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Clearwater, FL
116,811 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 1212875 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Clearwater ranked #191 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 Clearwater and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Pompano Beach FL, Mesquite TX, Hollywood FL, Killeen TX, Cape Coral FL, Hampton VA, Lakeland FL, Independence MO, Fort Lauderdale FL, Grand Prairie TX, Pasadena TX, West Palm Beach FL, Tempe AZ · 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 | #191 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #300 | #142 | #244 | #167 | #256 | #278 | #293 | #131 | #162 | #155 | #239 | #167 | #186 | #208 | #204 | #202 | #184 | #213 | #191 | #182 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 109,636 | 108,927 | 108,180 | 107,832 | 107,618 | 109,052 | 109,204 | 109,538 | 110,279 | 111,167 | 112,939 | 114,175 | 115,482 | 116,324 | 116,946 | 117,343 | 117,133 | 117,344 | 117,555 | 116,811 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #195 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | +0.1 | -0.6 | -0.7 | -0.4 | -0.1 | — | +0.3 | +0.4 | +0.8 | +0.9 | +1.2 | +1.3 | +0.9 | +0.7 | +0.5 | +0.2 | +0.5 | +0.7 | +0.2 | -0.4 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #200 of 271 cities with data · 7th of 12 in its peer group with data | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 4.5 | — | — | 3.5 | 4.6 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 1.4 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #324 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | 23.5% | 26.6% | 25.3% | 25.4% | 26.8% | 29.5% | 29.7% | 25.6% | 23.7% | 26.3% | 25.5% | 27.6% | 26.8% | 27.8% | 27.0% | — | 25.2% | 30.9% | 29.4% | 31.7% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #127 of 304 cities with data · 5th of 11 in its peer group with data | 8.2 | 3.7 | 9.2 | 10.2 | 2.8 | 4.6 | 9.2 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 4.4 | 2.6 | 5.2 | 1.7 | — | — | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.3 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| jobs · size, not ranked | 60,854 | 67,981 | 69,165 | 66,786 | 59,911 | 56,846 | 57,333 | 59,061 | 58,432 | 60,312 | 61,998 | 67,917 | 68,124 | 69,581 | 69,202 | 68,952 | 69,694 | 68,668 | 71,944 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #179 of 329 cities with data · 5th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -30.3 | +9.1 | +2.3 | +1.6 | -3.7 | -1.3 | -5.5 | +2.4 | -4.9 | +0.2 | -1.9 | +5.5 | -0.9 | -0.9 | -1.4 | +0.7 | -1.1 | -6.9 | -0.3 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 44,617 | 48,174 | 50,284 | 51,868 | 52,979 | 48,952 | 52,661 | 55,475 | 52,849 | — | 55,842 | 54,965 | 59,139 | 57,714 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #58 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11.7% | 8.7% | 7.9% | 5.3% | 7.0% | 8.7% | 7.8% | 5.4% | 6.7% | — | 5.1% | 4.4% | 4.6% | 3.5% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #266 of 314 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group | 18% | 25% | 16% | 31% | 15% | 20% | 17% | 14% | 17% | 12% | 13% | 23% | 14% | 11% | 6% | 18% | 17% | 3% | 5% | 1% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #77 of 314 cities with data · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | $3,750 | $3,495 | $3,616 | $3,285 | $3,307 | $3,856 | $3,389 | $3,092 | $2,920 | $2,758 | $2,613 | $2,462 | $2,278 | $2,168 | $2,094 | $1,903 | $1,735 | $1,482 | $1,503 | $1,398 |
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 Clearwater. 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.