WASHINGTON, D.C. – The financial website Wallethub named Manchester as the 18^th best-run city in the United States.

The study, released on Tuesday, looked at 148 American cities and ranked them on their budget per capita (Manchester finished 27^th) and the “quality of city services” (Manchester finished 38^th)

Within the “quality of city services” category, there were six sub-rankings: Financial Stability, Education, Health, Safety, Economy and Infrastructure and Pollution. Here, Manchester finished 90^th, 124^th, 35^th, 29^th, 47^th, and 34^th respectively.

Manchester was the second best city in New Hampshire on the ranking, falling behind Nashua and the 3rd best city in New England, behind Nashua and Warwick, RI.

The top 20 cities are:

Overall Rank*	City	Quality of City Services Rank	Total Budget per Capita Rank
1	Nampa, ID	45	1
2	Lexington-Fayette, KY	41	2
3	Boise, ID	4	4
4	Nashua, NH	3	13
5	Oklahoma City, OK	58	6
6	Durham, NC	16	20
7	Provo, UT	6	29
8	Fort Wayne, IN	49	11
9	Sioux Falls, SD	29	16
10	Wichita, KS	98	5
11	Raleigh, NC	12	33
12	Columbus, GA	83	8
13	Warwick, RI	37	19
14	Las Cruces, NM	85	7
15	Missoula, MT	59	15
16	Billings, MT	87	9
17	Huntington, WV	105	10
18	Manchester, NH	38	27
19	Bismarck, ND	25	35
20	Baton Rouge, LA	139	3

A full methodology as well as additional information on the study can be found at the WalletHub website.

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