America's 10 Dying Cities: From Detroit to New Orleans

America's 10 Dying Cities: From Detroit to New Orleans.

"Most of America's 10 Dead Cities were once major manufacturing hubs and others were important ports or financial services centers. The downfall of one city, New Orleans, began in the 1970s, but was accelerated by Hurricane Katrina."

"24/7 Wall St. looked at a number of sources in order to select the list. One was the U.S. Census Bureau's list of largest cities by population by decade from 1950 to 2000 with estimates for 2007. Detroit, for example, had 1.9 million people in 1950 and was the fifth-largest city in the nation. By 2000, the figure was 951,000. The city was not even on the top 10 list in 2007."