Demographia

Core Cities with 1950 Boundaries:
Population Trends from 1950

City 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
Albany 135 130 116 102 101 97
Allentown 107 108 110 104 105 107
Baltimore 950 939 906 787 736 651
Berkeley 114 111 114 103 103 103
Boston 801 697 641 563 574 589
Bridgeport 158 157 157 143 142 140
Buffalo 580 533 463 358 328 293
Cambridge 120 108 100 95 96 101
Camden 125 117 103 85 87 80
Chicago 3,621 3,550 3,367 3,005 2,783 2,896
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
Elizabeth 113 108 113 106 110 121
Erie 131 138 129 119 109 104
Fall River 112 100 97 93 93 92
Hartford 177 162 158 137 140 122
Jersey City 299 276 260 224 229 240
Minneapolis 522 483 434 371 368 383
New Bedford 109 102 102 98 100 94
New Haven 164 152 138 126 130 124
New York 7,700 7,560 7,600 6,719 6,945 7,565
Newark 439 405 382 329 275 274
Oakland 385 368 362 339 372 399
Paterson 139 144 145 138 141 149
Philadelphia 2,072 2,003 1,949 1,688 1,586 1,518
Pittsburgh 677 604 520 424 370 335
Providence 249 207 179 157 161 174
Reading 110 98 88 79 78 81
Rochester 332 319 296 242 232 220
San Francisco 775 740 716 679 724 777
Scranton 126 111 103 88 82 76
Somerville 102 95 89 77 77 76
Springfield, MA 162 175 164 152 156 152
St. Louis 857 750 622 453 397 348
St. Paul 311 313 310 270 272 285
Trenton 128 114 105 92 89 85
Utica 102 100 91 76 69 61
Washington 802 764 757 638 607 572
Waterbury 105 107 108 103 109 107
Wilmington 111 96 80 70 72 73
Worcester 203 187 177 162 170 173
Youngstown 168 167 141 115 96 82
Total 29,612 28,407 27,177 23,851 23,302 23,679
             
Change   (1,205) (1,230) (3,326) (549) 377
Percentage Change -4.1% -4.3% -12.2% -2.3% 1.6%
             
Share of Change 20.3% 20.7% 56.1% 9.3% -6.4%
             
Cumulative Change (1,205) (2,435) (5,761) (6,310) (5,933)
Percentage   20.3% 41.0% 97.1% 106.4% 100.0%
             
In thousands (000)          
Cities with more than 100,000 population in 1950, substantially built-out in 1950 and with substantially the same boundaries in 2000 as in 1950.
New York excludes Staten Island (which was largely undeveloped in 1950)

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