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Fullerton, CA
140,054 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0628000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified · the council picks the mayor (2 of 20 years on record)
Overall in 2023, Fullerton ranked #316 of 340 cities and 13th of 14 in its peer group, on 7 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Fullerton and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Oceanside CA, Escondido CA, Concord CA, Torrance CA, Carrollton TX, Costa Mesa CA, Chula Vista CA, Hayward CA, Rialto CA, Pasadena CA, Richardson TX, Norwalk CA, West Covina CA · 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 | #316 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #265 | #153 | #192 | #61 | #66 | #96 | #126 | #236 | #223 | #188 | #146 | #169 | #107 | #138 | #118 | #143 | #246 | #118 | #316 | #117 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 131,254 | 131,076 | 131,219 | 132,537 | 134,015 | 135,291 | 136,386 | 138,103 | 138,637 | 138,840 | 139,982 | 140,454 | 139,744 | 139,273 | 138,632 | 143,398 | 140,260 | 140,890 | 140,142 | 140,054 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #247 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | -1.5 | -1.6 | -1.3 | -0.4 | -0.1 | — | +0.2 | +0.1 | -0.0 | -0.3 | -0.3 | -0.4 | -0.6 | -0.6 | -0.7 | -0.1 | -1.1 | -0.9 | -1.1 | -0.7 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #239 of 271 cities with data · 9th of 11 in its peer group with data | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #286 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group | 22.9% | 21.9% | 22.2% | 23.8% | 23.6% | 24.5% | 23.0% | 24.6% | 24.0% | 27.2% | 24.6% | 24.3% | 24.9% | 26.9% | 22.9% | — | 23.6% | 25.2% | 26.3% | 28.2% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #9 of 304 cities with data · 1st of 12 in its peer group with data | — | 1.5 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 1.5 | — | — | — | — | 3.6 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 1.4 | — | 0.7 | — | 0.7 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #20 of 295 cities with data · 1st of 12 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12.1 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 53,063 | 53,264 | 53,773 | 55,477 | 56,245 | 58,031 | 57,533 | 57,502 | 57,554 | 57,262 | 58,604 | 60,470 | 61,510 | 62,911 | 63,028 | 59,515 | 60,911 | 68,534 | 67,164 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #310 of 329 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -1.8 | -0.8 | -0.3 | +2.5 | +4.5 | +1.6 | -1.9 | -0.1 | -2.6 | -2.7 | +0.4 | -0.1 | +1.0 | +0.6 | -1.6 | +1.0 | +2.4 | +5.1 | -3.3 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 62,849 | 65,604 | 67,906 | 63,644 | 69,754 | 70,498 | 67,844 | 71,233 | 68,906 | — | 68,100 | 71,763 | 74,413 | 73,331 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #82 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10.7% | 11.9% | 8.5% | 7.8% | 7.4% | 7.4% | 6.9% | 5.9% | 5.4% | — | 9.7% | 4.1% | 5.2% | 3.9% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #237 of 309 cities with data · 8th of 8 in its peer group with data · 2023 | 24% | 26% | 28% | 25% | 29% | 16% | 24% | 22% | 15% | 32% | 43% | 31% | 24% | 37% | 22% | 13% | 4% | -31% | 10% | — | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #29 of 309 cities with data · 1st of 8 in its peer group with data · 2023 | $728 | $1,569 | $2,302 | $2,157 | $2,055 | $1,906 | $2,078 | $1,931 | $1,074 | $1,142 | $1,029 | $951 | $977 | $738 | $659 | $767 | $365 | $624 | $665 | — |
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 Fullerton. 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.