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Hartford, CT
122,129 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0937000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Hartford ranked #323 of 340 cities and 12th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Hartford and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Syracuse NY, Rochester NY, Springfield MA, New Haven CT, Dayton OH, Albany NY, Provo UT, Allentown PA, Buffalo NY, New Bedford MA, Tuscaloosa AL, Lynn MA, Athens GA · 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 | #323 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #279 | #261 | #327 | #315 | #329 | #303 | #329 | #335 | #331 | #339 | #333 | #338 | #336 | #340 | #340 | #266 | #305 | #339 | #323 | #339 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 124,740 | 124,769 | 124,744 | 124,743 | 124,800 | 125,354 | 125,434 | 125,266 | 125,128 | 124,665 | 124,311 | 123,654 | 122,888 | 122,556 | 122,105 | 120,469 | 120,788 | 120,888 | 121,332 | 122,129 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #155 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -1.1 | +0.6 | -0.2 | -0.1 | -0.2 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #267 of 271 cities with data · 10th of 10 in its peer group with data | 2.8 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | — | 0.1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.0 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #316 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | 30.6% | 28.3% | 33.2% | 33.1% | 34.6% | 38.1% | 34.4% | 36.2% | 38.3% | 36.1% | 33.4% | 30.2% | 33.0% | 37.7% | 32.5% | — | 31.3% | 33.2% | 35.9% | 30.5% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #279 of 304 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group | 20.0 | 19.2 | 24.9 | 24.9 | 26.4 | 20.7 | 21.5 | 18.4 | 18.4 | 15.2 | 25.7 | 11.3 | 23.6 | 17.1 | 17.2 | 19.1 | 33.9 | 33.1 | 30.5 | 18.0 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #180 of 295 cities with data · 4th of 12 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 95.2 | 99.3 | 75.8 | 83.5 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 110,854 | 116,410 | 117,623 | 119,357 | 115,449 | 117,748 | 121,334 | 120,961 | 123,401 | 113,963 | 122,731 | 121,141 | 120,787 | 119,341 | 110,996 | 105,559 | 107,556 | 106,713 | 112,541 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #32 of 329 cities with data · 2nd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +0.7 | +2.4 | -0.4 | +0.6 | +0.1 | +2.3 | +0.3 | -1.2 | +1.1 | -7.7 | +6.2 | -2.5 | +0.6 | -1.3 | -5.9 | +2.5 | +0.5 | -3.1 | +3.5 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 49,589 | 45,852 | 46,324 | 48,439 | 50,768 | 50,667 | 49,168 | 49,218 | 56,141 | — | 50,890 | 56,242 | 50,082 | 55,326 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #340 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19.6% | 20.9% | 23.2% | 19.4% | 16.0% | 11.7% | 12.8% | 9.0% | 10.6% | — | 12.0% | 11.4% | 9.9% | 12.0% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | 102% | 102% | 100% | 102% | 97% | 89% | 83% | 79% | 75% | 77% | 78% | 75% | 74% | 73% | 71% | 66% | 68% | 69% | 69% | 69% | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #289 of 314 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group | 16% | 20% | 4% | -1% | 4% | 13% | 7% | 12% | 12% | 4% | 9% | 6% | 11% | 13% | 16% | 21% | 20% | -20% | -22% | -9% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #193 of 314 cities with data · 12th of 14 in its peer group | $2,516 | $3,123 | $2,856 | $3,225 | $3,466 | $3,757 | $3,739 | $3,937 | $5,472 | $4,983 | $6,260 | $7,221 | $6,242 | $5,806 | $5,386 | $4,982 | $5,072 | $4,341 | $3,734 | $3,306 |
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 Hartford. 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.