WalletHub study: 2022’s neediest cities

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With the giving season reminding us to be selfless and 37 million people in the U.S. lacking access to adequate food, the personal-finance website WalletHub followed up on its report on the Most Charitable States for 2023 with an in-depth look at 2022’s Neediest Cities, as well as expert commentary.

Hoping to inspire goodwill toward the less fortunate, WalletHub compared more than 180 U.S. cities across 28 key metrics to determine where Americans are most economically disadvantaged. The data set includes factors like the child poverty rate, food-insecurity rate and uninsured rate.

Neediest Cities
1. Detroit, MI 11. Augusta, GA
2. Brownsville, TX 12. Birmingham, AL
3. Cleveland, OH 13. Newark, NJ
4. Gulfport, MS 14. St. Louis, MO
5. Fresno, CA 15. Fort Smith, AR
6. Laredo, TX 16. Indianapolis, IN
7. Philadelphia, PA 17. Baltimore, MD
8. New Orleans, LA 18. Toledo, OH
9. Los Angeles, CA 19. Jackson, MS
10. Shreveport, LA 20. Corpus Christi, TX

Key Stats

  • Pearl City, Hawaii, has the lowest child poverty rate, 3.28 percent, which is 14.7 times lower than in Rochester, New York, the city with the highest at 48.23 percent. 
  • Pearl City, Hawaii, has the lowest adult poverty rate, 4.17 percent, which is 7.4 times lower than in Huntington, West Virginia, the city with the highest at 30.77 percent. 
  • Overland Park, Kansas, has the fewest homeless persons (per 1,000 residents), 0.30, which is 77.8 times fewer than in Fresno, California, the city with the most at 23.35. 
  • South Burlington, Vermont, has the lowest unemployment rate, 1.50 percent, which is 5.3 times lower than in Detroit, the city with the highest at 7.90 percent. 
  • South Burlington, Vermont, has the lowest share of uninsured residents, 1.80 percent, which is 17.1 times lower than in Brownsville, Texas, the city with the highest at 30.70 percent.

To view the full report and your city’s rank, please visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/cities-with-the-highest-and-lowest-population-in-need/8795