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Denver, CO
729,019 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0820000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Denver ranked #214 of 340 cities and 8th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Denver and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Portland OR, Sacramento CA, Kansas City MO, Nashville TN, Columbus OH, Charlotte NC, Indianapolis IN, Oklahoma City OK, Albuquerque NM, Oakland CA, Omaha NE, Fort Worth TX, 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 | #214 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #296 | #248 | #225 | #234 | #138 | #266 | #141 | #126 | #126 | #97 | #145 | #158 | #171 | #113 | #158 | #255 | #215 | #150 | #214 | #191 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 551,691 | 556,895 | 564,395 | 575,721 | 589,011 | 603,359 | 620,530 | 635,163 | 649,391 | 664,582 | 683,285 | 696,159 | 704,961 | 716,265 | 727,211 | 717,620 | 711,530 | 714,851 | 721,367 | 729,019 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #174 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group | -1.4 | -0.5 | -0.0 | +0.7 | +1.0 | — | +1.4 | +1.1 | +1.1 | +1.2 | +1.6 | +0.9 | +0.3 | +0.6 | +0.6 | +0.2 | -1.4 | -0.4 | -0.3 | -0.3 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #83 of 271 cities with data · 7th of 11 in its peer group with data | 5.7 | 6.9 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 4.3 | 8.8 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 11.6 | 11.3 | 14.9 | 11.0 | 10.1 | 7.0 | 14.1 | 11.6 | 7.9 | 5.5 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #167 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | 19.9% | 21.2% | 19.6% | 20.3% | 21.4% | 21.6% | 21.5% | 20.7% | 21.1% | 21.7% | 22.6% | 24.0% | 23.7% | 23.3% | 22.7% | — | 22.8% | 23.3% | 23.5% | 24.3% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #223 of 304 cities with data · 4th of 14 in its peer group | 10.7 | 9.2 | 8.3 | 6.9 | 5.9 | 4.6 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 4.7 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 13.2 | 14.1 | 12.6 | 12.2 | 9.7 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #244 of 295 cities with data · 6th of 12 in its peer group with data | 112.0 | 106.5 | 73.7 | 62.5 | 58.6 | 52.0 | 59.0 | 64.9 | 70.2 | 62.9 | 81.5 | 88.3 | 84.1 | 86.4 | 98.6 | 131.5 | 163.9 | 194.7 | 182.3 | 167.2 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 421,788 | 426,968 | 436,260 | 430,570 | 430,557 | 430,988 | 436,432 | 445,333 | 453,319 | 473,445 | 494,287 | 504,118 | 500,289 | 531,593 | 529,574 | 491,151 | 500,291 | 554,332 | 557,853 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #275 of 329 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -3.0 | -0.1 | -0.3 | -1.7 | +3.8 | -2.7 | -0.4 | -0.7 | -0.9 | +1.1 | -0.2 | -0.7 | -2.5 | +2.8 | -1.4 | -2.9 | +1.7 | +2.9 | -2.0 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 319,442 | 334,303 | 347,626 | 360,419 | 372,635 | 384,689 | 402,288 | 418,381 | 428,227 | — | 410,721 | 429,465 | 434,762 | 433,114 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #120 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9.5% | 7.2% | 5.9% | 4.7% | 4.5% | 4.3% | 3.2% | 3.6% | 3.0% | — | 6.3% | 3.7% | 3.7% | 4.3% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | 97% | 99% | 98% | 92% | 88% | 85% | 82% | 76% | 76% | 74% | 72% | 71% | 68% | 62% | 62% | 60% | 62% | 60% | 61% | 62% | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #52 of 314 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | 21% | 17% | 6% | 8% | 8% | 11% | 17% | 15% | 30% | 19% | 21% | 29% | 27% | 28% | 29% | 15% | 14% | 30% | 31% | 37% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #306 of 314 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group | $17,296 | $16,330 | $13,526 | $14,964 | $14,595 | $14,039 | $13,661 | $15,142 | $15,286 | $13,839 | $13,053 | $11,628 | $11,370 | $10,413 | $14,305 | $14,186 | $13,959 | $13,009 | $14,780 | $12,364 |
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 Denver. 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.