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Fresno, CA
550,105 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0627000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Fresno ranked #236 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 Fresno and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Stockton CA, Tucson AZ, Sacramento CA, Oklahoma City OK, El Paso TX, Portland OR, Bakersfield CA, Tulsa OK, Memphis TN, Denver CO, Austin TX, Fort Worth TX, New Orleans LA · 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 | #236 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #212 | #201 | #246 | #207 | #215 | #178 | #282 | #266 | #257 | #268 | #250 | #221 | #208 | #215 | #218 | #188 | #198 | #232 | #236 | #265 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 466,179 | 471,748 | 477,659 | 484,443 | 490,262 | 497,769 | 501,429 | 505,414 | 508,880 | 514,100 | 518,203 | 521,426 | 525,373 | 528,814 | 531,576 | 542,714 | 543,931 | 545,874 | 547,260 | 550,105 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #236 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | -0.3 | -0.3 | -0.2 | -0.1 | -0.2 | — | -0.4 | -0.5 | -0.4 | -0.2 | -0.2 | -0.3 | -0.0 | -0.1 | -0.0 | -0.1 | -0.2 | -0.4 | -0.7 | -0.6 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #170 of 271 cities with data · 6th of 8 in its peer group with data | — | — | 6.0 | — | — | 2.4 | — | 2.1 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 2.8 | — | 3.0 | — | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 2.0 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #189 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | 23.1% | 22.3% | 21.7% | 23.7% | 23.4% | 24.4% | 25.6% | 27.2% | 26.0% | 26.5% | 25.1% | 24.4% | 23.6% | 24.6% | 23.9% | — | 22.8% | 24.9% | 25.3% | 25.0% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #160 of 304 cities with data · 2nd of 13 in its peer group with data | 10.5 | 11.0 | 10.9 | 8.3 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 7.0 | 10.1 | 7.9 | 9.1 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 10.7 | 6.1 | — | 14.2 | 13.4 | 11.4 | 6.9 | 5.8 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #135 of 295 cities with data · 1st of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 90.1 | 47.3 | 48.9 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 190,870 | 194,829 | 197,638 | 198,662 | 193,908 | 203,188 | 197,332 | 198,233 | 207,435 | 210,358 | 211,200 | 225,499 | 232,546 | 236,213 | 236,017 | 232,959 | 241,201 | 258,016 | 258,720 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #256 of 329 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +0.0 | +1.4 | -1.4 | +0.3 | +0.6 | +0.7 | -4.2 | +1.3 | +0.0 | -1.4 | -0.6 | +0.9 | +0.9 | +1.0 | -0.8 | +0.7 | +1.7 | +0.6 | -1.2 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 188,035 | 190,817 | 195,609 | 202,896 | 210,511 | 214,398 | 219,163 | 219,244 | 224,248 | — | 230,540 | 242,002 | 243,976 | 245,284 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #327 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18.5% | 16.8% | 13.5% | 11.9% | 10.9% | 9.7% | 9.2% | 9.0% | 8.2% | — | 9.3% | 7.9% | 7.0% | 9.2% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #228 of 314 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group | 25% | 25% | 11% | 25% | 22% | 21% | 30% | 32% | 20% | 31% | 29% | 29% | 42% | 21% | 27% | 32% | 19% | 19% | 21% | 11% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #102 of 314 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | $3,095 | $2,920 | $2,980 | $2,863 | $3,086 | $3,303 | $3,078 | $2,871 | $2,667 | $2,523 | $2,393 | $2,355 | $2,938 | $3,123 | $2,819 | $2,579 | $2,399 | $2,023 | $1,982 | $1,824 |
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 Fresno. 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.