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Savannah, GA
148,808 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 1369000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Savannah ranked #243 of 340 cities and 5th of 14 in its peer group, on 6 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Savannah and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Beaumont TX, Chattanooga TN, Mobile AL, Knoxville TN, Columbus GA, Waco TX, Jackson MS, Shreveport LA, Springfield MO, Abilene TX, Columbia SC, Augusta GA, South Bend 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 | #243 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #306 | #272 | #237 | #255 | #198 | #277 | #259 | #279 | #288 | #279 | #278 | #305 | #312 | #304 | #248 | #269 | #277 | #157 | #243 | #251 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 131,126 | 132,259 | 133,452 | 133,651 | 135,734 | 137,412 | 140,414 | 142,327 | 142,600 | 143,883 | 145,160 | 145,818 | 145,804 | 145,817 | 144,464 | 147,494 | 146,525 | 148,281 | 148,333 | 148,808 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #115 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group | -0.3 | +0.8 | +1.1 | +0.2 | +1.5 | — | +1.4 | +0.6 | -0.3 | +0.9 | +0.4 | +0.0 | -0.4 | -0.6 | -0.3 | -0.1 | -0.1 | +1.3 | +0.3 | +0.0 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #178 of 303 cities with data · 6th of 11 in its peer group with data · 2022 | — | 8.6 | 8.7 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 3.2 | — | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.3 | — | 3.4 | 2.9 | — | — | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #330 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group | 27.9% | 28.9% | 26.0% | 29.5% | 29.6% | 30.2% | 29.0% | 31.2% | 29.1% | 27.9% | 32.0% | 28.5% | 27.3% | 26.9% | 26.8% | — | 27.7% | 27.7% | 30.0% | 32.6% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #267 of 304 cities with data · 10th of 13 in its peer group with data | 22.9 | 21.9 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 22.1 | 14.6 | 18.5 | 16.2 | 21.0 | 22.2 | 37.2 | 34.3 | 24.0 | 19.2 | — | — | 23.2 | — | — | 15.5 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #1 of 295 cities with data · 1st of 12 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 93,735 | 94,492 | 99,404 | 99,166 | 95,206 | 93,689 | 95,050 | 87,364 | 91,802 | 91,628 | 95,468 | 96,590 | 95,487 | 97,089 | 100,064 | 92,014 | 91,271 | 94,193 | 97,382 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #252 of 329 cities with data · 12th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -1.1 | -1.2 | -1.3 | -0.4 | +0.7 | -0.7 | -6.8 | -0.9 | +0.7 | -2.2 | -0.4 | -2.2 | -1.9 | -2.3 | -0.4 | -4.1 | -4.8 | +1.3 | -1.2 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 57,021 | 59,304 | 58,567 | 61,564 | 65,738 | 67,828 | 69,203 | 66,619 | 70,215 | — | 67,078 | 70,844 | 73,460 | 69,965 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #308 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11.8% | 12.8% | 14.7% | 13.9% | 9.8% | 10.7% | 6.9% | 8.3% | 6.6% | — | 7.5% | 7.0% | 4.7% | 7.5% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #80 of 314 cities with data · 4th of 14 in its peer group | 17% | 21% | 22% | 23% | 14% | 9% | 13% | 28% | 22% | 20% | 28% | 21% | 12% | 26% | 24% | 35% | 29% | 33% | 31% | 32% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #97 of 314 cities with data · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | $2,139 | $2,466 | $2,303 | $2,265 | $2,074 | $1,856 | $1,838 | $1,769 | $1,574 | $1,360 | $1,188 | $1,172 | $1,395 | $1,350 | $1,834 | $2,152 | $2,065 | $2,004 | $1,876 | $1,739 |
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 Savannah. 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.