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Columbus, GA
201,830 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 1319000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Columbus ranked #284 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 Columbus and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Chattanooga TN, Mobile AL, Montgomery AL, Springfield MO, Lubbock TX, Savannah GA, Amarillo TX, Winston-Salem NC, Augusta GA, Shreveport LA, Abilene TX, Little Rock AR, Evansville IN · 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 | #284 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #227 | #122 | #271 | #250 | #137 | #308 | #231 | #149 | #277 | #271 | #288 | #319 | #300 | #252 | #167 | #75 | #107 | #261 | #284 | #231 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 186,543 | 189,464 | 184,704 | 184,763 | 188,796 | 191,101 | 195,271 | 198,965 | 203,225 | 200,563 | 198,702 | 196,219 | 193,836 | 194,169 | 195,769 | 207,015 | 205,094 | 202,658 | 201,959 | 201,830 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #228 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | +0.3 | +0.8 | -3.5 | -0.9 | +1.2 | — | +1.4 | +0.4 | +1.0 | -2.3 | -2.0 | -2.1 | -1.9 | -0.3 | +0.3 | -0.1 | -1.1 | -1.6 | -0.8 | -0.6 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #208 of 269 cities with data · 8th of 11 in its peer group with data · 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.1 | 2.0 | — | — | 3.5 | 6.5 | 3.3 | 5.2 | 1.3 | — | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #183 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | 20.9% | 20.3% | 20.6% | 20.3% | 22.2% | 25.7% | 24.8% | 21.1% | 24.1% | 23.3% | 24.2% | 25.3% | 23.9% | 21.8% | 22.6% | — | 21.0% | 23.3% | 23.2% | 24.8% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #263 of 304 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group | 11.8 | 9.0 | 13.0 | 16.2 | 6.9 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 8.5 | 10.8 | 11.0 | 9.6 | 13.3 | 18.6 | 12.9 | — | 3.9 | 4.4 | 10.9 | 18.3 | 14.4 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #246 of 295 cities with data · 6th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 203.3 | — | 168.5 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 85,762 | 92,786 | 89,822 | 86,238 | 85,634 | 84,883 | 86,497 | 87,363 | 83,962 | 85,647 | 85,863 | 85,974 | 87,298 | 85,879 | 84,757 | 84,129 | 83,657 | 83,976 | 84,654 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #247 of 329 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -1.1 | +1.4 | -1.9 | -0.5 | +1.0 | -2.5 | -0.3 | +2.4 | -1.7 | +0.8 | -0.4 | -1.1 | +0.2 | -1.7 | -0.1 | +0.8 | -0.3 | -0.4 | -1.1 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 73,211 | 77,882 | 73,918 | 86,381 | 77,398 | 80,530 | 74,489 | 75,494 | 78,408 | — | 82,744 | 82,288 | 81,427 | 84,434 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #183 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12.5% | 10.3% | 13.0% | 9.2% | 10.9% | 7.7% | 10.8% | 10.0% | 6.5% | — | 7.1% | 5.8% | 6.5% | 5.1% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #78 of 314 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | 20% | 24% | 23% | 24% | 17% | 15% | 13% | 17% | 10% | 14% | 14% | 6% | 22% | 21% | 22% | 21% | 27% | 21% | 33% | 33% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #125 of 314 cities with data · 4th of 14 in its peer group | $2,986 | $2,742 | $2,896 | $2,607 | $3,853 | $4,281 | $3,761 | $3,455 | $3,257 | $3,271 | $3,025 | $3,228 | $2,988 | $2,727 | $2,507 | $1,803 | $1,631 | $2,338 | $2,148 | $2,205 |
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 Columbus. 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.