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Las Vegas, NV
678,922 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 3240000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Las Vegas ranked #204 of 340 cities and 9th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Las Vegas and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Mesa AZ, Arlington TX, Aurora CO, Riverside CA, Fort Worth TX, Sacramento CA, Denver CO, Anaheim CA, Albuquerque NM, Charlotte NC, Louisville KY, Bakersfield CA, Glendale AZ · 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 | #204 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #215 | #205 | #216 | #153 | #212 | #168 | #198 | #188 | #239 | #245 | #264 | #226 | #235 | #236 | #215 | #79 | #181 | #218 | #204 | #213 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 550,857 | 566,221 | 578,302 | 584,400 | 585,381 | 584,576 | 586,606 | 593,275 | 599,551 | 607,976 | 617,487 | 626,538 | 635,262 | 643,228 | 651,319 | 647,763 | 651,868 | 656,716 | 666,630 | 678,922 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #45 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group | +2.3 | +2.5 | +1.8 | +0.8 | -0.1 | — | -0.3 | +0.6 | +0.6 | +1.0 | +1.2 | +1.3 | +1.3 | +1.6 | +1.4 | +0.4 | +0.6 | +0.7 | +0.2 | +0.5 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #92 of 271 cities with data · 6th of 11 in its peer group with data | 11.9 | 9.2 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 6.1 | 5.4 | 5.3 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #223 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | 22.4% | 20.6% | 20.9% | 22.8% | 24.1% | 22.7% | 23.8% | 23.7% | 23.5% | 22.6% | 23.8% | 23.4% | 22.7% | 24.3% | 23.3% | — | 25.1% | 24.9% | 25.9% | 25.8% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #271 of 304 cities with data · 12th of 14 in its peer group | 26.3 | 26.8 | 20.6 | 20.5 | 19.0 | 18.3 | 14.0 | 12.8 | 16.2 | 20.1 | 20.6 | 25.2 | 31.2 | 18.7 | 13.1 | 15.4 | 24.7 | 22.5 | 21.3 | 16.5 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #266 of 295 cities with data · 12th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 89.8 | 233.2 | 277.1 | 251.3 | 216.8 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 208,754 | 214,649 | 210,939 | 206,434 | 187,498 | 185,141 | 224,647 | 226,289 | 234,000 | 242,236 | 251,259 | 258,676 | 262,506 | 265,247 | 269,450 | 254,851 | 258,657 | 280,035 | 288,396 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #266 of 329 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -2.0 | -2.6 | -4.0 | -0.3 | -0.5 | +0.7 | +19.8 | +0.9 | +0.6 | -0.5 | -0.5 | -0.1 | -0.9 | -2.2 | -1.9 | +3.2 | +1.7 | -5.4 | -1.6 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 251,867 | 256,496 | 264,012 | 274,910 | 276,381 | 286,883 | 302,131 | 294,935 | 299,406 | — | 285,402 | 308,785 | 318,502 | 325,005 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #282 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13.3% | 14.1% | 12.9% | 10.2% | 9.2% | 6.9% | 5.8% | 6.2% | 5.9% | — | 10.9% | 5.4% | 5.4% | 6.7% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #29 of 314 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group | 26% | 27% | 34% | 34% | 30% | 25% | 30% | 30% | 12% | 12% | 10% | 17% | 18% | 24% | 23% | 21% | 33% | 34% | 38% | 40% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #46 of 314 cities with data · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | $983 | $967 | $923 | $851 | $1,228 | $1,628 | $1,503 | $1,468 | $1,380 | $1,274 | $1,335 | $1,678 | $1,607 | $1,563 | $1,526 | $1,410 | $1,008 | $868 | $884 | $831 |
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 Las Vegas. 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.