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Aurora, CO
403,130 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0804000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Aurora ranked #193 of 340 cities and 7th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Aurora and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Riverside CA, Arlington TX, Mesa AZ, Glendale AZ, Irving TX, Garland TX, St. Paul MN, Tempe AZ, Bakersfield CA, Modesto CA, Anaheim CA, Ontario CA, Las Vegas NV · 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 | #193 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #119 | #126 | #81 | #112 | #242 | #112 | #113 | #195 | #211 | #93 | #142 | #131 | #180 | #162 | #175 | #107 | #212 | #203 | #193 | #248 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 297,411 | 302,021 | 307,926 | 313,899 | 320,170 | 326,055 | 332,730 | 339,261 | 345,613 | 352,660 | 360,098 | 363,277 | 367,574 | 374,572 | 379,289 | 386,804 | 390,589 | 394,128 | 397,573 | 403,130 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #284 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | -0.2 | +0.0 | +0.8 | +0.8 | +0.8 | — | +0.7 | +0.6 | +0.9 | +0.6 | +0.7 | +0.2 | -0.1 | +0.2 | -0.2 | -0.1 | -0.4 | -0.9 | -1.0 | -1.0 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #74 of 271 cities with data · 1st of 12 in its peer group with data | 9.5 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 3.1 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 5.1 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 7.5 | 5.2 | 7.0 | 6.1 | 7.0 | 10.7 | 8.3 | 9.7 | 5.9 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #181 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | 18.5% | 19.5% | 19.7% | 21.8% | 22.6% | 20.7% | 22.1% | 22.4% | 24.1% | 23.0% | 23.0% | 25.5% | 25.1% | 25.5% | 24.6% | — | 24.9% | 25.4% | 25.1% | 24.7% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #221 of 304 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group | 9.4 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 7.4 | 3.6 | 8.5 | 5.8 | 2.6 | 6.9 | 4.4 | 9.0 | 5.1 | 8.4 | 11.1 | 10.8 | 12.4 | 10.1 | 9.7 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #268 of 295 cities with data · 13th of 13 in its peer group with data | 62.2 | 67.5 | 52.0 | 52.9 | 39.7 | 37.4 | 33.7 | 37.4 | 37.0 | 40.5 | 38.3 | 57.3 | 76.2 | 114.3 | 103.6 | 164.7 | 218.1 | 259.8 | 223.6 | 219.8 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 93,885 | 95,795 | 103,590 | 106,408 | 97,246 | 102,885 | 111,207 | 113,922 | 113,748 | 123,905 | 131,880 | 138,187 | 143,123 | 149,257 | 153,874 | 151,417 | 141,941 | 164,124 | 172,930 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #43 of 329 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.8 | +0.7 | +5.7 | +2.3 | -4.8 | +3.0 | +6.5 | -0.3 | -2.9 | +5.6 | +1.8 | +2.1 | +1.8 | +0.8 | +2.1 | +2.8 | -6.4 | +7.8 | +2.8 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 158,229 | 162,175 | 166,406 | 177,623 | 182,744 | 189,614 | 194,926 | 202,045 | 202,068 | — | 203,635 | 212,895 | 217,031 | 219,017 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #237 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11.9% | 10.2% | 10.0% | 6.5% | 5.6% | 4.5% | 4.6% | 4.0% | 4.6% | — | 5.8% | 4.8% | 5.1% | 5.8% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #161 of 314 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group | 31% | 26% | 4% | 19% | 15% | 10% | 17% | 9% | 13% | 18% | 15% | 13% | 19% | 14% | 18% | 22% | 18% | 21% | 19% | 23% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #117 of 314 cities with data · 4th of 14 in its peer group | $2,367 | $4,131 | $4,369 | $5,960 | $5,683 | $5,454 | $5,409 | $4,894 | $4,449 | $3,727 | $3,546 | $3,630 | $2,819 | $2,936 | $2,485 | $2,211 | $1,787 | $2,278 | $2,176 | $2,112 |
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 Aurora. 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.