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Westminster, CO
115,302 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0883835 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Westminster ranked #97 of 340 cities and 11th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Westminster and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Arvada CO, Olathe KS, Richardson TX, Broken Arrow OK, Overland Park KS, Vacaville CA, West Jordan UT, Roseville CA, Concord CA, Fairfield CA, Sandy Springs GA, Carrollton TX, Joliet IL · 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 | #97 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #151 | #147 | #78 | #73 | #50 | #163 | #109 | #99 | #73 | #88 | #131 | #94 | #184 | #97 | #93 | #168 | #117 | #107 | #97 | #70 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 102,363 | 103,319 | 104,022 | 104,793 | 105,717 | 106,434 | 107,739 | 109,083 | 110,422 | 111,517 | 112,420 | 112,984 | 112,961 | 113,227 | 113,166 | 116,653 | 115,127 | 115,002 | 115,334 | 115,302 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #79 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | +1.0 | +1.2 | +0.7 | +0.7 | +1.1 | — | +0.5 | +0.8 | +0.9 | +1.0 | +1.0 | +0.5 | +0.2 | +0.5 | +0.3 | +0.0 | -0.1 | +0.1 | +0.3 | +0.2 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #208 of 271 cities with data · 11th of 13 in its peer group with data | 3.4 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.1 | — | 3.1 | 5.9 | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.2 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #105 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | 17.5% | 17.3% | 17.5% | 17.4% | 18.2% | 18.0% | 19.4% | 19.2% | 20.1% | 20.4% | 22.7% | 21.9% | 25.6% | 24.2% | 22.0% | — | 22.7% | 20.5% | 25.0% | 22.5% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #147 of 304 cities with data · 10th of 10 in its peer group with data | 2.0 | 4.8 | — | 1.9 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 3.6 | 0.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 8.8 | 1.8 | 7.7 | 10.4 | 1.7 | 6.9 | 5.2 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #119 of 295 cities with data · 12th of 14 in its peer group | 43.0 | 40.7 | 22.1 | 29.6 | 25.5 | 19.7 | 21.3 | 33.0 | 24.5 | 26.0 | 32.0 | 28.3 | 31.0 | 32.7 | 39.8 | 42.9 | 62.5 | 48.7 | 45.1 | 39.9 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 38,085 | 37,778 | 41,698 | 42,032 | 41,183 | 40,805 | 40,738 | 38,128 | 45,462 | 48,212 | 47,560 | 49,755 | 48,677 | 51,821 | 53,865 | 49,254 | 48,887 | 51,287 | 53,274 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #85 of 329 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -4.3 | -2.1 | +7.9 | +0.4 | +1.8 | -3.7 | -1.8 | -9.1 | +16.5 | +2.7 | -6.0 | +1.9 | -3.9 | +3.0 | +2.9 | -4.2 | -0.9 | -2.9 | +1.3 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 57,230 | 61,211 | 57,050 | 59,512 | 60,940 | 61,571 | 61,867 | 65,692 | 66,257 | — | 66,700 | 69,288 | 67,859 | 67,487 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #14 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9.9% | 8.2% | 7.0% | 6.0% | 6.2% | 4.1% | 3.7% | 2.8% | 3.2% | — | 4.6% | 2.3% | 1.7% | 2.6% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #131 of 314 cities with data · 8th of 13 in its peer group with data | 23% | 37% | 2% | 27% | 24% | 19% | 23% | 23% | 17% | 26% | 25% | 24% | 32% | 32% | 12% | 37% | 36% | 29% | 38% | 27% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #159 of 314 cities with data · 8th of 13 in its peer group with data | $3,526 | $3,953 | $3,716 | $4,478 | $4,767 | $4,339 | $3,229 | $3,067 | $3,470 | $4,932 | $4,579 | $4,642 | $4,249 | $3,841 | $4,404 | $3,557 | $3,388 | $2,994 | $2,702 | $2,771 |
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 Westminster. 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.