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Los Angeles, CA
3,878,704 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0644000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Los Angeles ranked #319 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 Los Angeles and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Houston TX, Chicago IL, Phoenix AZ, Dallas TX, San Diego CA, San Antonio TX, Philadelphia PA, Columbus OH, Austin TX, Fort Worth TX, Indianapolis IN, Denver CO, Long Beach 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 | #319 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #307 | #318 | #288 | #296 | #233 | #294 | #262 | #283 | #287 | #261 | #274 | #273 | #258 | #249 | #252 | #217 | #307 | #309 | #319 | #316 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 3,788,197 | 3,767,960 | 3,751,872 | 3,763,566 | 3,781,938 | 3,795,512 | 3,820,876 | 3,851,202 | 3,881,622 | 3,909,901 | 3,938,568 | 3,963,226 | 3,975,788 | 3,977,596 | 3,979,576 | 3,896,329 | 3,830,987 | 3,832,998 | 3,847,428 | 3,878,704 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #290 of 340 cities · 12th 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 | #144 of 271 cities with data · 8th of 10 in its peer group with data | 2.4 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 2.7 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #290 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | 24.8% | 25.4% | 24.8% | 25.9% | 27.0% | 28.5% | 29.5% | 29.4% | 29.3% | 28.8% | 29.3% | 29.0% | 27.9% | 28.3% | 27.7% | — | 29.0% | 28.2% | 28.2% | 28.6% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #177 of 304 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | 12.9 | 12.7 | 10.5 | 10.2 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 9.0 | — | 10.1 | 8.4 | 6.9 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| jobs · size, not ranked | 1,520,585 | 1,528,700 | 1,568,416 | 1,569,286 | 1,595,192 | 1,604,603 | 1,670,974 | 1,658,111 | 1,682,391 | 1,729,440 | 1,743,266 | 1,802,341 | 1,822,786 | 1,876,493 | 1,932,427 | 1,834,034 | 1,832,721 | 1,983,130 | 1,989,161 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #239 of 329 cities with data · 10th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.9 | -0.6 | +1.4 | -0.6 | +4.8 | -1.0 | +3.1 | -0.8 | -1.2 | +0.6 | -1.2 | +0.1 | +0.4 | +1.2 | +1.2 | +1.5 | +0.0 | +0.9 | -1.0 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,763,336 | 1,791,992 | 1,851,156 | 1,917,414 | 1,960,170 | 1,990,871 | 2,049,713 | 2,060,137 | 2,069,881 | — | 1,871,710 | 1,992,897 | 1,994,734 | 2,038,942 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #285 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12.8% | 12.2% | 10.7% | 9.0% | 7.2% | 6.7% | 6.3% | 6.0% | 5.3% | — | 10.7% | 6.7% | 6.7% | 6.7% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | 88% | 88% | 92% | 93% | 89% | 84% | 80% | 77% | 77% | 78% | 82% | 83% | 83% | 84% | 85% | 85% | 88% | 89% | 89% | 90% | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #217 of 314 cities with data · 10th of 14 in its peer group | 19% | 19% | 8% | 26% | 24% | 23% | 29% | 28% | 29% | 26% | 28% | 28% | 25% | 26% | 29% | 24% | 26% | 20% | 22% | 13% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #301 of 314 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group | $6,006 | $6,432 | $6,604 | $6,649 | $7,196 | $8,108 | $8,504 | $8,146 | $8,333 | $8,338 | $8,533 | $8,733 | $8,804 | $9,353 | $10,845 | $9,927 | $10,345 | $10,437 | $10,483 | $10,147 |
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 Los Angeles. 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.