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States.
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El Paso, Texas
El Paso () is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States, and lies in West Texas. According to the United States Census Bureau's 2009 population estimates, the city had a population of 620,447 (July 2009). It is the sixth-largest city in Texas and the 22nd-largest city in the United States. Its metropolitan area covers all of El Paso County. In 2009, the El Paso metropolitan area had a population of 751,296. El Paso's metropolitan population for 2010, is estimated at 763,186 according to the US Census.
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El Paso–Juárez
El Paso–Juárez, also known as Juárez-El Paso or Paso del Norte, is a binational metropolitan area, or conurbation, on the border between Mexico and the United States.Let's Go (2003), p. 447. The region is centered on two large cities: Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico and El Paso, Texas, USA. Additionally, nearby Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA is sometimes included as part of the region, referred to as El Paso–Juárez-Las Cruces or El Paso–Juárez-Southern New Mexico.Michie (1992) At more than 2.3 million people this binational region is one of the largest cross-border metropolitan areas in the world.
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Florida
Florida () is a state of the United States. It is located in the Southeastern United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the north. Much of the state's land mass is a large peninsula with the Gulf of Mexico to the west, the Atlantic Ocean to the east and the Caribbean to the south. Florida was admitted as the 27th U.S. state in 1845, after a three hundred year period of European colonization.
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Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is the seventeenth-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city within the state of Texas. Located in and the western edge of the American South, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and Wise counties, serving as the seat for Tarrant County. According to the 2010 census estimates, Fort Worth had a population of 727,575. It has been estimated that by 2030 it will have 1,211,665 residents. The city is the second-largest cultural and economic center of the region.
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Fresno, California
Fresno (, ) is a city in California, USA, the county seat of Fresno County. As of 2010, the population was estimated at 505,479, making it the fifth largest city in California, the largest inland city in California, and the 35th largest in the nation. Fresno is located in the center of the wide San Joaquin Valley of Central California, approximately north of Los Angeles and south of the state capital, Sacramento. The city is part of Metropolitan Fresno, which, with a population of 922,516 is the second largest area in the Central Valley after the Sacramento Metropolitan Area. The name Fresno is the Spanish language word for the ash tree, and an ash leaf is featured on the city's flag.
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Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia () is a state located in the southeastern United States. Georgia was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788. It declared its secession from the Union on January 21, 1861, and was one of the original seven Confederate states. It was the last state to be restored to the Union, on July 15, 1870 and the only among the 13 that is explicitly named after a monarch; King George II of England.
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Greater Houston
Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown is a 10-county metropolitan area defined by the Office of Management and Budget. It is located along the Gulf Coast region in the U.S. state of Texas. The metropolitan area is colloquially referred to as "Greater Houston" and is situated in , just west of the Golden Triangle.
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Greater Sacramento
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Houston
Houston () is the fourth-largest city in the United States of America and the largest city in the state of Texas. As of the 2009 U.S. Census estimate, the city had a population of 2.3 million within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of the metropolitan area—the metropolitan area in the U.S. with a population of approximately 5.9 million.
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Illinois
Illinois ( {{respell|-i-), is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. It is the most populous state in the Midwest region, however with 65% of its residents concentrated in the Chicago metropolitan area, most of the state has either a rural or a small town character. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and western Illinois, and natural resources like coal, timber, and petroleum in the south, Illinois has a broad economic base. Illinois is an important transportation hub; the Port of Chicago connects the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River via the Illinois River. As the "most average state", Illinois has long had a reputation as a bellwether both in social and cultural terms and politics, though the latter has not really been true since the early 1970s.
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Jackson, Mississippi
Jackson, or Jackson City, is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Mississippi. It is one of two county seats of Hinds County (the town of Raymond is the other), but the city also contains areas in Madison and Rankin counties. During the 90s Jackson saw a decline in population while its suburbs boomed. Sometimes the city is credited with going through the stages the city of Atlanta went through 70s-90s with its suburbs. Jackson including its surrounding suburbs boast a strong economy as well as population. The 2000 census recorded Jackson's population at 184,256, but according to July 1, 2008 estimates, the city's population was 173,861 and its five-county Jackson metropolitan area had a population of 628,817. The Jackson-Yazoo City combined statistical area, consisting of the Jackson metropolitan area and Yazoo City micropolitan area, has a population of over 600,000, making it the 88th-largest metropolitan area in the United States.
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Knoxville, Tennessee
Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is also the largest city in East Tennessee. As of the 2000 United States Census, Knoxville had a total population of 173,890; the July 2007 estimated population was 183,546. Knoxville is the principal city of the Knoxville Metropolitan Statistical Area with a metro population of 655,400, which is in turn the central component of the Knoxville-Sevierville-La Follette Combined Statistical Area with 1,029,155 residents.
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Las Vegas, Nevada
:This article is about the city of Las Vegas, Nevada proper, not to be confused with the Las Vegas Strip or the Las Vegas metropolitan area. For other uses of "Las Vegas", see Las Vegas (disambiguation).
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; , Spanish for "The Angels") is the second most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of California and the western United States, with a population of 3.83 million within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Los Angeles extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of over 14.8 million and it is the 14th largest urban area in the world, affording it megacity status. The metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is home to nearly 12.9 million residents while the broader Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside combined statistical area (CSA) contains nearly 17.8 million people. Los Angeles is also the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated and one of the most multicultural counties in the United States. The city's inhabitants are referred to as "Angelenos" ().
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Louisiana
Louisiana ( or ; , ; Louisiana Creole: Léta de la Lwizyàn) is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties. The largest parish by population is Jefferson Parish, and the largest by land area is Cameron Parish.
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Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the southwest corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers.
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Metro Atlanta
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Mexico
Mexico, (pronounced ; ), officially known as the United Mexican States (), is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Covering almost 2 million square kilometres (over 760,000 sq mi), Mexico is the fifth-largest country in the Americas by total area and the 14th largest independent nation in the world. With an estimated population of 111 million, it is the 11th most populous country and the most populous Hispanophone country on Earth. Mexico is a federation comprising thirty-one states and a Federal District, the capital city.
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Miami
Miami ( or ) is a major city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida, and the eighth-most populous county in the United States, with a population of 2,500,625. The 42nd largest city in the United States, with a population of 433,136, it is the principal, central and most populous city of the South Florida metropolitan area. According to United Nations estimates, the Miami Urbanized Area was the fifth most populous urbanized area in the U.S. in 2000 with a population of 4,919,036, but in 2008 that number increased to 5,232,342, making it the fourth-largest urbanized area in the United States, behind New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago.
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Michigan
Michigan () is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is a French corruption of the Ojibwe word mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake".
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Mississippi
Mississippi () is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, which namesake is from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi ("Great River"). The state is heavily forested outside of the Mississippi Delta area, and its catfish aquaculture farms produce the majority of farm-raised catfish consumed in the United States. The state symbol is the magnolia grandiflora tree.
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Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, music, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home to a large number of colleges and universities.
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Nevada
Nevada is a state located in the western and southwestern region of the United States. Nevada is also part of the Mountain States. The capital is Carson City and the largest city is Las Vegas. The state's nickname is Silver State, due to the large number of silver deposits that were discovered and mined there. "Sagebrush State" and "Battle Born State" are its alternative nicknames. In 1864, Nevada became the 36th state to enter the union, and the phrase "Battle Born" on the state flag reflects the state's entry on the Union side during the American Civil War. Its first nonnative settlement was called Mormon Station.
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New Mexico
New Mexico() is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also part of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth- most sparsely inhabited U.S. state.
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New Orleans
New Orleans ( or , locally or ; ) is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The New Orleans metropolitan area, (New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner) has a population of 1,235,650 as of 2009, the 46th largest in the USA. The New Orleans – Metairie – Bogalusa combined statistical area has a population of 1,360,436 as of 2000.
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New York
New York (; locally or ) is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east. The state has a maritime border with Rhode Island east of Long Island, as well as an international border with the Canadian provinces of Ontario to the north and west, and Quebec to the north. New York is often referred to as New York State to distinguish it from New York City.
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North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the Southern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte. North Carolina is now ranked as one of the top 3 leading States for Green Technology, Bio-Chemical Engineering, Medical Sciences, and Computer Engineering through the long-range research and development programs of Research Triangle Park (RTP), UNC Chapel Hill, and North Carolina State .
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Oakland, California
Oakland () is the eighth-largest city in the U.S. state of California. It is a major West Coast port, located on San Francisco Bay, about 8 miles (13 km) east of San Francisco. Oakland is a major hub city for the Bay Area subregion collectively called the East Bay, and it is the county seat of Alameda County. Based on United States Census Bureau estimates for 2010, Oakland is the 41st-largest city in the USA with a population of 446,901.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma () is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,687,050 residents in 2009 and a land area of 68,667 square miles (177,847 km²), Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state. The state's name is derived from the Choctaw words okla and humma, meaning "red people", and is known informally by its nickname, The Sooner State. Formed by the combination of Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory on November 16, 1907, Oklahoma was the 46th state to enter the union. Its residents are known as Oklahomans, and its capital and largest city is Oklahoma City.
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Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania () is a U.S. state and Commonwealth located in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to the east. The state's four most populous cities are Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown and Erie. The state capital is Harrisburg.
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Pensacola, Florida
Pensacola is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle and the county seat of Escambia County, Florida, U.S. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 56,255 and as of 2006, the estimated population was 53,248.
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Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix ( , O'odham Skikik, Yavapai Wasinka, Western Apache Fiinigis, Navajo Hoozdoh, Mojave ''Hachpa 'Anya Nyava) is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the fifth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,601,587 people according to the 2009 estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau, and is the anchor of the Phoenix metropolitan area (also known as the Valley of the Sun''), the 12th largest metro area by population in the United States with more than 4.3 million people. In addition, Phoenix is the county seat of Maricopa County, and is one of the largest cities in the United States by land area.
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Reno, Nevada
Reno is the county seat of Washoe County, Nevada, United States. The city has a population of about 220,500 and is the fourth most populous city in Nevada, after Las Vegas, Henderson, and North Las Vegas. It sits in a high desert valley at the foot of the Sierra Nevada.
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San Antonio
The City of San Antonio () is the second-largest city in the American state of Texas and the seventh-largest city in the United States with a population of 1.4 million. The city is the seat of Bexar County. Located in the and the northern part of , San Antonio is the center of Tejano culture and Texas tourism. The city is characteristic of other Southwest urban centers in which there are sparsely populated areas and a low density rate outside of the city. It was the fourth-fastest growing large city in the nation from 2000 to 2006 and the fifth-fastest-growing from 2007 to 2008. The metropolitan area has a population of nearly 2.1 million based on the 2009 U.S. Census estimate, making it the 28th-largest metropolitan area in the U.S and third in Texas.
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San Diego
San Diego (), named after Saint Didacus (Spanish: Diego de Alcalá), is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California, after Los Angeles, with a population of 1,359,132 (Jan 2010) within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of San Diego extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 2,880,000. Also, this is part of a megalopolis (the San Diego and Los Angeles metropolitan areas) with a population of about 22 million. It is located on the Pacific Ocean at the southernmost end of the west coast of the continental United States.
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San Diego–Tijuana
San Diego-Tijuana, also known as Tijuana-San Diego, is a binational metropolitan area, or conurbation, on the border between Mexico and the United States. surrounding the cities of San Diego, California, United States and Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. The region consists of San Diego County in the United States and the municipalities of Tijuana, Playas de Rosarito, and Tecate in Mexico. The total population of the region has been estimated to be just over 5 million in 2009, and 5,105,769 in 2010, making it the largest bi-national conurbation shared between the United States and Mexico.
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San Francisco
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and the 12th most populous city in the United States, with a 2009 estimated population of 815,358. The only consolidated city-county in California, it encompasses a land area of on the northern end of the San Francisco Peninsula, giving it a density of 17,323 people/mi² (6,688.4 people/km²). It is the most densely-settled large city (population greater than 200,000) in the state of California and the second-most densely populated large city in the United States. San Francisco is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of more than 7.4 million.
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San Jose, California
San Jose (; meaning St. Joseph in Spanish) is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the United States, and the county seat of Santa Clara County. Anchor to the 31st-largest metropolitan area in the country, it is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay. The San Jose/Silicon Valley area is the population center of the greater San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland Combined Statistical Area (CSA), a region of nearly 7.5 million people, making it the sixth largest in the United States.
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Santa Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe (; ) is the capital of the state of New Mexico. It is the fourth-largest city in the state and is the seat of . Santa Fe (literally 'holy faith' in Spanish) had a population of 62,203 at the April 1, 2000 census; the estimate for July 1, 2009, is 73,720. It is the principal city of the Santa Fe, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Santa Fe County and is part of the larger Santa Fe-Española Combined Statistical Area.
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Savannah, Georgia
Savannah is the largest city and county seat of Chatham County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. The city of Savannah was established in 1733 and was the colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. Today Savannah is an industrial center and an important Atlantic seaport.
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South Carolina
South Carolina () is a state in the United States that borders Georgia to the south and North Carolina to the north. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence from the British Crown during the American Revolution. The colony was originally named by British King Charles II in honor of his father Charles I of England, as Carolus is Latin for Charles. South Carolina was the first state to vote to secede from the Union and was the founding state of the Confederate States of America. According to an estimate by the United States Census Bureau, the state's population in 2009 was 4,561,242 and ranked 24th among the U.S. states. South Carolina contains 46 counties and its capital is Columbia.
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South Florida
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Tallahassee, Florida
Tallahassee () is the capital of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Leon County, and is the 133rd largest city in the United States. Tallahassee is 18 miles exactly from the Gulf Coast. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida, then the Florida Territory, in 1824. In 2008, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 172,574, while the Tallahassee metropolitan area was estimated at 360,013 in 2009.
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Tampa, Florida
Tampa () is a Gulf Coast Bay city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida. The population of Tampa in 2000 was 303,447. According to the 2009 estimates, the city's population had grown to 343,890, making it the 54th largest city in the United States.
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Tennessee
Tennessee () is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,214,888, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area. Tennessee is bordered by Kentucky and Virginia to the north, North Carolina to the east, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to the south, and Arkansas and Missouri to the west. The Appalachian Mountains dominate the eastern part of the state, and the Mississippi River forms the state's western border. Tennessee's capital and second largest city is Nashville, which has a population of 626,144. Memphis is the state's largest city, with a population of 670,902. Nashville has the state's largest metropolitan area, at 1,521,437 people.
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Texas
Texas () is the second-largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state in the contiguous United States.
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Tucson, Arizona
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Venice Is Sinking - Sun Belt
Artist : Venice Is Sinking Album : Azar (2009)
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UALR Sun Belt Championship Win
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- Duration: 14:42
- Published: 09 Mar 2011
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UALR SunBelt Championship Win Some Highlights of game and winning shot. Highlights of the Celebration video by Popeye Video - Mrpopeyevideo
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Sun Belt Spin It
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- Published: 24 Sep 2010
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Early 80's disco classic jam. www.youtube.com
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TY Hilton Highlights
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- Published: 22 Dec 2011
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Florida International University Wide Receiver #4 TY Hilton 5'10" 183lbs Career Stats Receptions-229 Receiving Yards-3531 Receiving TD-24 Rushing TD-7 KR/PR Return TD-6 Audio Information Title: Notorious Thugz Artist: Notorious BIG and Bone Thugs n Harmony Album: Biggie Duets:The Final Chapter Label: Bad Boy
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Nelly - The Champ Bowl Week Video @ FIU Stadium
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A/C mister saves on A/C costs; that's A-OK for Sun Belt homes, businesses
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- Published: 02 Jul 2010
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You've heard the hum of an air conditioning unit dealing with soaring summer temperatures. But Mist Ecology's AC Spritzer promises to extend an air conditioner's life, save on A/C costs, improve the cooling capacity of those units and reduce carbon emissions. The A/C mister sprays the outside of a unit with water, lowering the air temperature that goes into the unit. Result? A more efficient unit that saves money on A/C costs and gets cool air deeper into the home. A special filter keeps minerals off of A/C coils. Mist Ecology's UltraMister promises the same for restaurants, data centers and commercial buildings. For more information about Mist Ecology, the AC Spritzer and the UltraMister, go to www.mistecology.com For more information on Social Business Television, go to www.spark360.tv
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Arkansas State vs. Florida Atlantic 2011
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Highlights of the Red Wolves 39-21 victory over the Owls. The win was the first ever at FAU and it clinched ASU's first winning season since 1995 and first 7 win season since 1987 when they went 8-4-1.
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Arkansas State vs. Louisiana-Monroe 2011
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Highlights of the Red Wolves 24-19 win over the Warhawks. The win was the second straight over ULM and the first in Monroe since a 28-21 win in 2004. ASU now leads the all-time series 19-14.
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FAU Basketball rallies to beat FIU 73-72
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FAU rallies to beat FIU 73-72 and take first & only lead with 4.2 seconds left in the game as the OWLS improve to 10-1 in the Sun Belt
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Aaron Morgan - Long Version (DE Louisiana Monroe - 2010 NFL Draft Class)
Promotional video (long version) for HOF Player Representatives client Aaron Morgan (DE University of Louisiana Monroe - 1st Team All Sun Belt Conference). "Morgan established himself as one of the top pass rushers in the country as he finished the year first in the Sun Belt and 23rd in the NCAA with 9.0 sacks. The Amite, La., native also finished second in the Sun Belt and 17th in the NCAA with 16.5 tackles for loss. His single-season sack total ranked eighth best in ULM and Sun Belt history and he finished his collegiate career ranked second all-time in the Sun Belt with 22 career sacks." - Phil Steele Please contact HOF Player Representatives for more information on Aaron, or any of the athletes we represent (hofplayer.com).
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2010 WKU Football Season
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- Published: 10 Dec 2010
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Highlights for WKU Football from the 2010 Season Including all 12 Games.
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Summer Training - Troy Trojan Football 2009
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A small glimpse inside the Trojans preseason training regiment.
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FIU Baseball Off-Season Weight training
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The 2011 FIU Baseball team begins off-season works out in defense of their 2010 Sun Belt baseball Championship. Includes interviews from All-American Garrett Wittels, Outfielder Pablo Bermudez and Catcher Jose Behar.
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2008 ASU RedWolves Football Highlights
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- Published: 08 Jul 2009
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Arkansas stAte University football highlights for the 2008 season
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Louisiana-Lafayette's Ragin' Cajun Fight Song
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FS #135; FSV 126. Yes, the colors are red and white for ULouisiana's school, but I consider orange to be better because the logo sticks out. It used to be the main school for the University of Louisiana system, but to avoid confusion with UL-Monroe, its placename is added; the university used to be called University of Southern Louisiana. Now just to be clear, this is not the fight song of Lafayette College of Pennsylvania. The fight song somehow grows on you because it sounds like the song is meant to give the heebie-jeebies to anyone not attending the school-especially if you are in a Sun Belt Conference school! Hope you like, subscribe, and remember the rules....
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North Texas Football - Monday's With Mike #1
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Experience football practice with North Texas Offensive Coordinator Mike Canales. The first of three.
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Arkansas State Football 2009
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A possible Intro for the Arkansas State Redwolves Football team. Changes likely to be made, feel free to suggest some.
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RedWolves Jersey Transition
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Watch in High Quality Arkansas State switches from the traditional Adidas black jersey to the new Adidas red alternates.
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Jerrel jernigan highlights from GMAC Bowl Jan. 6, 2010 vs Central Michigan
Jerrel Jernigan's 350 all purpose yards in the GMAC Bowl was the best ever in Troy universities' rich 100 year football history. His154 receptions yards gave him 1101 for the season, the second most in school history and the only Sun Belt Conference receiver in 2009 to amass over1000 yards. His now total of 2264 all purpose yards in a season is the best in school history and the only Trojan to ever eclipse the 2000 yards plateau. Jerrel's season average of 159 all purpose yards per game is again record setting and Troy's best. He broke the single season record of former Troy standout and current Buffalo Bills' return specialist Leodis Mckelvin's kickoff return yards total in a season with 897 (record 765). Jerrel's on track to be the most prolific receiver in Troy University's history already having broke many records, as a junior, some that stood for more than 40 years old. Jerrel's out of the same Sun Belt Conference program that produced 2008- #12, 1st round pick Leodis McKelvin of The Buffalo Bills, New York Giants defensive end Osi Umenyiora and Dallas Cowboys linebacker DeMarcus Ware. Jernigan runs a consistent 4.28_40.
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Troy's "Trojans One and All"
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FS #43; FSV# 38. This University is part of the Sun Belt and is in Southern Alabama. Do comment if you like, but do not make any jokes about the company, please! I will delete anything that deals with intimate pleasure or other explicative things.
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Florida Atlantic's Fight song
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- Published: 18 May 2009
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FS #79, FSV 73. Since I had many fight songs from the Sun Belt Conference, I had to do #86 from there. I feel that I should do more universities that have the least recognition in the US intercollegiate world. Hope you like the fight song of the Owls of the South. Comment cleanly or subscribe, it will make the playlist more popular. :)
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Boris Deals With Bear's Absence - Troy Trojan Football 2009
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When Bear goes for a vacation during the summer, Boris acts tough. But Boris' things aren't what they appear, as he isn't accustomed to not having the other half of the Killer B's around.
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DENVER — Chris Udofia matched a career high with 21 points to lead Denver past Arkansas State 66-52 Thursday night. It was the third time Udofia has reached 21 in his career. Brian Stafford...
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Sun Belt assistants once basketball head coaches
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MURFREESBORO The Sun Belt Conference has become a league of head coaches. And we're not just talking about the dozen current head coaches, whose national reputation preceded many of them into their current gig. It's also impressive to note the number of former college head coaches who now serve in...
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MIAMI The MTSU womens basketball team turned an eight-point halftime deficit into a 14-point win, rallying for a 74-60 victory Thursday afternoon at Florida International. The Lady Raiders remain the lone team in the Sun Belt womens basketball race with an unblemished record. The Blue Raiders...
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Thus far this season, no team in the Sun Belt (male or female ) has hung a basketball loss on Middle Tennessee State. FIU’s men and women get their second chances Thursday at U.S. Century Bank Arena. Each FIU team lost by five in their first shots at Middle Tennessee in December. Middle...
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Thus far this season, no team in the Sun Belt (male or female ) has hung a basketball loss on Middle Tennessee State. FIU’s men and women get their second chances Thursday at U.S. Century Bank Arena. Each FIU team lost by five in their first shots at Middle Tennessee in December. Middle...
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Three officials could face a suspension for failing to call a technical foul on for having six players on the court prior to 's game-winning layup in Lafayette's 72-70 victory over in Bowling Green, Ky., Thursday night. Mike Wood, the Sun Belt's coordinator of officials, watched the video of the...
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The Sun Belt or Spanish Belt is a region of the United States generally considered to stretch across the South and Southwest (the geographic southern United States). Another rough boundary of the region is the area south of the 36th parallel, north latitude. It is the largest region which the U.S government does not recognize officially (in its postal regions and census). The main defining feature of the Sun Belt is its warm-temperate climate with extended summers and brief, relatively mild winters. The extreme southern part of the Sun Belt (South Florida) has a true tropical climate.
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B. L. Weinstein and R. E. Firestine, Regional Growth and Decline in the United States: The Rise of the Sunbelt and the Decline of the Northeast (1978)
Hollander, Justin B. (forthcoming, 2011). Sunburnt Cities: The Great Recession, Depopulation, and Urban Planning in the American Sunbelt. London/New York: Routledge.
The Sun Belt has seen substantial population growth in recent decades (1960s to recent) fueled by milder winters; a surge in retiring baby boomers who migrate domestically; and the influx of immigrants, both legal and illegal. Also, over the past several decades, air conditioning has made it easier for people to deal with the heat in portions of the region during the summertime. Water shortages are becoming a common problem in the region.
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The Sun Belt comprises the southern tier of the United States and is usually considered to include the states of Alabama, Arizona, , Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, roughly half of California (up to Greater Sacramento), and at least parts of Arkansas, North Carolina, and southern Nevada; more expansively, Colorado, Oklahoma and Utah (and all of California and Nevada) are sometimes considered as Sun Belt states.Author and political analyst Kevin Phillips claims to have coined the term "to describe the oil, military, aerospace and retirement country stretching from Florida to California" in his 1969 book ''The Emerging Republican Majority''.
The term "Sun Belt" became synonymous with the southern third of the nation in the early 1970s. There was a shift in this period from the previously economically and politically important northeast to the south and west. Events such as the huge migration of immigrant workers from Mexico, warmer climate, and a boom in the agriculture industry allowed for the southern third of the U.S.A. to grow economically. The climate spurred not only agricultural growth, but also saw many retirees move into retirement communities in the region, especially in Florida and Arizona.
Industries such as aerospace, defense and oil boomed in the Sun Belt as companies took advantage of the low involvement of labor unions in the south (due to more recent industrialization; 1930's through 1950's) and enjoyed the proximity to many U.S. military installations who were the major consumers of their products. The oil industry helped propel southern states such as Texas and Louisiana forward, and tourism grew in Florida and southern California as well. In more recent decades high tech and new economy industries have been major drivers of growth in California, Florida and some other parts of the Sun Belt. Texas and California rank among the top five states in the nation with the most number of Fortune 500 companies, with New York, Illinois, and Pennsylvania rounding out the top five.
Since 1970, the Sun Belt states have gained 25 electoral votes. Since Lyndon B. Johnson's election in 1964, every elected United States President, with the exception of Barack Obama from Illinois, has been from the Sun Belt. (Gerald Ford, who was from Michigan, became president following Richard Nixon's resignation, but was not elected as president, and lost to Georgia's Jimmy Carter in the 1976 election.)
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As of 2005 the U.S. Census Bureau projected that approximately 88% of the U.S. population growth between 2000 and 2030 will occur in the Sun Belt. California, Texas, and Florida are each expected to add more than 12 million people during that time which will make these by far the most populous states in the nation. Arizona and North Carolina are also expected to make major population gains. Nevada, Arizona, Florida, and Texas are expected to be the fastest growing states.Events leading up to and including the 2008-2009 recession have led many to question whether growth projections for the Sun Belt have been overstated. The economic bubble that led to the recession appears, to many observers, to have been more acute in the Sun Belt than many other parts of the country. Additionally the traditional lure of cheaper labor markets in the belt compared to many of the older industrial centers has been eroded by the overseas outsourcing trend of the recent decade.
One of the greatest threats facing the Sun Belt in the coming decades is water shortages. Communities in California are making plans to build potentially multiple desalination plants to supply fresh water and avert near-term crises. Texas, Georgia and Florida also face increasingly serious shortages because of their rapidly expanding populations.
Environment
The environment in the Sun Belt is extremely valuable, not only to local and state governments, but to the Federal Government. 8 of of the 10 states have extremely high Biodiversity (ranging from 3,800 to over 6700 species, not including Marine life) The Sun Belt also has the highest amount of distinct ecosystems: Chaparral,Deciduous,Desert,Grasslands,Tropical Rainforest. From the marshes on Florida's mainland to its extensive coral reefs, this state leads in the region and the entire U.S for its supreme diversity in animal and plant species.
Some of the most endangered species reside within the Sun Belt, they include:
- Black Footed Ferret
- Ocelot
- North Atlantic Right Whale
- California Condor
- Leatherback Sea Turtle
- Florida Panther
- Hammerhead Shark
- American Crocodile
It has been said that with strict enforcement through many environmental laws, some species that are endangered in the Sun Belt will regain a better title, such as in the American Alligator's case.
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:{| class="wikitable" style="float:right" border="1" |+ ! Name !! Population(million) !! GMP(US$ billion) |- | Greater Los Angeles || 18.88 (2009 est.) || $697.9 |- | San Francisco Bay Area || 7.79 (2009 est.) || $488.3 (SFO+South+North) |- | Dallas – Fort Worth Metroplex || 6.8 (2009 est.) || $379.9 |- | Greater Houston || 5.96 (2009 est.) || $403.2 |- | Metro Atlanta || 5.83 (2009 est.) || $269.8 |- | South Florida || 5.54 (2009 est.) || $261.3 |- | Phoenix Metro || 4.36 (2009 est.) || $187.4 |- | San Diego metropolitan area || 3.05 (2009 est.) || $169.3 |- | colspan=3 | International regions |- | San Diego–Tijuana || 5.0 (2009 est.) || $176 |- | El Paso–Juárez || colspan=2 | 2.5 (2005 est.) |}The three largest metropolitan areas in the Sun Belt are the Greater Los Angeles Area, the San Francisco Bay Area, and the Dallas – Fort Worth Metroplex. The Greater Los Angeles Area is by far the largest Metropolitan area with almost 18.7 million inhabitants as of 2009. The eight largest metropolitan areas are found in the states of California, Texas, Georgia, Florida, and Arizona. Additionally the cross-border metrolitan areas of San Diego - Tijuana and El Paso - Juarez lie partially within this belt. Seven of the ten largest cities in the U.S. are located in the Sun Belt: Los Angeles (2nd), Houston (4th), Phoenix (5th), San Antonio (7th), San Diego (8th), Dallas (9th), and San Jose (10th).
:{| class="wikitable" style="float:left" border="1" |+ ! State !! City |- | California || Bakersfield, Fresno, Long Beach,Los Angeles, Oakland, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, Sacramento, San Jose |- | Nevada || Las Vegas, Reno |- | Arizona || Phoenix, Tucson |- | New Mexico || Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Rio Rancho, Santa Fe |- | Texas || Austin, Corpus Christi, Dallas,El Paso, Ft. Worth, Houston, San Antonio |- | Louisiana || Baton Rouge, New Orleans |- | Alabama || Birmingham-Hoover |- | Mississippi || Jackson |- | Georgia || Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Savannah |- | Tennessee || Chattanooga, Clarksville, Knoxville, Memphis, Nashville |- | Florida || Ft. Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Miami,Orlando, Pensacola, St. Petersburg, Tampa, Tallahassee |- | North Carolina || Charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh,Winston-Salem, Durham |- | South Carolina || Charleston, Columbia, Greenville |}
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| Name | Jerrel Jernigan |
| Currentteam | New York Giants |
| Currentpositionplain | Wide Receiver |
| Currentnumber | 12 |
| Birth date | June 14, 1989 |
| Birth place | Eufaula, Alabama |
| Heightft | 5 |
| Heightin | 9 |
| Weight | 190 |
| College | Troy |
| Draftyear | 2011 |
| Draftround | 3 |
| Draftpick | 83 |
| Pastteams | |
| Status | Signed draft pick |
| Highlights | |
| Statseason | 2011 |
| Statlabel1 | Receiving Yards |
| Statvalue1 | 0–0 |
| Statlabel2 | Receiving Average |
| Statvalue2 | 0 |
| Statlabel3 | Receiving TDs |
| Statvalue3 | 0 |
| Nfl | JER463741 }} |
Jerrel Jernigan (born June 14, 1989 in Eufaula, Alabama) is an American football wide receiver for the New York Giants of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Giants in the third round of the 2011 NFL Draft. He played college football at Troy.
Professional career
Pre-draft
He was considered one of the best wide receiver prospects for the 2011 NFL Draft. He was a starter all four years for the Trojans. Jernigan's body frame and playing style has been compared to the likes of DeSean Jackson and Steve Smith.
New York Giants
Jernigan was drafted by the New York Giants 83rd overall in the 2011 NFL Draft.
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