Which metro area has the lowest population change?

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI ranks #1 with -88,335 (2010 Decennial Census).

What are the top 5 metro areas by population change?

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, Cleveland, OH, New Orleans-Metairie, LA, Pittsburgh, PA.

How many metro areas are in this ranking?

918 metro areas qualify after filtering for population minimums and data availability. The ranking covers 2010 Decennial Census data.

How is population change measured?

Change in the number of residents from the prior decennial census (raw count, not a percentage). Source: US Census Bureau, 2010 Decennial Census.

RANKING · 2010 CENSUS · 418 SHOWN OF 918

Most population lost, US metro areas · 2010

US metro areas that lost the most residents from the 2000 census to 2010, by raw count of people rather than percentage.

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SAME RANKING BYCities Counties States

YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION CHANGEVS 2000

501Easton, MDMD38,238+3,970+22%

502Menomonie, WIWI46,223+3,999+1%

503Monroe, LALA222,390+4,008+15%

504Del Rio, TXTX47,835+4,023−34%

505Fredericksburg, TXTX28,527+4,023+11%

506Grand Island, NENE78,076+4,024+9%

507Pullman, WAWA48,512+4,036+105%

508Sandpoint, IDID54,420+4,042−60%

509Okeechobee, FLFL42,608+4,086−35%

510Jackson, TNTN184,569+4,111−51%

511Jacksonville, TXTX53,337+4,186−25%

512Ruston, LALA48,360+4,226+453%

513Douglas, GAGA52,861+4,253−37%

514Roswell, NMNM63,364+4,263+21%

515Peoria, ILIL363,505+4,275+89%

516Laramie, WYWY38,558+4,285+252%

517Riverton, WYWY39,464+4,319+102%

518Tullahoma, TNTN69,339+4,335−38%

519Warrensburg, MOMO56,670+4,337−24%

520Fond du Lac, WIWI104,669+4,337−40%

521Murrells Inlet, SCSC65,912+4,361−54%

522Tahlequah, OKOK49,196+4,466−47%

523Watertown, NYNY111,540+4,491+465%

524Dubuque, IAIA99,381+4,510+65%

525Roanoke, VAVA316,547+4,546+35%

526Tupelo, MSMS133,167+4,567−36%

527Owensboro, KYKY113,962+4,616+17%

528LaGrange, GAGA107,097+4,672+148%

529Hermiston, OROR93,721+4,678−54%

530Chillicothe, OHOH76,429+4,719+18%

531Kingston, NYNY183,330+4,744−62%

532Paragould, ARAR47,411+4,759−14%

533Bemidji, MNMN47,055+4,792−9%

534Stephenville, TXTX43,911+4,889−2%

535Forest City, NCNC65,745+4,911−18%

536Ocean Pines, MDMD54,459+4,911−57%

537Waynesville, NCNC63,369+5,003−29%

538Alexandria, LALA147,952+5,035−215%

539Augusta, MEME129,067+5,037+316%

540St. Louis, MOMO2,814,421+5,060−61%

541Marion, ILIL67,225+5,061+42%

542Ithaca, NYNY104,047+5,063+111%

543Athens, TXTX88,595+5,255−64%

544Staunton, VAVA129,692+5,305−20%

545Nacogdoches, TXTX66,035+5,321+20%

546Rolla, MOMO45,247+5,331+16%

547Columbus, ININ85,729+5,359−31%

548Cape Girardeau, MOMO99,215+5,414−1%

549La Crosse, WIWI171,182+5,506−21%

550Brainerd, MNMN100,562+5,524−39%

551Gardnerville Ranchos, NVNV51,154+5,597−58%

552Aberdeen, WAWA78,144+5,603+86%

553Morristown, TNTN128,867+5,633−39%

554Russellville, ARAR84,932+5,636−21%

555Rocky Mount, NCNC148,486+5,646−9%

556Holland, MIMI123,188+5,743−62%

557Rome, GAGA101,378+5,752−38%

558Elizabeth City, NCNC42,201+5,764+60%

559Amherst, MAMA164,065+5,829+3%

560Wenatchee, WAWA128,414+5,834−50%

561Durant, OKOK51,367+5,882+32%

562Blacksburg, VAVA181,616+5,882+12%

563Greeneville, TNTN73,831+5,922−16%

564Kerrville, TXTX54,037+5,972−19%

565Traverse City, MIMI156,972+6,007−37%

566Monroe, MIMI156,004+6,076−51%

567Huntsville, TXTX83,842+6,103−44%

568San Angelo, TXTX122,065+6,123+12%

569Rock Springs, WYWY41,267+6,193−612%

570Topeka, KSKS233,052+6,214−13%

571Eau Claire, WIWI176,647+6,224+3%

572Oxford, ALAL115,834+6,323−267%

573Helena, MTMT97,153+6,332−8%

574Enterprise, ALAL56,953+6,333+88%

575Mankato, MNMN104,907+6,341+247%

576Clearlake, CACA67,772+6,356−17%

577Cookeville, TNTN152,477+6,410−9%

578Mount Vernon, OHOH64,002+6,421−9%

579Decatur, ALAL160,326+6,441−30%

580Lynchburg, VAVA269,169+6,448+26%

581Syracuse, NYNY652,273+6,519−189%

582Racine, WIWI198,919+6,577−52%

583Lufkin, TXTX88,154+6,641−35%

584Fort Payne, ALAL74,085+6,657−32%

585Providence, RIRI1,708,161+6,663−69%

586Brigham City, UTUT70,405+6,672+16%

587Oxford, MSMS71,972+6,710+24%

588Truckee, CACA101,911+6,731−50%

589Baraboo, WIWI66,652+6,751−18%

590Santa Cruz, CACA258,852+6,780−74%

591Evansville, ININ273,786+6,802+7%

592Somerset, KYKY67,384+6,846+2%

593Kingsland, GAGA60,143+6,849−49%

594Centralia, WAWA88,062+6,855−26%

595Port Angeles, WAWA78,202+6,879−15%

596Houma, LALA199,668+6,888+16%

597Manhattan, KSKS136,122+6,941−350%

598Oak Harbor, WAWA85,657+6,948−39%

599Mount Pleasant, MIMI64,691+6,960−20%

600Eagle Pass, TXTX58,823+6,961−36%

601Jackson, MSMS609,847+6,978−5%

602Grants Pass, OROR87,867+6,987−47%

603Longview, TXTX297,315+7,024+37%

604Morehead City, NCNC70,469+7,086+4%

605Cornelia, GAGA50,416+7,139−14%

606Rochester, NYNY1,056,149+7,158−56%

607Picayune, MSMS59,363+7,213−27%

608Springfield, MAMA464,338+7,262−8956%

609Heber, UTUT81,655+7,267−35%

610Roseburg, OROR111,951+7,268+26%

611Pocatello, IDID91,591+7,274−24%

612Shreveport, LALA383,474+7,353+26%

613Vernal, UTUT38,278+7,364+144%

614Rio Grande City, TXTX66,319+7,371−44%

615Durango, COCO56,898+7,393−37%

616Ames, IAIA128,090+7,409+62%

617Wilson, NCNC81,150+7,420−4%

618Red Bluff, CACA64,665+7,424+16%

619Corvallis, OROR97,728+7,426+1%

620Hickory, NCNC376,890+7,432−51%

621Shelbyville, TNTN55,273+7,472+4%

622Faribault, MNMN69,939+7,477−0%

623Ellensburg, WAWA48,803+7,553+14%

624Lake Charles, LALA244,655+7,592−40%

625Lake of the Woods, VAVA40,083+7,600+70%

626Hattiesburg, MSMS158,014+7,695+43%

627Rexburg, IDID69,380+7,814+168%

628Florence, SCSC201,392+7,837−16%

629Montrose, COCO44,591+7,844−13%

630Burlington, VTVT227,803+7,919−35%

631Montgomery, ALAL388,747+7,950−42%

632Hot Springs, ARAR99,695+7,956−46%

633Springfield, ILIL206,033+8,013−20%

634Janesville, WIWI166,472+8,024−37%

635Seneca, SCSC83,775+8,058−8%

636Eureka, CACA131,647+8,105+10%

637Wausau, WIWI139,432+8,229−21%

638Boone, NCNC54,786+8,384+46%

639Whitewater, WIWI106,127+8,469−55%

640Harrisonburg, VAVA140,155+8,533−15%

641Birmingham, ALAL1,197,766+8,563−41%

642Kapaa, HIHI73,400+8,628+18%

643Lawton, OKOK127,590+8,649+161%

644Richmond, KYKY131,806+8,700−9%

645Fort Smith, ARAR234,140+8,806−29%

646Sanford, NCNC70,258+8,826+15%

647Casper, WYWY80,526+8,917+68%

648Virginia Beach, VAVA1,797,213+8,998−37%

649Bangor, MEME157,967+9,004−635%

650Nogales, AZAZ50,020+9,039+4%

651Joplin, MOMO208,796+9,080−16%

652Stillwater, OKOK83,889+9,160+37%

653Dothan, ALAL156,266+9,204+65%

654Hobbs, NMNM74,749+9,216−3728%

655Crossville, TNTN66,300+9,251−23%

656Bismarck, NDND139,750+9,275+31%

657Goldsboro, NCNC122,278+9,294+7%

658Longview, WAWA114,885+9,462−13%

659Cleveland, TNTN134,057+9,513−23%

660Rapid City, SDSD156,934+9,568+63%

661St. Simons, GAGA118,524+9,609+114%

662Kankakee, ILIL105,525+9,616+27%

663Watertown, WIWI86,505+9,665+55%

664Farmington, MOMO67,809+9,718+44%

665New Bern, NCNC127,358+9,855+22%

666Searcy, ARAR80,085+9,911−21%

667Show Low, AZAZ109,946+9,979−50%

668Johnson City, TNTN216,416+10,023−5%

669Granbury, TXTX70,501+10,082−17%

670Gettysburg, PAPA107,594+10,115−22%

671Elizabethtown, KYKY128,666+10,119+123%

672Cheyenne, WYWY102,938+10,131+20%

673Rifle, COCO80,099+10,191−6%

674Concord, NHNH158,078+10,220−37%

675Oshkosh, WIWI174,218+10,231−38%

676Sherman, TXTX153,613+10,282−34%

677Charlottesville, VAVA228,597+10,401+34%

678Vineland, NJNJ157,148+10,460+25%

679Edwards, COCO54,291+10,538−47%

680Albertville, ALAL103,537+10,788−5%

681Lumberton, NCNC119,941+10,829−40%

682Lawrence, KSKS120,920+10,864−40%

683Athens, GAGA224,148+10,875+1%

684Albany, NYNY915,835+10,910+139%

685Twin Falls, IDID123,901+10,944+21%

686Lake City, FLFL74,094+11,018−21%

687Hemlock Farms, PAPA62,808+11,067−40%

688Calhoun, GAGA61,701+11,082+23%

689Fort Leonard Wood, MOMO54,442+11,109−7923%

690Jonesboro, ARAR139,440+11,182+9%

691Crestview, FLFL315,098+11,285−53%

692Shelton, WAWA71,165+11,294+2%

693Sebring, FLFL111,122+11,420−40%

694Pahrump, NVNV57,336+11,461−22%

695Amarillo, TXTX276,235+11,471−21%

696Salisbury, MDMD131,872+11,475+39%

697Morgantown, WVWV141,995+11,703+146%

698Kalamazoo, MIMI263,795+11,728−23%

699Branson, MOMO57,001+11,972−15%

700Napa, CACA132,949+12,205−10%

701Statesboro, GAGA97,977+12,375+11%

702Cedar City, UTUT67,141+12,384−5%

703Gillette, WYWY48,145+12,435+187%

704Portland, MEME577,635+12,789−39%

705Winchester, VAVA152,332+12,875+45%

706Missoula, MTMT128,698+13,008−21%

707Augusta, GAGA641,231+13,061−10%

708Mobile, ALAL411,658+13,149−38%

709Lebanon, PAPA146,380+13,241+101%

710Salinas, CACA433,729+13,295−71%

711Milwaukee, WIWI1,575,010+13,356+255%

712Pensacola, FLFL544,949+13,465−59%

713Pinehurst, NCNC110,619+13,478−14%

714Valdosta, GAGA153,276+13,584+7%

715Sierra Vista, AZAZ126,332+13,591−32%

716Albany, OROR132,843+13,603+15%

717Mount Vernon, WAWA132,975+13,922−41%

718Redding, CACA181,648+13,967−14%

719Appleton, WIWI249,876+14,122−20%

720Yuba City, CACA187,478+14,133+55%

721Rochester, MNMN231,184+14,135+14%

722Moses Lake, WAWA105,727+14,422−28%

723Dalton, GAGA147,819+14,629+35%

724Fairbanks, AKAK93,972+14,741+188%

725Elkhart, ININ208,774+14,768−44%

726St. Cloud, MNMN205,854+14,781+21%

727Santa Fe, NMNM156,907+14,878−51%

728Atlantic City, NJNJ372,047+14,919−33%

729Bloomington, ININ165,231+15,028+43%

730Bowling Green, KYKY197,180+15,546+34%

731Trenton, NJNJ399,289+15,752−37%

732Odessa, TXTX173,801+16,007+631%

733Fayetteville, NCNC395,412+16,063−40%

734Cedar Rapids, IAIA279,285+16,100−15%

735Rockford, ILIL337,242+16,155−32%

736Farmington, NMNM120,340+16,243−27%

737Kalispell, MTMT115,429+16,457+8%

738Billings, MTMT193,603+16,564+17%

739Lexington Park, MDMD211,176+16,759+3%

740Chico, CACA209,211+16,829−20%

741Kenosha, WIWI168,448+16,849−21%

742Iowa City, IAIA182,711+17,196+35%

743Harrisburg, PAPA617,427+17,463+18%

744Green Bay, WIWI336,756+17,467−34%

745Pueblo, COCO169,277+17,591−5%

746Flagstaff, AZAZ144,368+18,101−8%

747State College, PAPA157,393+18,232+52%

748Punta Gorda, FLFL217,212+18,351−40%

749Idaho Falls, IDID173,851+18,352+113%

750Panama City, FLFL231,174+18,488−3%

751Waco, TXTX308,807+18,562−12%

752Champaign, ILIL239,979+18,584+224%

753Sevierville, TNTN101,342+18,719−7%

754Vallejo, CACA455,376+18,802−65%

755Jefferson, GAGA99,265+18,896+63%

756Sioux Falls, SDSD314,638+18,965−3%

757Lafayette, LALA423,758+19,047+22%

758Bloomington, ILIL171,419+19,139−10%

759Bremerton, WAWA283,374+19,164−55%

760Logan, UTUT160,889+19,246+1%

761Lafayette, ININ228,468+19,553+32%

762Hagerstown, MDMD315,280+19,603+62%

763Manchester, NHNH433,415+19,880−56%

764Midland, TXTX193,139+20,158+123%

765Fort Wayne, ININ466,258+20,252−24%

766Chambersburg, PAPA160,652+20,305+147%

767Burlington, NCNC186,177+20,331−10%

768Hammond, LALA141,346+20,509+38%

769Chattanooga, TNTN594,530+20,637+27%

770Yakima, WAWA259,185+20,650−39%

771Corpus Christi, TXTX451,191+20,801+9%

772Little Rock, ARAR777,607+21,208+45%

773Fargo, NDND269,528+21,307+46%

774Auburn, ALAL208,013+21,466−7%

775Bozeman, MTMT128,740+21,682+25%

776Ann Arbor, MIMI370,214+21,896−45%

777Medford, OROR221,795+21,937−37%

778San Luis Obispo, CACA282,367+22,956−22%

779Grand Rapids, MIMI1,183,645+22,983−59%

780Homosassa Springs, FLFL171,666+23,151−6%

781Columbia, MOMO219,062+23,308+20%

782Hanford, CACA154,327+23,521−16%

783Anderson Creek, NCNC150,137+23,653+2%

784Tuscaloosa, ALAL281,850+24,006+113%

785Baton Rouge, LALA888,699+24,204+3%

786Clarksville, TNTN349,001+24,223+14%

787Santa Maria, CACA442,065+24,548−17%

788Gainesville, FLFL359,036+24,809−20%

789Lexington, KYKY535,174+24,809+1%

790Warner Robins, GAGA208,091+24,986+37%

791Sebastian, FLFL172,799+25,081+10%

792Kiryas Joel, NYNY718,377+25,185−10%

793Santa Rosa, CACA486,444+25,264−64%

794Baltimore, MDMD2,857,781+25,328+30%

795Philadelphia, PAPA6,329,118+25,624+132%

796Asheville, NCNC422,345+26,029−1%

797Kahului, HIHI160,674+26,724−3%

798Springfield, MOMO500,694+26,785+5%

799Salem, OROR445,814+27,128−44%

800Jacksonville, NCNC217,175+27,417+5203%

801Spartanburg, SCSC407,656+27,610+15%

802Boston, MAMA5,034,221+27,659−41%

803Tallahassee, FLFL397,442+27,921−23%

804Savannah, GAGA438,314+28,035+98%

805Minneapolis, MNMN3,790,295+28,151−51%

806Allentown, PAPA887,615+28,381+60%

807Memphis, TNTN1,341,412+28,592−50%

808Eugene, OROR381,584+28,756−28%

809Tulsa, OKOK1,069,273+28,900−31%

810Winston-Salem, NCNC712,206+29,126+3%

811Richmond, VAVA1,389,338+29,296+16%

812Knoxville, TNTN968,137+29,647+6%

813Durham, NCNC625,485+29,706−1%

814Coeur d'Alene, IDID191,864+29,809−23%

815New York, NYNY20,112,448+30,280−70%

816Grand Junction, COCO162,845+30,468+32%

817Anchorage, AKAK405,821+31,106−1%

818East Stroudsburg, PAPA167,179+31,155−28%

819Lubbock, TXTX368,431+31,232+87%

820Louisville, KYKY1,402,509+31,247+53%

821Kennewick, WAWA324,334+31,503+25%

822El Centro, CACA181,411+32,167−3%

823Lincoln, NENE352,081+33,183−4%

824Bend, OROR266,376+33,822+7%

825Bellingham, WAWA236,392+34,326−12%

826Greenville, NCNC182,936+34,350+33%

827Las Cruces, NMNM229,091+34,551−12%

828Tyler, TXTX252,549+35,008+50%

829Wilmington, NCNC492,772+35,466+14%

830Dover, DEDE194,786+35,613+127%

831Yuma, AZAZ224,449+35,725−33%

832College Station, TXTX287,476+36,261+42%

833Hilton Head Island, SCSC242,966+36,368+20%

834Hilo, HIHI210,043+36,402+28%

835Wichita, KSKS663,809+37,098−7%

836Kansas City, MOMO2,270,682+37,783+4%

837Reading, PAPA440,072+37,804+2%

838Charleston, SCSC889,263+38,869+170%

839Omaha, NENE1,009,836+39,305+21%

840The Villages, FLFL157,772+40,075+84%

841Indianapolis, ININ2,205,695+40,205−13%

842Gainesville, GAGA226,568+40,407−8%

843Seaford, DEDE277,140+40,507−7%

844Daphne, ALAL267,761+41,850−1%

845Slidell, LALA279,108+42,472−9%

846Des Moines, IAIA758,539+42,996+20%

847Prescott Valley, AZAZ252,552+43,516−27%

848Lacey, WAWA304,261+44,909−3%

849Greenville, SCSC1,014,101+45,044+14%

850Lake Havasu City, AZAZ228,102+45,154−27%

851Merced, CACA297,260+45,239+41%

852Nashville, TNTN2,197,416+46,166+8%

853Oklahoma City, OKOK1,512,813+46,483+4%

854Worcester, MAMA888,502+47,589+15%

855St. George, UTUT213,670+47,761+14%

856Greensboro, NCNC805,945+47,886−11%

857Fort Collins, COCO377,292+48,136−26%

858Columbia, SCSC879,918+48,586+41%

859Lancaster, PAPA563,159+48,787+2%

860Spokane, WAWA608,012+49,069−6%

861Huntsville, ALAL556,444+49,982+53%

862Madison, WIWI709,685+50,256+4%

863Deltona, FLFL746,933+50,377−25%

864Ogden, UTUT672,784+52,504+18%

865York, PAPA473,197+53,221+26%

866San Francisco, CACA4,630,041+54,887−51%

867Fayetteville, ARAR622,177+55,140+15%

868Killeen, TXTX511,497+55,481+52%

869North Port, FLFL948,158+55,946+12%

870Laredo, TXTX281,224+57,187−4%

871Denver, COCO3,092,037+58,347−37%

872Port St. Lucie, FLFL568,721+62,494+74%

873Palm Bay, FLFL663,982+67,146−13%

874Portland, OROR2,542,282+67,231−23%

875Modesto, CACA557,719+67,456−12%

876Columbus, OHOH2,242,028+67,872−9%

877Oxnard, CACA830,851+70,121−17%

878Naples, FLFL417,131+70,143−29%

879Brownsville, TXTX433,946+70,993−5%

880Greeley, COCO378,426+71,889+46%

881Jacksonville, FLFL1,785,500+72,340−13%

882Ocala, FLFL442,660+72,382+13%

883Myrtle Beach, SCSC427,551+72,662+38%

884Washington, DCDC6,465,724+74,003+3%

885Visalia, CACA485,146+74,158+32%

886Reno, NVNV578,734+74,221−4%

887Boise City, IDID864,243+75,879+3%

888Honolulu, HIHI988,703+77,051+93%

889Atlanta, GAGA6,482,182+81,498−31%

890Albuquerque, NMNM925,279+86,154+36%

891San Jose, CACA1,984,473+96,138−47%

892Colorado Springs, COCO781,796+101,625−12%

893Charlotte, NCNC2,938,830+114,340+30%

894Fresno, CACA1,203,383+116,632−2%

895Lakeland, FLFL874,790+118,171+50%

896El Paso, TXTX881,291+120,502+38%

897Stockton, CACA823,815+121,708+47%

898Tampa, FLFL3,418,895+122,706+15%

899Salt Lake City, UTUT1,308,377+125,179−24%

900Tucson, AZAZ1,074,685+136,517−23%

901Provo, UTUT773,426+145,188+41%

902Sacramento, CACA2,477,274+150,236+7%

903Seattle, WAWA4,161,883+153,119−17%

904Orlando, FLFL2,957,672+169,558+12%

905Austin, TXTX2,620,945+175,335−2%

906Cape Coral, FLFL875,607+177,866+68%

907Bakersfield, CACA927,068+177,986+51%

908Miami, FLFL6,391,072+193,157−41%

909McAllen, TXTX921,549+205,306+10%

910Dallas, TXTX8,477,157+221,395−19%

911Raleigh, NCNC1,595,720+225,421+34%

912San Antonio, TXTX2,813,140+262,404+52%

913Los Angeles, CACA12,844,441+267,514−56%

914San Diego, CACA3,282,248+281,480−11%

915Riverside, CACA4,769,007+490,836+48%

916Houston, TXTX7,904,627+517,299+17%

917Las Vegas, NVNV2,407,226+575,504−9%

918Phoenix, AZAZ5,228,938+695,773−23%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS