WHAT??? We’re getting smaller??? (You wouldn’t know it from the traffic!)
A list of that fastest-shrinking cities in the U.S. has been released, and Manhattan, KS is #11!
15. Scranton, Pennsylvania
Population: 75,281
Loss over the past year: 0.7 percent
14. Gary, Indiana
Population: 77, 909
Loss over the past year: 0.8 percent
13. Hammond, Indiana
Population: 78,384
Loss over the past year: 0.8 percent
12. Flint Michigan
Population: 99,002
Loss over the past year: 0.8 percent
11. Manhattan, Kansas
Population: 56,078
Loss over the past year: 0.8 percent
10. Rockford, Illinois
Population: 149,123
Loss over the past year: 0.8 percent
9. Charleston, West Virginia
Population: 50,404
Loss over the past year: 0.8 percent
8. Erie, Pennsylvania
Population: 99,452
Loss over the past year: 0.9 percent
7. Detroit, Michigan
Population: 680,250
Loss over the past year: 0.9 percent
6. Jackson, Mississippi
Population: 171,155
Loss over the past year: 1 percent
5. Saginaw, Michigan
Population: 49,844
Loss over the past year: 1 percent
4. Shreveport, Louisiana
Population: 198,242
Loss over the past year: 1 percent
3. Decatur, Illinois
Population: 74,010
Loss over the past year: 1.1 percent
2. Provo, Utah
Population: 114,801
Loss over the past year: 1.3 percent
1. Columbus, Georgia
Population: 200,887
Loss over the past year: 1.5 percent
