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Cedar Rapids, IA
137,904 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 1912000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Cedar Rapids ranked #127 of 340 cities and 9th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Cedar Rapids and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Sioux Falls SD, Fargo ND, Billings MT, Davenport IA, Fort Collins CO, Boulder CO, Madison WI, Macon-Bibb County GA, Boise ID, Kenosha WI, Little Rock AR, Midland TX, Manchester NH · 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 | #127 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #64 | #74 | #124 | #93 | #6 | #23 | #34 | #44 | #76 | #79 | #67 | #70 | #68 | #43 | #107 | #184 | #138 | #111 | #127 | #31 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 122,907 | 123,647 | 124,887 | 125,871 | 126,211 | 126,852 | 128,231 | 128,478 | 128,826 | 129,662 | 130,832 | 131,397 | 132,564 | 133,209 | 133,562 | 137,857 | 137,112 | 136,861 | 136,637 | 137,904 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #94 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | +0.3 | +0.4 | +0.8 | +0.5 | -0.1 | — | +0.5 | -0.0 | -0.2 | +0.1 | +0.3 | +0.2 | +0.4 | +0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.8 | -0.7 | -0.6 | +0.1 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #103 of 271 cities with data · 6th of 13 in its peer group with data | 6.0 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 5.7 | 3.5 | 2.5 | — | 3.8 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 4.4 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #11 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | 15.5% | 17.5% | 14.2% | 14.9% | 16.3% | 16.5% | 14.9% | 16.0% | 16.2% | 14.0% | 16.4% | 15.4% | 16.4% | 15.0% | 16.0% | — | 17.3% | 15.6% | 17.5% | 17.3% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #41 of 304 cities with data · 2nd of 13 in its peer group with data | 0.8 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 6.2 | 4.6 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 2.3 | 5.2 | 6.5 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 5.9 | 1.5 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #137 of 295 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group | 16.3 | 17.8 | 31.2 | 21.5 | 20.6 | 22.1 | 20.3 | 22.6 | 25.6 | 21.6 | 22.9 | 40.3 | 25.6 | 35.3 | 29.9 | 36.3 | 67.8 | 67.2 | 62.2 | 49.3 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 88,924 | 91,904 | 91,047 | 92,337 | 103,087 | 103,436 | 106,190 | 105,614 | 103,707 | 104,902 | 106,517 | 105,932 | 105,535 | 105,461 | 104,600 | 99,689 | 97,069 | 99,829 | 100,359 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #170 of 329 cities with data · 4th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.7 | +0.9 | -6.1 | -2.5 | +11.1 | +0.7 | -0.7 | -1.0 | -0.9 | -0.6 | +0.4 | -0.4 | -0.7 | -0.2 | -0.4 | -0.2 | -1.1 | +0.1 | -0.2 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 67,572 | 65,770 | 69,978 | 68,737 | 71,594 | 69,279 | 68,814 | 72,354 | 70,280 | — | 72,678 | 75,252 | 72,877 | 73,695 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #31 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.8% | 6.6% | 4.8% | 4.1% | 4.7% | 4.2% | 3.8% | 2.7% | 4.9% | — | 4.9% | 2.7% | 3.8% | 3.2% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #97 of 314 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group | 25% | 28% | 31% | 31% | 47% | 40% | 51% | 52% | 56% | 48% | 42% | 43% | 43% | 42% | 39% | 36% | 21% | 27% | 25% | 30% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #239 of 314 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group | $3,659 | $3,431 | $4,089 | $3,800 | $4,766 | $5,054 | $4,967 | $5,728 | $5,458 | $5,332 | $5,208 | $5,001 | $4,727 | $4,603 | $4,490 | $4,463 | $4,471 | $4,010 | $4,162 | $4,321 |
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 Cedar Rapids. 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.