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Omaha, NE
489,265 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 3137000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Omaha ranked #76 of 340 cities and 4th of 14 in its peer group, on 7 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Omaha and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Tulsa OK, Albuquerque NM, Wichita KS, Kansas City MO, Nashville TN, Lexington KY, Colorado Springs CO, Fort Wayne IN, Oklahoma City OK, Raleigh NC, Lincoln NE, Indianapolis IN, Denver CO · 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 | #76 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #117 | #215 | #180 | #172 | #151 | #140 | #146 | #116 | #112 | #129 | #120 | #108 | #105 | #92 | #110 | #129 | #74 | #86 | #76 | #88 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 405,819 | 406,125 | 405,904 | 406,320 | 407,985 | 459,659 | 462,101 | 465,261 | 468,086 | 470,423 | 472,638 | 475,044 | 476,271 | 477,299 | 478,192 | 492,783 | 488,727 | 486,666 | 486,780 | 489,265 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #154 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | +0.0 | -0.1 | -0.3 | -0.1 | +0.2 | — | +0.1 | +0.2 | +0.1 | -0.0 | -0.0 | -0.1 | -0.2 | +0.0 | -0.1 | -0.0 | -0.6 | -0.6 | -0.3 | -0.2 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #40 of 271 cities with data · 3rd of 10 in its peer group with data | 8.5 | 7.1 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 6.8 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 7.7 | 6.3 | 8.9 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #60 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group | 18.5% | 18.9% | 18.1% | 18.2% | 18.4% | 20.3% | 19.4% | 20.2% | 19.4% | 20.3% | 19.0% | 19.6% | 19.0% | 18.3% | 18.4% | — | 18.9% | 19.7% | 19.6% | 20.6% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #121 of 304 cities with data · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | 7.6 | 8.1 | 10.3 | 10.8 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 9.3 | 8.8 | 9.0 | 6.8 | 10.2 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 7.5 | — | 6.0 | — | 4.1 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| jobs · size, not ranked | 293,016 | 294,554 | 301,625 | 308,623 | 299,198 | 301,082 | 304,582 | 307,623 | 310,906 | 315,849 | 322,710 | 328,711 | 329,994 | 330,367 | 330,858 | 323,121 | 320,809 | 327,417 | 336,681 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #208 of 329 cities with data · 11th of 13 in its peer group with data · 2023 | -0.5 | -1.4 | +0.2 | +0.1 | -0.5 | +0.0 | -0.3 | -0.4 | -0.1 | -0.4 | +0.3 | -0.4 | +0.1 | -0.7 | +0.0 | +0.1 | -1.3 | -0.3 | -0.7 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 208,572 | 209,301 | 223,481 | 228,720 | 228,196 | 227,368 | 246,187 | 243,707 | 248,631 | — | 251,918 | 255,906 | 258,767 | 252,854 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #157 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9.2% | 7.6% | 5.1% | 6.0% | 4.1% | 4.8% | 4.3% | 4.5% | 4.8% | — | 4.1% | 3.3% | 3.3% | 4.7% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | 74% | 73% | 77% | 66% | 60% | 60% | 60% | 60% | 61% | 63% | 63% | 25% | 59% | 58% | 59% | 59% | 59% | 60% | 59% | 59% | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #169 of 314 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group | 33% | 12% | -4% | 9% | 12% | 16% | 17% | 31% | 30% | 25% | 26% | 28% | 27% | 26% | 25% | 24% | 27% | 25% | 21% | 22% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #183 of 314 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group | $3,079 | $2,922 | $3,067 | $3,394 | $3,644 | $3,404 | $3,003 | $3,083 | $3,739 | $3,506 | $3,852 | $3,855 | $3,712 | $3,529 | $3,387 | $3,486 | $3,259 | $3,146 | $2,785 | $3,026 |
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 Omaha. 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.