Hoping to inspire goodwill toward the less fortunate during the holiday season, WalletHub compared the most populated U.S. cities across 21 key metrics to determine where Americans are most economically disadvantaged. Based on such indicators as the child poverty rate, the food-insecurity rate, and the uninsured rate, they ranked cities in terms of "neediness," where 1 was the neediest (Detroit had that unfortunate distinction). From their list of neediness rankings, the following 13 cities were selected at random and matched to their homicide rates per 100,000 population.