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Billings, MT
121,483 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 3006550 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Billings ranked #84 of 340 cities and 4th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Billings and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Fargo ND, Greeley CO, Topeka KS, Evansville IN, Sioux Falls SD, Cedar Rapids IA, Fort Collins CO, Salem OR, Green Bay WI, Eugene OR, Boulder CO, Davenport IA, Wichita Falls 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 | #84 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #44 | #42 | #18 | #13 | #18 | #19 | #12 | #20 | #32 | #48 | #43 | #39 | #40 | #49 | #38 | #123 | #46 | #36 | #84 | #56 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 97,252 | 98,554 | 99,835 | 101,686 | 103,168 | 104,509 | 105,458 | 106,765 | 108,561 | 108,434 | 109,599 | 109,620 | 109,797 | 109,444 | 109,577 | 117,233 | 117,763 | 119,952 | 120,797 | 121,483 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #58 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | +1.0 | +0.8 | +0.7 | +1.3 | +1.0 | — | +0.5 | +0.8 | +1.0 | +0.6 | +0.4 | +0.5 | +0.5 | +0.3 | +0.5 | +0.2 | +1.3 | +1.3 | +0.4 | +0.4 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #86 of 271 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | 5.9 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 2.4 | 5.5 | 9.6 | 5.6 | — | 4.9 | 4.5 | 6.6 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 2.1 | 5.4 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #58 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | 17.6% | 16.5% | 14.8% | 16.7% | 17.8% | 17.6% | 17.4% | 18.2% | 18.5% | 18.4% | 17.4% | 18.8% | 17.5% | 18.6% | 18.0% | — | 16.9% | 16.8% | 18.5% | 20.5% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #204 of 304 cities with data · 10th of 13 in its peer group with data | 5.1 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 9.2 | 8.2 | — | 1.8 | 9.1 | 2.7 | 11.9 | 5.9 | 10.8 | 7.5 | 8.2 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #189 of 295 cities with data · 10th of 14 in its peer group | 10.3 | 14.2 | 10.0 | 9.8 | 11.6 | 15.3 | 11.4 | 10.3 | 23.0 | 24.9 | 19.2 | 25.5 | 34.6 | 38.4 | 33.8 | 81.0 | 134.2 | 137.6 | 123.3 | 90.5 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 63,420 | 63,671 | 66,601 | 66,961 | 65,610 | 67,168 | 68,559 | 66,656 | 67,792 | 67,084 | 68,807 | 70,364 | 70,881 | 70,592 | 70,119 | 68,580 | 70,956 | 74,334 | 74,855 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #235 of 329 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +1.1 | -0.4 | +0.4 | +0.2 | -0.2 | +1.6 | +0.1 | -3.3 | -1.5 | +0.4 | +0.4 | -0.2 | -0.3 | -0.0 | +0.1 | -0.5 | +0.1 | +0.8 | -1.0 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 54,328 | 54,897 | 54,085 | 56,051 | 58,275 | 56,150 | 57,490 | 57,266 | 57,620 | — | 57,026 | 65,476 | 61,383 | 64,227 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #70 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5.8% | 5.1% | 4.5% | 2.4% | 2.9% | 3.6% | 3.3% | 2.9% | 3.6% | — | 5.0% | 2.6% | 2.3% | 3.8% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #23 of 314 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group | 26% | 28% | 29% | 27% | 25% | 12% | 28% | 31% | 32% | 30% | 23% | 28% | 32% | 35% | 44% | 42% | 44% | 38% | 34% | 42% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #120 of 314 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group | $1,128 | $1,231 | $1,537 | $1,383 | $1,455 | $1,420 | $1,465 | $1,384 | $1,563 | $1,590 | $1,752 | $1,756 | $2,312 | $2,087 | $2,234 | $2,035 | $1,919 | $1,794 | $1,517 | $2,146 |
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 Billings. 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.