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Atlanta, GA
520,070 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 1304000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Atlanta ranked #196 of 340 cities and 4th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Atlanta and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: St. Louis MO, Cincinnati OH, Tampa FL, New Orleans LA, Toledo OH, Baltimore MD, Kansas City MO, Norfolk VA, Fresno CA, Minneapolis MN, Fort Worth TX, Birmingham AL, Pittsburgh PA · 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 | #196 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #256 | #234 | #212 | #280 | #174 | #259 | #248 | #212 | #270 | #233 | #253 | #212 | #181 | #214 | #123 | #228 | #275 | #207 | #196 | #294 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 396,311 | 403,548 | 410,086 | 414,233 | 417,090 | 429,410 | 437,812 | 449,016 | 453,990 | 461,154 | 468,303 | 479,174 | 491,670 | 498,183 | 506,811 | 499,998 | 492,892 | 500,249 | 513,184 | 520,070 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #267 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | -0.0 | +1.8 | +1.5 | +1.0 | +0.7 | — | +1.3 | +1.5 | -0.2 | +0.1 | +0.3 | +0.5 | +0.6 | +0.3 | +0.5 | +0.2 | -1.1 | +0.3 | -0.4 | -0.7 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #18 of 269 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | 20.1 | 26.7 | 22.7 | 5.7 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 4.7 | 12.2 | 9.8 | 14.3 | 16.8 | 10.4 | 13.0 | 6.5 | 3.3 | 4.9 | 23.7 | 14.9 | — | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #154 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | 23.2% | 22.9% | 21.2% | 21.3% | 21.3% | 25.7% | 25.0% | 24.3% | 24.9% | 24.7% | 23.4% | 24.2% | 23.0% | 22.1% | 22.6% | — | 23.4% | 23.2% | 24.6% | 24.0% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #292 of 304 cities with data · 9th of 13 in its peer group with data | 22.7 | 27.3 | 31.5 | 25.3 | 19.2 | 21.7 | 20.1 | 18.5 | 18.3 | 20.2 | 20.1 | 23.2 | 16.1 | 17.7 | — | — | 32.7 | 34.2 | 26.1 | 23.7 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #255 of 280 cities with data · 8th of 12 in its peer group with data · 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 327.3 | 300.7 | 250.6 | — | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 417,863 | 425,968 | 433,450 | 414,708 | 397,146 | 410,725 | 418,596 | 449,966 | 447,480 | 474,429 | 472,695 | 503,880 | 520,673 | 514,185 | 518,130 | 494,450 | 491,785 | 517,509 | 552,999 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #28 of 329 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -1.1 | -1.1 | -0.1 | -4.7 | +1.3 | +3.6 | -0.7 | +5.5 | -1.8 | +2.0 | -3.8 | +2.6 | +1.1 | -3.4 | -0.4 | -1.7 | -3.0 | -0.3 | +3.6 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 203,943 | 208,734 | 209,697 | 217,487 | 234,514 | 238,663 | 253,859 | 256,891 | 262,400 | — | 263,095 | 284,421 | 282,696 | 295,237 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #182 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13.2% | 14.7% | 11.3% | 10.5% | 7.4% | 7.3% | 6.7% | 5.7% | 5.0% | — | 5.2% | 4.8% | 5.7% | 5.1% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | 57% | — | 51% | 53% | 52% | 51% | 54% | 54% | 55% | 62% | 62% | 61% | 67% | 72% | 69% | 69% | 73% | 74% | 71% | 73% | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #112 of 314 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group | 29% | 42% | 25% | 31% | 32% | 36% | 45% | 40% | 43% | 40% | 33% | 30% | 40% | 48% | 45% | 36% | 33% | 37% | 43% | 29% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #312 of 314 cities with data · 14th of 14 in its peer group | $24,521 | $24,667 | $25,519 | $21,536 | $25,073 | $22,077 | $22,735 | $22,658 | $23,002 | $21,843 | $23,034 | $22,555 | $18,751 | $20,055 | $18,111 | $19,235 | $17,718 | $16,625 | $15,727 | $17,212 |
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 Atlanta. 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.