US Central City Population Trends by Decade: 1950-2000
The following table includes all US cities of more than 200,000 in 1950 that have not made substantial annexations of new territory, and
which had fully developed land areas in 1950. The New York figures exclude Staten Island, which contained considerable undeveloped land in 1950
Data in 000s
|
City |
1950 |
1960 |
1970 |
1980 |
1990 |
2000 |
|
Baltimore |
950 |
939 |
906 |
787 |
736 |
651 |
|
Boston |
801 |
697 |
641 |
563 |
574 |
589 |
|
Buffalo |
580 |
533 |
463 |
358 |
328 |
293 |
|
Chicago |
3,621 |
3,550 |
3,367 |
3,005 |
2,783 |
2896 |
|
Cincinnati |
504 |
503 |
453 |
385 |
364 |
331 |
|
Cleveland |
915 |
876 |
751 |
574 |
506 |
478 |
|
Detroit |
1,850 |
1,670 |
1,511 |
1,203 |
1,028 |
951 |
|
Jersey City |
299 |
276 |
261 |
224 |
229 |
240 |
|
Miami |
249 |
292 |
335 |
347 |
359 |
362 |
|
Minneapolis |
522 |
483 |
434 |
371 |
368 |
383 |
|
New Orleans |
570 |
628 |
591 |
557 |
497 |
485 |
|
New York |
7,700 |
7,560 |
7,600 |
6,719 |
6,945 |
7565 |
|
Newark |
437 |
405 |
382 |
329 |
275 |
274 |
|
Oakland |
385 |
368 |
362 |
339 |
372 |
399 |
|
Philadelphia |
2,072 |
2,003 |
1,949 |
1,688 |
1,586 |
1518 |
|
Pittsburgh |
677 |
604 |
520 |
424 |
370 |
335 |
|
Providence |
249 |
207 |
179 |
157 |
161 |
174 |
|
Rochester |
322 |
319 |
296 |
242 |
232 |
220 |
|
San Francisco |
775 |
740 |
716 |
679 |
724 |
777 |
|
St. Louis |
857 |
750 |
622 |
453 |
397 |
348 |
|
St. Paul |
311 |
313 |
310 |
270 |
272 |
287 |
|
Syracuse |
221 |
216 |
197 |
170 |
164 |
147 |
|
Washington |
802 |
764 |
757 |
638 |
607 |
572 |
|
Worcester |
203 |
187 |
177 |
162 |
170 |
173 |
|
Total |
27,822 |
26,843 |
25,750 |
22,624 |
22,037 |
22,448 |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Decade Change |
(979) |
(1,093) |
(3,126) |
(587) |
411 |
|
Total Change: 1950-2000 |
|
|
|
(5,374) |
|
Share of 1950-2000 |
18.2% |
20.3% |
58.2% |
10.9% |
-7.6% |
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