population loss
- declineDecrease or refuse
- exodusMass departure from somewhere
- depopulationLoss of inhabitants
- shrinkageDecrease in size
- emigrationLeaving homeland permanently
brain drain · ghost town · abandoned · empty · dwindling · dying · famine · plague · migration · fleeing · displacement · refugees · collapse · attrition · vanishing · birthrate · aging · desertion
- Great PlainsGreat Plains, high plains, High Plains, grassland, grasslands
- Rust BeltDetroit, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Gary, Youngstown
- wildlife threatsbiodiversity loss, extinction, habitat loss, poaching, species extinction
- depopulationemptying, hollowing out, rural exodus, mass exodus, emigration
- mortalitydeath, death knell, deceased, death rate, death acceptance
- industrial declinedeindustrialization, factory closures, factory closure, plant shutdowns, plant shutdown
demographic change direction
population losspopulation growth
Increase in inhabitants over time
population boom · population explosion · influx · baby boom · immigration wave
community vitality
population lossboomtown
Rapidly growing community
gentrification · flourishing · population boom · community growth · revitalization