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Springfield, IL
112,949 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 1772000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Springfield ranked #235 of 340 cities and 10th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Springfield and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Ann Arbor MI, Lansing MI, Warren MI, Palm Bay FL, Rochester MN, Everett WA, Rio Rancho NM, South Fulton GA, League City TX, Tallahassee FL, Tyler TX, Peoria IL, Newport News VA · 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 | #235 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #146 | #207 | #205 | #124 | #175 | #211 | #200 | #255 | #220 | #200 | #284 | #250 | #264 | #289 | #290 | #263 | #218 | #247 | #235 | #127 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 113,890 | 114,287 | 114,580 | 115,081 | 115,593 | 117,138 | 117,786 | 117,928 | 117,633 | 117,489 | 117,221 | 116,536 | 115,771 | 114,840 | 114,230 | 114,375 | 113,822 | 113,299 | 113,003 | 112,949 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #173 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | -0.2 | +0.0 | -0.1 | +0.0 | +0.1 | — | +0.2 | -0.2 | -0.5 | -0.3 | -0.5 | -0.7 | -0.8 | -0.9 | -0.7 | -0.1 | -0.4 | -0.6 | -0.4 | -0.3 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #234 of 269 cities with data · 9th of 10 in its peer group with data · 2023 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.8 | — | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #14 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | 14.7% | 16.3% | 18.3% | 16.1% | 16.4% | 17.6% | 19.5% | 17.1% | 17.7% | 18.1% | 17.2% | 18.8% | 17.5% | 19.0% | 17.9% | — | 16.5% | 17.0% | 17.8% | 17.6% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #196 of 304 cities with data · 7th of 13 in its peer group with data | 4.4 | 5.2 | 7.0 | 3.5 | 10.4 | 6.0 | 6.8 | 8.5 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 9.4 | 5.1 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 9.6 | 9.7 | 6.2 | 4.4 | 8.0 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #198 of 295 cities with data · 9th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 141.4 | 100.6 | 108.0 | 96.5 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 116,074 | 114,212 | 116,457 | 116,049 | 113,585 | 114,827 | 114,937 | 111,775 | 109,623 | 112,400 | 113,876 | 115,127 | 111,496 | 110,292 | 107,958 | 105,316 | 109,467 | 112,629 | 111,342 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #198 of 329 cities with data · 7th of 11 in its peer group with data · 2023 | -0.3 | -0.5 | +0.6 | -0.1 | -0.2 | -0.2 | +0.0 | -1.1 | -0.1 | +0.0 | -0.6 | +0.4 | +0.4 | -0.5 | +0.0 | +1.4 | -0.4 | +0.3 | -0.4 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 55,150 | 55,131 | 53,466 | 55,794 | 55,135 | 53,272 | 51,393 | 54,462 | 49,618 | — | 50,010 | 49,391 | 52,757 | 52,704 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #83 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10.0% | 8.8% | 10.1% | 7.4% | 8.0% | 8.5% | 6.7% | 7.5% | 6.8% | — | 8.9% | 7.2% | 4.9% | 3.9% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #229 of 314 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group | 9% | 12% | 5% | 13% | 31% | 4% | 9% | 7% | 8% | -4% | -1% | 13% | 6% | 1% | 4% | 19% | 25% | 19% | 17% | 11% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #304 of 314 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group | $3,979 | $7,293 | $6,785 | $8,731 | $9,659 | $9,144 | $8,593 | $8,149 | $8,602 | $10,172 | $8,634 | $8,398 | $15,884 | $14,653 | $15,921 | $15,428 | $14,432 | $11,942 | $12,473 | $11,505 |
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 Springfield. 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.