18 U.S. Cities With The Worst Credit Scores. Is Your City One Of Them?

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4. Jacksonville, Florida

Late payments appear to be something of a bad habit for a great number of Jacksonville residents. Statistics compiled by Experian in 2011 point to 0.64 late payments per person, meaning that nearly two out of every three residents has been guilty of this huge credit mistake at least once in the past year. Compare this to a national average of just 0.45. Maybe it’s a southern thang because residents of this next southern city have credit problems just as bad…