California has the most “miserable cities” in the country, according to data compiled by Business Insider, and landed 10 cities in the list of 50 most miserable cities in the United States. New Jersey was second, with nine, and Florida had six.
California’s most miserable city is Huntington Park (10). Other cities in the top 50:
- Bell Gardens (14)
- Lynwood (21)
- El Monte (22)
- Palmdale (36)
- Montebello (40)
- Compton (41)
- San Bernardino (42)
- Lancaster (50)
Nor cal didn’t have any cities ranked in the top 100, and only Yuba City (159st) came in the top 200.
The Business Insider list looked into population change, the percentage of people with jobs, median household incomes, commute times, number of people living in poverty, and the percentage of people without health insurance.
Overall, Gary, Indiana ranked first, followed by Port Arthur, Texas and Detroit, Michigan.
The full list ranks the top 1,000 cities based on Census data
Local cities:
- Yuba City (159)
- Stockton (230)
- Modesto (324)
- Ceres (398)
- Citrus Heights (404)
- Lodi (445)
- Davis (454)
- Turlock (468)
- Tracy (472)
- Sacramento (497)
- Woodland (578)
- Lincoln (603)
- Vacaville (605)
- West Sacramento (623)
- Fairfield (640)
- Rancho Cordova (742)
- Manteca (780)
- Elk Grove (785)
- Folsom (852)
- Roseville (872)
- Rocklin (910)