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Fort Collins, CO
170,924 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0827425 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Fort Collins ranked #73 of 340 cities and 2nd of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Fort Collins and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Boulder CO, Peoria IL, Salem OR, Greeley CO, Sioux Falls SD, Visalia CA, Davenport IA, Green Bay WI, Rockford IL, Topeka KS, Columbia MO, Clarksville TN, Cedar Rapids IA · 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 | #73 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #84 | #102 | #21 | #10 | #41 | #95 | #49 | #38 | #33 | #38 | #29 | #40 | #78 | #52 | #44 | #45 | #69 | #101 | #73 | #76 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 132,582 | 135,190 | 137,705 | 140,284 | 142,629 | 145,268 | 146,673 | 149,508 | 152,668 | 156,804 | 160,991 | 163,004 | 165,541 | 168,324 | 170,243 | 169,990 | 169,302 | 170,318 | 170,730 | 170,924 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #56 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | +0.6 | +1.2 | +1.1 | +1.2 | +1.0 | — | +0.9 | +1.1 | +1.1 | +1.8 | +2.2 | +1.1 | +1.1 | +1.5 | +1.3 | +0.2 | +0.6 | +1.1 | +0.6 | +0.4 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #112 of 271 cities with data · 7th of 13 in its peer group with data | 8.4 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 4.9 | 7.7 | 9.1 | 7.3 | 6.1 | 11.5 | 8.3 | 6.4 | 5.6 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 4.0 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #205 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | 21.3% | 19.1% | 19.7% | 19.3% | 21.1% | 22.6% | 22.6% | 23.4% | 21.9% | 24.4% | 22.8% | 24.6% | 26.0% | 25.0% | 23.9% | — | 23.3% | 23.5% | 24.7% | 25.4% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #52 of 304 cities with data · 2nd of 13 in its peer group with data | 1.5 | — | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.4 | — | 2.0 | 1.3 | — | 0.6 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.8 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #82 of 295 cities with data · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | — | 19.2 | 8.7 | 12.8 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 13.6 | 16.7 | 11.8 | 14.7 | 14.3 | 16.6 | 21.1 | 22.6 | 17.0 | 23.5 | 18.3 | 26.4 | 25.8 | 26.3 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 68,153 | 65,561 | 70,435 | 72,669 | 69,880 | 68,075 | 72,858 | 74,203 | 75,639 | 74,353 | 78,215 | 83,001 | 84,768 | 88,199 | 84,585 | 82,001 | 80,283 | 83,775 | 88,432 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #122 of 329 cities with data · 4th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -1.3 | -2.3 | +2.0 | +0.8 | +0.4 | -0.2 | -0.1 | -0.7 | -1.4 | -2.2 | +0.8 | +1.1 | -0.4 | +0.0 | -2.5 | +0.5 | -0.3 | -2.5 | +0.6 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 78,118 | 80,306 | 80,497 | 84,774 | 90,740 | 90,428 | 87,032 | 92,797 | 98,641 | — | 97,989 | 93,410 | 95,037 | 99,887 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #106 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9.1% | 7.8% | 6.1% | 6.3% | 5.7% | 6.1% | 6.4% | 5.5% | 3.6% | — | 4.1% | 4.8% | 5.7% | 4.2% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #301 of 314 cities with data · 14th of 14 in its peer group | 41% | 37% | 31% | 34% | 25% | 14% | 18% | 24% | 30% | 29% | 33% | 33% | 27% | 27% | 37% | 53% | -19% | -4% | -4% | -16% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #59 of 314 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | $3,312 | $2,959 | $2,646 | $2,350 | $2,149 | $2,281 | $2,224 | $1,978 | $1,747 | $1,193 | $1,620 | $1,315 | $1,107 | $908 | $1,856 | $2,069 | $1,867 | $1,411 | $1,275 | $1,114 |
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 Fort Collins. 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.