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Rank (frommost stress toleast)Metropolitan areaStress indexMetrounemployment rate(June 2010)
1 Detroit 9.026 14.3%2 Los Angeles 5.899 11.6%3 Cleveland 5.146 9.3%4 Riverside, Calif. 5.105 14.4%5 St. Louis 4.737 9.9%6 New York City 4.734 8.8%7 New Orleans 4.621 8.2%8 Chicago 4.366 10.6%9 Birmingham 3.916 10.0%10 Miami-Fort Lauderdale 3.527 11.7%11 Memphis 3.493 10.4%12 Philadelphia 3.016 9.5%13 Atlanta 2.809 10.3%14 Cincinnati 2.592 10.0%15 Washington 2.181 6.4%16 Houston 2.066 8.8%17 Sacramento 1.162 12.4%18 Charlotte 0.807 11.1%19 Baltimore 0.730 7.9%20 Pittsburgh 0.640 8.5%21 Las Vegas 0.465 14.5%22 San Francisco-Oakland 0.163 10.5%23 Buffalo 0.060 7.7%24 Dallas-Fort Worth -0.125 8.5%25 Hartford -0.459 9.1%26 San Diego -0.510 10.5%27 Indianapolis -0.851 9.3%28 Nashville -0.880 9.0%29 Providence -0.974 11.5%30 Orlando -1.096 11.4%31 Tampa-St. Petersburg -1.115 12.0%32 Seattle -1.369 8.6%33 Milwaukee -1.449 8.7%34 Columbus -1.585 9.2%35 Richmond -1.737 7.9%36 Jacksonville -1.783 11.2%37 Louisville -2.165 9.8%38 San Jose -2.185 11.4%39 Boston -2.297 8.2%40 Portland, Ore. -2.398 10.2%41 Phoenix -2.762 9.0%42 Kansas City -2.878 8.5%43 San Antonio -3.533 7.7%44 Denver -4.369 8.4%45 Oklahoma City -5.042 6.7%46 Austin -5.183 7.4%47 Raleigh -5.249 8.4%48 Minneapolis-St. Paul -6.875 6.8%49 Virginia Beach-Norfolk -7.859 7.6%50 Salt Lake City -7.949 7.1%
 
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Rank (frommost stress toleast)Metropolitan area
1 Detroit2 Los Angeles3 Cleveland4 Riverside, Calif.5 St. Louis6 New York City7 New Orleans8 Chicago9 Birmingham10 Miami-Fort Lauderdale11 Memphis12 Philadelphia13 Atlanta14 Cincinnati15 Washington16 Houston17 Sacramento18 Charlotte19 Baltimore20 Pittsburgh21 Las Vegas22 San Francisco-Oakland23 Buffalo24 Dallas-Fort Worth25 Hartford26 San Diego27 Indianapolis28 Nashville29 Providence30 Orlando31 Tampa-St. Petersburg32 Seattle33 Milwaukee34 Columbus35 Richmond36 Jacksonville37 Louisville38 San Jose39 Boston40 Portland, Ore.41 Phoenix42 Kansas City43 San Antonio44 Denver45 Oklahoma City46 Austin47 Raleigh48 Minneapolis-St. Paul49 Virginia Beach-Norfol50 Salt Lake City
Change in metroper capita income(2008-09)Families livingbelow poverty level(2008)
-3.81% 9.9%-3.82% 10.8%-1.92% 9.6%-2.30% 10.0%-3.54% 8.1%-4.62% 9.5%-4.53% 10.4%-3.64% 8.7%-3.56% 9.4%-3.86% 9.9%-2.80% 13.9%-0.79% 7.9%-4.84% 8.4%-2.30% 8.1%-0.67% 4.7%-4.95% 11.3%-2.15% 7.8%-5.68% 8.3%0.17% 6.2%0.27% 8.1%-6.17% 7.6%-4.64% 6.3%-0.36% 9.7%-5.17% 9.9%-2.14% 6.3%-2.18% 8.0%-2.44% 8.1%-3.78% 8.7%-0.24% 8.1%-3.93% 8.0%-1.95% 8.7%-3.18% 6.3%-2.63% 8.6%-1.29% 9.0%-2.52% 6.8%-3.07% 7.7%-1.28% 9.9%-5.34% 5.6%-2.67% 6.3%-3.04% 7.9%-5.18% 9.2%-1.92% 7.6%-1.25% 12.1%-4.22% 8.3%-2.50% 10.1%-4.92% 8.4%-4.43% 6.4%-3.99% 5.6%0.95% 7.7%-3.27% 6.4%
 
STRESS LEVELS IN AMERICA'S 50 LARGEST METROS
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Rank (frommost stress toleast)Metropolitan area
1 Detroit2 Los Angeles3 Cleveland4 Riverside, Calif.5 St. Louis6 New York City7 New Orleans8 Chicago9 Birmingham10 Miami-Fort Lauderdale11 Memphis12 Philadelphia13 Atlanta14 Cincinnati15 Washington16 Houston17 Sacramento18 Charlotte19 Baltimore20 Pittsburgh21 Las Vegas22 San Francisco-Oakland23 Buffalo24 Dallas-Fort Worth25 Hartford26 San Diego27 Indianapolis28 Nashville29 Providence30 Orlando31 Tampa-St. Petersburg32 Seattle33 Milwaukee34 Columbus35 Richmond36 Jacksonville37 Louisville38 San Jose39 Boston40 Portland, Ore.41 Phoenix42 Kansas City43 San Antonio44 Denver45 Oklahoma City46 Austin47 Raleigh48 Minneapolis-St. Paul49 Virginia Beach-Norfol50 Salt Lake City
Deaths fromcirculatory-systemdiseases per 100,000residents in centralcounty (2006)Percentage of possible sunshine(long-term annualaverage)
354.6 53%236.6 73%406.6 49%264.2 73%351.1 57%301.6 58%414.4 57%275.1 54%344.7 58%283.6 70%284.8 64%343.8 56%192.7 60%315.8 50%328.1 56%168.1 59%256.5 78%163.4 62%344.9 57%413.1 45%237.9 85%272.9 66%366.0 48%191.0 61%302.5 56%222.6 68%293.4 55%265.5 56%309.9 58%189.4 66%260.5 66%192.7 47%277.1 54%229.4 50%282.1 63%252.6 63%307.3 56%177.7 66%202.4 58%238.6 48%202.2 85%307.2 60%223.2 60%198.7 69%302.6 68%134.0 60%139.9 58%162.7 58%220.7 60%144.5 66%

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