What Is the Loneliest City in America?

A Christian web ministry analyzed Google searches for more than 100 terms related to loneliness and ranked the loneliest cities.

By Aaron Earls

People in Las Vegas are apparently looking for more than a win at the casino. They’re looking for a way to cope with being alone.

CV Outreach, a Christian web ministry, analyzed Google searches for more than 100 terms related to loneliness and ranked U.S. cities by lonely searches per capita.

Sin City topped the list, but it is not alone out West. Six of the top 10 cities are from the western United States.

Nashville is the loneliest city in the South. And Texas had the most cities in the top 25 with four.

Las Vegas, Nevada
Washington, D.C.
Denver, Colorado
Baltimore, Maryland
Seattle, Washington
Tucson, Arizona
Portland, Oregon
Boston, Massachusetts
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Detroit, Michigan
Fresno, California
Nashville, Tennessee
San Francisco, California
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Louisville, Kentucky
Memphis, Tennessee
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
El Paso, Texas
Charlotte, North Carolina
Austin, Texas
Indianapolis, Indiana
Columbus, Ohio
Fort Worth, Texas
Dallas, Texas
Jacksonville, Florida

While Dallas was the most populous city to make the top 25, the nine other cities in the top 10 in U.S. population—New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix, Philadelphia, San Antonio, San Diego and San Jose—were all ranked right outside the top 25 and have higher than average rates of loneliness

The rates of loneliness in Las Vegas, Washington, D.C., and Denver are three times the national average, and all of the top 19 cities have at least double the average rate of loneliness.

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