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Pueblo, CO
111,166 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0862000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Pueblo ranked #98 of 340 cities and 3rd of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Pueblo and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Tyler TX, Columbia MO, Abilene TX, Las Cruces NM, Waco TX, Rockford IL, Athens GA, Savannah GA, Tallahassee FL, Topeka KS, Tuscaloosa AL, Shreveport LA, South Bend IN · 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 | #98 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #107 | #177 | #131 | #108 | #202 | #73 | #234 | #243 | #160 | #255 | #230 | #234 | #269 | #197 | #172 | #246 | #153 | #148 | #98 | #134 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 103,615 | 104,397 | 105,936 | 106,327 | 106,316 | 106,755 | 107,146 | 107,476 | 107,670 | 107,823 | 108,955 | 110,118 | 111,059 | 111,725 | 112,361 | 111,910 | 112,006 | 111,428 | 111,295 | 111,166 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #76 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | +0.4 | +1.0 | +1.1 | +0.6 | +0.4 | — | +0.3 | +0.1 | +0.0 | +0.0 | +0.9 | +1.0 | +0.9 | +0.7 | +0.6 | +0.2 | +0.9 | +0.5 | +0.3 | +0.2 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #169 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group | 20.2% | 23.3% | 20.3% | 19.8% | 25.6% | 21.6% | 25.7% | 25.1% | 25.4% | 25.3% | 23.2% | 24.6% | 25.1% | 22.2% | 22.5% | — | 21.1% | 22.5% | 23.2% | 24.3% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #278 of 304 cities with data · 12th of 14 in its peer group | 7.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 14.1 | 4.7 | 0.9 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 1.9 | 9.3 | 10.1 | 7.3 | 9.0 | 7.2 | 8.9 | 14.3 | 25.0 | 26.0 | 23.4 | 18.0 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #292 of 295 cities with data · 13th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | 105.3 | 113.3 | 117.6 | 123.7 | 134.7 | 104.8 | 146.8 | 187.1 | 190.9 | 181.7 | 111.2 | 218.0 | 329.4 | 466.7 | 460.0 | 421.9 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 45,059 | 44,968 | 43,166 | 44,722 | 42,226 | 43,263 | 43,809 | 42,589 | 42,867 | 43,432 | 42,989 | 43,416 | 43,827 | 44,087 | 43,140 | 39,634 | 38,414 | 41,340 | 41,895 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #57 of 329 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +0.3 | -0.4 | -2.9 | +0.1 | +0.1 | +0.3 | -2.9 | -1.5 | +2.5 | -1.2 | -3.5 | -0.4 | -0.7 | -0.4 | +0.8 | -3.2 | -1.0 | +1.1 | +1.9 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 42,880 | 41,421 | 41,245 | 41,011 | 42,929 | 44,730 | 46,498 | 44,360 | 45,330 | — | 45,434 | 44,098 | 49,405 | 48,509 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #19 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14.9% | 12.7% | 10.5% | 13.0% | 9.8% | 9.1% | 9.0% | 8.1% | 6.7% | — | 7.6% | 5.1% | 3.7% | 2.9% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #172 of 314 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group | 27% | 21% | 29% | 43% | 16% | 22% | 39% | 31% | 31% | 30% | 22% | 22% | 16% | 17% | 17% | 28% | 27% | 28% | 37% | 21% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #18 of 314 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group | $1,676 | $1,502 | $1,601 | $655 | $884 | $1,424 | $1,190 | $1,334 | $1,168 | $1,005 | $1,652 | $1,522 | $1,389 | $1,261 | $767 | $803 | $427 | $297 | $415 | $402 |
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 Pueblo. 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.