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Orlando, FL
334,854 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 1253000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Orlando ranked #205 of 340 cities and 7th of 14 in its peer group, on 7 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Orlando and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Tampa FL, Greensboro NC, St. Petersburg FL, Norfolk VA, Richmond VA, Little Rock AR, Winston-Salem NC, Irving TX, Hollywood FL, Pasadena TX, Salt Lake City UT, Montgomery AL, Lexington 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 | #205 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #122 | #308 | #310 | #202 | #307 | #216 | #219 | #228 | #238 | #212 | #209 | #302 | #239 | #221 | #208 | #97 | #262 | #202 | #205 | #174 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 223,410 | 228,762 | 231,266 | 233,467 | 235,918 | 239,326 | 243,620 | 249,935 | 255,135 | 262,469 | 270,786 | 278,512 | 281,804 | 285,903 | 287,442 | 307,868 | 309,928 | 318,821 | 327,390 | 334,854 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #311 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | +2.1 | +0.7 | -0.5 | -0.7 | -0.6 | — | +0.4 | +1.1 | +0.5 | +0.7 | +0.9 | +0.7 | +0.2 | -0.0 | -0.2 | -0.1 | -1.0 | +0.4 | -0.5 | -1.2 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #75 of 271 cities with data · 7th of 12 in its peer group with data | 24.4 | 19.0 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 7.5 | 11.3 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 10.8 | 9.2 | 14.9 | 12.0 | 11.0 | 7.3 | 5.9 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #288 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | 26.4% | 26.6% | 26.5% | 26.3% | 28.5% | 29.0% | 28.0% | 27.5% | 28.8% | 28.7% | 27.5% | 28.6% | 29.0% | 27.5% | 26.7% | — | 31.4% | 29.3% | 31.4% | 28.5% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #201 of 306 cities with data · 6th of 13 in its peer group with data · 2022 | 9.8 | 21.4 | 16.9 | 18.4 | 11.9 | 7.5 | 11.9 | 9.6 | 6.7 | 5.7 | 11.8 | 30.2 | 8.2 | 13.6 | 8.7 | 10.1 | — | 10.0 | — | — | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| jobs · size, not ranked | 262,751 | 265,287 | 258,260 | 277,677 | 259,801 | 261,962 | 275,461 | 286,490 | 291,424 | 300,611 | 335,534 | 326,529 | 337,230 | 353,808 | 366,184 | 356,026 | 340,217 | 381,487 | 406,405 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #92 of 329 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +8.2 | -6.3 | -4.1 | +5.4 | +0.1 | +0.8 | +0.5 | +0.9 | -1.1 | -0.6 | +8.9 | -9.2 | +0.4 | +0.9 | +0.3 | +1.6 | -1.7 | +1.1 | +1.0 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 125,681 | 127,323 | 132,939 | 142,047 | 147,976 | 150,974 | 151,805 | 160,474 | 160,624 | — | 164,921 | 176,914 | 178,644 | 194,401 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #57 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9.6% | 11.7% | 9.4% | 6.8% | 7.2% | 5.5% | 5.5% | 4.7% | 3.5% | — | 7.8% | 4.1% | 5.2% | 3.5% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #222 of 314 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group | 11% | 10% | 7% | 15% | 12% | 21% | 17% | 9% | 8% | 5% | 6% | 9% | 8% | 14% | 7% | 16% | 18% | -3% | 13% | 12% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #148 of 314 cities with data · 4th of 14 in its peer group | $2,556 | $3,303 | $3,146 | $3,168 | $5,746 | $6,202 | $6,232 | $5,770 | $5,342 | $5,071 | $5,971 | $5,903 | $5,638 | $4,090 | $3,874 | $3,830 | $3,476 | $3,061 | $2,784 | $2,535 |
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 Orlando. 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.