The Fastest Shrinking U.S. Cities

Based On My EXCESSIVE Clue Giving, Try To Figure Out These Shrinking Cities!
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Last updated: June 16, 2014
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Rank
2010 Population
2012 Population
Change
State
Answer
1
713,777
701,475
-12,302
Michigan
Detroit
2
396,815
390,928
-5,887
Ohio
Cleveland
3
287,208
284,012
-3,196
Ohio
Toledo
4
152,871
150,843
-2,028
Illinois
Rockford
5
295,384
293,258
-1,926
New York
Buffalo
6
102,434
100,515
-1,919
Michigan
Flint
7
98,153
96,474
-1,679
Michigan
Dearborn
8
66,982
65,405
-1,577
Ohio
Youngstown
9
96,942
95,586
-1,356
Michigan
Livonia
10
84,094
82,883
-1,211
Michigan
Westland
11
80,830
79,686
-1,144
Indiana
Hammond
12
80,294
79,170
-1,124
Indiana
Gary
13
319,294
318,172
-1,122
Missouri
St. Louis
14
63,131
62,114
-1,017
Michigan
Taylor
15
81,601
80,597
-1,004
Ohio
Parma
16
145,170
144,170
-1,000
New York
Syracuse
17
146,199
145,219
-980
New Jersey
Paterson
18
57,774
56,838
-936
Michigan
Dearborn Heights
19
70,145
69,220
-925
North Carolina
Jacksonville
20
82,672
81,873
-799
Rhode Island
Warwick
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Level 52
Jun 5, 2014
Tell me how you guys thought about the quiz! :)
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Level 90
Jun 6, 2014
Good quiz, should be Hammond, IN though not Hammock.
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Level 52
Jun 6, 2014
Oops! Nice catch! I'll fix it in a jiffy!
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Level 77
Jun 12, 2014
Why is Buffalo's population increasing? Good quiz, though it pains me to see my state losing so many people.
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Level 52
Jun 16, 2014
Nice Catch. Fixed!
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Level 90
Jul 21, 2014
This quiz really shows how the decay of Detroit is spreading to it's inner ring of suburbs.
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Level 37
Sep 22, 2014
Cool quiz. I'm not sure the data is truly indicative of shrinking, though. For example, Jacksonville NC's 2000 population was 66,715. 2010 it was 70,145. Forbes magazine named it the 5th fastest-growing small city in America earlier this month.
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Level 82
Feb 12, 2015
There's a city in Rhode Island other than Providence? News to me. I should have gotten Youngstown, though. Dad grew up there...
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Level 65
Mar 12, 2015
Some of these "cities" seem rather small to me.
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Level 41
Oct 8, 2016
Extremely hard