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Meridian, ID
139,740 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 1652120 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Meridian ranked #1 of 340 cities and 1st of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Meridian and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Fishers IN, Carmel IN, Pearland TX, Nampa ID, Bend OR, Murrieta CA, Murfreesboro TN, Georgetown TX, North Las Vegas NV, Concord NC, St. George UT, Kent WA, Renton WA · 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 | #1 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #2 | #1 | #5 | #2 | #1 | #20 | #3 | #1 | #4 | #1 | #2 | #1 | #1 | #1 | #2 | #5 | #1 | #4 | #1 | #3 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 56,570 | 61,435 | 65,812 | 69,460 | 72,732 | 77,428 | 79,723 | 82,125 | 85,086 | 89,174 | 92,144 | 96,227 | 100,539 | 106,464 | 114,161 | 119,496 | 125,865 | 130,176 | 135,322 | 139,740 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #28 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group | +2.8 | +2.9 | +2.0 | +0.8 | +0.3 | — | +1.1 | +1.1 | +0.9 | +1.5 | +0.9 | +1.9 | +2.1 | +2.2 | +2.3 | +0.6 | +2.8 | +0.9 | +0.5 | +1.0 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #27 of 271 cities with data · 5th of 13 in its peer group with data | 57.4 | 26.6 | 12.8 | 11.1 | 8.6 | 6.6 | 7.5 | 12.7 | 16.4 | 14.1 | 16.0 | 16.3 | 24.0 | 29.5 | 26.5 | 21.2 | 21.7 | 23.6 | 17.3 | 11.1 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #143 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | 18.4% | 19.5% | 19.2% | 19.7% | 16.9% | 20.3% | 19.5% | 21.6% | 18.4% | 18.2% | 18.3% | 19.8% | — | 19.4% | 23.9% | 22.6% | 23.6% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #10 of 304 cities with data · 1st of 12 in its peer group with data | 1.8 | 1.6 | — | 1.4 | — | 3.9 | 2.5 | — | 1.2 | 2.2 | 1.1 | — | 1.0 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 1.7 | — | — | 1.5 | 0.7 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #28 of 295 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | 15.9 | 9.8 | 21.3 | 11.5 | 11.0 | 7.7 | 11.3 | 8.5 | 10.6 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 12.5 | 19.9 | 16.0 | 14.0 | 18.4 | 19.1 | 19.2 | 25.1 | 15.0 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 22,928 | 28,148 | 30,052 | 30,819 | 29,722 | 29,775 | 31,439 | 32,646 | 35,715 | 37,367 | 39,189 | 42,449 | 45,449 | 48,897 | 51,950 | 52,416 | 55,811 | 59,077 | 61,872 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #58 of 329 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +1.5 | +18.1 | +2.9 | +4.0 | +3.9 | -0.6 | +3.3 | +2.1 | +5.5 | +1.2 | +1.9 | +3.6 | +3.4 | +2.6 | +3.4 | +0.4 | +2.5 | -0.1 | +1.9 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 33,975 | 34,829 | 39,374 | 41,339 | 38,345 | 46,298 | 46,998 | 54,915 | 54,897 | — | 66,308 | 66,062 | 69,255 | 74,054 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #89 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8.5% | 6.3% | 5.8% | 2.4% | 3.7% | 3.5% | 1.9% | 4.6% | 4.1% | — | 2.6% | 2.3% | 3.1% | 4.0% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #39 of 314 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | 49% | 52% | 41% | 43% | 44% | 30% | 39% | 35% | 23% | 23% | 34% | 31% | 33% | 28% | 48% | 44% | 37% | 39% | 33% | 38% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #1 of 314 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group | $84 | $65 | $51 | $38 | $28 | $9 | $8 | $22 | $16 | $13 | $12 | $10 | $8 | $6 | $4 | $3 | $2 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
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 Meridian. 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.