Statistics for U.S. Cities That Lost Population Since 1950

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1950	2022	City	% Correct
1,849,568	620,376	Detroit	96%
856,796	286,578	St. Louis	96%
580,132	276,486	Buffalo	88%
914,808	361,607	Cleveland	88%
3,620,962	2,665,039	Chicago	84%
503,998	309,513	Cincinnati	84%
2,071,605	1,567,258	Philadelphia	84%
570,445	369,749	New Orleans	80%
676,806	302,898	Pittsburgh	80%
949,708	569,931	Baltimore	76%
801,444	650,706	Boston	76%
133,911	67,972	Gary	76%
637,392	563,305	Milwaukee	76%
332,488	209,352	Rochester	76%
274,605	188,509	Akron	72%
220,583	144,451	Syracuse	72%
802,178	671,803	Washington D.C.	72%
243,872	135,944	Dayton	68%
303,616	266,301	Toledo	68%
134,995	100,826	Albany	64%
130,803	93,511	Erie	64%
162,399	154,064	Springfield	64%
521,718	425,096	Minneapolis	60%
438,776	305,344	Newark	60%
163,143	79,854	Flint	56%
177,397	120,686	Hartford	56%
248,674	189,563	Providence	56%
125,536	75,848	Scranton	56%
168,330	59,144	Youngstown	52%
326,037	196,910	Birmingham	48%
230,310	229,395	Richmond	48%
128,009	89,661	Trenton	48%
299,017	286,670	Jersey City	44%
111,856	111,021	Peoria	44%
110,356	71,569	Wilmington	44%
158,709	148,377	Bridgeport	40%
124,555	70,996	Camden	40%
164,448	138,915	New Haven	40%
311,349	303,176	St. Paul	40%
101,531	64,081	Utica	40%
116,912	69,671	Canton	36%
104,511	86,619	Duluth	36%
115,911	103,110	South Bend	32%
120,740	118,488	Cambridge	28%
128,636	115,749	Evansville	28%
109,320	94,858	Reading	28%
111,963	93,682	Fall River	24%
109,189	100,682	New Bedford	24%
102,351	79,762	Somerville	12%