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Phoenix, AZ
1,673,164 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0455000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Phoenix ranked #169 of 340 cities and 4th of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Phoenix and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: San Antonio TX, Dallas TX, Houston TX, Austin TX, San Diego CA, Indianapolis IN, Columbus OH, Charlotte NC, Jacksonville FL, Denver CO, Fort Worth TX, Nashville TN, Oklahoma City OK · 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 | #169 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #180 | #218 | #170 | #138 | #223 | #210 | #206 | #183 | #184 | #179 | #174 | #192 | #201 | #161 | #162 | #173 | #76 | #159 | #169 | #128 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 1,417,720 | 1,441,241 | 1,450,901 | 1,456,729 | 1,452,679 | 1,449,038 | 1,469,796 | 1,499,274 | 1,526,491 | 1,555,445 | 1,583,690 | 1,612,199 | 1,633,560 | 1,654,675 | 1,680,992 | 1,612,593 | 1,625,132 | 1,644,798 | 1,656,231 | 1,673,164 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #125 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | +2.4 | +1.8 | +0.9 | +0.6 | +0.1 | — | +0.3 | +0.9 | +0.8 | +0.8 | +0.9 | +1.1 | +0.9 | +1.1 | +1.3 | +0.4 | +1.0 | +0.7 | +0.1 | -0.0 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #87 of 271 cities with data · 8th of 10 in its peer group with data | 10.7 | 7.8 | 8.6 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 5.9 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 5.4 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #157 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group | 20.1% | 19.8% | 19.9% | 21.0% | 21.3% | 23.3% | 22.3% | 23.4% | 22.4% | 22.1% | 22.8% | 22.1% | 21.4% | 21.7% | 21.8% | — | 22.7% | 23.5% | 24.9% | 24.1% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #207 of 304 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group | 15.5 | 16.3 | 14.6 | 11.5 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 9.1 | 9.6 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 11.6 | — | 13.2 | 11.5 | 8.3 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| jobs · size, not ranked | 865,665 | 894,193 | 902,208 | 900,031 | 817,636 | 814,611 | 828,508 | 817,536 | 849,878 | 861,752 | 891,996 | 901,550 | 904,964 | 927,126 | 944,955 | 925,569 | 945,036 | 989,949 | 1,023,592 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #233 of 329 cities with data · 10th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.7 | -1.8 | -0.4 | +0.9 | -1.2 | +0.5 | -1.1 | -2.8 | +0.1 | -0.8 | -0.4 | -2.0 | -1.9 | -1.1 | -1.1 | -0.8 | -0.3 | -0.6 | -0.9 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 660,538 | 667,711 | 679,459 | 700,152 | 726,374 | 770,242 | 791,996 | 836,635 | 845,269 | — | 806,532 | 842,414 | 867,013 | 892,066 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #102 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11.0% | 9.7% | 9.1% | 8.2% | 6.2% | 5.9% | 5.5% | 4.8% | 4.4% | — | 5.9% | 4.3% | 4.4% | 4.1% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | 84% | 81% | 84% | 79% | 75% | 69% | 67% | 62% | 64% | 59% | 55% | 57% | 58% | 61% | 61% | 64% | 71% | 71% | 72% | 73% | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #19 of 314 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group | 43% | 44% | 41% | 44% | 39% | 38% | 36% | 33% | 31% | 34% | 34% | 30% | 30% | 34% | 24% | 24% | 40% | 42% | 43% | 44% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #235 of 314 cities with data · 5th of 14 in its peer group | $6,875 | $7,960 | $7,386 | $7,547 | $7,866 | $8,271 | $8,228 | $7,544 | $6,993 | $6,774 | $6,749 | $6,537 | $6,051 | $5,848 | $5,310 | $6,172 | $5,303 | $5,319 | $4,746 | $4,249 |
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 Phoenix. 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.