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Lexington, KY
329,437 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 2146027 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Lexington ranked #58 of 340 cities and 3rd of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Lexington and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Fort Wayne IN, Wichita KS, Montgomery AL, Greensboro NC, Lincoln NE, Little Rock AR, Madison WI, Raleigh NC, Winston-Salem NC, Tulsa OK, Omaha NE, Colorado Springs CO, Des Moines IA · 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 | #58 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #129 | #123 | #115 | #50 | #51 | #71 | #44 | #57 | #123 | #113 | #56 | #59 | #88 | #81 | #131 | #132 | #71 | #59 | #58 | #72 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 275,540 | 279,971 | 283,291 | 287,683 | 292,514 | 296,848 | 301,696 | 305,947 | 309,865 | 311,784 | 315,819 | 319,644 | 321,964 | 322,426 | 323,152 | 322,628 | 320,431 | 321,505 | 324,624 | 329,437 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #233 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | -0.1 | +0.3 | -0.1 | +0.3 | +0.4 | — | +0.6 | +0.3 | +0.1 | -0.3 | +0.3 | +0.2 | -0.1 | -0.4 | -0.3 | -0.1 | -1.0 | -0.5 | -0.8 | -0.6 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #127 of 304 cities with data · 5th of 10 in its peer group with data · 2019 | 10.0 | 7.4 | 4.8 | 7.6 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 5.9 | — | 3.9 | — | — | — | — | 4.3 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #89 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | 16.5% | 16.8% | 17.3% | 16.2% | 18.2% | 19.5% | 18.4% | 18.8% | 19.8% | 19.0% | 18.9% | 18.5% | 18.3% | 20.0% | 19.2% | — | 19.1% | 19.8% | 20.7% | 22.0% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #171 of 304 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group | 5.4 | 3.2 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 6.1 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 5.8 | 6.4 | 4.7 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 7.1 | 9.3 | 9.6 | 11.2 | 13.1 | 6.5 | 6.7 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #83 of 295 cities with data · 2nd of 12 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8.0 | 20.9 | 22.3 | 26.3 | 30.7 | 23.5 | 30.7 | 22.6 | 35.3 | 40.9 | 38.4 | 36.7 | 26.5 | 26.4 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 167,795 | 165,206 | 176,656 | 174,286 | 166,307 | 173,954 | 182,109 | 185,836 | 184,246 | 191,977 | 196,379 | 201,619 | 202,675 | 204,242 | 200,715 | 191,613 | 191,235 | 200,724 | 208,353 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #201 of 329 cities with data · 9th of 13 in its peer group with data · 2023 | -0.1 | -1.3 | +2.1 | -1.1 | +1.0 | +1.5 | +1.1 | +0.4 | -0.7 | -0.3 | -0.4 | +0.6 | -0.8 | -0.1 | -0.7 | -0.4 | -0.2 | +1.4 | -0.5 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 153,049 | 155,713 | 156,148 | 158,998 | 162,221 | 166,825 | 169,704 | 172,255 | 166,533 | — | 167,953 | 169,534 | 171,443 | 179,979 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #125 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8.4% | 7.0% | 7.7% | 6.7% | 4.8% | 6.1% | 5.0% | 5.0% | 5.3% | — | 5.4% | 5.4% | 4.2% | 4.4% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #17 of 314 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group | 7% | 15% | 3% | 31% | 29% | 34% | 31% | 27% | 22% | 30% | 37% | 39% | 37% | 39% | 41% | 46% | 44% | 54% | 55% | 45% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #170 of 314 cities with data · 4th of 14 in its peer group | $3,315 | $3,045 | $4,072 | $1,557 | $4,152 | $4,904 | $4,650 | $5,500 | $6,304 | $3,704 | $3,637 | $3,537 | $3,654 | $3,169 | $3,189 | $3,232 | $2,906 | $1,781 | $2,149 | $2,919 |
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 Lexington. 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.