US Cities With Substantially
Same Borders: 1950-2000:
Change in Population Density
|
City |
1950 |
2000 |
Change |
|
New York |
26,046 |
26,429 |
1.5% |
|
Somerville |
24,878 |
18,537 |
-25.5% |
|
Jersey City |
19,933 |
16,000 |
-19.7% |
|
Cambridge |
18,750 |
15,781 |
-15.8% |
|
Newark |
18,208 |
11,375 |
-37.5% |
|
Chicago |
17,409 |
12,746 |
-26.8% |
|
Boston |
17,043 |
12,169 |
-28.6% |
|
Paterson |
16,548 |
17,738 |
7.2% |
|
San Francisco |
16,489 |
16,532 |
0.3% |
|
Philadelphia |
15,348 |
11,236 |
-26.8% |
|
Buffalo |
14,872 |
7,217 |
-51.5% |
|
Camden |
14,205 |
9,091 |
-36.0% |
|
St. Louis |
14,049 |
5,622 |
-60.0% |
|
Providence |
13,911 |
9,405 |
-32.4% |
|
Detroit |
13,214 |
6,864 |
-48.1% |
|
Washington |
13,148 |
9,316 |
-29.1% |
|
Pittsburgh |
12,537 |
6,025 |
-51.9% |
|
Cleveland |
12,200 |
6,208 |
-49.1% |
|
Baltimore |
11,875 |
8,057 |
-32.2% |
|
Reading |
11,224 |
8,265 |
-26.4% |
|
Berkeley |
10,857 |
9,810 |
-9.6% |
|
Wilmington |
10,278 |
6,759 |
-34.2% |
|
Hartford |
10,172 |
7,052 |
-30.7% |
|
Bridgeport |
9,875 |
8,750 |
-11.4% |
|
Minneapolis |
9,491 |
6,964 |
-26.6% |
|
Elizabeth |
9,262 |
9,918 |
7.1% |
|
Rochester |
9,222 |
6,145 |
-33.4% |
|
Syracuse |
8,735 |
5,857 |
-33.0% |
|
New Haven |
8,677 |
6,561 |
-24.4% |
|
Average |
13,680 |
10,148 |
-25.8% |
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Cities with more than 100,000 residents in 1950 with a population density greater than 7,500. |
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