Rust Belt Cities

169 cities

City	State	2026 Pop. ↓	Annual Change	Rank	Type
New York	New York	8,546,038	-0.45%	1	City
Chicago	Illinois	2,727,758	-0.14%	2	City
Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	1,567,280	-0.44%	3	City
Columbus	Ohio	944,402	0.64%	4	City
Indianapolis	Indiana	904,128	0.33%	5	Township
Hempstead	New York	796,269	0.07%	6	Town
Detroit	Michigan	650,499	0.22%	7	City
Milwaukee	Wisconsin	558,949	-0.61%	8	City
Brookhaven	New York	497,748	0.27%	9	Town
Cleveland	Ohio	361,464	-0.59%	10	City
Islip	New York	340,934	0.02%	11	Town
Cincinnati	Ohio	315,663	0.41%	12	City
Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	308,597	0.31%	13	City
Oyster Bay	New York	301,359	0.08%	14	Town
Madison	Wisconsin	288,589	0.82%	15	City
Fort Wayne	Indiana	277,366	0.79%	16	City
Buffalo	New York	274,006	-0.22%	17	City
Toledo	Ohio	261,949	-0.56%	18	City
North Hempstead	New York	239,359	0.16%	19	Town
Babylon	New York	219,919	0.07%	20	Town
Yonkers	New York	212,739	0.06%	21	City
Huntington	New York	206,155	0.13%	22	Town
Rochester	New York	204,932	-0.57%	23	City
Grand Rapids	Michigan	201,357	0.09%	24	City
Akron	Ohio	189,478	-0.11%	25	City
Aurora	Illinois	181,666	0.09%	26	City
Ramapo	New York	163,287	1.07%	27	Town
Naperville	Illinois	153,905	0.52%	28	City
Joliet	Illinois	152,625	0.25%	29	City
Rockford	Illinois	146,961	-0.29%	30	City
Syracuse	New York	144,220	-0.47%	31	City
Warren	Michigan	136,620	-0.38%	32	City
Dayton	Ohio	136,392	-0.22%	33	City
Sterling Heights	Michigan	133,851	-0.06%	34	City
Amherst	New York	130,132	-0.24%	35	Town
Allentown	Pennsylvania	126,067	0.02%	36	City
Ann Arbor	Michigan	121,651	-0.48%	37	City
Smithtown	New York	116,900	0.05%	38	Town
Evansville	Indiana	115,808	-0.32%	39	City
Elgin	Illinois	115,569	0.08%	40	City
Lansing	Michigan	114,024	0.12%	41	City
Springfield	Illinois	112,630	-0.32%	42	City
Peoria	Illinois	110,431	-0.44%	43	City
Carmel	Indiana	106,568	0.88%	44	City
Green Bay	Wisconsin	106,463	-0.2%	45	City
Fishers	Indiana	105,932	1.07%	46	City
Dearborn	Michigan	104,725	-0.84%	47	City
South Bend	Indiana	103,218	0.02%	48	City
Albany	New York	102,305	0.6%	49	City
Clinton	Michigan	101,785	0.41%	50	Township
Canton	Michigan	99,990	0.28%	51	Township
Kenosha	Wisconsin	99,102	-0.14%	52	City
Macomb	Michigan	96,318	1.28%	53	Township
Reading	Pennsylvania	96,019	0.2%	54	City
Greenburgh	New York	94,850	0.33%	55	Town
Greece	New York	94,370	-0.12%	56	Town
Livonia	Michigan	91,948	-0.71%	57	City
Champaign	Illinois	91,753	0.61%	58	City
Erie	Pennsylvania	91,194	-0.7%	59	City
Clarkstown	New York	89,943	0.32%	60	Town
Troy	Michigan	89,008	0.31%	61	City
Cheektowaga	New York	88,117	-0.05%	62	Town
Waukegan	Illinois	87,705	-0.27%	63	City
Colonie	New York	87,246	0.47%	64	Town
New Rochelle	New York	87,229	1.59%	65	City
Upper Darby	Pennsylvania	85,405	-0.06%	66	Township
Bloomington	Indiana	83,932	0.75%	67	City
Farmington Hills	Michigan	83,150	-0.17%	68	City
Westland	Michigan	81,665	-0.81%	69	City
Cicero	Illinois	81,153	-0.86%	70	Town
Shelby	Michigan	80,743	0.41%	71	Township
Bethlehem	Pennsylvania	80,563	1.15%	72	City
Wyoming	Michigan	78,960	0.47%	73	City
Flint	Michigan	78,929	-0.48%	74	City
Bloomington	Illinois	78,861	0.07%	75	City
Parma	Ohio	78,042	-0.69%	76	City
Rochester Hills	Michigan	77,869	0.43%	77	City
Racine	Wisconsin	77,862	-0.06%	78	City
Noblesville	Indiana	77,376	1.66%	79	City
Schaumburg	Illinois	76,918	-0.43%	80	Village
Evanston	Illinois	76,028	-0.46%	81	City
Southfield	Michigan	76,019	-0.12%	82	City
Arlington Heights	Illinois	75,772	-0.58%	83	Village
Scranton	Pennsylvania	75,392	-0.16%	84	City
Appleton	Wisconsin	75,367	-0.11%	85	City
Hammond	Indiana	75,276	-0.58%	86	City
Bolingbrook	Illinois	75,040	0.32%	87	Village
Eau Claire	Wisconsin	73,134	0.92%	88	City
Kalamazoo	Michigan	72,527	-0.21%	89	City
Southampton	New York	72,137	0.75%	90	Town
Mount Vernon	New York	71,952	-0.49%	91	City
Lafayette	Indiana	71,318	0.11%	92	City
Waukesha	Wisconsin	70,894	0.03%	93	City
Tonawanda	New York	70,595	-0.36%	94	Town
Greenwood	Indiana	70,440	1.57%	95	City
Westfield	Indiana	70,232	6%	96	City
Waterford	Michigan	70,075	0.22%	97	Township
Schenectady	New York	70,055	0.84%	98	City
Canton	Ohio	68,638	-0.53%	99	City
Novi	Michigan	67,518	0.3%	100	City
Oshkosh	Wisconsin	67,507	0.07%	101	City
Decatur	Illinois	67,179	-1.04%	102	City
Janesville	Wisconsin	67,140	0.32%	103	City
Gary	Indiana	66,934	-0.53%	104	City
West Bloomfield	Michigan	66,232	0.28%	105	Township
Skokie	Illinois	66,099	-0.67%	106	Village
Muncie	Indiana	65,508	0.06%	107	City
Lorain	Ohio	65,435	0.11%	108	City
Palatine	Illinois	65,411	-0.65%	109	Village
Lower Merion	Pennsylvania	64,977	0.44%	110	Township
Hamilton	Ohio	64,817	0.27%	111	City
White Plains	New York	63,647	1.23%	112	City
Bensalem	Pennsylvania	62,648	-0.22%	113	Township
Utica	New York	62,511	-0.74%	114	City
Pontiac	Michigan	62,080	0%	115	City
Hamburg	New York	61,104	0.55%	116	Town
Taylor	Michigan	60,820	-0.75%	117	City
Kokomo	Indiana	60,116	0.2%	118	City
Dearborn Heights	Michigan	60,109	-0.91%	119	City
Hempstead	New York	60,048	0.38%	120	Village
West Allis	Wisconsin	59,994	-0.21%	121	City
Clay	New York	59,078	-0.35%	122	Town
Terre Haute	Indiana	58,797	0.06%	123	City
Youngstown	Ohio	58,553	-0.47%	124	City
Abington	Pennsylvania	58,547	-0.19%	125	Township
Lancaster	Pennsylvania	58,435	0.12%	126	City
Des Plaines	Illinois	58,378	-0.67%	127	City
Springfield	Ohio	58,289	0.01%	128	City
Orland Park	Illinois	57,819	-0.23%	129	Village
St. Clair Shores	Michigan	57,643	-0.4%	130	City
Royal Oak	Michigan	57,472	-0.19%	131	City
Kettering	Ohio	57,257	-0.24%	132	City
Anderson	Indiana	56,404	0.45%	133	City
Oak Lawn	Illinois	56,057	-0.7%	134	Village
Georgetown	Michigan	55,815	0.24%	135	Township
Lower Paxton	Pennsylvania	55,632	0.12%	136	Township
Mount Prospect	Illinois	55,092	-0.55%	137	Village
Jeffersonville	Indiana	54,998	1.6%	138	City
Tinley Park	Illinois	54,896	-0.44%	139	Village
Kentwood	Michigan	54,845	0.13%	140	City
Berwyn	Illinois	54,539	-0.84%	141	City
Bristol	Pennsylvania	54,164	0.19%	142	Township
Elkhart	Indiana	54,082	-0.02%	143	City
Wheaton	Illinois	53,932	-0.25%	144	City
Union	New York	53,848	-0.23%	145	Town
Elyria	Ohio	53,817	0.34%	146	City
Ypsilanti	Michigan	53,404	-0.59%	147	Township
Normal	Illinois	53,329	0.1%	148	Town
Columbus	Indiana	53,067	0.78%	149	City
Millcreek	Pennsylvania	52,480	-0.38%	150	Township
Oak Park	Illinois	52,421	-0.76%	151	Village
Middletown	Ohio	52,411	0.51%	152	City
Battle Creek	Michigan	51,887	-0.26%	153	City
Newark	Ohio	51,765	0.57%	154	City
Rye	New York	51,339	2.66%	155	Town
Mishawaka	Indiana	51,189	-0.07%	156	City
Plainfield	Illinois	51,010	1.93%	157	Village
Haverford	Pennsylvania	50,980	-0.03%	158	Township
Cuyahoga Falls	Ohio	50,924	-0.1%	159	City
Troy	New York	50,787	-0.25%	160	City
Orangetown	New York	50,676	0.59%	161	Town
Lawrence	Indiana	50,650	0.46%	162	City
Harrisburg	Pennsylvania	50,644	0.24%	163	City
Hoffman Estates	Illinois	50,497	-0.71%	164	Village
Downers Grove	Illinois	50,404	0.08%	165	Village
La Crosse	Wisconsin	50,376	-0.8%	166	City
Palm Tree	New York	50,080	6.22%	167	Town
Irondequoit	New York	50,060	-0.24%	168	Town
Portage	Michigan	50,041	0.36%	169	City

For this list, the Rust Belt Region is defined as the 8 states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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