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Baltimore, MD
568,271 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 2404000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Baltimore ranked #312 of 340 cities and 11th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Baltimore and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Pittsburgh PA, Milwaukee WI, Cincinnati OH, Columbus OH, St. Louis MO, New Orleans LA, Detroit MI, Toledo OH, Memphis TN, Louisville KY, Minneapolis MN, Buffalo NY, Atlanta GA · 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 | #312 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #321 | #323 | #326 | #329 | #308 | #333 | #334 | #331 | #335 | #331 | #336 | #328 | #325 | #292 | #324 | #257 | #304 | #338 | #312 | #334 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 621,560 | 621,109 | 620,306 | 620,184 | 620,509 | 620,915 | 620,410 | 622,895 | 622,391 | 623,587 | 622,522 | 616,226 | 610,481 | 602,443 | 593,490 | 583,189 | 576,575 | 570,663 | 567,517 | 568,271 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #224 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | -1.2 | -0.9 | -0.9 | -1.0 | -0.8 | — | -0.8 | -0.4 | -0.8 | -0.5 | -0.9 | -1.7 | -1.5 | -1.7 | -1.8 | -0.4 | -1.1 | -1.6 | -1.2 | -0.6 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #164 of 271 cities with data · 4th of 8 in its peer group with data | 2.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.5 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.2 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #186 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | 24.7% | 25.0% | 25.3% | 24.5% | 27.5% | 27.4% | 27.3% | 27.1% | 26.0% | 27.6% | 26.7% | 25.3% | 26.4% | 24.9% | 26.1% | — | 25.6% | 26.9% | 25.0% | 24.9% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #301 of 304 cities with data · 11th of 13 in its peer group with data | 43.3 | 44.4 | 45.5 | 37.7 | 38.4 | 35.9 | 31.8 | 34.7 | 37.4 | 33.8 | 55.3 | 51.6 | 56.0 | 51.3 | 58.6 | 56.6 | — | 57.1 | 43.5 | 34.3 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #256 of 295 cities with data · 5th of 12 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 205.4 | 199.5 | 191.8 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 308,881 | 314,119 | 316,218 | 315,874 | 314,845 | 319,934 | 325,608 | 334,171 | 335,320 | 344,417 | 350,797 | 343,789 | 343,582 | 350,319 | 348,824 | 338,318 | 322,450 | 317,074 | 344,611 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #23 of 329 cities with data · 1st of 13 in its peer group with data · 2023 | -1.3 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -1.0 | +2.2 | -0.3 | +0.3 | +1.4 | -1.2 | +1.0 | +0.0 | -3.8 | -0.4 | +0.8 | -0.7 | +2.4 | -3.0 | -3.5 | +3.9 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 263,598 | 264,193 | 275,356 | 270,867 | 270,992 | 283,328 | 284,018 | 286,050 | 280,352 | — | 270,242 | 275,875 | 279,110 | 286,770 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #287 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16.2% | 15.5% | 11.1% | 11.8% | 10.1% | 8.9% | 7.6% | 6.8% | 7.3% | — | 7.9% | 5.5% | 5.1% | 6.8% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | 96% | 92% | 91% | 89% | 86% | 81% | 78% | 74% | 73% | 72% | 72% | 71% | 72% | 71% | 71% | 71% | 74% | 75% | 75% | 75% | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #269 of 314 cities with data · 12th of 14 in its peer group | 17% | 19% | 11% | 15% | 20% | 6% | 5% | 2% | -4% | 8% | -1% | 7% | 19% | 21% | 27% | 16% | -2% | 12% | -3% | 1% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #288 of 314 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group | $4,918 | $5,729 | $5,968 | $6,054 | $6,369 | $6,322 | $6,478 | $6,059 | $5,966 | $6,336 | $6,830 | $1,706 | $1,716 | $1,554 | $1,636 | $1,689 | $1,907 | $8,178 | $7,837 | $7,419 |
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 Baltimore. 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.