10 Cities With the Highest Credit Scores

 Where does your city rank -

The upper Midwest Hold 3 of the 10 spots with cities

# 1 Green Bay, Wis.

# 2 Madson Wis.

# 3 Minneapolis, Minn. -

# 9 Fargo, ND - my collage town

#10 Sioux Falls, SD

 The average credit score, one of the best measures of financial responsibility, is finally starting to stabilize, after a steady slide from 2006 to 2009, suggesting consumer belt tightening is starting to work.

The national average was 747.10 at the end of 2010, according to Experian, one of the three big credit-reporting agencies. That's on a scale of 501 to 990.