Between 1900 and 2005 the population declined from 720 to 297.

The population of the town declined by 35% from 4,800 to 3,120 between 1845 and 1850.

Between 2000 and 2010 the total population declined by 30 percent.

The population here has declined by almost a third from a 1950 high of 41,023.

The population has declined by about 4,000 people since 1980.

The population has declined by at least 50% over the last 60-75 years.

Their population declined by more than 50% between 1997 and 2003.

The population was 400 in 1940, and had declined to 116 by 1980.

As industry moved out, the population and the area declined.

The population has since declined from nearly 35,000 to little over 20,000 today.