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San Diego, CA
1,404,452 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0666000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, San Diego ranked #228 of 340 cities and 8th of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is San Diego and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Phoenix AZ, San Jose CA, Austin TX, San Antonio TX, Charlotte NC, Jacksonville FL, Indianapolis IN, Las Vegas NV, Denver CO, Honolulu HI, Albuquerque NM, Columbus OH, Dallas TX · 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 | #228 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #220 | #238 | #195 | #103 | #139 | #152 | #125 | #128 | #142 | #121 | #147 | #142 | #137 | #170 | #214 | #191 | #213 | #195 | #228 | #236 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 1,257,278 | 1,257,625 | 1,266,198 | 1,282,692 | 1,295,591 | 1,305,906 | 1,319,592 | 1,336,776 | 1,355,320 | 1,375,831 | 1,387,323 | 1,402,089 | 1,412,621 | 1,421,917 | 1,423,851 | 1,384,824 | 1,374,972 | 1,388,730 | 1,394,555 | 1,404,452 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #259 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group | -1.2 | -1.3 | -0.4 | +0.0 | -0.1 | — | +0.0 | -0.0 | -0.0 | +0.0 | -0.3 | -0.3 | -0.5 | -0.3 | -0.6 | -0.1 | -1.2 | -0.5 | -0.9 | -0.7 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #169 of 303 cities with data · 9th of 12 in its peer group with data · 2022 | 3.9 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.2 | — | — | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #232 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group | 23.8% | 23.5% | 23.4% | 23.8% | 24.9% | 25.2% | 25.2% | 25.0% | 25.2% | 25.0% | 25.5% | 26.1% | 25.7% | 25.6% | 25.4% | — | 25.3% | 25.5% | 27.1% | 26.1% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #87 of 304 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | 4.1 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 2.6 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #56 of 295 cities with data · 2nd of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 38.5 | 30.8 | 22.4 | 19.3 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 684,222 | 691,948 | 691,615 | 714,180 | 684,506 | 702,872 | 717,554 | 718,288 | 729,494 | 745,863 | 756,877 | 780,346 | 794,032 | 812,033 | 822,461 | 773,653 | 787,907 | 856,009 | 867,054 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #200 of 329 cities with data · 5th of 13 in its peer group with data · 2023 | -1.1 | -0.4 | +0.3 | +1.7 | +0.4 | -0.4 | +0.5 | +0.4 | -0.9 | -0.4 | -0.8 | -0.4 | -0.1 | +0.2 | +0.5 | -0.2 | +0.9 | +0.7 | -0.4 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 624,028 | 643,049 | 640,786 | 680,826 | 690,453 | 701,689 | 723,119 | 715,998 | 733,667 | — | 687,670 | 713,159 | 735,745 | 734,373 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #238 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10.3% | 9.2% | 8.9% | 7.3% | 6.9% | 6.2% | 5.7% | 5.3% | 5.0% | — | 8.2% | 4.8% | 4.0% | 5.8% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | 68% | 80% | 79% | 78% | 66% | 67% | 69% | 69% | 70% | 74% | 76% | 72% | 71% | 71% | 72% | 70% | 74% | 76% | 74% | 75% | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #250 of 314 cities with data · 14th of 14 in its peer group | 23% | 24% | 16% | 30% | 30% | 24% | 29% | 31% | 33% | 34% | 32% | 32% | 27% | 18% | 15% | 17% | 11% | 11% | 9% | 8% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #231 of 314 cities with data · 5th of 14 in its peer group | $3,718 | $3,459 | $3,708 | $3,689 | $4,100 | $3,954 | $3,805 | $3,509 | $3,367 | $3,176 | $2,999 | $2,692 | $2,518 | $4,095 | $4,215 | $4,489 | $4,472 | $4,311 | $4,284 | $4,195 |
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 Diego. 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.