It stayed that way until the 1960s, and then, the population plummeted to just under 100.

Detroit's population has also plummeted, from a peak of 2.2 million in the mid-1950's to some 950,000 now.

Residents say they get their lives back when summer ends - and the population plummets to 10,000 from around 40,000 to 50,000.

Between 1948 and the early 1960s, the island's population plummeted.

By 1910, the population had plummeted to about 7,500 before sinking to near 3,000 in the middle of the century.

Many businesses were forced to close, including the railroad, and the city's population plummeted.

By 1899, the gold rush had ended and the town's population plummeted as all but 8,000 people left.

The city's population plummeted to 282,864 in 2004 from 580,132 in 1950.

The population has plummeted, from 125,000 in 1950 to 82,000.

At its height 2500 people worked here, but in 1893 the silver market crashed and the town's population plummeted to 100 residents within two hours.