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Governing and others often discuss a city's economic success by considering metrics such as median income, unemployment rate, or job growth. But a new measure offers a different perspective by analyzing residents' credit scores.

Experian, a credit information company, sampled its data to determine the average credit scores of residents of 143 U.S. cities. The data (see the full set here) reveals clear geographic trends: cities with top scores are almost entirely clustered in the Midwest; those with the worst are in the South and Southwest.

To read the full, original article click on this link: Map: Cities With the Best & Worst Credit Scores

Author:Ryan Holeywell