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Riverside, CA
323,757 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0662000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Riverside ranked #109 of 340 cities and 2nd of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Riverside and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Arlington TX, Aurora CO, Anaheim CA, Irving TX, Mesa AZ, Glendale AZ, Garland TX, Tempe AZ, Ontario CA, Oxnard CA, Bakersfield CA, Modesto CA, Chula Vista 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 | #109 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #125 | #172 | #221 | #272 | #148 | #139 | #253 | #277 | #252 | #276 | #192 | #227 | #231 | #218 | #216 | #294 | #256 | #236 | #109 | #214 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 288,668 | 295,602 | 300,083 | 300,235 | 301,084 | 305,466 | 309,472 | 312,323 | 315,510 | 317,702 | 320,483 | 323,684 | 326,882 | 329,654 | 331,360 | 315,534 | 314,157 | 320,339 | 321,560 | 323,757 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #60 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group | +2.7 | +2.8 | +1.8 | +0.4 | +0.6 | — | +0.7 | +0.5 | +0.4 | +0.5 | +0.5 | +0.7 | +0.8 | +0.8 | +0.5 | +0.1 | +1.1 | +0.5 | +0.3 | +0.3 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #131 of 271 cities with data · 7th of 12 in its peer group with data | 6.8 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 1.3 | — | 3.1 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #275 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | 21.5% | 23.5% | 23.3% | 23.9% | 23.3% | 24.1% | 24.4% | 24.6% | 25.3% | 25.0% | 23.0% | 24.2% | 24.2% | 24.8% | 25.1% | — | 24.9% | 25.8% | 25.9% | 27.5% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #103 of 304 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 6.3 | 5.0 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 6.3 | — | 5.3 | 3.1 | 3.1 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #114 of 295 cities with data · 2nd of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 42.3 | 38.0 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 135,936 | 140,449 | 136,974 | 132,630 | 129,095 | 137,637 | 137,140 | 134,101 | 139,718 | 139,983 | 144,769 | 149,741 | 153,534 | 157,064 | 159,760 | 155,369 | 156,606 | 162,202 | 165,538 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #91 of 329 cities with data · 5th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.6 | -1.3 | -2.2 | -2.0 | +3.1 | +2.3 | -1.6 | -1.1 | +0.8 | -4.3 | -0.8 | -1.2 | -0.9 | -1.1 | +0.3 | -0.3 | -2.4 | -4.0 | +1.1 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 124,889 | 129,465 | 133,923 | 142,359 | 147,424 | 145,690 | 153,668 | 156,254 | 158,610 | — | 154,975 | 161,432 | 161,069 | 160,451 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #276 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14.6% | 14.9% | 12.8% | 12.1% | 8.0% | 8.1% | 7.3% | 5.5% | 4.7% | — | 8.8% | 4.9% | 4.1% | 6.4% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #105 of 314 cities with data · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | 21% | 28% | 16% | 22% | 20% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 1% | 11% | 23% | 14% | 18% | 18% | 16% | -12% | 26% | 33% | 33% | 30% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #274 of 314 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group | $5,521 | $5,622 | $6,485 | $6,773 | $6,562 | $7,718 | $8,973 | $8,349 | $7,213 | $7,451 | $7,345 | $6,985 | $7,009 | $6,915 | $6,915 | $8,536 | $7,885 | $6,870 | $6,476 | $6,379 |
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 Riverside. 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.