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Long Beach, CA
450,901 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0643000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Long Beach ranked #260 of 340 cities and 11th of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Long Beach and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Oakland CA, Sacramento CA, Santa Ana CA, Anaheim CA, Minneapolis MN, Denver CO, Riverside CA, Fort Worth TX, Stockton CA, Arlington TX, Mesa AZ, Washington DC, Fresno 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 | #260 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #292 | #255 | #308 | #300 | #244 | #204 | #295 | #274 | #274 | #270 | #266 | #292 | #229 | #307 | #309 | #304 | #300 | #326 | #260 | #280 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 467,090 | 463,445 | 460,328 | 460,643 | 461,782 | 462,431 | 464,512 | 466,873 | 468,000 | 469,109 | 470,128 | 468,719 | 466,646 | 465,865 | 462,628 | 465,593 | 455,157 | 454,168 | 451,762 | 450,901 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #288 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | -1.6 | -2.0 | -1.9 | -1.1 | -0.8 | — | -0.6 | -0.4 | -0.5 | -0.6 | -0.7 | -0.8 | -0.9 | -1.0 | -1.0 | -0.3 | -2.0 | -1.5 | -1.2 | -1.0 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #256 of 303 cities with data · 14th of 14 in its peer group · 2022 | 1.0 | — | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | — | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 2.5 | — | 2.0 | 1.1 | — | — | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #222 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | 23.4% | 24.0% | 23.8% | 24.4% | 24.6% | 24.5% | 24.9% | 26.8% | 25.4% | 25.2% | 25.0% | 23.8% | 25.3% | 26.2% | 25.8% | — | 26.5% | 26.0% | 26.9% | 25.8% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #201 of 304 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group | 9.0 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 6.9 | 5.4 | 6.9 | 7.3 | 4.9 | 7.7 | 7.0 | 4.7 | 6.4 | 7.3 | 7.7 | — | 8.1 | 6.0 | 8.2 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #191 of 295 cities with data · 7th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 91.9 | 91.6 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 156,011 | 160,598 | 159,898 | 159,078 | 160,869 | 168,998 | 154,491 | 161,012 | 165,508 | 166,894 | 169,735 | 171,303 | 175,878 | 172,676 | 172,005 | 159,641 | 160,134 | 167,323 | 175,424 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #30 of 329 cities with data · 2nd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.6 | +1.8 | -1.7 | -1.2 | +4.3 | +3.5 | -9.7 | +4.2 | +0.1 | -1.4 | -0.3 | -2.4 | +1.9 | -3.5 | -2.2 | -0.6 | +0.4 | -2.9 | +3.5 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 204,381 | 213,306 | 216,769 | 220,640 | 224,684 | 231,816 | 231,225 | 238,174 | 237,950 | — | 231,137 | 235,603 | 240,628 | 236,509 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #195 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13.4% | 12.3% | 11.5% | 10.0% | 6.0% | 6.8% | 6.5% | 5.1% | 5.0% | — | 7.7% | 4.9% | 5.0% | 5.3% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #128 of 314 cities with data · 4th of 14 in its peer group | 23% | 23% | 24% | 25% | 26% | 22% | 18% | 27% | 27% | 29% | 34% | 32% | 21% | 31% | 18% | 17% | 21% | 16% | 30% | 27% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #282 of 314 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group | $7,255 | $7,083 | $6,890 | $6,497 | $8,671 | $7,702 | $7,436 | $6,994 | $6,306 | $6,137 | $6,834 | $6,866 | $6,493 | $8,971 | $9,061 | $9,582 | $9,108 | $7,982 | $7,272 | $6,936 |
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 Long 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.