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Detailed explanation-1: -The Rust Belt was home to thousands of blue-collar jobs in coal plants, steel and automotive production, and the weapons industry. The states considered to be part of the Rust Belt are Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

Detailed explanation-2: -Most major Rust-Belt cities have seen their populations shrink since their heydays, and with that decline, the average income of the remaining residents has fallen as well. Cities such as Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, and Pittsburgh have each lost more than 40 percent of their populations over the last four decades.

Detailed explanation-3: -The term “Rust” refers to the impact of deindustrialization, economic decline, population loss, and urban decay on these regions attributable to the shrinking of the once-powerful industrial sector especially including steelmaking, automobile manufacturing, and coal mining.