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Little Rock, AR
204,774 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0541000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Little Rock ranked #210 of 340 cities and 10th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Little Rock and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Montgomery AL, Greensboro NC, Lexington KY, Winston-Salem NC, Amarillo TX, Lafayette LA, Fort Wayne IN, Des Moines IA, Chattanooga TN, Columbus GA, Evansville IN, Salt Lake City UT, Huntsville AL · 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 | #210 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #259 | #257 | #245 | #162 | #214 | #279 | #235 | #238 | #234 | #213 | #227 | #232 | #191 | #254 | #212 | #290 | #197 | #131 | #210 | #201 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 186,396 | 188,069 | 188,937 | 190,492 | 192,196 | 193,972 | 195,292 | 196,564 | 197,143 | 197,595 | 198,178 | 198,631 | 198,314 | 197,484 | 197,312 | 202,607 | 202,141 | 203,416 | 204,235 | 204,774 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #182 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | -0.3 | +0.1 | -0.3 | -0.0 | +0.2 | — | +0.1 | -0.2 | -0.1 | -0.4 | -0.6 | -0.5 | -0.7 | -0.8 | -0.4 | -0.0 | -0.5 | +0.2 | -0.2 | -0.4 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #158 of 271 cities with data · 7th of 8 in its peer group with data | 6.4 | 4.4 | 6.1 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 6.8 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 5.5 | 2.4 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 2.4 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #57 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | 19.9% | 18.8% | 19.7% | 21.8% | 21.5% | 20.6% | 21.6% | 18.8% | 21.0% | 20.5% | 22.2% | 21.9% | 18.3% | 20.5% | 19.1% | — | 21.5% | 20.5% | 22.0% | 20.5% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #275 of 304 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group | 22.0 | 30.8 | 27.0 | 19.4 | 15.6 | 12.9 | 19.5 | 22.9 | 17.2 | 21.8 | 16.1 | 21.1 | 27.2 | 20.3 | 18.2 | 23.2 | 31.2 | 38.8 | 30.8 | 17.6 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #286 of 295 cities with data · 14th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | 15.7 | 276.8 | 301.6 | 303.1 | 265.1 | 322.6 | 303.1 | 300.7 | 297.0 | 366.6 | 291.2 | 295.5 | 428.9 | 518.9 | 415.9 | 377.5 | 325.2 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 170,451 | 173,747 | 170,283 | 172,872 | 171,124 | 175,026 | 176,194 | 177,043 | 176,443 | 177,715 | 182,515 | 184,623 | 187,839 | 188,839 | 186,373 | 171,008 | 177,205 | 187,041 | 187,064 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #234 of 329 cities with data · 10th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -1.3 | -0.9 | -0.5 | +1.0 | +0.7 | -1.3 | -1.3 | -0.1 | -0.6 | +1.1 | +0.6 | +0.3 | +0.8 | -0.2 | -1.0 | -1.9 | +0.1 | +0.9 | -0.9 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 92,279 | 89,007 | 93,452 | 93,602 | 97,631 | 96,080 | 100,071 | 100,313 | 98,295 | — | 97,119 | 99,122 | 95,973 | 98,211 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #87 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12.4% | 10.7% | 7.6% | 6.1% | 4.8% | 4.0% | 3.0% | 4.7% | 4.0% | — | 5.1% | 2.3% | 3.2% | 4.0% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #168 of 314 cities with data · 10th of 14 in its peer group | 19% | 19% | 9% | 13% | 12% | 12% | 15% | 17% | 21% | 21% | 18% | 19% | 19% | 20% | 24% | 24% | 26% | 31% | 21% | 22% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #173 of 314 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group | $3,072 | $3,129 | $3,044 | $4,047 | $4,156 | $4,232 | $3,846 | $3,554 | $3,709 | $3,822 | $4,071 | $3,927 | $3,825 | $3,712 | $4,118 | $3,735 | $3,656 | $2,573 | $2,776 | $2,929 |
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 Little Rock. 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.