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Montgomery, AL
195,818 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0151000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Montgomery ranked #136 of 340 cities and 6th of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Montgomery and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Little Rock AR, Columbus GA, Amarillo TX, Lexington KY, Macon-Bibb County GA, Winston-Salem NC, Corpus Christi TX, Chattanooga TN, Greensboro NC, Fort Wayne IN, Lafayette LA, Huntsville AL, Lubbock TX · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #136 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #196 | #194 | #242 | #283 | #274 | #218 | #227 | #269 | #116 | #291 | #280 | #270 | #259 | #284 | #197 | #326 | #104 | #134 | #136 | #151 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 201,218 | 204,414 | 204,827 | 204,275 | 204,282 | 205,593 | 205,198 | 203,946 | 202,439 | 201,435 | 201,018 | 200,441 | 200,047 | 198,899 | 198,525 | 200,048 | 198,310 | 197,126 | 196,107 | 195,818 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #282 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group | -0.4 | +0.8 | -0.6 | -1.2 | -0.8 | — | -0.8 | -0.9 | -1.0 | -0.9 | -0.8 | -0.7 | -0.5 | -0.9 | -0.5 | -0.3 | -0.8 | -0.5 | -1.1 | -0.9 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #198 of 269 cities with data · 7th of 8 in its peer group with data · 2023 | 7.4 | 4.3 | 6.4 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.3 | — | 2.6 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.7 | — | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #102 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | 17.4% | 20.2% | 20.6% | 20.7% | 23.8% | 22.6% | 20.7% | 23.2% | 22.1% | 23.6% | 23.6% | 23.4% | 23.4% | 21.8% | 20.6% | — | 24.3% | 21.4% | 21.4% | 22.5% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #285 of 304 cities with data · 14th of 14 in its peer group | 14.4 | 13.2 | 22.5 | 11.3 | 15.2 | 12.2 | 15.1 | 21.6 | 1.5 | 17.4 | 16.4 | 15.0 | 19.0 | 14.6 | — | — | 0.5 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 20.9 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #243 of 295 cities with data · 5th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 167.0 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 124,280 | 127,288 | 129,406 | 127,967 | 121,806 | 121,194 | 121,818 | 120,085 | 121,632 | 121,051 | 122,565 | 124,735 | 125,772 | 124,099 | 122,694 | 117,845 | 119,396 | 122,041 | 123,369 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #173 of 329 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.3 | -0.1 | -0.9 | -0.6 | -0.2 | -0.0 | -0.4 | -0.6 | -0.2 | -0.5 | -0.0 | -0.1 | +0.3 | -0.8 | -0.5 | -0.7 | +0.3 | -0.6 | -0.2 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 91,070 | 85,087 | 87,100 | 87,822 | 89,025 | 89,703 | 86,036 | 85,018 | 90,902 | — | 82,453 | 86,779 | 85,713 | 88,415 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #63 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9.8% | 10.1% | 7.3% | 10.4% | 8.1% | 7.9% | 5.3% | 7.0% | 5.5% | — | 8.6% | 6.3% | 4.7% | 3.6% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #94 of 314 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group | 11% | 16% | 12% | 8% | 20% | 7% | 20% | 30% | 21% | 12% | 15% | 22% | 24% | 21% | 20% | 14% | 26% | 35% | 30% | 31% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #137 of 314 cities with data · 4th of 14 in its peer group | $1,787 | $1,278 | $1,485 | $1,771 | $1,879 | $1,965 | $2,525 | $1,848 | $1,794 | $1,959 | $1,931 | $1,876 | $2,277 | $2,125 | $1,932 | $6,158 | $1,873 | $1,973 | $1,807 | $2,351 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Montgomery. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.