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Washington, DC
702,250 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 1150000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Washington ranked #270 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 Washington and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Minneapolis MN, Long Beach CA, Baltimore MD, St. Paul MN, Sacramento CA, Oakland CA, Columbus OH, Denver CO, Yonkers NY, Fort Worth TX, Seattle WA, Arlington TX, Louisville KY · 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 | #270 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #308 | #313 | #298 | #322 | #296 | #335 | #233 | #240 | #249 | #260 | #262 | #268 | #293 | #294 | #305 | #275 | #301 | #256 | #270 | #281 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 567,136 | 570,681 | 574,404 | 580,236 | 592,228 | 605,226 | 619,800 | 634,924 | 650,581 | 662,328 | 675,400 | 685,815 | 694,906 | 701,547 | 705,749 | 670,917 | 669,256 | 676,725 | 687,324 | 702,250 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #134 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group | -1.2 | -0.6 | -0.6 | -0.3 | +0.7 | — | +1.2 | +1.1 | +0.9 | +0.3 | +0.5 | +0.3 | +0.1 | -0.1 | -0.3 | -2.3 | -1.0 | -0.7 | -0.4 | -0.1 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #154 of 271 cities with data · 7th of 12 in its peer group with data | 5.0 | — | — | — | 1.9 | 1.2 | 7.4 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 6.3 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 8.7 | 6.6 | 8.4 | 11.0 | 7.1 | 11.4 | 4.4 | 2.5 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #71 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | 21.1% | 21.1% | 20.6% | 20.9% | 21.4% | 23.6% | 23.1% | 22.3% | 23.2% | 22.8% | 22.5% | 21.9% | 21.8% | 21.3% | 20.8% | — | 22.2% | 21.9% | 21.1% | 21.1% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #295 of 304 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group | 34.4 | 29.6 | 31.5 | 32.1 | 24.3 | 21.8 | 17.4 | 13.9 | 15.8 | 15.9 | 24.0 | 20.0 | 16.7 | 22.8 | 23.5 | 29.5 | 17.3 | 30.6 | 38.8 | 25.8 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #212 of 295 cities with data · 6th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 130.6 | 134.1 | 110.8 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | 621,524 | 634,183 | 638,282 | 651,036 | 662,710 | 677,094 | 697,289 | 690,999 | 695,456 | 688,073 | 650,612 | 624,377 | 656,985 | 673,312 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #195 of 329 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | +0.0 | -0.3 | +1.5 | +1.3 | +0.7 | +0.3 | -1.9 | -0.7 | -1.4 | +0.4 | -3.6 | -0.0 | -0.4 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 310,607 | 326,957 | 333,111 | 345,592 | 361,179 | 364,797 | 378,780 | 380,983 | 387,826 | — | 355,398 | 374,882 | 385,274 | 389,016 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #226 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11.4% | 10.3% | 10.4% | 8.9% | 7.2% | 6.9% | 6.6% | 7.5% | 6.3% | — | 8.2% | 5.1% | 5.3% | 5.6% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #241 of 314 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group | 19% | 20% | 22% | 10% | 1% | 2% | 7% | 9% | 8% | 6% | 9% | 7% | 5% | 3% | 5% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 14% | 9% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #313 of 314 cities with data · 14th of 14 in its peer group | $18,471 | $21,333 | $22,463 | $22,758 | $23,056 | $23,556 | $24,491 | $24,180 | $24,980 | $25,522 | $26,599 | $26,548 | $26,279 | $26,729 | $27,741 | $32,089 | $29,793 | $29,283 | $28,254 | $27,178 |
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 Washington. 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.