Cities Formerly Over 100,000 People
The following table lists U.S. cities that, in past censuses, have had populations of at least 100,000 but have since decreased beneath this threshold or have been consolidated with or annexed into a neighboring city.
The table below contains the following information:
- Name of city
- Name of state
- Official population count for the 2010 Census.
- The city's peak population based on highest official enumeration recorded by the Census (and the year of that particular Census)
- The numeric decline in population from its peak Census count to the most recent Census count in 2010.
- The percent decline in population from its peak Census count to the most recent Census count in 2010.
- Any additional notes of significant importance.
| City | State | 2010 population | Peak population (year) | Numeric decline from peak population | Percent decline from peak population | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany | New York | 700497856000000000097,856 | 7005134995000000000134,995 (1950) | -37,139 | -27.51% | 2.30% from 2000 to 2010 |
| Allegheny | Pennsylvania | N/A | 7005129896000000000129,896 (1900) | – | – | annexed by Pittsburgh in 1907 |
| Brooklyn | New York | N/A | 7005806343000000000806,343 (1890) | – | – | consolidated with New York City in 1898 |
| Camden | New Jersey | 700477344000000000077,344 | 7005124555000000000124,555 (1950) | -47,211 | -37.90% | |
| Canton | Ohio | 700473007000000000073,007 | 7005116912000000000116,912 (1950) | -43,905 | -37.55% | |
| Dearborn | Michigan | 700498153000000000098,153 | 7005112007000000000112,007 (1960) | -13,854 | -12.37% | 9.93% from 1990 to 2010 |
| Duluth | Minnesota | 700486265000000000086,265 | 7005107312000000000107,312 (1960) | -21,047 | -19.61% | |
| Fall River | Massachusetts | 700488857000000000088,857 | 7005120485000000000120,485 (1920) | -31,628 | -26.25% | |
| Gary | Indiana | 700480294000000000080,294 | 7005178320000000000178,320 (1960) | -98,026 | -54.97% | |
| Hammond | Indiana | 700480830000000000080,830 | 7005111698000000000111,698 (1960) | -30,868 | -27.64% | |
| Livonia | Michigan | 700496942000000000096,942 | 7005110109000000000110,109 (1970) | -13,167 | -11.96% | |
| Lynn | Massachusetts | 700490329000000000090,329 | 7005102320000000000102,320 (1930) | -11,991 | -11.72% | 15.11% from 1980 to 2010 |
| Macon | Georgia | 700491351000000000091,351 | 7005122423000000000122,423 (1970) | -31,072 | -25.38% | |
| New Bedford | Massachusetts | 700495072000000000095,072 | 7005121217000000000121,217 (1920) | -26,145 | -21.57% | 1.39% from 2000 to 2010 |
| Niagara Falls | New York | 700450194000000000050,194 | 7005102394000000000102,394 (1960) | -52,200 | -50.98% | |
| Parma | Ohio | 700481601000000000081,601 | 7005100216000000000100,216 (1970) | -18,615 | -18.57% | |
| Portsmouth | Virginia | 700495535000000000095,535 | 7005114773000000000114,773 (1960) | -19,238 | -16.76% | |
| Reading | Pennsylvania | 700488082000000000088,082 | 7005111171000000000111,171 (1930) | -23,089 | -20.77% | 12.38% from 1990 to 2010 |
| Roanoke | Virginia | 700497032000000000097,032 | 7005100220000000000100,220 (1980) | -3,188 | -3.18% | 2.23% from 2000 to 2010 |
| Saint Joseph | Missouri | 700476780000000000076,780 | 7005102979000000000102,979 (1900) | -26,199 | -25.44% | 6.86% from 1990 to 2010 |
| Scranton | Pennsylvania | 700476089000000000076,089 | 7005143333000000000143,333 (1930) | -67,244 | -46.91% | |
| Somerville | Massachusetts | 700475754000000000075,754 | 7005103908000000000103,908 (1930) | -28,154 | -27.10% | |
| Trenton | New Jersey | 700484913000000000084,913 | 7005128009000000000128,009 (1950) | -43,096 | -33.67% | |
| Utica | New York | 700462235000000000062,235 | 7005101740000000000101,740 (1930) | -39,505 | -38.83% | 2.61% from 2000 to 2010 |
| Wilmington | Delaware | 700470851000000000070,851 | 7005112504000000000112,504 (1940) | -41,653 | -37.02% | |
| Youngstown | Ohio | 700466982000000000066,982 | 7005170002000000000170,002 (1930) | -103,020 | -60.60% |
Read more about this topic: List Of United States Cities By Population
Famous quotes containing the words cities and/or people:
“The only phenomenon with which writing has always been concomitant is the creation of cities and empires, that is the integration of large numbers of individuals into a political system, and their grading into castes or classes.... It seems to have favored the exploitation of human beings rather than their enlightenment.”
—Claude Lévi-Strauss (b. 1908)
“I have observed the misery of my people who are in Egypt; I have heard their cry on account of their taskmasters. Indeed, I know their sufferings, and I have come down to deliver them from the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the country of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Exodus 3:7,8.