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Huntington Beach, CA
193,151 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0636000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified · the council picks the mayor (40 of 20 years on record)
Overall in 2023, Huntington Beach ranked #156 of 340 cities and 12th of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Huntington Beach and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Torrance CA, Santa Clarita CA, Rancho Cucamonga CA, Orange CA, Plano TX, Simi Valley CA, Centennial CO, Fullerton CA, Overland Park KS, San Mateo CA, Chandler AZ, Irvine CA, Richardson TX · 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 | #156 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #130 | #224 | #174 | #88 | #191 | #198 | #132 | #74 | #72 | #56 | #242 | #103 | #97 | #146 | #151 | #224 | #296 | #189 | #156 | #137 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 190,281 | 188,754 | 187,700 | 188,370 | 189,268 | 191,296 | 192,995 | 194,174 | 197,107 | 199,610 | 200,653 | 200,284 | 200,938 | 200,126 | 199,223 | 198,422 | 196,404 | 194,777 | 193,334 | 193,151 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #252 of 340 cities · 8th 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 | #150 of 269 cities with data · 4th of 12 in its peer group with data · 2023 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 4.3 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 3.1 | — | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #209 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | 22.7% | 21.8% | 20.9% | 20.6% | 23.0% | 23.8% | 23.3% | 23.7% | 21.8% | 23.2% | 23.9% | 24.6% | 25.1% | 24.5% | 22.8% | — | 24.2% | 26.5% | 25.0% | 25.5% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #82 of 304 cities with data · 8th of 9 in its peer group with data | 0.5 | 1.1 | — | 1.6 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | — | 1.5 | 2.1 | 2.6 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| jobs · size, not ranked | 70,875 | 69,584 | 71,920 | 74,103 | 67,746 | 67,561 | 68,489 | 70,628 | 71,488 | 73,856 | 75,438 | 76,495 | 77,979 | 77,624 | 78,354 | 70,864 | 70,060 | 75,523 | 74,172 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #306 of 329 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +0.7 | -3.0 | +2.1 | +2.4 | -5.4 | -1.8 | +0.3 | +3.1 | -1.4 | +1.1 | +0.1 | -1.9 | +1.2 | -2.2 | -0.9 | -3.0 | -1.1 | +0.4 | -3.1 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 97,018 | 100,006 | 101,510 | 107,606 | 104,871 | 105,289 | 105,779 | 105,224 | 106,945 | — | 101,409 | 104,969 | 101,829 | 101,986 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #72 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10.9% | 9.4% | 6.0% | 4.7% | 5.3% | 4.0% | 4.0% | 3.7% | 4.9% | — | 7.3% | 4.2% | 3.4% | 3.8% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #276 of 314 cities with data · 11th of 11 in its peer group with data | 19% | 16% | 21% | 20% | 12% | -1% | 15% | 8% | -7% | — | — | — | 14% | — | 15% | 17% | -93% | -0% | 11% | -2% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #118 of 314 cities with data · 7th of 11 in its peer group with data | $2,923 | $2,776 | $2,544 | $2,302 | $2,207 | $1,975 | $1,814 | $1,815 | $686 | — | — | — | $905 | — | $747 | $720 | $2,797 | $2,471 | $2,313 | $2,126 |
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 Huntington Beach. 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.