Can you name the US cities that have lost over a third of their peak populations?

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  • Correctly named cities will show up below
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  • To be considered, a city must have been over 50,000 people at some point.
  • Source: US Census Bureau
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Peak PopulationCityChange to 2010
52,959 (1930)-78.9% (11,176)
67,327 (1920)-68.8% (20,978)
82,366 (1950)-67.2% (27,006)
55,355 (1940)-64.4% (19,731)
856,796 (1950)-62.7% (319,294)
1,849,568 (1950)-61.4% (713,777)
170,002 (1930)-60.6% (66,982)
56,268 (1930)-60.1% (22,423)
914,808 (1950)-56.6% (396,815)
178,320 (1960)-55.0% (80,294)
580,132 (1950)-55.0% (261,310)
676,806 (1950)-54.8% (305,704)
61,659 (1930)-53.8% (28,486)
86,626 (1930)-52.1% (41,498)
102,394 (1960)-51.0% (50,193)
66,039 (1950)-48.6% (33,972)
57,669 (1960)-48.5% (29,698)
196,940 (1960)-48.0% (102,434)
98,265 (1960)-47.6% (51,508)
143,333 (1930)-46.9% (76,089)
262,332 (1960)-46.1% (141,527)
627,525 (1960)-45.2% (343,829)
89,544 (1950)-44.7% (49,528)
82,054 (1930)-43.5% (46,320)
Peak PopulationCityChange to 2010
86,353 (1950)-43.1% (49,138)
80,674 (1950)-41.3% (47,376)
503,998 (1950)-41.1% (296,945)
66,198 (1930)-40.2% (39,558)
85,796 (1960)-40.1% (51,400)
55,187 (1930)-39.2% (33,534)
101,740 (1930)-38.8% (62,235)
124,555 (1950)-37.9% (77,344)
340,887 (1960)-37.7% (212,237)
65,252 (1930)-37.7% (40,640)
116,912 (1950)-37.6% (73,007)
442,337 (1930)-37.3% (277,140)
112,504 (1940)-37.0% (70,851)
332,488 (1950)-36.7% (210,565)
53,604 (1960)-34.8% (34,932)
76,813 (1910)-34.7% (50,129)
949,708 (1950)-34.6% (620,961)
63,494 (1970)-34.5% (41,557)
220,583 (1950)-34.2% (145,170)
55,725 (1960)-33.8% (36,856)
60,203 (1920)-33.8% (39,880)
128,009 (1950)-33.7% (84,913)
86,238 (1970)-33.6% (57,236)
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