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Sacramento, CA
535,798 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0664000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Sacramento ranked #254 of 340 cities and 11th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Sacramento and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Oakland CA, Portland OR, Denver CO, Stockton CA, Long Beach CA, Bakersfield CA, Fresno CA, Minneapolis MN, Riverside CA, Fort Worth TX, Kansas City MO, Mesa AZ, St. Paul MN · 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 | #254 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #258 | #263 | #294 | #159 | #172 | #132 | #226 | #264 | #283 | #234 | #232 | #225 | #241 | #258 | #260 | #177 | #229 | #281 | #254 | #264 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 449,513 | 451,938 | 455,316 | 459,241 | 463,458 | 467,286 | 470,902 | 474,226 | 478,214 | 482,762 | 488,133 | 494,127 | 500,777 | 507,737 | 513,624 | 525,579 | 525,496 | 526,715 | 529,792 | 535,798 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #184 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group | -0.3 | -0.6 | -0.4 | -0.3 | -0.1 | — | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.0 | +0.3 | +0.3 | +0.3 | +0.3 | +0.1 | +0.2 | -0.0 | -0.3 | -1.0 | -0.8 | -0.4 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #115 of 271 cities with data · 5th of 11 in its peer group with data | 6.9 | 7.5 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 6.8 | 5.9 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 3.8 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #166 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | 22.8% | 23.2% | 22.2% | 22.5% | 24.0% | 24.7% | 23.9% | 24.0% | 25.2% | 24.4% | 25.0% | 24.3% | 25.6% | 24.2% | 23.8% | — | 24.7% | 24.7% | 24.8% | 24.2% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #202 of 304 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group | 11.6 | 12.6 | 9.7 | 10.7 | 6.5 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 5.8 | 8.8 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 6.6 | 8.0 | — | 10.3 | 7.6 | 8.2 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #168 of 295 cities with data · 4th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 86.3 | 75.6 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 228,840 | 231,711 | 213,373 | 222,673 | 217,731 | 288,057 | 302,297 | 297,428 | 297,119 | 304,039 | 306,313 | 313,624 | 316,771 | 319,548 | 319,851 | 314,710 | 317,652 | 338,937 | 348,670 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #83 of 329 cities with data · 4th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -1.7 | -0.3 | -6.6 | +3.4 | +2.6 | +20.7 | +3.8 | -1.6 | -2.6 | -0.4 | -0.2 | -1.4 | -1.3 | -1.2 | -3.3 | +0.2 | +0.1 | +1.0 | +1.3 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 197,689 | 203,250 | 205,124 | 212,022 | 217,467 | 228,316 | 233,716 | 239,523 | 253,812 | — | 252,089 | 262,162 | 264,881 | 265,843 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #263 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15.6% | 14.9% | 12.5% | 10.3% | 8.2% | 7.2% | 8.2% | 6.5% | 5.5% | — | 7.5% | 5.0% | 6.2% | 6.2% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #303 of 314 cities with data · 14th of 14 in its peer group | 29% | 22% | 19% | 22% | 20% | 27% | 22% | 25% | 29% | 27% | 29% | 38% | 24% | 5% | 10% | 13% | 4% | -5% | -20% | -17% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #199 of 314 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group | $5,531 | $5,836 | $5,730 | $3,832 | $3,326 | $3,677 | $3,362 | $3,133 | $4,398 | $4,245 | $4,005 | $4,328 | $5,835 | $5,251 | $5,541 | $5,285 | $4,934 | $4,050 | $3,695 | $3,394 |
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 Sacramento. 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.