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San Bernardino, CA
224,775 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0665000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, San Bernardino ranked #321 of 340 cities and 10th of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is San Bernardino and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: St. Louis MO, Baton Rouge LA, Jackson MS, Cincinnati OH, Birmingham AL, Kansas City KS, Pasadena TX, Lancaster CA, Springfield MA, Knoxville TN, Stockton CA, Provo UT, Atlanta GA · 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 | #321 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #309 | #252 | #311 | #277 | #270 | #261 | #320 | #307 | #326 | #314 | #279 | #308 | #316 | #318 | #304 | #190 | #154 | #279 | #321 | #249 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 206,596 | 208,510 | 209,084 | 208,921 | 208,691 | 210,637 | 212,159 | 213,161 | 213,789 | 214,222 | 215,325 | 216,036 | 216,902 | 216,323 | 215,784 | 222,119 | 220,644 | 222,444 | 223,676 | 224,775 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #168 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group | +1.1 | +0.2 | -0.4 | -0.8 | -0.7 | — | +0.0 | -0.3 | -0.5 | -0.1 | -0.2 | -0.1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | -0.0 | -0.1 | +0.0 | -0.3 | -0.5 | -0.3 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #257 of 271 cities with data · 10th of 10 in its peer group with data | 2.6 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | — | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.2 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #293 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | 27.2% | 27.8% | 25.1% | 28.6% | 29.6% | 27.1% | 30.9% | 28.2% | 29.4% | 31.4% | 30.9% | 29.2% | 26.8% | 25.7% | 26.6% | — | 24.6% | 25.8% | 29.6% | 28.7% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #234 of 304 cities with data · 4th of 11 in its peer group with data | 28.1 | 22.1 | 21.5 | 15.3 | 15.3 | 14.7 | 14.1 | 22.0 | 21.0 | 20.1 | 20.4 | 28.7 | 15.7 | 22.7 | 21.3 | 30.6 | — | 32.4 | 16.1 | 11.1 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| jobs · size, not ranked | 90,377 | 99,423 | 97,755 | 99,983 | 99,238 | 105,911 | 101,386 | 100,156 | 101,071 | 97,929 | 105,290 | 107,804 | 109,334 | 111,404 | 114,307 | 114,570 | 119,567 | 129,625 | 123,772 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #324 of 329 cities with data · 14th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -9.7 | +5.4 | -1.4 | +3.4 | +5.1 | +2.4 | -5.5 | -0.1 | -2.5 | -7.6 | +3.3 | -2.3 | -2.0 | -1.5 | +1.2 | +2.7 | +1.2 | +0.8 | -5.5 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 66,351 | 74,181 | 73,451 | 74,363 | 80,261 | 81,563 | 81,551 | 87,251 | 92,821 | — | 93,513 | 99,989 | 100,295 | 102,413 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #138 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21.9% | 17.5% | 16.6% | 15.6% | 10.7% | 9.0% | 11.4% | 9.5% | 6.3% | — | 7.0% | 5.3% | 5.1% | 4.5% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #200 of 314 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group | 24% | 16% | 16% | 17% | 16% | 14% | 19% | 19% | 14% | 25% | 27% | 24% | 15% | 13% | 4% | 16% | 23% | 24% | 14% | 17% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #20 of 314 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group | $3,060 | $3,017 | $2,863 | $2,247 | $2,197 | $2,068 | $2,070 | $780 | $691 | $566 | $536 | $412 | $1,299 | $671 | $672 | $621 | $582 | $502 | $462 | $434 |
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 San Bernardino. 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.