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Fastest shrinking, US metro areas

US metro areas with the steepest population decline since the prior decennial census.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION GROWTHVS 2000
501Brattleboro, VTVT45,204+3.1%−51%
502Juneau city and, AKAK31,609+3.1%−79%
503Athens, TNTN71,590+3.1%−84%
504Albemarle, NCNC68,830+3.2%−74%
505Lewiston, MEME116,487+3.2%−329%
506Lake City, FLFL74,094+3.2%−90%
507Fort Leonard Wood, MOMO54,442+3.2%−1035%
508Danville, KYKY56,985+3.2%−73%
509Santa Cruz, CACA258,852+3.2%−71%
510Albany, NYNY915,835+3.3%+61%
511Roseburg, OROR111,951+3.3%−46%
512Thomasville, GAGA72,958+3.3%−73%
513Baker City, OROR16,658+3.3%−64%
514Albuquerque, NMNM925,279+3.3%−85%
515Cedartown, GAGA45,514+3.3%−74%
516Fort Morgan, COCO30,306+3.4%−86%
517Montrose, COCO44,591+3.4%−91%
518Ketchikan, AKAK13,549+3.5%+100%
519Panama City, FLFL231,174+3.5%−80%
520Truckee, CACA101,911+3.5%−80%
521Batesville, ARAR38,785+3.5%−64%
522Safford, AZAZ40,157+3.5%−86%
523Willmar, MNMN44,720+3.5%−44%
524Ruston, LALA48,360+3.6%+94%
525McPherson, KSKS30,064+3.6%−57%
526Sparta, WIWI46,572+3.6%−69%
527Guymon, OKOK20,322+3.6%−84%
528Menomonie, WIWI46,223+3.6%−67%
529Brownsville, TXTX433,946+3.6%−87%
530Dothan, ALAL156,266+3.7%−58%
531Warsaw, ININ80,892+3.7%−72%
532Red Bluff, CACA64,665+3.7%−71%
533Enid, OKOK61,779+3.7%+97%
534Pierre, SDSD20,588+3.8%−67%
535Great Falls, MTMT85,029+3.8%+11%
536Lafayette, LALA423,758+3.8%−68%
537Campbellsville, KYKY38,407+3.8%−59%
538Yankton, SDSD23,635+3.9%−69%
539Aberdeen, WAWA78,144+3.9%−17%
540Wichita, KSKS663,809+3.9%−66%
541Kiryas Joel, NYNY718,377+4.0%−58%
542Bemidji, MNMN47,055+4.0%−74%
543Watertown, SDSD29,562+4.0%−71%
544Corpus Christi, TXTX451,191+4.1%−57%
545Ithaca, NYNY104,047+4.1%+61%
546Decatur, ININ36,650+4.1%−49%
547Aberdeen, SDSD41,583+4.2%−1621%
548Yuma, AZAZ224,449+4.2%−92%
549Whitewater, WIWI106,127+4.2%−83%
550Jasper, ININ44,016+4.2%−50%
551Winchester, TNTN45,579+4.2%−68%
552Celina, OHOH42,737+4.2%+12%
553Chambersburg, PAPA160,652+4.2%−38%
554La Crosse, WIWI171,182+4.2%−53%
555Reading, PAPA440,072+4.2%−62%
556Worthington, MNMN22,338+4.3%+17%
557Calhoun, GAGA61,701+4.3%−83%
558Ukiah, CACA88,122+4.3%−42%
559Johnson City, TNTN216,416+4.3%−67%
560Hot Springs, ARAR99,695+4.3%−78%
561Petoskey, MIMI33,775+4.3%−83%
562Shawnee, OKOK75,102+4.3%−62%
563Hinesville, GAGA91,870+4.5%−80%
564Cañon City, COCO50,039+4.5%−89%
565Kalamazoo, MIMI263,795+4.5%−33%
566Klamath Falls, OROR70,274+4.6%−57%
567Winnemucca, NVNV17,267+4.6%−82%
568Morristown, TNTN128,867+4.6%−80%
569Tallahassee, FLFL397,442+4.6%−81%
570Anchorage, AKAK405,821+4.6%−77%
571Victoria, TXTX99,864+4.6%−65%
572Garden City, KSKS37,505+4.6%−80%
573Faribault, MNMN69,939+4.6%−70%
574Athens, TXTX88,595+4.6%−82%
575Sulphur Springs, TXTX39,063+4.6%−57%
576Birmingham, ALAL1,197,766+4.7%−53%
577Philadelphia, PAPA6,329,118+4.7%+1%
578Taos, NMNM34,564+4.7%−84%
579Providence, RIRI1,708,161+4.7%−2%
580San Luis Obispo, CACA282,367+4.7%−65%
581Glasgow, KYKY56,224+4.8%−60%
582Elkhart, ININ208,774+4.8%−72%
583Brookings, OROR22,621+4.8%−48%
584Fergus Falls, MNMN61,041+4.8%−62%
585Elizabethtown, KYKY128,666+4.9%−26%
586Sioux City, IAIA145,738+4.9%−47%
587York, PAPA473,197+4.9%−60%
588Las Cruces, NMNM229,091+4.9%−83%
589Albertville, ALAL103,537+4.9%−69%
590Baltimore, MDMD2,857,781+4.9%−31%
591Allentown, PAPA887,615+5.0%−37%
592Columbus, NENE46,583+5.0%−38%
593Concord, NHNH158,078+5.0%−63%
594Cody, WYWY31,171+5.0%−55%
595Pocatello, IDID91,591+5.0%−65%
596Virginia Beach, VAVA1,797,213+5.1%−42%
597Bonham, TXTX39,265+5.2%−80%
598Waynesville, NCNC63,369+5.2%−66%
599Blackfoot, IDID51,153+5.2%−53%
600Gardnerville Ranchos, NVNV51,154+5.2%−89%
601New Orleans, LALA970,849+5.3%+971%
602Murrells Inlet, SCSC65,912+5.4%−74%
603Baton Rouge, LALA888,699+5.4%−58%
604Clearlake, CACA67,772+5.4%−64%
605Lawrenceburg, TNTN46,914+5.5%−58%
606Washington, ININ34,209+5.5%−34%
607Bainbridge, GAGA29,432+5.5%−49%
608Manhattan, KSKS136,122+5.5%−232%
609Winston-Salem, NCNC712,206+5.5%−67%
610Manchester, NHNH433,415+5.5%−58%
611Yakima, WAWA259,185+5.5%−69%
612Stillwater, OKOK83,889+5.6%−49%
613Fayetteville, NCNC395,412+5.6%−58%
614St. Cloud, MNMN205,854+5.6%−55%
615Ontario, OROR60,085+5.6%−76%
616Cincinnati, OHOH2,312,858+5.6%−37%
617Brainerd, MNMN100,562+5.6%−77%
618Trenton, NJNJ399,289+5.7%−26%
619Pueblo, COCO169,277+5.7%−62%
620Lewiston, IDID65,450+5.7%−55%
621Santa Maria, CACA442,065+5.7%−29%
622Salinas, CACA433,729+5.8%−55%
623The Dalles, OROR26,310+5.8%−41%
624Mount Sterling, KYKY48,428+5.8%−66%
625Seneca, SCSC83,775+5.8%−62%
626Staunton, VAVA129,692+5.8%−49%
627Fayetteville, TNTN36,853+5.9%−48%
628Boone, NCNC54,786+5.9%−62%
629Owensboro, KYKY113,962+5.9%+23%
630Grand Island, NENE78,076+5.9%−29%
631Casper, WYWY80,526+6.0%−31%
632Hermiston, OROR93,721+6.0%−73%
633Kerrville, TXTX54,037+6.0%−70%
634Grand Forks, NDND105,046+6.0%−208%
635Dubuque, IAIA99,381+6.0%+89%
636Laconia, NHNH65,147+6.0%−58%
637Mountain Home, IDID29,465+6.0%−84%
638Barnstable, MAMA233,539+6.1%−68%
639Carson, NVNV58,571+6.1%−80%
640Moscow, IDID41,842+6.1%−57%
641Baraboo, WIWI66,652+6.1%−65%
642Valdosta, GAGA153,276+6.1%−70%
643Grand Junction, COCO162,845+6.1%−75%
644Lynchburg, VAVA269,169+6.2%−44%
645Brenham, TXTX38,288+6.2%−62%
646Sheridan, WYWY33,241+6.2%−51%
647Spirit Lake, IAIA18,077+6.2%−39%
648Alamogordo, NMNM70,368+6.3%−68%
649Lafayette, ININ228,468+6.4%−47%
650Kahului, HIHI160,674+6.4%−77%
651Tucson, AZAZ1,074,685+6.4%−76%
652Lancaster, PAPA563,159+6.5%−43%
653Walla Walla, WAWA62,361+6.5%−54%
654Grants Pass, OROR87,867+6.5%−69%
655Chattanooga, TNTN594,530+6.5%−35%
656Lake Havasu City, AZAZ228,102+6.5%−90%
657Lexington Park, MDMD211,176+6.5%−75%
658Starkville, MSMS62,063+6.5%−31%
659San Diego, CACA3,282,248+6.6%−48%
660New York, NYNY20,112,448+6.6%−24%
661Frankfort, KYKY77,874+6.6%−54%
662Honolulu, HIHI988,703+6.6%+39%
663Amarillo, TXTX276,235+6.7%−56%
664Eagle Pass, TXTX58,823+6.7%−78%
665Laredo, TXTX281,224+6.7%−85%
666Eau Claire, WIWI176,647+6.7%−14%
667Burlington, VTVT227,803+6.8%−45%
668Edwards, COCO54,291+6.8%−92%
669Columbus, GAGA324,830+6.9%+28%
670Abilene, TXTX185,429+6.9%−17%
671Louisville, KYKY1,402,509+6.9%−31%
672Little Rock, ARAR777,607+6.9%−51%
673Spearfish, SDSD29,459+6.9%+25%
674Cornelia, GAGA50,416+6.9%−77%
675Visalia, CACA485,146+7.0%−61%
676Town of Pecos, TXTX12,138+7.0%−141%
677Traverse City, MIMI156,972+7.0%−70%
678Enterprise, ALAL56,953+7.0%−16%
679Columbus, ININ85,729+7.1%−42%
680Mankato, MNMN104,907+7.1%+61%
681Pullman, WAWA48,512+7.1%+41%
682Gulfport, MSMS431,329+7.1%−58%
683Cookeville, TNTN152,477+7.2%−61%
684Lawrence, KSKS120,920+7.2%−68%
685Green Bay, WIWI336,756+7.2%−55%
686Richmond, KYKY131,806+7.2%−60%
687Cedar Rapids, IAIA279,285+7.2%−43%
688Lebanon, PAPA146,380+7.3%+25%
689Greensboro, NCNC805,945+7.3%−62%
690Hood River, OROR23,720+7.3%−65%
691Portland, MEME577,635+7.3%−30%
692Santa Fe, NMNM156,907+7.4%−76%
693Modesto, CACA557,719+7.5%−64%
694Rifle, COCO80,099+7.5%−80%
695Brookings, SDSD37,635+7.5%−37%
696Burley, IDID49,308+7.5%+9%
697Fort Wayne, ININ466,258+7.6%−25%
698Fredericksburg, TXTX28,527+7.6%−64%
699Harrisburg, PAPA617,427+7.7%+5%
700Fresno, CACA1,203,383+7.7%−65%
701Hattiesburg, MSMS158,014+7.7%−40%
702Appleton, WIWI249,876+7.7%−49%
703Knoxville, TNTN968,137+7.8%−47%
704Missoula, MTMT128,698+7.9%−64%
705Flagstaff, AZAZ144,368+7.9%−61%
706Kearney, NENE57,962+8.0%−31%
707Vermillion, SDSD15,031+8.0%+199%
708Worcester, MAMA888,502+8.0%+37%
709Morgantown, WVWV141,995+8.0%+25%
710Ann Arbor, MIMI370,214+8.0%−44%
711El Paso, TXTX881,291+8.1%−46%
712Port Angeles, WAWA78,202+8.1%−44%
713Columbia, SCSC879,918+8.1%−55%
714Ames, IAIA128,090+8.1%+19%
715Rio Grande City, TXTX66,319+8.1%−75%
716Longview, WAWA114,885+8.1%−38%
717Holland, MIMI123,188+8.2%−51%
718Augusta, GAGA641,231+8.2%−44%
719Los Alamos, NMNM19,407+8.2%+550%
720Detroit Lakes, MNMN35,497+8.2%+8%
721Harrisonburg, VAVA140,155+8.3%−64%
722Shelton, WAWA71,165+8.3%−71%
723Lake of the Woods, VAVA40,083+8.3%−60%
724Bakersfield, CACA927,068+8.3%−62%
725Tulsa, OKOK1,069,273+8.3%−36%
726Alexandria, MNMN40,120+8.3%−42%
727Ellensburg, WAWA48,803+8.4%−66%
728Durango, COCO56,898+8.4%−77%
729Hilo, HIHI210,043+8.4%−64%
730Gainesville, TXTX44,461+8.4%−54%
731Kingsland, GAGA60,143+8.4%−81%
732Branson, MOMO57,001+8.5%−85%
733Boston, MAMA5,034,221+8.5%+37%
734Yuba City, CACA187,478+8.6%−36%
735Durant, OKOK51,367+8.6%−38%
736Lubbock, TXTX368,431+8.6%+36%
737Paragould, ARAR47,411+8.7%−50%
738San Angelo, TXTX122,065+8.7%+52%
739Tullahoma, TNTN69,339+8.8%−55%
740Kill Devil Hills, NCNC38,245+8.8%−72%
741Springfield, MOMO500,694+8.9%−62%
742Centralia, WAWA88,062+8.9%−43%
743Riverside, CACA4,769,007+8.9%−66%
744Eugene, OROR381,584+8.9%−37%
745San Jose, CACA1,984,473+8.9%−32%
746Homosassa Springs, FLFL171,666+8.9%−66%
747Cleveland, TNTN134,057+9.0%−53%
748Breckenridge, COCO39,069+9.0%−86%
749Crossville, TNTN66,300+9.1%−74%
750Kansas City, MOMO2,270,682+9.1%−25%
751Waco, TXTX308,807+9.2%−26%
752Hagerstown, MDMD315,280+9.2%−41%
753Grand Rapids, MIMI1,183,645+9.2%−45%
754Kapaa, HIHI73,400+9.3%−35%
755Cullman, ALAL94,009+9.3%−36%
756Vernal, UTUT38,278+9.3%−31%
757Elko, NVNV56,682+9.4%−72%
758Sanford, NCNC70,258+9.4%−49%
759Rochester, MNMN231,184+9.4%−31%
760Sevierville, TNTN101,342+9.4%−76%
761Lexington, KYKY535,174+9.5%−45%
762Newport, OROR50,636+9.5%−34%
763Rapid City, SDSD156,934+9.5%−3%
764San Francisco, CACA4,630,041+9.5%−20%
765Seymour, ININ47,370+9.6%+0%
766Cheyenne, WYWY102,938+9.6%−17%
767Vallejo, CACA455,376+9.7%−39%
768Bremerton, WAWA283,374+9.7%−56%
769Medford, OROR221,795+9.9%−59%
770Charlottesville, VAVA228,597+9.9%−53%
771Merced, CACA297,260+9.9%−45%
772Hammond, LALA141,346+10.0%−43%
773Hailey, IDID32,436+10.0%−73%
774Wenatchee, WAWA128,414+10.0%−62%
775Huron, SDSD19,624+10.1%−249%
776Othello, WAWA21,488+10.1%−52%
777Lake Charles, LALA244,655+10.1%+25%
778Billings, MTMT193,603+10.2%−32%
779Albany, OROR132,843+10.2%−21%
780Corsicana, TXTX57,181+10.2%−21%
781Miami, FLFL6,391,072+10.3%−92%
782Port Townsend, WAWA33,970+10.4%−64%
783Oak Harbor, WAWA85,657+10.6%−44%
784Minneapolis, MNMN3,790,295+10.7%−37%
785Columbia, MOMO219,062+10.8%−42%
786Richmond, VAVA1,389,338+10.8%−30%
787Mount Vernon, WAWA132,975+10.8%−63%
788Jonesboro, ARAR139,440+10.9%−28%
789Astoria, OROR40,926+10.9%+56%
790Salem, OROR445,814+10.9%−56%
791Winchester, VAVA152,332+11.0%−51%
792Jackson, WYWY36,587+11.1%−83%
793Gainesville, FLFL359,036+11.2%−51%
794Corvallis, OROR97,728+11.2%+8%
795Moses Lake, WAWA105,727+11.2%−69%
796Asheville, NCNC422,345+11.2%−46%
797Tyler, TXTX252,549+11.3%−27%
798Shelbyville, TNTN55,273+11.5%−51%
799Minot, NDND75,694+11.5%−3687%
800Sacramento, CACA2,477,274+11.6%−46%
801Palm Bay, FLFL663,982+11.6%−40%
802Helena, MTMT97,153+11.7%−40%
803Omaha, NENE1,009,836+11.8%−0%
804Athens, GAGA224,148+11.9%−46%
805Prescott Valley, AZAZ252,552+11.9%−79%
806Indianapolis, ININ2,205,695+12.0%−26%
807Dover, DEDE194,786+12.0%−15%
808Lewisburg, TNTN38,071+12.1%−50%
809Sherman, TXTX153,613+12.1%−26%
810Stephenville, TXTX43,911+12.3%−31%
811Boulder, COCO328,560+12.3%−58%
812Tuscaloosa, ALAL281,850+12.3%+51%
813McAllen, TXTX921,549+12.4%−74%
814Madison, WIWI709,685+12.4%−21%
815Columbus, OHOH2,242,028+12.5%−14%
816Huntsville, TXTX83,842+12.6%−41%
817Lincoln, NENE352,081+12.6%−23%
818Greenville, SCSC1,014,101+12.6%−28%
819Bellingham, WAWA236,392+12.8%−58%
820Portland, OROR2,542,282+12.9%−51%
821Pinehurst, NCNC110,619+13.0%−51%
822Gainesville, GAGA226,568+13.1%−72%
823Franklin, KYKY20,788+13.1%+57%
824Statesboro, GAGA97,977+13.1%−53%
825Washington, DCDC6,465,724+13.2%−18%
826Slidell, LALA279,108+13.2%−59%
827Bowling Green, KYKY197,180+13.3%−32%
828Deltona, FLFL746,933+13.3%−43%
829Key West, FLFL80,406+13.4%+567%
830Spartanburg, SCSC407,656+13.4%+30%
831Burlington, NCNC186,177+13.4%−36%
832Ocala, FLFL442,660+13.5%−59%
833Pensacola, FLFL544,949+13.6%−31%
834Stockton, CACA823,815+13.7%−21%
835Oxford, MSMS71,972+13.8%−24%
836Oklahoma City, OKOK1,512,813+13.8%+8%
837Spokane, WAWA608,012+13.8%−18%
838Tampa, FLFL3,418,895+14.1%−11%
839Warner Robins, GAGA208,091+14.3%−34%
840Brigham City, UTUT70,405+14.7%−15%
841Twin Falls, IDID123,901+14.7%−27%
842Kalispell, MTMT115,429+14.8%−43%
843Iowa City, IAIA182,711+15.0%+9%
844Port St. Lucie, FLFL568,721+15.0%−45%
845Hobbs, NMNM74,749+15.0%−3400%
846Jacksonville, NCNC217,175+15.1%+4270%
847Reno, NVNV578,734+15.2%−58%
848Atlanta, GAGA6,482,182+15.2%−60%
849Sandpoint, IDID54,420+15.2%−60%
850Hilton Head Island, SCSC242,966+15.5%−60%
851Phoenix, AZAZ5,228,938+15.6%−66%
852Salt Lake City, UTUT1,308,377+15.6%−37%
853Carlsbad, NMNM62,509+15.8%+151%
854Sebastian, FLFL172,799+15.8%−37%
855Las Vegas, NVNV2,407,226+16.1%−81%
856Ogden, UTUT672,784+16.5%−36%
857Savannah, GAGA438,314+16.5%+22%
858Anderson Creek, NCNC150,137+16.5%−52%
859Denver, COCO3,092,037+16.5%−46%
860Wilmington, NCNC492,772+16.6%−55%
861Durham, NCNC625,485+16.8%−29%
862Punta Gorda, FLFL217,212+16.8%−39%
863Seattle, WAWA4,161,883+16.8%−11%
864Lacey, WAWA304,261+16.9%−41%
865Naples, FLFL417,131+16.9%−74%
866Colorado Springs, COCO781,796+17.0%−46%
867Des Moines, IAIA758,539+17.0%+14%
868Clarksville, TNTN349,001+17.0%−25%
869Killeen, TXTX511,497+17.3%−25%
870College Station, TXTX287,476+17.3%−23%
871Pahrump, NVNV57,336+17.4%−79%
872Logan, UTUT160,889+17.5%−40%
873Huntsville, ALAL556,444+17.8%+5%
874Idaho Falls, IDID173,851+18.1%+29%
875Charlotte, NCNC2,938,830+18.6%−33%
876North Port, FLFL948,158+18.7%−9%
877Jacksonville, FLFL1,785,500+19.3%−9%
878San Antonio, TXTX2,813,140+19.4%−10%
879Fargo, NDND269,528+19.7%+43%
880Auburn, ALAL208,013+19.8%−18%
881Fort Collins, COCO377,292+19.8%−44%
882Kennewick, WAWA324,334+19.8%−29%
883Dallas, TXTX8,477,157+20.0%−32%
884Houston, TXTX7,904,627+20.2%−20%
885Charleston, SCSC889,263+20.3%+144%
886Granbury, TXTX70,501+20.4%−51%
887Sioux Falls, SDSD314,638+20.4%−1%
888Seaford, DEDE277,140+20.4%−47%
889Lakeland, FLFL874,790+20.4%+5%
890Odessa, TXTX173,801+20.4%+1011%
891Nashville, TNTN2,197,416+20.6%−18%
892Bismarck, NDND139,750+20.8%+70%
893Crestview, FLFL315,098+21.7%−6%
894Cape Coral, FLFL875,607+23.0%−27%
895Bend, OROR266,376+23.5%−53%
896Midland, TXTX193,139+23.7%+188%
897Coeur d'Alene, IDID191,864+23.7%−57%
898Boise City, IDID864,243+24.0%−47%
899Cedar City, UTUT67,141+24.1%−61%
900Fayetteville, ARAR622,177+24.2%−48%
901Vineyard Haven, MAMA21,219+24.6%−15%
902Raleigh, NCNC1,595,720+25.1%−47%
903Orlando, FLFL2,957,672+25.3%−26%
904Jefferson, GAGA99,265+25.5%−34%
905Andrews, TXTX18,914+25.9%−378%
906Daphne, ALAL267,761+27.2%−37%
907Provo, UTUT773,426+27.4%−31%
908Heber, UTUT81,655+28.9%−62%
909Greeley, COCO378,426+30.1%−19%
910Myrtle Beach, SCSC427,551+30.4%−17%
911St. George, UTUT213,670+30.5%−65%
912Rexburg, IDID69,380+30.6%+126%
913Bozeman, MTMT128,740+32.9%−4%
914Austin, TXTX2,620,945+33.0%−31%
915Dickinson, NDND39,142+35.7%−1314%
916The Villages, FLFL157,772+38.9%−44%
917Nantucket, MAMA14,758+40.1%−31%
918Williston, NDND41,767+82.8%−1379%
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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES