Despite the pride of their first professional sports championship in over 50 years, Cleveland is the second most economically distressed city in America, according to a 2016 report from the Economic Innovation Group. At a distress index of 99.9, Cleveland trails only Camden, New Jersey in categories like the percentage of the population without a high school degree, under the poverty line and out of work, as well as the percentage of unoccupied housing that’s habitable, and the number of businesses operating in the city.
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By: Jesse Lawrence, The Huffington Post
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