America's Fastest-Dying Cities

These, and four other metropolitan statistical areas, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, face fleeing populations, painful waves of unemployment and barely growing economies. By our measure, they've struggled the worst of any areas in the nation in the 21st century. And they face even bleaker futures.

http://www.forbes.com/2008/08/04/economy-ohio-michigan-biz_cx_jz_0805dying.html