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Where would you rank Columbus as a good place for singles?

With 45 percent of American adults being single, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2016’s Best and Worst Cities for Singles. Columbus ranked in the bottom half, coming in at 86 on the list of 150 American cities.

To identify the cities in which singles have the highest chance of finding a significant other, WalletHub’s analysts compared the 150 most populated U.S. cities across 29 key metrics. The data set ranges from “share of single population” to “number of online dating opportunities” to “nightlife options per capita.”

The 10 best cities for singles, according to WalletHub, are:

1. San Francisco

2. Orlando

3. Seattle

4. San Diego

5. Boston

6. Austin

7. Las Vegas

8. Phoenix

9. Miami

10. Los Angeles

The 10 worst cities for singles are:

141. Greensboro, N.C.

142. Fontana, Calif.

143. Laredo, Texas

144. Chesapeake, Va.

145. Moreno Valley, Calif.

146. Pembroke Pines, Fla.

147. Port St. Lucie, Fla.

148. Yonkers, N.Y.

149. Hialeah, Fla.

150. Brownsville, Texas

This story was originally published December 5, 2016 at 9:23 AM with the headline "Where would you rank Columbus as a good place for singles?."

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