16 Poorest Metropolitan Cities in America: 2015 List

16. Cape Coral – Fort Myers, FL

Cape Coral and Fort Myers are on opposite side of the Everglades, looking from Miami. These are important touristic hubs within Florida – especially Cape Coral. However, tourism industry doesn’t offer that high salaries, as average GDP per capita sticks to $31,455 mark – way below the US average. At least, most metro area’s inhabitants are employed which can be seen from a rather low unemployment rate of 4.3%. This still doesn’t manage to abolish poverty as 16.5% of more than 650,000 citizens are earning less than the minimum required to stay above the poverty threshold.

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