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Augusta, GA
201,737 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 1304204 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Augusta ranked #310 of 340 cities and 12th of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Augusta and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Knoxville TN, Shreveport LA, Jackson MS, Winston-Salem NC, Columbia SC, Columbus GA, Savannah GA, Mobile AL, Akron OH, Chattanooga TN, Beaumont TX, Lubbock TX, Montgomery AL · 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 | #310 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #268 | #173 | #287 | #222 | #231 | #239 | #292 | #268 | #302 | #294 | #212 | #257 | #268 | #326 | #249 | #317 | #247 | #114 | #310 | #330 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 191,285 | 191,871 | 191,898 | 193,797 | 193,825 | 196,375 | 195,847 | 196,989 | 196,602 | 196,579 | 196,763 | 197,276 | 197,018 | 197,025 | 197,888 | 202,031 | 200,811 | 201,967 | 201,108 | 201,737 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #147 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group | -1.2 | -0.7 | -0.7 | +0.2 | -0.5 | — | -0.9 | -0.3 | -1.0 | -0.6 | -0.7 | -0.4 | -0.7 | -0.4 | -0.0 | -0.1 | -0.6 | +0.4 | -0.8 | -0.2 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #159 of 285 cities with data · 6th of 10 in its peer group with data · 2012 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 2.2 | 1.2 | — | — | — | 1.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #264 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | 20.0% | 22.0% | 22.3% | 20.1% | 23.6% | 21.8% | 23.5% | 25.0% | 26.2% | 25.6% | 23.3% | 23.4% | 27.2% | 26.3% | 24.7% | — | 23.6% | 23.7% | 26.6% | 27.1% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #290 of 304 cities with data · 12th of 13 in its peer group with data | 7.3 | 9.4 | 12.5 | 10.3 | 13.4 | 18.3 | 13.3 | 14.2 | 9.2 | — | — | 9.1 | 3.6 | 13.2 | — | — | — | 1.0 | 21.9 | 22.8 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #215 of 280 cities with data · 1st of 9 in its peer group with data · 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12.4 | 152.2 | — | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 90,282 | 96,525 | 95,875 | 95,833 | 94,935 | 96,772 | 89,564 | 93,001 | 95,627 | 96,664 | 95,792 | 99,332 | 99,693 | 99,828 | 99,899 | 96,071 | 96,389 | 97,048 | 99,163 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #115 of 329 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -4.1 | +2.5 | -1.3 | -0.9 | +2.1 | -0.6 | -3.3 | -0.2 | -0.6 | -1.2 | +0.4 | -2.3 | -0.1 | -2.2 | +0.1 | -2.3 | -0.8 | -0.3 | +0.7 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 74,508 | 77,011 | 71,320 | 73,402 | 76,761 | 78,127 | 79,134 | 84,373 | 81,294 | — | 82,659 | 87,961 | 88,087 | 87,674 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #322 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13.9% | 9.3% | 15.4% | 14.2% | 9.0% | 10.5% | 11.5% | 7.4% | 5.5% | — | 9.7% | 7.3% | 7.7% | 8.0% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #190 of 314 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group | 25% | 30% | 25% | 35% | 29% | 29% | 25% | 25% | 27% | 25% | 28% | 38% | 21% | 13% | 14% | 17% | 17% | 18% | 18% | 19% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #149 of 314 cities with data · 5th of 14 in its peer group | $5,114 | $5,323 | $5,135 | $4,704 | $4,509 | $4,191 | $4,675 | $4,297 | $4,425 | $4,336 | $4,291 | $3,959 | $3,928 | $3,572 | $3,161 | $3,410 | $3,157 | $2,967 | $2,613 | $2,541 |
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 Augusta. 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.