Highest per-capita city government debt: $8,115 U.S. average: $1,472 Highest infant-mortality rate: 18.3 per 1,000 live births U.S. average: 8.5 Highest rate of violent crime: 2,921 per 100,000 U.S. average: 746 Highest percentage of state residents on public aid: 13.3 U.S. average: 7.6
SOURCES: U.S. COMMERCE DEPT., FBI, D.C. HUMAN SERVICES DEPT., U.S. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPT.