What US city has shrunk the most?

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What US city has shrunk the most?

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Shrinking cities are a type of town that goes through reverse urbanization when a city's population undergoes rapid reduction due to emigration.

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In the US, the two cities that have suffered the most of the Shrinking are St. Louise and Pittsburg. The two cities have seen a reduction in people to approximately -65% between 1950 and 2019. St Louise is a city in the midwest state, Missouri, with a population of 856,796 in 1950 and 301,048 in 2018. The poverty rate in this city is very high, with close to 1 in 4 falling below poverty. Similarly, in Pittsburg, in the Northeastern state, Pennysylvania suffers the same fate in population and socioeconomic condition. These cities have shrunk after incorporating mechanization and automation of industries that led to large-scale unemployment in the later 20th century.

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