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Columbia, MO
130,900 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 2915670 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Columbia ranked #75 of 340 cities and 3rd of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Columbia and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Abilene TX, Pueblo CO, Tyler TX, Rockford IL, Topeka KS, Wichita Falls TX, Greeley CO, Odessa TX, Fort Collins CO, Evansville IN, Peoria IL, Columbia SC, Wilmington NC · 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 | #75 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #93 | #53 | #73 | #115 | #108 | #80 | #40 | #59 | #71 | #71 | #33 | #49 | #150 | #110 | #122 | #171 | #103 | #128 | #75 | #54 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 97,137 | 100,220 | 102,589 | 104,670 | 106,778 | 109,429 | 111,514 | 113,553 | 115,440 | 117,028 | 118,570 | 120,248 | 121,539 | 122,533 | 123,195 | 126,314 | 127,409 | 128,409 | 129,780 | 130,900 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #153 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | +1.0 | +1.4 | +0.6 | +0.3 | +0.3 | — | +0.7 | +0.5 | +0.3 | -0.0 | -0.0 | +0.2 | -0.0 | -0.2 | +0.0 | +0.1 | +0.6 | +0.2 | +0.2 | -0.2 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #47 of 271 cities with data · 3rd of 11 in its peer group with data | 19.8 | 15.9 | 9.0 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 7.8 | 9.1 | 8.7 | 10.1 | 9.9 | 8.1 | 10.4 | 2.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 7.7 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #12 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group | 20.5% | 20.6% | 20.1% | 22.2% | 21.8% | 24.6% | 20.2% | 23.8% | 21.5% | 20.9% | 20.9% | 19.7% | 22.2% | 20.7% | 20.5% | — | 18.9% | 20.0% | 21.3% | 17.3% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #224 of 304 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group | 7.2 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 4.8 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 0.8 | 5.0 | 7.4 | 4.1 | 9.7 | 10.3 | 4.7 | 8.6 | 5.4 | 9.9 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #165 of 295 cities with data · 4th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 86.3 | 96.5 | 90.3 | 87.8 | 71.8 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 66,608 | 67,151 | 69,706 | 71,604 | 69,011 | 72,591 | 76,860 | 78,415 | 79,779 | 81,236 | 82,808 | 85,586 | 83,905 | 84,293 | 85,530 | 81,589 | 84,944 | 89,245 | 95,604 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #101 of 329 cities with data · 2nd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.1 | -0.4 | +0.2 | +0.7 | -0.1 | +1.6 | +1.2 | -0.5 | +0.2 | -0.2 | +0.2 | +1.3 | -2.1 | +0.9 | +1.5 | +0.4 | -0.8 | +0.5 | +0.9 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 57,904 | 58,897 | 65,795 | 65,355 | 62,705 | 61,404 | 65,649 | 65,643 | 66,483 | — | 65,995 | 63,838 | 69,036 | 72,212 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #21 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.2% | 6.8% | 4.3% | 3.5% | 4.8% | 3.1% | 5.3% | 5.0% | 3.5% | — | 5.5% | 5.5% | 3.4% | 3.0% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #139 of 314 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group | 25% | 22% | 5% | 12% | 4% | 4% | 6% | 33% | 24% | 36% | 36% | 36% | 36% | 32% | 28% | 17% | 15% | 28% | 30% | 26% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #112 of 314 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group | $2,126 | $1,961 | $2,112 | $2,016 | $3,125 | $2,871 | $3,180 | $4,265 | $4,554 | $4,306 | $4,025 | $4,224 | $3,845 | $3,600 | $3,348 | $2,836 | $2,858 | $2,483 | $2,208 | $1,974 |
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 Columbia. 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.