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Wichita, KS
400,991 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 2079000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Wichita ranked #117 of 340 cities and 8th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Wichita and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Lexington KY, Tulsa OK, Albuquerque NM, Fort Wayne IN, Nashville TN, Omaha NE, Colorado Springs CO, Oklahoma City OK, Raleigh NC, Greensboro NC, Corpus Christi TX, Lincoln NE, Bakersfield CA · 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 | #117 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #168 | #140 | #210 | #246 | #161 | #92 | #250 | #182 | #166 | #203 | #190 | #204 | #214 | #165 | #170 | #259 | #160 | #190 | #117 | #156 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 360,403 | 363,470 | 368,286 | 373,694 | 380,115 | 382,745 | 383,773 | 385,751 | 387,210 | 388,416 | 389,412 | 390,519 | 390,277 | 389,231 | 389,938 | 398,067 | 396,708 | 396,203 | 397,656 | 400,991 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #90 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | -0.4 | -0.2 | +0.3 | +0.4 | +0.7 | — | -0.6 | -0.3 | -0.5 | -0.4 | -0.4 | -0.4 | -0.6 | -0.5 | -0.1 | +0.1 | -0.3 | -0.1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #128 of 271 cities with data · 8th of 10 in its peer group with data | 5.2 | 5.9 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.9 | — | 1.9 | 3.2 | — | — | — | — | 2.1 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 4.5 | 3.2 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #19 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group | 17.4% | 16.8% | 16.2% | 16.4% | 17.0% | 18.1% | 18.2% | 18.1% | 19.3% | 19.2% | 18.8% | 18.6% | 18.7% | 18.1% | 18.2% | — | 18.0% | 18.2% | 18.9% | 18.0% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #203 of 304 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group | 3.3 | 7.2 | 10.9 | 8.0 | 6.6 | 4.2 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 3.9 | 5.4 | 6.9 | 7.9 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 13.6 | 11.8 | 7.8 | 9.8 | 8.2 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #216 of 295 cities with data · 5th of 12 in its peer group with data | 95.2 | 124.1 | 117.6 | 110.0 | 121.0 | 105.0 | 92.2 | 105.0 | 112.6 | 106.1 | 138.2 | 178.5 | 184.0 | 205.8 | 191.1 | 250.0 | — | 193.1 | 227.1 | 115.5 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 191,724 | 195,065 | 198,325 | 200,457 | 193,706 | 189,981 | 190,670 | 198,177 | 201,849 | 205,322 | 207,792 | 203,688 | 200,812 | 202,132 | 202,519 | 198,052 | 196,335 | 201,800 | 205,266 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #229 of 329 cities with data · 13th of 13 in its peer group with data · 2023 | -1.6 | +0.1 | -1.0 | -1.5 | -0.3 | +3.0 | -1.5 | +3.2 | +0.2 | +1.1 | +0.1 | -2.7 | -0.6 | -0.6 | -0.8 | +0.2 | +3.3 | -1.2 | -0.9 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 178,923 | 179,872 | 177,181 | 176,523 | 186,860 | 191,069 | 185,652 | 189,701 | 190,711 | — | 187,955 | 190,690 | 197,768 | 201,320 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #233 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10.5% | 8.0% | 7.5% | 6.9% | 5.0% | 5.8% | 6.7% | 4.9% | 5.5% | — | 7.2% | 6.0% | 4.1% | 5.7% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | 105% | 106% | 107% | 98% | 94% | 94% | 92% | 91% | 93% | 95% | 94% | 93% | 95% | 91% | 91% | 94% | 94% | 90% | 88% | 87% | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #82 of 314 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group | 34% | 33% | 9% | -18% | 21% | 32% | 15% | 19% | 19% | 23% | 25% | 27% | 28% | 32% | 30% | 30% | 31% | 31% | 39% | 32% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #207 of 314 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group | $3,949 | $3,794 | $3,367 | $16,194 | $14,514 | $15,389 | $12,109 | $12,208 | $10,241 | $9,777 | $10,843 | $10,145 | $7,845 | $5,287 | $8,220 | $8,412 | $8,164 | $2,918 | $2,935 | $3,574 |
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 Wichita. 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.