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Stockton, CA
324,975 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0675000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Stockton ranked #266 of 340 cities and 13th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Stockton and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Bakersfield CA, Sacramento CA, Fresno CA, Reno NV, Modesto CA, Salt Lake City UT, Oakland CA, Madison WI, Wichita KS, Tulsa OK, St. Paul MN, Riverside CA, Minneapolis 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 | #266 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #271 | #216 | #256 | #276 | #282 | #295 | #288 | #316 | #306 | #319 | #285 | #283 | #294 | #278 | #286 | #299 | #223 | #262 | #266 | #295 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 281,367 | 283,450 | 285,313 | 286,507 | 288,735 | 292,888 | 295,363 | 297,045 | 297,493 | 301,062 | 304,550 | 307,158 | 310,143 | 311,628 | 312,697 | 320,971 | 321,737 | 321,374 | 322,581 | 324,975 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #116 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group | +0.8 | -0.5 | -0.6 | -0.8 | -0.4 | — | +0.1 | -0.1 | -0.5 | +0.5 | +0.6 | +0.5 | +0.6 | +0.6 | +0.6 | +0.0 | +0.5 | +0.1 | +0.1 | -0.0 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #195 of 271 cities with data · 8th of 12 in its peer group with data | 8.5 | 3.6 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.3 | — | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #187 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | 23.7% | 22.1% | 21.7% | 21.6% | 24.6% | 24.4% | 24.5% | 24.8% | 26.5% | 27.7% | 24.2% | 24.9% | 24.8% | 25.0% | 23.9% | — | 23.1% | 22.9% | 23.5% | 24.9% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #270 of 304 cities with data · 12th of 14 in its peer group | 14.6 | 13.1 | 10.2 | 8.4 | 11.4 | 16.7 | 19.6 | 23.9 | 10.8 | 16.3 | 16.1 | 16.0 | 17.7 | 10.6 | 10.9 | 17.4 | — | 16.2 | 15.2 | 16.3 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #258 of 295 cities with data · 12th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 219.4 | 221.6 | 193.2 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 99,878 | 101,146 | 101,136 | 100,047 | 97,773 | 98,162 | 97,960 | 97,608 | 98,879 | 99,230 | 105,755 | 108,843 | 109,703 | 109,972 | 107,429 | 104,928 | 106,930 | 114,463 | 115,524 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #196 of 329 cities with data · 10th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -3.8 | +0.9 | -1.0 | -0.4 | +0.8 | +0.9 | -0.0 | -1.9 | -1.6 | -2.7 | -0.6 | -1.1 | -1.9 | -1.9 | -1.5 | -1.4 | -2.9 | -1.2 | -0.4 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 107,986 | 106,051 | 109,435 | 115,563 | 116,930 | 122,970 | 130,673 | 128,717 | 130,165 | — | 132,826 | 145,246 | 145,460 | 143,886 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #336 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19.3% | 17.4% | 15.4% | 14.0% | 11.8% | 11.4% | 6.7% | 7.1% | 6.4% | — | 10.4% | 6.8% | 7.0% | 10.6% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #34 of 314 cities with data · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | 22% | 28% | 24% | 16% | 7% | 5% | 19% | 18% | 25% | 16% | 17% | 27% | 21% | 27% | 21% | 19% | 31% | 42% | 29% | 40% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #180 of 314 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group | $3,162 | $3,130 | $3,692 | $3,799 | $2,906 | $3,022 | $3,023 | $3,496 | $3,270 | $3,607 | $2,928 | $2,723 | $2,430 | $3,725 | $3,540 | $4,255 | $3,983 | $3,255 | $3,067 | $2,995 |
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 Stockton. 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.