Statistics for The Fastest Shrinking U.S. Cities

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Rank	2010 Population	2012 Population	Change	State	Answer	% Correct
1	713,777	701,475	-12,302	Michigan	Detroit	99%
2	396,815	390,928	-5,887	Ohio	Cleveland	89%
5	295,384	293,258	-1,926	New York	Buffalo	74%
3	287,208	284,012	-3,196	Ohio	Toledo	59%
6	102,434	100,515	-1,919	Michigan	Flint	58%
13	319,294	318,172	-1,122	Missouri	St. Louis	57%
12	80,294	79,170	-1,124	Indiana	Gary	49%
16	145,170	144,170	-1,000	New York	Syracuse	38%
8	66,982	65,405	-1,577	Ohio	Youngstown	29%
4	152,871	150,843	-2,028	Illinois	Rockford	24%
7	98,153	96,474	-1,679	Michigan	Dearborn	23%
17	146,199	145,219	-980	New Jersey	Paterson	16%
20	82,672	81,873	-799	Rhode Island	Warwick	15%
11	80,830	79,686	-1,144	Indiana	Hammond	11%
9	96,942	95,586	-1,356	Michigan	Livonia	7%
15	81,601	80,597	-1,004	Ohio	Parma	6%
19	70,145	69,220	-925	North Carolina	Jacksonville	4%
18	57,774	56,838	-936	Michigan	Dearborn Heights	3%
10	84,094	82,883	-1,211	Michigan	Westland	3%
14	63,131	62,114	-1,017	Michigan	Taylor	2%