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Santa Ana, CA
316,184 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0669000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Santa Ana ranked #155 of 340 cities and 3rd of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Santa Ana and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Long Beach CA, Oakland CA, Anaheim CA, Oxnard CA, Garden Grove CA, Glendale CA, Riverside CA, Sacramento CA, Pomona CA, Yonkers NY, Irving TX, Stockton CA, Garland 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 | #155 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #249 | #306 | #284 | #237 | #317 | #318 | #201 | #167 | #245 | #266 | #222 | #279 | #247 | #271 | #269 | #148 | #255 | #321 | #155 | #206 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 331,665 | 327,640 | 324,460 | 324,216 | 324,352 | 325,327 | 328,227 | 330,550 | 333,716 | 333,431 | 333,417 | 333,765 | 332,627 | 331,912 | 332,318 | 311,226 | 311,004 | 311,755 | 312,642 | 316,184 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #252 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | -1.5 | -1.6 | -1.3 | -0.4 | -0.1 | — | +0.2 | +0.1 | -0.0 | -0.3 | -0.3 | -0.4 | -0.6 | -0.6 | -0.7 | -0.1 | -1.1 | -0.9 | -1.1 | -0.7 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #102 of 269 cities with data · 2nd of 10 in its peer group with data · 2023 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | — | 0.7 | 1.3 | — | 1.9 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 4.9 | — | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #277 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | 26.8% | 25.1% | 26.2% | 26.8% | 28.0% | 29.1% | 28.0% | 28.4% | 32.5% | 31.9% | 30.0% | 27.9% | 27.3% | 28.5% | 27.9% | — | 26.3% | 28.5% | 27.9% | 27.6% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #133 of 304 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group | 5.1 | 7.9 | 7.1 | 9.3 | 7.7 | 8.6 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 5.4 | 3.6 | 6.9 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 3.9 | 4.8 | — | — | 1.9 | 4.7 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #150 of 295 cities with data · 9th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 47.7 | 60.7 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 176,554 | 172,563 | 173,581 | 178,569 | 159,997 | 160,688 | 160,408 | 157,632 | 161,620 | 161,909 | 163,096 | 163,626 | 164,349 | 167,402 | 164,619 | 155,312 | 154,333 | 161,443 | 164,116 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #134 of 329 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.1 | -3.4 | -0.6 | +2.2 | -7.2 | -1.1 | -1.3 | -1.7 | -0.1 | -2.0 | -1.3 | -3.0 | -0.3 | +0.2 | -3.5 | +0.9 | -0.5 | -2.8 | +0.3 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 144,893 | 152,867 | 152,355 | 153,213 | 152,728 | 163,464 | 170,037 | 164,903 | 164,241 | — | 150,621 | 154,072 | 162,464 | 164,136 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #40 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10.6% | 8.4% | 9.4% | 7.4% | 5.8% | 5.7% | 4.7% | 4.9% | 4.8% | — | 7.0% | 4.7% | 3.4% | 3.4% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #302 of 314 cities with data · 10th of 12 in its peer group with data | 14% | 20% | 15% | 18% | 16% | 7% | 17% | 22% | 10% | 16% | 18% | 17% | -0% | -19% | -6% | -4% | 3% | -41% | -28% | -17% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #91 of 314 cities with data · 1st of 12 in its peer group with data | $2,229 | $2,093 | $1,968 | $1,859 | $1,797 | $1,702 | $1,583 | $1,480 | $1,294 | $1,261 | $1,206 | $1,164 | $859 | $994 | $900 | $649 | $576 | $1,910 | $1,732 | $1,653 |
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 Santa Ana. 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.