Rust Belt Cities

167 cities

City	State	2026 Pop. ↓	Annual Change	Rank	Type
New York	New York	8,346,955	-0.78%	1	City
Chicago	Illinois	2,709,364	-0.22%	2	City
Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	1,560,480	-0.43%	3	City
Columbus	Ohio	946,661	0.71%	4	City
Indianapolis	Indiana	893,619	0.12%	5	Township
Hempstead	New York	800,777	0.53%	6	Town
Detroit	Michigan	649,374	0.28%	7	City
Milwaukee	Wisconsin	556,718	-0.61%	8	City
Brookhaven	New York	497,541	0.48%	9	Town
Cleveland	Ohio	362,142	-0.44%	10	City
Islip	New York	341,430	0.33%	11	Town
Cincinnati	Ohio	317,570	0.42%	12	City
Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	310,103	0.39%	13	City
Oyster Bay	New York	301,088	0.26%	14	Town
Madison	Wisconsin	290,508	0.9%	15	City
Fort Wayne	Indiana	277,607	0.8%	16	City
Buffalo	New York	276,146	-0.09%	17	City
Toledo	Ohio	263,314	-0.44%	18	City
North Hempstead	New York	240,082	0.5%	19	Town
Babylon	New York	220,044	0.34%	20	Town
Yonkers	New York	211,062	0.01%	21	City
Huntington	New York	206,780	0.5%	22	Town
Rochester	New York	205,477	-0.44%	23	City
Grand Rapids	Michigan	200,808	0.17%	24	City
Akron	Ohio	189,423	-0.06%	25	City
Aurora	Illinois	180,935	0.06%	26	City
Ramapo	New York	162,422	1.77%	27	Town
Naperville	Illinois	154,969	0.6%	28	City
Joliet	Illinois	152,579	0.24%	29	City
Rockford	Illinois	146,881	-0.21%	30	City
Syracuse	New York	145,678	-0.14%	31	City
Warren	Michigan	136,925	-0.28%	32	City
Dayton	Ohio	135,742	-0.22%	33	City
Sterling Heights	Michigan	134,456	0.04%	34	City
Amherst	New York	131,100	0.09%	35	Town
Allentown	Pennsylvania	127,841	0.28%	36	City
Ann Arbor	Michigan	122,509	-0.17%	37	City
Smithtown	New York	116,940	0.31%	38	Town
Lansing	Michigan	115,226	0.39%	39	City
Elgin	Illinois	114,729	0.01%	40	City
Evansville	Indiana	114,404	-0.43%	41	City
Springfield	Illinois	112,236	-0.32%	42	City
Peoria	Illinois	111,073	-0.28%	43	City
Fishers	Indiana	106,228	1.07%	44	City
Green Bay	Wisconsin	105,817	-0.23%	45	City
Carmel	Indiana	105,455	0.88%	46	City
Dearborn	Michigan	104,788	-0.75%	47	City
South Bend	Indiana	103,894	0.09%	48	City
Clinton	Michigan	103,429	1.01%	49	Township
Albany	New York	102,671	0.66%	50	City
Canton	Michigan	100,901	0.55%	51	Township
Kenosha	Wisconsin	99,385	-0.1%	52	City
Macomb	Michigan	96,788	1.3%	53	Township
Reading	Pennsylvania	96,508	0.26%	54	City
Greenburgh	New York	95,477	0.8%	55	Town
Greece	New York	94,612	-0.02%	56	Town
Champaign	Illinois	93,743	0.96%	57	City
Erie	Pennsylvania	91,970	-0.52%	58	City
Livonia	Michigan	91,961	-0.62%	59	City
Troy	Michigan	90,254	0.58%	60	City
Clarkstown	New York	89,415	0.96%	61	Town
Cheektowaga	New York	88,492	0%	62	Town
Waukegan	Illinois	88,294	-0.16%	63	City
New Rochelle	New York	88,163	1.53%	64	City
Colonie	New York	87,347	0.47%	65	Town
Upper Darby	Pennsylvania	87,199	0.67%	66	Township
Farmington Hills	Michigan	84,347	0.1%	67	City
Shelby	Michigan	81,613	0.73%	68	Township
Westland	Michigan	81,554	-0.72%	69	City
Bethlehem	Pennsylvania	81,326	1.17%	70	City
Cicero	Illinois	80,675	-0.87%	71	Town
Bloomington	Indiana	79,909	-0.05%	72	City
Bloomington	Illinois	79,502	0.17%	73	City
Wyoming	Michigan	79,454	0.57%	74	City
Rochester Hills	Michigan	79,423	0.69%	75	City
Flint	Michigan	79,048	-0.43%	76	City
Parma	Ohio	78,544	-0.51%	77	City
Racine	Wisconsin	78,004	-0.03%	78	City
Noblesville	Indiana	77,777	1.66%	79	City
Southfield	Michigan	77,106	0.15%	80	City
Schaumburg	Illinois	76,432	-0.43%	81	Village
Scranton	Pennsylvania	75,767	-0.09%	82	City
Bolingbrook	Illinois	75,220	0.31%	83	Village
Appleton	Wisconsin	75,219	-0.08%	84	City
Hammond	Indiana	75,167	-0.57%	85	City
Evanston	Illinois	75,100	-0.6%	86	City
Arlington Heights	Illinois	74,694	-0.6%	87	Village
Eau Claire	Wisconsin	73,751	0.97%	88	City
Kalamazoo	Michigan	73,190	-0.07%	89	City
Lafayette	Indiana	72,254	0.35%	90	City
Southampton	New York	71,948	0.91%	91	Town
Waterford	Michigan	71,912	0.96%	92	Township
Waukesha	Wisconsin	71,622	0.11%	93	City
Tonawanda	New York	71,375	-0.03%	94	Town
Mount Vernon	New York	71,218	-0.54%	95	City
Westfield	Indiana	70,978	5.96%	96	City
Greenwood	Indiana	70,273	1.52%	97	City
Schenectady	New York	70,069	0.41%	98	City
Canton	Ohio	68,511	-0.51%	99	City
Novi	Michigan	68,449	0.57%	100	City
West Bloomfield	Michigan	67,894	0.97%	101	Township
Decatur	Illinois	67,655	-0.81%	102	City
Oshkosh	Wisconsin	67,406	0.12%	103	City
Gary	Indiana	66,829	-0.54%	104	City
Janesville	Wisconsin	66,816	0.29%	105	City
Lorain	Ohio	66,010	0.2%	106	City
Lower Merion	Pennsylvania	65,612	0.7%	107	Township
Muncie	Indiana	65,430	0.08%	108	City
Palatine	Illinois	65,091	-0.66%	109	Village
Skokie	Illinois	64,930	-0.7%	110	Village
Hamilton	Ohio	64,220	0.21%	111	City
White Plains	New York	64,045	1.17%	112	City
Bensalem	Pennsylvania	63,320	0.19%	113	Township
Utica	New York	62,903	-0.6%	114	City
Pontiac	Michigan	62,872	0.27%	115	City
Hamburg	New York	61,582	0.79%	116	Town
Taylor	Michigan	60,732	-0.66%	117	City
Kokomo	Indiana	60,353	0.22%	118	City
Dearborn Heights	Michigan	60,033	-0.83%	119	City
Hempstead	New York	59,918	0.29%	120	Village
Abington	Pennsylvania	59,909	0.7%	121	Township
Clay	New York	59,839	0.06%	122	Town
West Allis	Wisconsin	59,546	-0.2%	123	City
Youngstown	Ohio	58,740	-0.32%	124	City
Lancaster	Pennsylvania	58,690	0.21%	125	City
Terre Haute	Indiana	58,598	0.06%	126	City
Royal Oak	Michigan	58,348	0.08%	127	City
Des Plaines	Illinois	58,020	-0.69%	128	City
Springfield	Ohio	57,912	-0.19%	129	City
Orland Park	Illinois	57,757	-0.23%	130	Village
St. Clair Shores	Michigan	57,736	-0.29%	131	City
Kettering	Ohio	56,631	-0.35%	132	City
Anderson	Indiana	56,366	0.46%	133	City
Lower Paxton	Pennsylvania	56,159	0.62%	134	Township
Georgetown	Michigan	55,948	0.36%	135	Township
Oak Lawn	Illinois	55,722	-0.72%	136	Village
Kentwood	Michigan	55,019	0.23%	137	City
Mount Prospect	Illinois	54,837	-0.56%	138	Village
Jeffersonville	Indiana	54,581	1.55%	139	City
Tinley Park	Illinois	54,370	-0.44%	140	Village
Bristol	Pennsylvania	54,353	0.19%	141	Township
Ypsilanti	Michigan	54,346	-0.38%	142	Township
Berwyn	Illinois	54,230	-0.84%	143	City
Elyria	Ohio	54,063	0.43%	144	City
Union	New York	53,990	-0.28%	145	Town
Wheaton	Illinois	53,662	-0.07%	146	City
Elkhart	Indiana	53,590	-0.09%	147	City
Normal	Illinois	53,444	0.13%	148	Town
Middletown	Ohio	52,925	0.6%	149	City
Millcreek	Pennsylvania	52,821	-0.22%	150	Township
Columbus	Indiana	52,707	0.71%	151	City
Oak Park	Illinois	52,133	-0.77%	152	Village
Newark	Ohio	52,115	0.67%	153	City
Haverford	Pennsylvania	51,959	0.65%	154	Township
Battle Creek	Michigan	51,955	-0.24%	155	City
Mishawaka	Indiana	51,006	-0.01%	156	City
Troy	New York	50,942	-0.12%	157	City
Cuyahoga Falls	Ohio	50,942	-0.04%	158	City
Harrisburg	Pennsylvania	50,927	0.27%	159	City
Plainfield	Illinois	50,836	1.96%	160	Village
Downers Grove	Illinois	50,737	0.18%	161	Village
Irondequoit	New York	50,590	0.21%	162	Town
Portage	Michigan	50,493	0.52%	163	City
Orangetown	New York	50,449	1.26%	164	Town
La Crosse	Wisconsin	50,243	-0.8%	165	City
Hoffman Estates	Illinois	50,190	-0.72%	166	Village
Lawrence	Indiana	50,054	0.24%	167	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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