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Jacksonville, FL
1,009,833 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 1235000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Jacksonville ranked #249 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 Jacksonville and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Austin TX, Indianapolis IN, Nashville TN, Charlotte NC, Albuquerque NM, San Antonio TX, Oklahoma City OK, Columbus OH, Colorado Springs CO, Omaha NE, Phoenix AZ, Raleigh NC, Wichita KS · 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 | #249 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #148 | #171 | #267 | #191 | #224 | #183 | #249 | #267 | #246 | #243 | #208 | #123 | #161 | #150 | #153 | #111 | #158 | #215 | #249 | #218 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 785,605 | 798,623 | 807,669 | 812,430 | 817,121 | 823,114 | 829,609 | 837,013 | 842,735 | 852,494 | 865,836 | 880,520 | 892,025 | 902,437 | 911,507 | 951,925 | 957,537 | 975,614 | 993,468 | 1,009,833 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #95 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group | +0.3 | +0.4 | -0.1 | -0.4 | -0.4 | — | -0.1 | -0.0 | -0.2 | +0.3 | +0.6 | +0.7 | +0.3 | +0.4 | +0.3 | +0.1 | +0.1 | +0.9 | +0.4 | +0.1 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #65 of 271 cities with data · 6th of 11 in its peer group with data | 16.8 | 12.3 | — | — | 3.2 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 4.6 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 9.5 | 10.4 | 11.6 | 9.8 | 6.3 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #230 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group | 20.1% | 20.0% | 20.5% | 20.3% | 22.9% | 23.1% | 24.2% | 24.8% | 23.2% | 25.2% | 24.0% | 22.9% | 23.0% | 23.8% | 23.2% | — | 24.4% | 24.3% | 26.6% | 26.0% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #167 of 304 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11.2 | 13.5 | 12.9 | 6.2 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #225 of 295 cities with data · 6th of 12 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 161.5 | 156.0 | 134.0 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 481,935 | 494,180 | 503,498 | 505,943 | 481,074 | 488,624 | 448,754 | 448,119 | 464,493 | 481,954 | 471,215 | 489,328 | 517,056 | 527,642 | 529,733 | 507,244 | 529,535 | 558,547 | 565,673 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #232 of 329 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -1.0 | -0.8 | -2.3 | -0.1 | -0.1 | +1.1 | +1.9 | -1.8 | -0.3 | -0.6 | -0.3 | +0.0 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.3 | -0.4 | +0.1 | -0.5 | -0.9 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 371,746 | 369,552 | 383,438 | 385,620 | 408,260 | 414,904 | 427,442 | 436,102 | 443,223 | — | 454,451 | 481,843 | 480,637 | 507,196 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #175 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13.2% | 12.4% | 10.7% | 8.5% | 7.2% | 6.0% | 6.4% | 5.8% | 4.8% | — | 4.7% | 4.2% | 4.4% | 5.0% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | 75% | 76% | 78% | 69% | 64% | 65% | 56% | 50% | 52% | 56% | 54% | 53% | 55% | 55% | 54% | 53% | 53% | 51% | 49% | 48% | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #214 of 314 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group | 28% | 24% | 15% | 27% | 19% | 15% | 13% | 18% | 21% | 18% | 20% | 36% | 30% | 28% | 27% | 23% | 22% | 3% | 6% | 14% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #253 of 314 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group | $20,944 | $21,475 | $20,463 | $20,714 | $22,083 | $21,564 | $17,577 | $17,040 | $16,004 | $15,345 | $14,527 | $13,208 | $12,567 | $11,373 | $10,550 | $9,051 | $7,899 | $5,589 | $5,116 | $5,026 |
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 Jacksonville. 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.