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Richmond, CA
115,353 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0660620 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Richmond ranked #306 of 340 cities and 12th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Richmond and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Hayward CA, Rialto CA, Vista CA, Costa Mesa CA, Pasadena CA, Escondido CA, Concord CA, West Valley City UT, Ontario CA, Kent WA, El Cajon CA, West Covina CA, Hesperia 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 | #306 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #252 | #311 | #319 | #291 | #328 | #321 | #296 | #311 | #316 | #307 | #275 | #301 | #310 | #286 | #310 | #305 | #273 | #313 | #306 | #313 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 101,341 | 100,966 | 101,248 | 102,113 | 103,010 | 103,631 | 104,882 | 106,023 | 107,083 | 107,921 | 109,062 | 109,663 | 109,860 | 110,189 | 110,567 | 116,177 | 115,745 | 115,291 | 114,865 | 115,353 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #192 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | -0.3 | -0.8 | -0.1 | +0.5 | +0.6 | — | +0.4 | +0.4 | +0.7 | +0.6 | +0.5 | +0.3 | -0.0 | -0.2 | -0.3 | -0.1 | -0.6 | -1.3 | -0.9 | -0.4 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #198 of 271 cities with data · 5th of 11 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.4 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #155 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | 22.0% | 26.6% | 24.1% | 24.1% | 24.3% | 28.5% | 26.3% | 25.9% | 26.1% | 25.7% | 27.7% | 26.5% | 26.1% | 26.1% | 27.9% | — | 24.3% | 23.9% | 24.4% | 24.0% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #212 of 304 cities with data · 11th of 11 in its peer group with data | 39.5 | 41.6 | 46.4 | 26.4 | 45.6 | 20.3 | 24.8 | 17.0 | 14.9 | 10.2 | — | 19.1 | 9.1 | 15.4 | 14.5 | 17.2 | 13.8 | 14.7 | 7.0 | 8.7 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #227 of 295 cities with data · 11th of 11 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 142.2 | 168.9 | 137.0 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 27,049 | 27,618 | 28,256 | 29,089 | 27,159 | 28,688 | 29,481 | 29,563 | 29,718 | 30,103 | 31,590 | 32,835 | 32,695 | 33,811 | 34,083 | 32,119 | 32,734 | 35,240 | 35,417 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #174 of 329 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.1 | +0.8 | -0.4 | +1.6 | -2.7 | +4.4 | -0.3 | -2.1 | -3.1 | -2.2 | +0.3 | +0.7 | -1.7 | +0.9 | -0.1 | +1.1 | +2.8 | +0.3 | -0.2 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 46,239 | 49,019 | 50,406 | 50,459 | 52,715 | 51,266 | 54,614 | 57,791 | 56,774 | — | 56,564 | 56,481 | 59,824 | 57,839 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #333 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12.0% | 8.6% | 10.9% | 12.2% | 7.9% | 7.2% | 6.5% | 4.7% | 3.2% | — | 9.5% | 5.8% | 6.4% | 10.3% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #172 of 309 cities with data · 3rd of 6 in its peer group with data · 2023 | 27% | 28% | 11% | 10% | 11% | -1% | 18% | 9% | 17% | — | — | — | 14% | — | 16% | 15% | 24% | 25% | 21% | — | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #267 of 309 cities with data · 5th of 6 in its peer group with data · 2023 | $5,275 | $6,989 | $7,248 | $8,944 | $8,566 | $8,591 | $8,574 | $8,470 | $7,124 | — | — | — | $7,312 | — | $8,381 | $7,290 | $6,704 | $6,132 | $6,282 | — |
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 Richmond. 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.