The cities listed here are the 117 Smallest Metropolitan Statistical Areas, ranging in population from approximately 200,000 to 55,000.
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117 Smallest Metro Areas
(Ranked in order from most stressful to least stressful)
Rank Metro Area
1 Yuba City, CA
2 Gadsden, AL
3 Sherman-Denison, TX
4 Anniston, AL
5 Pueblo, CO
6 Jackson, MI
7 Pine Bluff, AR
8 Redding, CA
9 Kenosha, WI
10 Danville, VA
11 Panama City, FL
12 Florence, AL
13 Racine, WI
14 Kankakee, IL
15 Rocky Mount, NC
16 Lake Charles, LA
17 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ
18 Las Cruces, NM
19 Florence, SC
20 Medford-Ashland, OR
21 Alexandria, LA
22 Decatur, IL
23 Decatur, AL
24 Sumter, SC
25 Flagstaff, AZ-UT
26 Terre Haute, IN
27 Janesville-Beloit, WI
28 Joplin, MO
29 Dover, DE
30 Bellingham, WA
31 Topeka, KS
32 Monroe, LA
33 Fitchburg-Leominster, MA-NH
34 New Bedford, MA
35 Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV
36 St. Joseph, MO
37 Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH
38 Mansfield, OH
39 Texarkana-Texarkana, TX-AR
40 Benton Harbor, MI
41 Cumberland, MD-WV
42 Santa Fe, NM
43 Wheeling, WV-OH
44 Grand Junction, CO
45 Muncie, IN
46 Greenville, NC
47 Wichita Falls, TX
48 Tyler, TX
49 Houma, LA
50 Goldsboro, NC
51 Victoria, TX
52 Lewiston-Auburn, ME
53 Hattiesburg, MS
54 Elmira, NY
55 Nashua, NH
56 Yuma, AZ
57 Punta Gorda, FL
58 Jackson, TN
59 Auburn-Opelika, AL
60 Yolo, CA
61 Albany, GA
62 Casper, WY
63 Kokomo, IN
64 Tuscaloosa, AL
65 Charlottesville, VA
66 Pocatello, ID
67 Great Falls, MT
68 Hagerstown, MD
69 Glens Falls, NY
70 Altoona, PA
71 Lima, OH
72 Dothan, AL
73 Owensboro, KY
74 Bangor, ME
75 Lawton, OK
76 Sioux City, IA-NE
77 Fort Walton Beach, FL
78 San Angelo, TX
79 Missoula, MT
80 Jonesboro, AR
81 Pittsfield, MA
82 Eau Claire, WI
83 Jacksonville, NC
84 Barnstable-Yarmouth, MA
85 Abilene, TX
86 Jamestown, NY
87 Cedar Rapids, IA
88 Williamsport, PA
89 Athens, GA
90 Enid, OK
91 Elkhart-Goshen, IN
92 Cheyenne, WY
93 Billings, MT
94 Wausau, WI
95 Burlington, VT
96 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
97 Lawrence, KS
98 Bloomington, IN
99 Sharon, PA
100 Rapid City, SD
101 Lafayette, IN
102 Sheboygan, WI
103 Columbia, MO
104 Sioux Falls, SD
105 St. Cloud, MN
106 Corvallis, OR
107 Iowa City, IA
108 Grand Forks, ND-MN
109 Champaign-Urbana, IL
110 La Crosse, WI-MN
111 Bloomington-Normal, IL
112 Dubuque, IA
113 Rochester, MN
114 Bryan-College Station, TX
115 State College, PA
116 Fargo-Moorhead, ND-MN
117 Bismarck, ND
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