Demographics
| Historical populations | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1850 | 2,802 |
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| 1860 | 2,759 | −1.5% | |
| 1870 | 8,075 | 192.7% | |
| 1880 | 15,435 | 91.1% | |
| 1890 | 33,220 | 115.2% | |
| 1900 | 44,885 | 35.1% | |
| 1910 | 79,066 | 76.2% | |
| 1920 | 132,358 | 67.4% | |
| 1930 | 170,002 | 28.4% | |
| 1940 | 167,720 | −1.3% | |
| 1950 | 168,330 | 0.4% | |
| 1960 | 166,688 | −1.0% | |
| 1970 | 139,788 | −16.1% | |
| 1980 | 115,427 | −17.4% | |
| 1990 | 95,787 | −17.0% | |
| 2000 | 82,026 | −14.4% | |
| 2010 | 66,982 | −18.3% | |
| Est. 2012 | 65,405 | −2.4% | |
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2012 Estimate |
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The United States Census Bureau's 2011 American Community Survey estimated a median household income of $24,006. A 2007 report by CNNMoney.com stated that Youngstown has the lowest median income of any U.S. city with more than 65,000 residents.
Between 1960 and 2010, the city's population declined by over 60%. Youngstown's vacant-housing rate is twenty times that of the national average.
In 2010, 10.8% were of Italian, 10.8% Irish, 10.0% German, and 4.2% English ancestries.
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