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Tallahassee, FL
205,089 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 1270600 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Tallahassee ranked #320 of 340 cities and 13th of 14 in its peer group, on 7 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Tallahassee and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Lubbock TX, Abilene TX, Shreveport LA, Tyler TX, Augusta GA, Columbia MO, Fayetteville NC, Columbia SC, Pueblo CO, Columbus GA, Athens GA, Winston-Salem NC, Rockford IL · 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 | #320 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #235 | #206 | #187 | #257 | #199 | #208 | #218 | #233 | #267 | #281 | #296 | #266 | #256 | #306 | #320 | #310 | #288 | #289 | #320 | #335 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 166,449 | 170,417 | 175,075 | 177,454 | 179,467 | 181,438 | 182,997 | 186,298 | 185,602 | 187,094 | 188,645 | 188,870 | 191,655 | 192,763 | 194,500 | 197,934 | 200,269 | 202,316 | 203,665 | 205,089 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #223 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | +0.5 | +0.8 | +0.9 | -0.1 | -0.4 | — | +0.1 | +1.1 | -1.3 | -0.0 | +0.1 | -0.4 | +0.8 | -0.3 | +0.2 | +0.6 | +0.5 | +0.2 | -0.6 | -0.6 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #55 of 279 cities with data · 3rd of 9 in its peer group with data · 2017 | 16.0 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 3.3 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 2.4 | 4.6 | 8.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #301 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | 24.1% | 28.3% | 24.4% | 26.3% | 29.4% | 29.9% | 28.9% | 26.9% | 26.0% | 28.5% | 28.0% | 26.4% | 27.0% | 27.7% | 26.2% | — | 26.9% | 25.9% | 27.4% | 29.1% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #190 of 304 cities with data · 4th of 14 in its peer group | 5.4 | 5.9 | 2.9 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 7.2 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 5.9 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 5.8 | 8.9 | 8.3 | 10.3 | 12.1 | — | 7.4 | 10.3 | 7.8 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| jobs · size, not ranked | 145,373 | 148,032 | 153,206 | 141,758 | 141,364 | 149,882 | 140,894 | 133,395 | 136,065 | 140,178 | 136,407 | 142,246 | 145,380 | 147,495 | 145,867 | 137,470 | 142,016 | 147,718 | 155,002 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #73 of 329 cities with data · 2nd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -4.4 | +1.4 | -1.1 | -0.8 | +1.0 | +2.5 | +0.0 | -0.1 | -0.0 | -0.5 | -0.4 | +0.5 | -0.5 | +0.3 | -0.9 | -1.6 | -0.9 | -0.3 | +1.5 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 90,761 | 93,812 | 89,975 | 92,504 | 98,842 | 95,457 | 101,174 | 99,751 | 100,935 | — | 108,997 | 109,550 | 109,349 | 105,616 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #307 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13.6% | 13.2% | 13.0% | 13.0% | 9.1% | 7.8% | 8.2% | 7.8% | 8.2% | — | 6.0% | 4.8% | 7.2% | 7.5% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #304 of 314 cities with data · 14th of 14 in its peer group | 13% | 3% | -17% | 12% | 13% | 23% | 26% | 14% | 19% | 17% | 14% | 9% | 16% | 22% | 17% | 7% | 2% | -42% | -26% | -18% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #232 of 314 cities with data · 10th of 14 in its peer group | $4,659 | $5,081 | $6,389 | $7,438 | $8,849 | $8,512 | $8,870 | $9,265 | $8,797 | $8,962 | $8,349 | $8,302 | $9,435 | $9,016 | $9,702 | $8,797 | $7,913 | $5,194 | $5,136 | $4,204 |
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 Tallahassee. 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.