Every decade, we use a census to determine where people are going in the States. Lately, we’ve been noticing a trend of people moving to major cities and suburbs in an attempt to find more jobs. This means that many smaller cities and towns are losing residents at an alarming rate.
States that usually experience population growth are also shrinking in size. States like Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Washington, and Florida are exploding in population to the point where there are few (if any) cities that had a net loss! That being said, most states can’t boast this amazing accomplishment.
In each state, we identified the top urban regions where individuals areleaving – fleeing, in some cases. These places are hemorrhaging residents so quickly that some may even lose their city status! It might be best to leave right away if you reside in one of these cities.
For the purposes of this list, we are listing the urbanized areas in each state that are classified as cities and have declining or slowly growing populations. Information within this article has been taken from the US Census Bureau, for simplicity's sake. Have a look and find out if your city is on the list!
Recent estimates from the U.S. Census found that the Sulphur City area has lost quite a number of residents. Since 2020, it lost 5.1% of its total population. As the population quickly drops, you'd hope officials would work harder to maintain their population, but that's not the case.
In 2020, the population was 21,1758 and is now just 20,641 as of 2021. This Louisiana city did not experience the 0.4% growth that tiny communities in the deep south experienced on average. You would think it woud be because they're moving to larger cities in state, but no, most major cities in Louisiana saw a population drop.