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Shreveport, LA
176,578 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 2270000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Shreveport ranked #336 of 340 cities and 13th of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Shreveport and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Knoxville TN, Mobile AL, Jackson MS, Baton Rouge LA, Augusta GA, Lubbock TX, Savannah GA, Columbus GA, Waco TX, Tallahassee FL, Beaumont TX, Chattanooga TN, Abilene TX · 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 | #336 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #282 | #253 | #305 | #259 | #271 | #251 | #212 | #200 | #250 | #306 | #236 | #304 | #324 | #323 | #331 | #335 | #336 | #337 | #336 | #310 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 196,858 | 198,968 | 197,834 | 197,616 | 198,247 | 201,437 | 202,327 | 202,347 | 200,469 | 198,259 | 197,001 | 194,672 | 192,023 | 189,360 | 187,112 | 186,796 | 183,238 | 180,211 | 178,017 | 176,578 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #240 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | -0.2 | +0.8 | -0.9 | -0.5 | -0.1 | — | +0.0 | -0.4 | -1.3 | -1.5 | -0.9 | -1.3 | -1.4 | -1.4 | -1.2 | -0.3 | -1.5 | -1.4 | -1.2 | -0.7 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #209 of 271 cities with data · 7th of 8 in its peer group with data | 6.0 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.4 | — | 1.3 | 1.5 | — | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.2 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #116 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group | 20.7% | 22.1% | 22.6% | 22.7% | 22.0% | 25.2% | 24.0% | 22.1% | 23.8% | 26.3% | 23.2% | 25.7% | 27.7% | 27.1% | 22.1% | — | 24.8% | 26.2% | 25.1% | 23.0% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #296 of 304 cities with data · 12th of 12 in its peer group with data | 19.8 | 14.1 | 18.2 | 13.7 | 15.6 | 12.9 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 13.0 | 10.1 | 11.2 | 21.6 | 27.1 | 25.9 | 18.7 | 36.9 | 45.3 | 26.1 | 30.3 | 26.1 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #281 of 295 cities with data · 8th of 10 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 297.3 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 108,982 | 112,248 | 109,547 | 106,855 | 109,781 | 106,074 | 107,284 | 104,768 | 110,999 | 103,309 | 102,934 | 107,422 | 105,643 | 105,143 | 102,870 | 96,789 | 94,807 | 96,173 | 101,118 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #221 of 329 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -2.0 | +0.3 | -2.9 | +0.5 | -2.1 | +0.1 | -3.2 | +3.1 | +3.1 | -4.0 | +0.3 | +0.1 | -0.2 | -0.9 | -1.1 | -0.7 | -0.3 | -1.5 | -0.8 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 90,690 | 85,612 | 84,443 | 83,083 | 81,841 | 82,429 | 78,879 | 81,522 | 75,424 | — | 71,813 | 77,790 | 74,496 | 78,434 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #243 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7.0% | 9.3% | 7.9% | 7.5% | 5.4% | 7.2% | 8.5% | 7.0% | 6.2% | — | 11.5% | 8.3% | 5.2% | 5.8% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #185 of 314 cities with data · 10th of 14 in its peer group | 23% | 23% | 26% | 24% | 23% | 24% | 24% | 24% | 17% | 14% | 14% | 17% | 13% | 20% | 10% | 16% | 10% | 18% | 17% | 20% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #233 of 314 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group | $4,827 | $5,301 | $4,840 | $4,675 | $4,240 | $3,883 | $3,435 | $3,652 | $3,191 | $2,886 | $2,605 | $1,918 | $1,375 | $838 | $6,882 | $6,913 | $7,455 | $4,698 | $4,394 | $4,222 |
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 Shreveport. 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.