Cleveland 2nd Most Needy City, according to WallHub

Courtesy Ken Robinson/WTAM

(CLEVELAND) Cleveland ranks as the second neediest city in the country, according to a survey from WalletHub. Cleveland follows only Detroit.

The personal-finance website ranked 180 cities and compared 27 key metrics from child poverty to food-insecurity to the uninsured.

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Neediest Cities

1. Detroit, MI

2. Cleveland, OH

3. Newark, NJ

4. Memphis, TN

5. Los Angeles, CA

6. Jackson, MS

7. Little Rock, AR

8. Philadelphia, PA

9. St. Louis, MO

10. New Orleans, LA

Key Stats 

  • Fremont, California, has the lowest child poverty rate, 3.90 percent, which is 14 times lower than in Detroit, the city with the highest at 54.50 percent.
  • Pearl City, Hawaii, has the lowest adult poverty rate, 4.03 percent, which is eight times lower than in Detroit, the city with the highest at 32.30 percent.
  • Overland Park, Kansas, has the fewest homeless persons (per 1,000 residents), 0.22, which is 64.3 times fewer than in Honolulu, the city with the most at 14.14.
  • South Burlington, Vermont, has the lowest unemployment rate, 1.90 percent, which is 4.8 times lower than in Detroit, the city with the highest at 9.20 percent.
  • Pearl City, Hawaii, has the lowest share of uninsured residents, 2.80 percent, which is 11.4 times lower than in Brownsville, Texas, the city with the highest at 31.90 percent.

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