Rust Belt Cities

164 cities

City	State	2025 Pop. ↓	Annual Change	Rank	Type
New York City	New York	8,412,513	-0.77%	1	City
Chicago	Illinois	2,715,336	-0.22%	2	City
Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	1,567,198	-0.43%	3	City
Columbus	Ohio	939,962	0.72%	4	City
Indianapolis	Indiana	892,551	0.12%	5	Township
Hempstead	New York	796,559	0.53%	6	Town
Detroit	Michigan	647,539	0.28%	7	City
Milwaukee	Wisconsin	560,124	-0.6%	8	City
Brookhaven	New York	495,150	0.49%	9	Town
Cleveland	Ohio	363,760	-0.44%	10	City
Islip	New York	340,300	0.33%	11	Town
Cincinnati	Ohio	316,242	0.42%	12	City
Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	308,885	0.4%	13	City
Oyster Bay	New York	300,314	0.26%	14	Town
Madison	Wisconsin	287,904	0.91%	15	City
Buffalo	New York	276,381	-0.09%	16	City
Fort Wayne	Indiana	275,405	0.81%	17	City
Toledo	Ohio	264,476	-0.44%	18	City
North Hempstead	New York	238,887	0.5%	19	Town
Babylon	New York	219,305	0.34%	20	Town
Yonkers	New York	211,051	0.01%	21	City
Rochester	New York	206,379	-0.44%	22	City
Huntington	New York	205,743	0.51%	23	Town
Grand Rapids	Michigan	200,462	0.17%	24	City
Akron	Ohio	189,543	-0.06%	25	City
Aurora	Illinois	180,822	0.06%	26	City
Ramapo	New York	159,598	1.8%	27	Town
Naperville	Illinois	154,046	0.6%	28	City
Joliet	Illinois	152,208	0.24%	29	City
Rockford	Illinois	147,183	-0.21%	30	City
Syracuse	New York	145,887	-0.14%	31	City
Warren	Michigan	137,305	-0.28%	32	City
Dayton	Ohio	136,044	-0.22%	33	City
Sterling Heights	Michigan	134,399	0.04%	34	City
Amherst	New York	130,981	0.09%	35	Town
Allentown	Pennsylvania	127,489	0.28%	36	City
Ann Arbor	Michigan	122,717	-0.17%	37	City
Smithtown	New York	116,584	0.31%	38	Town
Evansville	Indiana	114,899	-0.43%	39	City
Lansing	Michigan	114,781	0.39%	40	City
Elgin	Illinois	114,715	0.01%	41	City
Springfield	Illinois	112,592	-0.32%	42	City
Peoria	Illinois	111,384	-0.28%	43	City
Green Bay	Wisconsin	106,064	-0.23%	44	City
Dearborn	Michigan	105,582	-0.75%	45	City
Fishers	Indiana	105,107	1.08%	46	City
Carmel	Indiana	104,530	0.89%	47	City
South Bend	Indiana	103,803	0.09%	48	City
Clinton charter	Michigan	102,394	1.02%	49	Township
Albany	New York	101,994	0.67%	50	City
Canton charter	Michigan	100,347	0.56%	51	Township
Kenosha	Wisconsin	99,481	-0.1%	52	City
Reading	Pennsylvania	96,254	0.26%	53	City
Macomb	Michigan	95,545	1.32%	54	Township
Greenburgh	New York	94,716	0.81%	55	Town
Greece	New York	94,627	-0.02%	56	Town
Champaign	Illinois	92,852	0.97%	57	City
Livonia	Michigan	92,537	-0.62%	58	City
Erie	Pennsylvania	92,455	-0.52%	59	City
Troy	Michigan	89,731	0.59%	60	City
Clarkstown	New York	88,565	0.97%	61	Town
Cheektowaga	New York	88,488	0%	62	Town
Waukegan	Illinois	88,432	-0.16%	63	City
Colonie	New York	86,939	0.47%	64	Town
New Rochelle	New York	86,837	1.55%	65	City
Upper Darby	Pennsylvania	86,622	0.67%	66	Township
Farmington Hills	Michigan	84,260	0.1%	67	City
Westland	Michigan	82,149	-0.72%	68	City
Cicero	Illinois	81,382	-0.86%	69	Town
Shelby charter	Michigan	81,019	0.74%	70	Township
Bethlehem	Pennsylvania	80,389	1.18%	71	City
Bloomington	Indiana	79,947	-0.05%	72	City
Flint	Michigan	79,391	-0.43%	73	City
Bloomington	Illinois	79,367	0.17%	74	City
Wyoming	Michigan	79,006	0.57%	75	City
Parma	Ohio	78,947	-0.51%	76	City
Rochester Hills	Michigan	78,876	0.7%	77	City
Racine	Wisconsin	78,030	-0.03%	78	City
Southfield	Michigan	76,990	0.15%	79	City
Schaumburg	Illinois	76,765	-0.43%	80	Village
Noblesville	Indiana	76,508	1.69%	81	City
Scranton	Pennsylvania	75,836	-0.09%	82	City
Hammond	Indiana	75,598	-0.57%	83	City
Evanston	Illinois	75,553	-0.6%	84	City
Appleton	Wisconsin	75,281	-0.08%	85	City
Arlington Heights	Illinois	75,145	-0.6%	86	Village
Bolingbrook	Illinois	74,988	0.31%	87	Village
Kalamazoo	Michigan	73,240	-0.07%	88	City
Eau Claire	Wisconsin	73,041	0.98%	89	City
Lafayette	Indiana	72,005	0.35%	90	City
Mount Vernon	New York	71,608	-0.54%	91	City
Waukesha	Wisconsin	71,541	0.11%	92	City
Tonawanda	New York	71,393	-0.03%	93	Town
Southampton	New York	71,297	0.92%	94	Town
Waterford charter	Michigan	71,225	0.97%	95	Township
Schenectady	New York	69,782	0.41%	96	City
Greenwood	Indiana	69,224	1.54%	97	City
Canton	Ohio	68,861	-0.51%	98	City
Decatur	Illinois	68,209	-0.81%	99	City
Novi	Michigan	68,062	0.57%	100	City
Oshkosh	Wisconsin	67,324	0.12%	101	City
West Bloomfield charter	Michigan	67,240	0.98%	102	Township
Gary	Indiana	67,192	-0.54%	103	City
Westfield	Indiana	66,986	6.34%	104	City
Janesville	Wisconsin	66,622	0.29%	105	City
Lorain	Ohio	65,880	0.2%	106	City
Palatine	Illinois	65,521	-0.65%	107	Village
Skokie	Illinois	65,390	-0.7%	108	Village
Muncie	Indiana	65,375	0.08%	109	City
Lower Merion	Pennsylvania	65,157	0.7%	110	Township
Hamilton	Ohio	64,086	0.21%	111	City
White Plains	New York	63,303	1.19%	112	City
Utica	New York	63,281	-0.6%	113	City
Bensalem	Pennsylvania	63,200	0.19%	114	Township
Pontiac	Michigan	62,700	0.28%	115	City
Taylor	Michigan	61,138	-0.66%	116	City
Hamburg	New York	61,097	0.8%	117	Town
Dearborn Heights	Michigan	60,536	-0.83%	118	City
Kokomo	Indiana	60,223	0.22%	119	City
Clay	New York	59,801	0.06%	120	Town
Hempstead	New York	59,743	0.29%	121	Village
West Allis	Wisconsin	59,665	-0.2%	122	City
Abington	Pennsylvania	59,492	0.71%	123	Township
Youngstown	Ohio	58,931	-0.32%	124	City
Lancaster	Pennsylvania	58,565	0.21%	125	City
Terre Haute	Indiana	58,564	0.06%	126	City
Des Plaines	Illinois	58,426	-0.69%	127	City
Royal Oak	Michigan	58,299	0.08%	128	City
Springfield	Ohio	58,025	-0.19%	129	City
St. Clair Shores	Michigan	57,906	-0.29%	130	City
Orland Park	Illinois	57,888	-0.23%	131	Village
Kettering	Ohio	56,829	-0.35%	132	City
Oak Lawn	Illinois	56,126	-0.72%	133	Village
Anderson	Indiana	56,108	0.46%	134	City
Lower Paxton	Pennsylvania	55,812	0.63%	135	Township
Georgetown charter	Michigan	55,750	0.36%	136	Township
Mount Prospect	Illinois	55,148	-0.56%	137	Village
Kentwood	Michigan	54,893	0.23%	138	City
Berwyn	Illinois	54,691	-0.84%	139	City
Tinley Park	Illinois	54,613	-0.44%	140	Village
Ypsilanti charter	Michigan	54,553	-0.38%	141	Township
Bristol	Pennsylvania	54,249	0.19%	142	Township
Union	New York	54,144	-0.28%	143	Town
Elyria	Ohio	53,833	0.43%	144	City
Jeffersonville	Indiana	53,746	1.58%	145	City
Wheaton	Illinois	53,701	-0.07%	146	City
Elkhart	Indiana	53,640	-0.09%	147	City
Normal	Illinois	53,374	0.13%	148	Town
Millcreek	Pennsylvania	52,940	-0.22%	149	Township
Middletown	Ohio	52,608	0.61%	150	City
Oak Park	Illinois	52,540	-0.77%	151	Village
Columbus	Indiana	52,338	0.71%	152	City
Battle Creek	Michigan	52,080	-0.24%	153	City
Newark	Ohio	51,769	0.67%	154	City
Haverford	Pennsylvania	51,625	0.65%	155	Township
Mishawaka	Indiana	51,013	-0.01%	156	City
Troy	New York	51,003	-0.12%	157	City
Cuyahoga Falls	Ohio	50,960	-0.04%	158	City
Harrisburg	Pennsylvania	50,788	0.27%	159	City
La Crosse	Wisconsin	50,646	-0.79%	160	City
Downers Grove	Illinois	50,644	0.18%	161	Village
Hoffman Estates	Illinois	50,555	-0.72%	162	Village
Irondequoit	New York	50,485	0.21%	163	Town
Portage	Michigan	50,234	0.52%	164	City

States Within the Rust Belt Region

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.