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Baton Rouge, LA
220,907 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 2205000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Baton Rouge ranked #339 of 340 cities and 14th of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Baton Rouge and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Jackson MS, Shreveport LA, Birmingham AL, Knoxville TN, Mobile AL, Augusta GA, Waco TX, Savannah GA, Cincinnati OH, Dayton OH, Toledo OH, Beaumont TX, New Orleans LA · 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 | #339 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #275 | #301 | #282 | #332 | #239 | #327 | #322 | #314 | #308 | #318 | #321 | #336 | #339 | #333 | #330 | #329 | #318 | #301 | #339 | #301 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 220,975 | 229,995 | 228,814 | 228,177 | 228,986 | 229,374 | 228,643 | 228,889 | 228,346 | 227,851 | 227,202 | 226,686 | 224,414 | 222,190 | 220,236 | 226,275 | 224,115 | 221,770 | 220,773 | 220,907 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #243 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | -0.9 | +3.7 | -0.9 | -0.8 | +0.1 | — | -0.6 | -0.4 | -0.4 | -0.5 | -0.7 | -0.5 | -1.1 | -1.1 | -1.0 | -0.2 | -0.8 | -1.3 | -1.1 | -0.7 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #232 of 290 cities with data · 8th of 12 in its peer group with data · 2021 | — | — | 3.6 | — | 0.5 | 0.9 | — | 0.6 | 1.3 | 2.1 | — | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.2 | — | — | — | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #221 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group | 24.2% | 22.1% | 25.4% | 23.6% | 23.5% | 26.2% | 25.1% | 23.7% | 22.9% | 24.9% | 23.4% | 25.5% | 25.1% | 24.6% | 22.9% | — | 27.4% | 24.0% | 28.8% | 25.8% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #286 of 309 cities with data · 8th of 12 in its peer group with data · 2023 | 22.2 | 24.8 | 31.0 | 29.4 | 32.8 | 30.1 | 28.0 | 28.8 | 21.5 | 23.3 | 26.4 | 20.7 | 38.8 | 35.6 | 31.8 | 45.1 | 45.5 | 29.3 | 24.0 | — | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #265 of 280 cities with data · 6th of 10 in its peer group with data · 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 407.8 | 340.9 | 323.9 | — | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 198,346 | 182,054 | 190,107 | 170,289 | 188,753 | 180,181 | 176,651 | 172,621 | 173,644 | 172,457 | 174,519 | 172,511 | 168,875 | 170,094 | 173,934 | 160,408 | 161,539 | 175,436 | 168,478 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #304 of 329 cities with data · 14th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +2.5 | -6.7 | +2.1 | -6.3 | +4.7 | -1.3 | -3.8 | -4.2 | -1.8 | -1.7 | -0.1 | -2.3 | -3.8 | -0.2 | +1.4 | -1.3 | +0.4 | +2.1 | -3.0 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 108,558 | 108,494 | 100,762 | 109,880 | 110,210 | 103,134 | 103,627 | 106,122 | 106,988 | — | 95,204 | 105,572 | 96,316 | 99,652 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #304 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12.0% | 9.0% | 10.0% | 7.7% | 8.1% | 9.6% | 9.9% | 7.2% | 7.3% | — | 10.9% | 5.5% | 7.2% | 7.3% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #72 of 314 cities with data · 5th of 14 in its peer group | 21% | 25% | 17% | 26% | 21% | 20% | 20% | 16% | 20% | 19% | 12% | 5% | 2% | 18% | 13% | 21% | 21% | 29% | 33% | 33% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #293 of 314 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group | $7,040 | $6,249 | $6,736 | $7,637 | $6,069 | $7,353 | $9,847 | $9,788 | $12,841 | $13,315 | $14,111 | $8,276 | $7,524 | $12,936 | $12,710 | $2,740 | $2,458 | $9,362 | $8,722 | $8,497 |
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 Baton Rouge. 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.