Rebounding Cities in the United States

These three major cities all experienced a population decline at some point in the second half of the 20th century. But, in the early 21st century, their population started to grow again.
U.S. Census: 1900–2000
Intercensal estimates: 2001–2020
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Level ∞
Jul 4, 2018
New York, San Francisco, and Seattle also fit the pattern. And, of course, there are many cities whose population peaked in the 1950s and that are continuing to shrink.
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Level 70
Jul 5, 2018
Interesting !
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Level 76
Jul 6, 2018
Why did they experience a population decline? Crime? I don't know anything about these cities in the 70s.
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Level 82
Jul 6, 2018
People moving to the suburbs.
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Level 76
Jul 7, 2018
Ahh, makes sense
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Level 68
Nov 17, 2020
I don't think it's crime. I dunno what it is tho.
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Level 58
May 7, 2021
Fun Fact: DC has a biggol murder rate.
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Level ∞
Jun 28, 2021
Combination of high crime and new highway links making it easier to commute from the suburbs.
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Level 40
Jul 6, 2018
Woah, I'd never be able to find random into that's as interesting as this.
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Level 75
Jul 6, 2018
I love these kinds of statistics. Numbers for metro areas might be different from city proper numbers. According to census.gov, Dallas-Ft. Worth-Arlington had the largest metro population increase, and Maricopa Co. AZ (Phoenix) and Clark Co. NV (Vegas) had the largest county population increases in the nation last year, but six of the top ten growth counties were located in Texas. Falls Church City, VA was the fastest-growing county (or equivalent). The fastest-growing metro areas were St. George, UT; Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; Greeley CO; Lakeland, FL; and Boise, ID. In most of these domestic migration was the main factor of change.
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Level 55
Feb 25, 2021
Hopefully Detroit makes it soon.
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Level ∞
Jun 28, 2021
Seems unlikely anytime soon. However, I recently visited downtown Detroit and things in that small area have improved massively in the last few years.
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Level 55
Jun 30, 2021
Yeah, it's almost certain that some more shrinking will happen before it grows again, but fingers crossed still.