Shreveport and Baton Rouge 2 & 4 respectively among fastest shrinking mid sized cities

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The table below shows 50 midsize cities in the United States that were shrinking the fastest from 2014-2019. California was at the top of the list with 15 cities. Southern and western states each had 16 cities in the top 50, while there were 11 cities from the Midwest and only seven in the Northeast. Although many cities on the list show signs of economic decline, some of the cities on the list are very prosperous. Wealthy, midsize cities were also included on the list such as Thousand Oaks in California. The data displays how economic growth is not always directly correlated to population growth, as the population dwindles in these types of cities due to poor housing affordability and low levels of construction of new housing.

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