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Tampa, FL
414,547 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 1271000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Tampa ranked #188 of 340 cities and 6th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Tampa and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Orlando FL, Norfolk VA, St. Petersburg FL, Greensboro NC, Richmond VA, Tulsa OK, Kansas City MO, Fort Worth TX, Arlington TX, Atlanta GA, Raleigh NC, Winston-Salem NC, Nashville TN · 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 | #188 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #231 | #110 | #152 | #119 | #226 | #130 | #238 | #251 | #205 | #227 | #247 | #206 | #226 | #235 | #235 | #122 | #188 | #197 | #188 | #247 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 326,829 | 331,642 | 332,024 | 332,173 | 333,871 | 337,053 | 342,589 | 348,090 | 355,172 | 362,664 | 371,464 | 380,344 | 391,026 | 397,232 | 399,700 | 388,564 | 393,609 | 401,611 | 409,742 | 414,547 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #255 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | +1.9 | +1.2 | -0.1 | -0.3 | +0.2 | — | +0.6 | +0.8 | +0.9 | +1.0 | +1.1 | +1.1 | +0.9 | +0.7 | +0.6 | +0.4 | +0.8 | +1.0 | +0.2 | -0.7 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #68 of 271 cities with data · 7th of 13 in its peer group with data | 14.4 | 8.8 | 10.2 | 4.9 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 7.2 | 5.2 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 11.2 | 8.1 | 4.5 | 12.0 | 8.6 | 6.1 | 12.0 | 7.7 | 6.1 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #263 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | 22.4% | 23.4% | 23.0% | 23.4% | 25.7% | 25.9% | 27.8% | 26.3% | 26.1% | 25.0% | 26.3% | 25.4% | 25.7% | 24.9% | 25.0% | — | 25.1% | 27.4% | 29.3% | 27.1% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #200 of 304 cities with data · 5th of 13 in its peer group with data | 6.1 | 7.5 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 6.0 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 6.6 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 9.2 | 7.6 | 10.0 | 6.8 | 7.8 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 8.2 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #197 of 295 cities with data · 3rd of 11 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 124.0 | 110.8 | 96.5 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 276,944 | 305,859 | 312,081 | 314,136 | 285,342 | 285,699 | 302,859 | 291,006 | 310,125 | 317,209 | 331,102 | 345,950 | 349,949 | 361,103 | 352,250 | 353,384 | 366,555 | 387,200 | 416,847 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #45 of 329 cities with data · 2nd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -8.7 | +7.8 | +2.6 | +5.7 | -2.6 | +4.0 | -0.3 | -4.5 | +2.7 | -0.8 | -0.4 | +0.5 | -0.0 | +0.1 | -3.3 | +1.4 | +1.6 | +0.3 | +2.6 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 155,036 | 158,667 | 162,813 | 167,170 | 174,741 | 181,693 | 192,796 | 191,406 | 197,847 | — | 194,119 | 209,191 | 213,829 | 225,982 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #162 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12.5% | 12.5% | 10.8% | 8.8% | 8.3% | 7.5% | 5.8% | 5.7% | 4.0% | — | 5.3% | 4.3% | 3.8% | 4.8% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #280 of 314 cities with data · 14th of 14 in its peer group | 17% | 28% | 18% | 32% | 29% | 27% | 17% | 12% | 19% | 13% | 6% | 10% | 10% | -20% | -12% | -7% | -8% | -8% | -13% | -4% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #195 of 314 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group | $8,081 | $7,298 | $6,989 | $6,838 | $6,728 | $6,273 | $5,763 | $5,405 | $6,480 | $5,565 | $5,268 | $4,859 | $5,483 | $5,433 | $5,333 | $5,216 | $5,729 | $2,484 | $3,605 | $3,312 |
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 Tampa. 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.