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St. Paul, MN
307,465 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 2758000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, St. Paul ranked #233 of 340 cities and 7th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is St. Paul and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Minneapolis MN, Tacoma WA, Worcester MA, Aurora CO, Grand Rapids MI, Madison WI, Norfolk VA, Sacramento CA, Garland TX, Arlington TX, Stockton CA, Glendale AZ, Vancouver WA · 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 | #233 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #224 | #195 | #263 | #142 | #184 | #248 | #196 | #150 | #209 | #220 | #171 | #182 | #192 | #220 | #254 | #140 | #267 | #222 | #233 | #227 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 279,100 | 278,858 | 280,164 | 281,947 | 283,967 | 285,510 | 288,872 | 291,280 | 295,054 | 297,655 | 299,915 | 302,948 | 304,913 | 306,960 | 308,096 | 311,127 | 307,666 | 305,034 | 305,147 | 307,465 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #232 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | -1.7 | -1.2 | -0.6 | -0.4 | -0.3 | — | -0.0 | -0.3 | -0.0 | -0.4 | -0.6 | -0.4 | -0.4 | -0.2 | -0.7 | -0.2 | -1.8 | -2.1 | -1.1 | -0.6 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #204 of 271 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 3.1 | — | 2.3 | 5.1 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 1.3 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #72 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | 19.9% | 20.1% | 18.5% | 18.4% | 21.3% | 20.5% | 22.6% | 20.0% | 20.0% | 20.4% | 20.9% | 20.0% | 20.9% | 19.3% | 19.0% | — | 20.2% | 21.6% | 21.3% | 21.3% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #209 of 304 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group | 8.6 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 6.4 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 2.8 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 5.3 | 6.3 | 7.2 | 4.9 | 9.1 | 10.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 8.8 | 8.5 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #232 of 295 cities with data · 10th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 57.2 | 186.2 | 184.6 | 141.9 | 140.2 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 171,418 | 176,659 | 170,452 | 176,702 | 174,953 | 174,011 | 175,002 | 185,506 | 190,843 | 173,409 | 191,617 | 195,860 | 198,633 | 182,905 | 180,532 | 179,065 | 174,538 | 182,918 | 183,327 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #286 of 329 cities with data · 11th of 13 in its peer group with data · 2023 | +1.6 | +2.1 | -5.9 | +4.0 | +1.2 | -0.7 | -0.8 | +4.3 | +1.2 | -10.9 | +7.8 | +0.2 | -0.4 | -9.2 | -2.3 | +5.5 | -2.5 | +1.5 | -2.3 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 139,788 | 143,083 | 148,098 | 149,020 | 154,951 | 152,806 | 158,618 | 161,190 | 162,799 | — | 158,728 | 162,675 | 166,067 | 160,160 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #156 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11.3% | 10.0% | 9.0% | 7.5% | 6.8% | 5.5% | 4.8% | 4.4% | 3.7% | — | 6.3% | 4.1% | 3.9% | 4.7% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #177 of 314 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group | 20% | 17% | 16% | 11% | 6% | 14% | 16% | 9% | 7% | 25% | 19% | 22% | 20% | 14% | 2% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 13% | 21% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #175 of 314 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group | $5,496 | $5,434 | $4,722 | $3,926 | $3,919 | $3,929 | $3,758 | $3,569 | $3,784 | $7,700 | $7,711 | $8,889 | $9,993 | $12,116 | $11,613 | $11,505 | $9,613 | $2,762 | $2,621 | $2,956 |
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 St. Paul. 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.