Rust Belt Population

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First published: Monday September 27th, 2021

The Rust Belt took a pretty hard hit in the mid-20th century. Here's how the population of some of the bigger Rust Belt cities, as well as two cities which took perhaps the hardest hits: Gary, IN and Youngstown, OH.

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Data for Gary, IN unavailable prior to 1910

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X Axis	Detroit	Pittsburgh	Cleveland	Buffalo	Akron	Cincinnati	Youngstown	Gary
2020	639111	302971	372624	278349	190469	309317	60068	69093
2010	713777	305704	396815	261310	199110	296945	66982	80294
2000	951270	334563	478403	292648	217074	331285	82026	102746
1990	1027974	369879	505616	328123	223019	364040	95787	116646
1980	1203368	423938	573822	357870	237177	385460	115427	151968
1970	1514063	520117	750903	462768	275425	452525	139788	175415
1960	1670144	604332	876050	532759	290351	502550	166689	178320
1950	1849568	676806	914808	580132	274605	503998	168330	133911
1940	1623452	671659	878336	575901	244791	455610	167720	111719
1930	1568662	669817	900429	573076	255040	451160	170002	100666
1920	993678	588343	796841	506775	208435	401247	132358	55378
1910	465766	533905	560663	423715	69067	363591	79066	16802
1900	285704	321616	381768	352387	42728	325902	44885
1890	205876	238617	261353	255664	27601	296908	33220
1880	116340	156389	160146	155134	16512	255139	15435
1870	79577	86076	92829	117714	10006	216239	8075
1860	45619	49221	43417	81129	3477	161044	2759