10 Cities with The Highest Out Migration in America

3. Cleveland – Elyria, OH

Net migration: -20,216

This really isn’t anything new, but Cleveland finds its way to this list of country leaders among cities with negative population changes. The Forest City has recorded a loss of 12,520 inhabitants during the course of three years starting from 2010. This is a loss of 0.6% which doesn’t sound that bad compared to years before. While things aren’t as grim as they used to be, they still aren’t exactly good either. The fact that Cleveland is undesirable can be seen from 31,857 people that have left it, and only 11,641 immigrants that came to take their place. Many experts have their own opinions on how to reverse this trend for Cleveland, but all of them agree on this: new jobs, and lots of them.

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