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Oakland, CA
443,554 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0653000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Oakland ranked #328 of 340 cities and 14th of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Oakland and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Long Beach CA, Sacramento CA, Minneapolis MN, Stockton CA, Denver CO, Santa Ana CA, Riverside CA, Anaheim CA, Portland OR, St. Paul MN, Arlington TX, Seattle WA, Mesa AZ · 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 | #328 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #310 | #298 | #307 | #307 | #281 | #264 | #309 | #319 | #317 | #287 | #301 | #237 | #265 | #246 | #267 | #296 | #302 | #285 | #328 | #329 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 384,931 | 383,107 | 383,500 | 386,589 | 389,613 | 391,406 | 396,086 | 401,104 | 406,648 | 412,901 | 418,211 | 420,947 | 424,382 | 429,056 | 433,031 | 440,983 | 436,836 | 436,544 | 439,455 | 443,554 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #325 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group | -1.8 | -1.4 | -0.8 | -0.0 | +0.0 | — | -0.1 | +0.3 | +0.4 | +0.4 | +0.2 | -0.4 | -0.7 | -0.6 | -0.7 | -0.2 | -2.7 | -2.1 | -1.6 | -1.3 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #226 of 271 cities with data · 11th of 11 in its peer group with data | 3.2 | 7.7 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 0.7 | — | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 5.1 | 9.2 | 8.5 | 4.3 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #142 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group | 24.2% | 24.9% | 23.9% | 25.5% | 23.3% | 24.2% | 24.9% | 26.8% | 24.6% | 24.9% | 25.3% | 23.1% | 23.7% | 23.5% | 23.4% | — | 25.4% | 23.7% | 24.0% | 23.6% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #280 of 304 cities with data · 14th of 14 in its peer group | 24.2 | 37.8 | 31.3 | 29.7 | 26.7 | 23.0 | 26.3 | 31.7 | 22.1 | 19.4 | 20.3 | 20.2 | 16.3 | 16.3 | 18.0 | 23.1 | — | 27.7 | 26.9 | 18.3 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| jobs · size, not ranked | 163,103 | 164,566 | 169,897 | 174,608 | 171,875 | 194,489 | 197,774 | 186,717 | 192,491 | 197,978 | 198,387 | 208,613 | 210,769 | 215,187 | 218,136 | 206,696 | 199,920 | 217,281 | 220,612 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #111 of 329 cities with data · 5th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.7 | -0.4 | +0.6 | +1.4 | +2.3 | +11.9 | -1.4 | -7.9 | -0.5 | -0.6 | -4.4 | +1.9 | -0.2 | -0.5 | +0.4 | +1.6 | -2.4 | +1.4 | +0.8 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 183,607 | 188,265 | 195,940 | 205,834 | 217,581 | 222,986 | 224,968 | 235,825 | 231,125 | — | 222,304 | 235,691 | 240,373 | 245,324 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #268 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12.3% | 13.0% | 12.5% | 7.6% | 7.0% | 6.3% | 6.9% | 5.3% | 4.3% | — | 7.7% | 4.2% | 6.7% | 6.3% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #215 of 314 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group | 25% | 33% | 13% | 1% | 10% | 13% | 17% | 23% | 7% | 23% | 26% | 26% | 25% | 24% | 21% | 16% | 19% | 23% | 22% | 13% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #197 of 314 cities with data · 5th of 14 in its peer group | $11,000 | $10,750 | $11,087 | $9,883 | $9,519 | $9,038 | $8,479 | $7,815 | $8,838 | $7,846 | $7,289 | $6,868 | $6,726 | $5,507 | $4,973 | $4,929 | $4,321 | $4,103 | $3,554 | $3,379 |
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 Oakland. 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.