WalletHub has crunched the data and has come up with the best places to celebrate the Fourth of July.

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The company compared the 100 largest cities in the U.S. and ranked them based on the balance between cost and fun, using 18 metrics from the cost of beer and wine to the length of the fireworks shows, plus how well the weather will cooperate.

The National Retail Federation estimates that households will spend $9.4 billion this year to celebrate America 250.

The top city, surprisingly, isn’t New York or Washington, D.C.

Instead, Las Vegas tops the list.

The top five are:

1. Las Vegas
2. New York
3. Orlando, Florida
4. Los Angeles
5. Minneapolis
6. St. Paul, Minnesota
7. San Francisco
8. Atlanta
9. Seattle
10. Sacramento, California
11. San Diego
12. Cincinnati
13. Scottsdale, Arizona
14. New Orleans
15. Chicago
16. Washington, D.C.
17. Irvine, California
18. Pittsburgh
19. Miami
20. Portland, Oregon
21. Buffalo, New York
22. Columbus, Ohio
23. Oakland, California
24. St. Louis
25. Madison, Wisconsin
26. Kansas City, Missouri
27. Freemont, California
28. Milwaukee, Wisconsin
29. Long Beach, California
30. Charlotte, North Carolina
31. Denver
32. Boston
33. Tucson, Arizona
34. Raleigh, North Carolina
35. North Las Vegas, Nevada
36. Boise, Idaho
37. Anaheim, California
38. Nashville, Tennessee
39. Dallas
40. Omaha, Nebraska
41. Louisville, Kentucky
42. Fort Worth, Texas
43. Reno, Nevada
44. Glendale, Arizona
45. Norfolk, Virginia
46. Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky
47. Houston
48. Virginia Beach, Virginia
49. Oklahoma City
50. Jacksonville, Florida
51. San Jose, California
52. Detroit
53. Wichita, Kansas
54. Phoenix, Arizona
55. Mesa, Arizona
56. Colorado Springs, Colorado
57. El Paso, Texas
58. Tulsa, Oklahoma
59. Albuquerque, New Mexico
60. Henderson, Nevada
61. St. Petersburg, Florida
62. Fresno, California
63. Lubbock, Texas
64. Baltimore
65. Tampa, Florida
66. Bakersfield, California
67. Stockton, California
68. Lincoln, Nebraska
69. Santa Ana, California
70. Indianapolis
71. Chula Vista, California
72. Chandler, Arizona
73. Riverside, California
74. San Antonio, Texas
75. Greensboro, North Carolina
76. Birmingham, Alabama
77. Chesapeake, Virginia
78. Gilbert, Arizona
79. Memphis, Tennessee
80. Arlington, Texas
81. Plano, Texas
82. Durham, North Carolina
83. San Bernardino, California
84. Austin, Texas
85. Philadelphia
86. Anchorage, Alaska
87. Honolulu
88. Winston-Salem, North Carolina
89. Toledo, Ohio
90. Aurora, Ohio
91. Corpus Christi, Texas
92. Fort Wayne, Indiana
93. Irving, Texas
94. Jersey City, New Jersey
95. Cleveland
96. Baton Rouge, Louisiana
97. Hialeah, Florida
98. Newark, New Jersey
99. Laredo, Texas
100. Garland, Texas

Source: WalletHub

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