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Anchorage, AK
289,600 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0203000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Anchorage ranked #225 of 340 cities and 14th of 14 in its peer group, on 7 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Anchorage and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Boise ID, Colorado Springs CO, Lincoln NE, Santa Rosa CA, Reno NV, Sioux Falls SD, Madison WI, Modesto CA, Cedar Rapids IA, Bellevue WA, Des Moines IA, Fairfield CA, Seattle WA · 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 | #225 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #172 | #190 | #220 | #177 | #164 | #98 | #171 | #201 | #192 | #139 | #202 | #187 | #224 | #202 | #241 | #289 | #130 | #248 | #225 | #243 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 276,494 | 280,085 | 278,792 | 281,554 | 287,677 | 293,321 | 296,197 | 298,255 | 301,142 | 299,893 | 297,547 | 297,249 | 294,338 | 290,521 | 288,000 | 290,905 | 288,921 | 287,520 | 287,932 | 289,600 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #272 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group | -0.5 | -0.3 | -1.9 | -0.7 | +0.7 | — | -0.4 | -0.8 | -0.5 | -1.7 | -2.2 | -1.5 | -2.3 | -2.2 | -1.7 | -0.3 | -1.4 | -1.4 | -1.1 | -0.8 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #212 of 271 cities with data · 11th of 12 in its peer group with data | 6.0 | 4.9 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 1.7 | — | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.2 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #13 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | 17.1% | 17.4% | 17.0% | 15.6% | 17.8% | 16.6% | 17.7% | 19.6% | 17.7% | 19.7% | 18.9% | 18.2% | 19.6% | 17.8% | 17.8% | — | 18.5% | 16.4% | 18.7% | 17.5% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #219 of 304 cities with data · 14th of 14 in its peer group | 5.8 | 6.1 | 7.9 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 8.7 | 9.4 | 9.2 | 8.9 | 11.1 | 6.2 | — | 10.1 | 6.6 | 9.7 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| jobs · size, not ranked | 132,607 | 134,946 | 144,718 | 144,912 | 143,531 | 146,691 | 153,455 | 159,621 | 159,816 | 160,029 | 165,789 | 161,636 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #193 of 336 cities with data · 8th of 13 in its peer group with data · 2016 | -0.1 | -0.1 | +0.1 | -0.1 | -0.5 | +0.1 | -0.5 | -0.0 | -0.5 | -0.3 | -0.1 | -0.4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 149,295 | 153,778 | 153,271 | 153,137 | 150,525 | 153,817 | 149,198 | 144,628 | 143,024 | — | 137,213 | 142,313 | 143,471 | 143,706 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #167 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7.7% | 6.5% | 6.6% | 5.7% | 6.4% | 5.2% | 5.8% | 5.5% | 5.4% | — | 6.7% | 4.1% | 4.3% | 4.8% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | 107% | 112% | 112% | 75% | 79% | 85% | 77% | 81% | 89% | 86% | 80% | 80% | 95% | 83% | 77% | 79% | 86% | 71% | 74% | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #237 of 314 cities with data · 13th of 13 in its peer group with data | 16% | 18% | 20% | 10% | 10% | 16% | 13% | 14% | 15% | 16% | 15% | 18% | 18% | 20% | 14% | 17% | 16% | 3% | 11% | 9% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #236 of 314 cities with data · 10th of 13 in its peer group with data | $8,753 | $9,235 | $9,008 | $9,220 | $9,176 | $9,133 | $8,676 | $8,016 | $7,068 | $5,351 | $6,412 | $6,166 | $6,035 | $6,822 | $6,945 | $6,831 | $4,684 | $4,651 | $4,645 | $4,265 |
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 Anchorage. 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.