SOUTH BEND — The city’s population last year shrunk to its lowest level in at least 50 years, according to data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.

The city’s population fell from 107,789 in 1999 to 101,168 in 2009. That 6.1-percent drop was the city’s second-largest in recent decades, falling well short of the 12.6-percent decrease during the 1970s.
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