Thread: What cities have shrunk most from the peak?
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Old Posted Apr 30, 2017, 10:12 PM
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Johnstown's metro area (Cambria County) peaked at 213,459 in 1940, and the 2016 estimates have it at 134,732 for a drop of 36.9%. That looks like the worst drop for a metro area in the US, with Wheeling being a contender at 29.8% off its (also 1940) peak.

For metro areas over half a million, the modern Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area peaked at 771,023 in 1930 and is at 555,225 in 2016, a 27.9% drop.
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