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Macon-Bibb County, GA
157,056 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 1349008 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Macon-Bibb County ranked #250 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 Macon-Bibb County and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Midland TX, Montgomery AL, Huntsville AL, Wichita Falls TX, Lafayette LA, Amarillo TX, Little Rock AR, Topeka KS, Odessa TX, Evansville IN, Columbus GA, Clarksville TN, Sioux Falls SD · 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 | #250 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | #104 | #100 | #124 | #176 | #308 | #294 | #256 | #257 | #281 | #213 | #276 | #194 | #260 | #250 | #324 | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | 155,814 | 156,211 | 156,606 | 155,031 | 154,329 | 153,945 | 153,152 | 152,840 | 152,903 | 153,159 | 157,038 | 156,005 | 156,115 | 156,676 | 157,056 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #137 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.3 | -0.4 | -1.5 | -1.0 | -0.7 | -1.0 | -0.6 | -0.3 | -0.1 | -0.2 | -0.6 | +0.2 | +0.1 | -0.1 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #258 of 304 cities with data · 12th of 13 in its peer group with data · 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.7 | 0.6 | — | — | 0.9 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #297 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25.4% | 23.4% | 24.7% | 25.9% | 24.0% | 24.4% | — | 22.3% | 24.8% | 24.3% | 28.9% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #276 of 304 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 10.4 | 21.4 | 9.1 | 18.3 | 24.9 | 7.8 | 25.5 | 29.5 | 41.6 | 23.6 | 17.8 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #285 of 295 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 245.2 | 309.0 | 378.6 | — | 303.7 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 85,832 | 78,880 | 78,632 | 86,185 | 83,092 | 76,017 | 82,593 | 82,998 | 82,049 | 82,924 | 82,800 | 83,757 | 83,568 | 84,120 | 84,186 | 80,528 | 79,479 | 78,320 | 79,869 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #260 of 329 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.4 | -0.7 | -1.8 | +0.9 | +0.2 | -0.8 | +1.1 | -0.4 | -2.5 | -1.4 | -0.2 | +1.3 | +0.3 | -0.4 | +1.0 | +0.1 | -0.3 | +0.7 | -1.5 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 57,740 | 61,475 | 61,943 | 61,960 | 63,939 | 65,512 | — | 65,335 | 64,296 | 65,497 | 61,881 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #330 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15.1% | 8.3% | 5.7% | 7.1% | 8.6% | 7.4% | — | 8.2% | 6.5% | 7.2% | 9.9% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #178 of 314 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group | 7% | 7% | -1% | 12% | 3% | -2% | -19% | -0% | -2% | 9% | 12% | 14% | 34% | 15% | 25% | 19% | 32% | 24% | 28% | 21% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #39 of 314 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | $297 | $302 | $405 | $383 | $361 | $344 | $324 | $301 | $277 | $169 | $975 | $982 | $945 | $776 | $696 |
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 Macon-Bibb County. 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.