Exhibit 8: Many Large Cities Are Still Losing Population, But the Rate of Decline Has Slowed Significantly.
Population Change Among Large Cities: 1970 to 1996
(in percent)
1970
Rank
|
City
|
State
|
1970-
80
|
1980-
90
|
1990-
94
|
1994-
96
|
| 1
|
New York
|
NY
|
-10.4
|
3.5
|
0.6
|
0.2
|
| 2
|
Chicago
|
IL
|
-10.6
|
-7.4
|
-1.2
|
-1.1
|
| 3
|
Los Angeles
|
CA
|
5.4
|
17.5
|
1.8
|
0.2
|
| 4
|
Philadelphia
|
PA
|
-13.4
|
-6.1
|
-4.0
|
-2.9
|
| 5
|
Detroit
|
MI
|
-20.4
|
-14.6
|
-2.1
|
-0.6
|
| 6
|
Houston
|
TX
|
29.4
|
2.2
|
5.6
|
1.3
|
| 7
|
Baltimore
|
MD
|
-13.1
|
-6.5
|
-4.5
|
-3.9
|
| 8
|
Dallas
|
TX
|
7.1
|
11.4
|
3.7
|
0.9
|
| 9
|
Washington
|
DC
|
-15.6
|
-4.9
|
-6.4
|
-4.4
|
| 10
|
Cleveland
|
OH
|
-23.6
|
-11.9
|
-0.5
|
-0.9
|
| 11
|
Indianapolis
|
IN
|
-5.9
|
4.4
|
2.2
|
-0.1
|
| 12
|
Milwaukee
|
WI
|
-11.3
|
-1.3
|
-4.0
|
-2.1
|
| 13
|
San Francisco
|
CA
|
-5.1
|
6.6
|
0.7
|
0.8
|
| 14
|
San Diego
|
CA
|
25.7
|
26.8
|
4.0
|
1.4
|
| 15
|
San Antonio
|
TX
|
20.1
|
19.1
|
10.5
|
3.3
|
| 16
|
Boston
|
MA
|
-12.2
|
2.0
|
-3.7
|
1.0
|
| 17
|
Memphis
|
TN
|
3.6
|
-5.6
|
-0.6
|
-1.7
|
| 18
|
St. Louis
|
MO
|
-27.2
|
-12.4
|
-7.3
|
-4.4
|
| 19
|
New Orleans
|
LA
|
-6.1
|
-10.9
|
-2.3
|
-1.8
|
| 20
|
Phoenix
|
AZ
|
35.8
|
24.5
|
8.7
|
8.4
|
| 21
|
Columbus
|
OH
|
4.7
|
12.0
|
3.3
|
0.5
|
| 22
|
Seattle
|
WA
|
-7.0
|
4.5
|
1.4
|
0.3
|
| 23
|
Jacksonville
|
FL
|
2.3
|
17.4
|
4.4
|
2.5
|
| 24
|
Pittsburgh
|
PA
|
-18.5
|
-12.8
|
-2.9
|
-2.5
|
| 25
|
Denver
|
CO
|
-4.3
|
-5.0
|
5.5
|
0.9
|
| 26
|
Kansas City
|
MO
|
-11.6
|
-2.9
|
1.2
|
0.2
|
| 27
|
Atlanta
|
GA
|
-14.5
|
-7.3
|
2.3
|
-0.3
|
| 28
|
Buffalo
|
NY
|
-22.7
|
-8.3
|
-3.0
|
-2.4
|
| 29
|
Cincinnati
|
OH
|
-14.8
|
-5.6
|
-3.0
|
-2.1
|
| 30
|
Nashville
|
TN
|
1.7
|
7.2
|
3.4
|
1.2
|
|
|
Top 30 Average
|
|
-5.7
|
2.5
|
0.9
|
0.1
|
Source: 1970, 1980, and 1990 Census of Housing, Bureau of the Census; 1996 Federal-State Cooperative Population Estimates, Bureau of the Census
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