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Bridgeport, CT
151,599 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0908000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Bridgeport ranked #331 of 340 cities and 14th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Bridgeport and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Worcester MA, Lowell MA, Elizabeth NJ, Lynn MA, Waterbury CT, Grand Rapids MI, Allentown PA, Lakewood NJ, New Bedford MA, Dearborn MI, Yonkers NY, Inglewood CA, Fort Lauderdale FL · 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 | #331 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #329 | #325 | #283 | #313 | #285 | #334 | #333 | #334 | #327 | #312 | #337 | #306 | #335 | #322 | #321 | #322 | #284 | #315 | #331 | #315 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 141,567 | 141,292 | 141,386 | 142,356 | 143,281 | 144,864 | 146,146 | 147,096 | 147,716 | 147,870 | 147,409 | 146,287 | 145,346 | 144,772 | 144,399 | 147,713 | 148,175 | 148,552 | 149,810 | 151,599 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #208 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.3 | +0.2 | -0.8 | -0.6 | -0.5 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #130 of 271 cities with data · 4th of 10 in its peer group with data | — | 1.1 | 1.7 | — | 0.9 | 0.7 | — | — | — | 0.9 | — | — | — | 0.4 | 0.3 | — | — | 3.3 | 0.1 | 3.2 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #332 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | 28.2% | 30.6% | 26.5% | 28.4% | 31.3% | 32.4% | 34.4% | 33.3% | 31.0% | 31.6% | 31.7% | 30.6% | 29.1% | 31.3% | 30.8% | — | 31.2% | 34.8% | 28.9% | 32.7% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #193 of 304 cities with data · 12th of 14 in its peer group | 13.4 | 19.8 | 9.9 | 14.0 | 8.4 | 15.2 | 13.7 | 15.0 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 12.9 | 6.8 | 14.4 | 7.6 | 11.8 | 16.9 | 13.5 | 10.1 | 12.0 | 7.9 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #116 of 295 cities with data · 7th of 12 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 80.3 | 86.0 | 68.2 | 58.6 | 48.7 | 39.6 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 43,089 | 44,275 | 44,204 | 44,889 | 42,542 | 42,037 | 43,476 | 43,537 | 43,268 | 44,074 | 42,819 | 43,778 | 42,832 | 42,000 | 41,401 | 36,440 | 38,688 | 40,738 | 42,137 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #97 of 329 cities with data · 6th of 12 in its peer group with data · 2023 | -0.9 | +0.8 | +0.1 | -0.1 | +0.9 | -1.3 | +0.9 | -0.2 | -2.3 | +1.2 | -3.6 | +0.8 | -0.5 | -1.0 | +0.9 | -1.7 | +2.2 | +0.5 | +1.0 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 61,550 | 64,850 | 67,022 | 67,436 | 68,433 | 67,251 | 66,325 | 69,038 | 65,534 | — | 75,537 | 67,610 | 74,230 | 76,236 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #326 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19.8% | 19.0% | 13.7% | 14.6% | 13.0% | 16.3% | 12.1% | 11.8% | 9.0% | — | 8.3% | 8.6% | 9.1% | 9.1% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #262 of 314 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group | 3% | 15% | 20% | 24% | 14% | 6% | 6% | 11% | 14% | 8% | 11% | 18% | 10% | 28% | 25% | 26% | 14% | -2% | -1% | 2% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #265 of 314 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group | $8,790 | $8,407 | $7,455 | $6,781 | $6,681 | $7,117 | $6,690 | $6,896 | $6,458 | $5,968 | $6,191 | $5,968 | $6,047 | $6,971 | $7,420 | $7,289 | $7,595 | $6,316 | $6,095 | $5,538 |
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 Bridgeport. 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.