Down 20-49%
In the 2010 U.S. Census, these cities had lost 20% to 49% of their population since 1950: Alabama: Birmingham (-35%) Connecticut: Hartford (-30%) Delaware: Wilmington (-36%) District of Columbia: Washington (-25%) Illinois: Chicago (-26%) Louisiana: New Orleans (-40%) Maryland: Baltimore (-35%) Massachusetts: Boston (-23%) Michigan: Flint (-37%) Minnesota: Minneapolis (-27%) New Jersey: Newark (-37%) New York: Albany (-28%), Rochester (-37%), Syracuse (-34%) |  Rochester, New York (Photo by Matthew D. Wilson) Ohio: Akron (-27%), Cincinnati (-41%), Dayton (-42%) Pennsylvania: Erie (-22%), Philadelphia (-26%) Rhode Island: Providence (-28%) West Virginia: Charleston (-43%) |