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Berkeley, CA
121,749 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0606000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Berkeley ranked #140 of 340 cities and 4th of 14 in its peer group, on 6 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Berkeley and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: El Cajon CA, West Covina CA, Inglewood CA, Santa Maria CA, Salinas CA, Vista CA, Pasadena CA, Bridgeport CT, Dearborn MI, Norwalk CA, Gresham OR, Elizabeth NJ, Lakewood NJ · 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 | #140 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #285 | #274 | #248 | #140 | #251 | #312 | #168 | #148 | #214 | #154 | #137 | #154 | #146 | #132 | #325 | #293 | #222 | #125 | #140 | #149 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 105,008 | 106,001 | 107,477 | 109,490 | 111,370 | 112,889 | 113,968 | 115,309 | 116,944 | 118,697 | 120,749 | 121,547 | 122,164 | 121,663 | 121,363 | 124,219 | 115,555 | 119,429 | 120,320 | 121,749 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #322 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group | -1.8 | -1.4 | -0.8 | -0.0 | +0.0 | — | -0.1 | +0.3 | +0.4 | +0.4 | +0.2 | -0.4 | -0.7 | -0.6 | -0.7 | -0.2 | -2.7 | -2.1 | -1.6 | -1.3 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #131 of 269 cities with data · 3rd of 11 in its peer group with data · 2023 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.7 | — | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 2.5 | — | — | 1.6 | 2.2 | — | 2.7 | 6.7 | 3.6 | — | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #135 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group | 25.2% | 23.8% | 22.7% | 21.6% | 22.9% | 26.9% | 23.4% | 22.6% | 26.4% | 22.9% | 23.8% | 25.4% | 22.6% | 25.4% | 23.1% | — | 22.8% | 25.4% | 25.5% | 23.4% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #106 of 304 cities with data · 6th of 12 in its peer group with data | 2.9 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 7.3 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 0.9 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | — | 4.8 | — | 2.5 | 3.3 | 3.3 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #113 of 295 cities with data · 8th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 37.8 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 66,560 | 66,626 | 68,083 | 70,717 | 65,154 | 51,507 | 49,614 | 63,641 | 65,831 | 66,399 | 66,189 | 67,305 | 65,469 | 67,960 | 56,430 | 50,800 | 64,678 | 70,963 | 73,292 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #47 of 329 cities with data · 6th of 13 in its peer group with data · 2023 | -10.5 | -1.2 | -0.5 | +2.5 | -4.0 | -22.2 | -6.7 | +25.9 | -0.2 | -2.6 | -4.9 | -1.6 | -4.0 | +1.3 | -17.9 | -3.1 | +28.2 | +2.4 | +2.5 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 53,681 | 58,216 | 58,612 | 59,256 | 63,352 | 64,549 | 63,024 | 63,601 | 63,459 | — | 59,365 | 60,440 | 63,881 | 57,619 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #122 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9.5% | 8.6% | 8.8% | 8.6% | 7.0% | 4.5% | 5.5% | 3.9% | 6.0% | — | 9.4% | 4.0% | 5.3% | 4.3% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #245 of 314 cities with data · 5th of 10 in its peer group with data | 15% | 12% | 5% | 9% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 11% | 12% | 15% | 10% | 10% | — | — | — | 17% | — | 8% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #154 of 314 cities with data · 8th of 10 in its peer group with data | $3,169 | $2,956 | $2,703 | $2,442 | $2,414 | $2,433 | $2,424 | $2,237 | $2,009 | $2,018 | $1,842 | $1,745 | $2,114 | $2,995 | — | — | — | $3,191 | — | $2,675 |
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 Berkeley. 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.