US Cities by Biggest Population Decline

Name the US cities that have declined in population by 20% or more from a peak population of at least 100,000.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_shrinking_cities_in_the_United_States

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City	State	Peak Population (Year)	2010 Population	% Decline From Peak
St. Louis	Missouri	856,796 (1950)	319,294	62.7%
Detroit	Michigan	1,849,568 (1950)	713,777	61.4%
Youngstown	Ohio	170,002 (1930)	66,982	60.6%
Cleveland	Ohio	914,808 (1950)	396,815	56.6%
Gary	Indiana	178,320 (1960)	80,294	55.0%
Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	676,806 (1950)	305,704	54.8%
Buffalo	New York	580,132 (1950)	270,240	53.4%
Niagara Falls	New York	102,394 (1960)	50,194	51.0%
Flint	Michigan	196,940 (1960)	102,434	48.0%
Scranton	Pennsylvania	143,333 (1930)	76,089	46.9%
Dayton	Ohio	262,332 (1960)	141,527	46.1%
Cincinnati	Ohio	503,998 (1950)	296,943	41.1%
Utica	New York	101,740 (1930)	62,235	38.8%
New Orleans	Louisiana	627,525 (1960)	384,320	38.8%
Camden	New Jersey	124,555 (1950)	77,344	37.9%
Birmingham	Alabama	340,887 (1960)	212,237	37.7%
Canton	Ohio	116,912 (1950)	73,007	37.6%
Newark	New Jersey	442,337 (1930)	277,140	37.3%
Wilmington	Delaware	112,504 (1940)	70,851	37.0%
Rochester	New York	332,488 (1950)	210,565	36.7%
Baltimore	Maryland	949,708 (1950)	620,961	34.6%
Akron	Ohio	290,351 (1960)	199,110	34.5%
Syracuse	New York	220,583 (1950)	145,170	34.2%
Trenton	New Jersey	128,009 (1950)	84,913	33.7%
Hartford	Connecticut	177,397 (1950)	124,060	30.1%
Providence	Rhode Island	253,504 (1940)	178,042	29.6%
Hammond	Indiana	111,698 (1960)	80,830	27.6%
Albany	New York	134,995 (1950)	97,856	27.5%
Somerville	Massachusetts	103,908 (1930)	75,754	27.1%
Minneapolis	Minnesota	521,718 (1950)	382,578	26.7%
Erie	Pennsylvania	138,440 (1960)	101,786	26.5%
Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	2,071,605 (1950)	1,526,006	26.3%
Chicago	Illinois	3,620,962 (1950)	2,695,598	25.6%
Toledo	Ohio	383,818 (1970)	287,208	25.2%
Washington	District of Columbia	802,178 (1950)	601,723	25.0%
South Bend	Indiana	132,445 (1960)	101,168	23.6%
Boston	Massachusetts	801,444 (1950)	617,594	22.9%
Jersey City	New Jersey	316,715 (1930)	247,597	21.8%
New Haven	Connecticut	164,443 (1950)	129,779	21.1%
Reading	Pennsylvania	111,171 (1930)	88,082	20.8%

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