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Lakeland, FL
124,990 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 1238250 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Lakeland ranked #160 of 340 cities and 7th of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Lakeland and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Lafayette LA, Killeen TX, Roanoke VA, Wilmington NC, Charleston SC, Clearwater FL, Columbia SC, North Charleston SC, Norman OK, Odessa TX, West Palm Beach FL, Murfreesboro TN, Beaumont TX · 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 | #160 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #248 | #67 | #291 | #221 | #213 | #336 | #256 | #289 | #300 | #282 | #214 | #164 | #132 | #222 | #225 | #136 | #135 | #140 | #160 | #286 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 91,625 | 94,390 | 96,553 | 97,319 | 97,367 | 97,640 | 98,834 | 99,000 | 100,326 | 102,034 | 103,550 | 105,837 | 107,712 | 110,421 | 112,136 | 113,881 | 117,320 | 120,604 | 123,046 | 124,990 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #4 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group | +2.8 | +2.8 | +2.0 | +0.5 | -0.1 | — | +0.5 | +0.3 | +0.7 | +1.2 | +1.6 | +2.0 | +2.2 | +2.4 | +2.3 | +0.8 | +3.6 | +3.7 | +3.1 | +2.3 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #136 of 271 cities with data · 6th of 10 in its peer group with data | 13.0 | 18.0 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 13.9 | 10.7 | 10.6 | 7.2 | 8.1 | 3.0 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #268 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group | 24.0% | 25.5% | 24.8% | 23.7% | 28.0% | 26.4% | 27.1% | 26.5% | 25.4% | 27.1% | 25.3% | 24.4% | 25.3% | 25.0% | 25.3% | — | 24.5% | 25.6% | 30.8% | 27.2% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #236 of 304 cities with data · 10th of 14 in its peer group | 6.5 | 3.2 | 6.2 | 10.3 | 5.1 | 12.3 | 6.1 | 10.1 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 7.2 | 6.2 | 10.5 | — | — | 5.7 | 11.2 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| jobs · size, not ranked | 72,892 | 72,009 | 71,306 | 70,367 | 66,333 | 63,762 | 70,139 | 75,492 | 74,587 | 76,178 | 82,311 | 84,921 | 85,353 | 87,980 | 91,863 | 91,842 | 97,514 | 101,700 | 108,174 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #107 of 329 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -1.8 | +5.0 | -7.0 | +1.1 | +7.5 | -10.9 | +5.1 | +5.1 | -2.1 | +1.6 | +0.4 | +1.0 | -0.5 | +0.4 | +0.1 | +0.5 | +1.1 | +1.0 | +0.8 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 38,705 | 36,813 | 39,713 | 39,156 | 43,045 | 45,737 | 48,327 | 49,945 | 46,000 | — | 50,838 | 55,825 | 58,296 | 57,919 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #219 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12.2% | 13.9% | 11.8% | 10.2% | 7.5% | 4.5% | 6.2% | 4.6% | 7.4% | — | 5.7% | 2.7% | 3.3% | 5.5% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #297 of 314 cities with data · 14th of 14 in its peer group | 6% | 28% | -14% | -0% | -2% | 1% | -1% | 6% | -1% | -8% | 2% | -2% | 15% | -22% | -28% | -6% | -7% | -16% | -29% | -14% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #268 of 314 cities with data · 12th of 14 in its peer group | $16,717 | $15,346 | $14,739 | $14,074 | $14,762 | $14,299 | $13,667 | $13,129 | $12,529 | $10,825 | $10,604 | $12,660 | $11,739 | $11,061 | $10,864 | $9,813 | $9,319 | $8,204 | $6,204 | $5,808 |
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 Lakeland. 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.