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Miami, FL
487,014 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 1245000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Miami ranked #208 of 340 cities and 5th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Miami and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Hialeah FL, Newark NJ, El Monte CA, Paterson NJ, Jersey City NJ, Long Beach CA, Providence RI, Santa Ana CA, Pittsburgh PA, Buffalo NY, San Bernardino CA, Elizabeth NJ, Baltimore MD · 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 | #208 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #295 | #256 | #328 | #324 | #232 | #315 | #313 | #322 | #255 | #273 | #287 | #300 | #272 | #237 | #189 | #193 | #224 | #184 | #208 | #197 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 382,198 | 385,314 | 386,814 | 389,996 | 394,347 | 400,779 | 406,593 | 411,149 | 415,661 | 425,110 | 434,738 | 449,149 | 456,617 | 462,819 | 467,963 | 442,828 | 441,630 | 456,736 | 470,677 | 487,014 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #338 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | -1.2 | -1.5 | -1.9 | -1.4 | -1.0 | — | -0.5 | -0.6 | -0.7 | -1.1 | -1.2 | -1.3 | -1.7 | -1.9 | -1.7 | -0.3 | -1.5 | -1.4 | -1.8 | -2.4 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #17 of 271 cities with data · 1st of 7 in its peer group with data | 28.0 | 19.4 | 8.5 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 10.8 | 8.9 | 14.9 | 8.7 | 10.4 | 10.0 | 9.5 | 8.1 | 14.2 | 9.5 | 11.5 | 12.4 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #338 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | 32.6% | 33.6% | 34.5% | 35.0% | 37.2% | 38.6% | 38.1% | 38.8% | 36.6% | 37.0% | 40.8% | 36.5% | 34.7% | 34.2% | 36.3% | — | 35.6% | 31.1% | 32.0% | 35.7% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #162 of 304 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group | 14.1 | 20.0 | 20.2 | 16.2 | 15.0 | 17.0 | 16.7 | 16.8 | 17.1 | 19.1 | 17.3 | 12.2 | 11.4 | 9.9 | 9.2 | 13.8 | — | — | 6.8 | 6.0 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #173 of 295 cities with data · 9th of 12 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 88.2 | 80.7 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 259,169 | 265,016 | 257,292 | 201,673 | 254,769 | 247,690 | 259,576 | 248,109 | 260,022 | 282,276 | 288,324 | 280,515 | 285,998 | 291,573 | 300,954 | 288,027 | 280,917 | 309,234 | 326,995 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #56 of 329 cities with data · 5th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -11.1 | +1.2 | -5.5 | -16.9 | +29.7 | -2.8 | -1.9 | -3.9 | +2.4 | +5.6 | -2.1 | -5.4 | +0.5 | +0.5 | +1.8 | -0.1 | -3.5 | +4.0 | +2.0 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 177,383 | 181,096 | 196,125 | 207,832 | 210,736 | 214,066 | 224,661 | 235,956 | 248,592 | — | 230,791 | 248,594 | 253,964 | 268,297 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #108 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14.5% | 14.2% | 9.9% | 8.6% | 7.3% | 6.8% | 7.3% | 4.3% | 3.4% | — | 5.9% | 4.0% | 4.6% | 4.2% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | 86% | 89% | 93% | 76% | 70% | 70% | 72% | 70% | 70% | 70% | 70% | 68% | 67% | 65% | 66% | 64% | 64% | 62% | 61% | 59% | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #278 of 314 cities with data · 9th of 13 in its peer group with data | 20% | 6% | -10% | 19% | 24% | 18% | 19% | 13% | 17% | 7% | 16% | 12% | 13% | 11% | 20% | 17% | 16% | -7% | -3% | -3% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #44 of 314 cities with data · 4th of 13 in its peer group with data | $2,423 | $2,131 | $2,128 | $1,986 | $2,373 | $2,490 | $2,931 | $2,902 | $2,737 | $2,311 | $2,325 | $2,143 | $1,828 | $1,784 | $1,745 | $1,647 | $1,438 | $1,566 | $1,336 | $824 |
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 Miami. 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.