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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
"Old City" Columbus (51 sq. miles):
1960 (peak): 389,222
2010 (nadir): 234,582
Change: -40%
Center Township, Indianapolis (42 sq. miles):
1950 (peak): 337,211
2010 (nadir): 142,787
Change: -58%
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So, sticking with the whole "fixed geography of the urban core over time for Midwest post-war land annexers" theme, I calculated Milwaukee's 2020 population within its original 1950 city limits of 50 sq. miles (just prior to the city going on a mini-annexation binge of unincorporated county land in the '50s when Milwaukee nearly doubled in land area from 50 to 96 sq. miles).
"Old City" Milwaukee (50 sq. miles):
1950 (peak): 637,392
2020 (nadir): 418,206
Change: -34%
So "Old City" Milwaukee really isn't doing all that poorly when accounting for average household size shrinkage. And it's still roughly 2 - 2.5 times denser than the other two within these tighter geographies.
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