16 Poorest Small Cities in America: 2015 List

12. Sebring, FL

Sebring might be a quaint little town surrounded by lakes, but there’s nothing nice when it comes to its overall economy – just as there weren’t many niceties circulating around Chrysler’s mid-size car with the same name. To cut the story short, Sebring’s inhabitants earn as low as $17,324 – second lowest median per capita GDP on this 16 poorest small cities in America: 2015 list. At the same time, poverty rate soars as high as 18.8%, while unemployment rate comes to rather high 6.3%. For around 100,000 people living in Sebring’s metro area, these figures are certainly demeaning.

11. Yuba City, CA

Located between already mentioned Chico and Sacramento, Yuba City is another Sacramento Valley metro on this list. 165,000 or so Yuba City’s citizens earn per capita $28,051 on average while poverty rate in the metro reaches 18.7% mark. More important, however, is a chronic unemployment which is evident by the 10.6% rate. It comes as no surprise then, that one-fifth of the population earns up to $20,000 a year and not a cent more.

Yuba City High School sign.