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Lincoln, NE
300,619 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 3128000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Lincoln ranked #4 of 340 cities and 2nd of 14 in its peer group, on 7 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Lincoln and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Colorado Springs CO, Lexington KY, Boise ID, Fort Wayne IN, Madison WI, Reno NV, Sioux Falls SD, Wichita KS, Des Moines IA, Montgomery AL, Omaha NE, Raleigh NC, Amarillo 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 | #4 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #23 | #33 | #61 | #34 | #45 | #11 | #47 | #12 | #20 | #23 | #4 | #21 | #21 | #26 | #5 | — | #7 | #7 | #4 | #8 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 243,602 | 246,652 | 250,002 | 253,225 | 256,333 | 259,455 | 262,690 | 265,861 | 269,129 | 274,128 | 277,345 | 281,339 | 284,527 | 286,930 | 289,102 | 291,837 | 291,691 | 293,306 | 296,810 | 300,619 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #120 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | +0.2 | +0.1 | +0.2 | +0.2 | +0.1 | — | +0.4 | +0.2 | +0.3 | +0.7 | +0.2 | +0.3 | +0.2 | +0.1 | +0.0 | +0.0 | -0.4 | -0.2 | +0.0 | -0.0 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #77 of 271 cities with data · 6th of 9 in its peer group with data | — | — | 4.4 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5.3 | — | — | 8.0 | 10.6 | 6.7 | 5.8 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #26 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | 16.0% | 15.8% | 16.0% | 15.2% | 17.8% | 17.3% | 17.5% | 17.1% | 17.5% | 18.0% | 17.9% | 16.6% | 17.5% | 18.3% | 17.4% | — | 17.4% | 19.2% | 18.1% | 18.7% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #89 of 304 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | 1.6 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 3.6 | — | 2.1 | 1.7 | — | 2.7 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 2.7 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| jobs · size, not ranked | 147,250 | 148,031 | 150,253 | 151,736 | 148,821 | 148,345 | 152,537 | 155,534 | 157,816 | 162,335 | 164,891 | 168,279 | 168,730 | 170,821 | 169,989 | 162,333 | 163,443 | 166,859 | 171,183 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 139,939 | 143,225 | 145,030 | 147,489 | 150,374 | 155,439 | 155,178 | 160,800 | 159,806 | — | 162,717 | 159,106 | 160,106 | 164,049 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #46 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7.4% | 6.3% | 5.3% | 4.2% | 3.1% | 3.6% | 3.9% | 3.3% | 3.6% | — | 2.8% | 2.7% | 3.0% | 3.5% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #88 of 314 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group | 22% | 25% | 21% | 32% | 21% | 19% | 8% | 34% | 33% | 29% | 39% | 40% | 37% | 36% | 37% | 37% | 29% | 35% | 35% | 32% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #9 of 314 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group | $3,693 | $5,202 | $5,493 | $4,901 | $5,235 | $5,022 | $4,638 | $6,192 | $5,880 | $6,082 | $6,065 | $5,808 | $5,727 | $5,249 | $295 | $260 | $271 | $250 | $187 | $151 |
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 Lincoln. 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.