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Sparks, NV
111,520 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 3268400 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Sparks ranked #69 of 340 cities and 6th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Sparks and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Federal Way WA, Broken Arrow OK, West Jordan UT, Lewisville TX, Clovis CA, Rialto CA, Westminster CO, Elgin IL, Kent WA, Lakewood CO, Fairfield CA, Arvada CO, Escondido CA · 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 | #69 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #62 | #80 | #93 | #113 | #261 | #306 | #204 | #102 | #81 | #59 | #62 | #62 | #44 | #57 | #21 | #40 | #95 | #44 | #69 | #90 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 81,074 | 83,380 | 85,797 | 87,744 | 89,007 | 91,237 | 91,616 | 92,406 | 93,317 | 94,561 | 95,759 | 98,068 | 100,048 | 103,979 | 105,006 | 108,886 | 109,703 | 109,163 | 110,771 | 111,520 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #52 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | +1.4 | +0.7 | +0.8 | +0.3 | -0.4 | — | +0.0 | +0.3 | +0.4 | +0.8 | +0.9 | +1.3 | +1.3 | +1.5 | +1.3 | +0.2 | +1.3 | +0.3 | -0.1 | +0.4 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #50 of 271 cities with data · 3rd of 13 in its peer group with data | 17.7 | 13.8 | 7.3 | 4.3 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 8.9 | 9.2 | 18.4 | 6.4 | 12.7 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 14.1 | 4.7 | 7.2 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #132 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | 21.4% | 20.2% | 20.1% | 19.4% | 22.3% | 21.2% | 22.7% | 22.8% | 20.3% | 20.3% | 22.1% | 21.5% | 20.9% | 20.4% | 21.6% | — | 22.6% | 23.5% | 23.9% | 23.4% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #130 of 304 cities with data · 8th of 12 in its peer group with data | 6.2 | 3.6 | 3.5 | — | 5.6 | 8.8 | 7.6 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 1.0 | 3.7 | 7.3 | 5.5 | 3.6 | 4.5 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #155 of 295 cities with data · 10th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 63.4 | 83.9 | 55.0 | 75.8 | 66.4 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 46,914 | 47,448 | 46,728 | 45,730 | 38,524 | 35,794 | 35,803 | 35,803 | 37,340 | 38,735 | 39,867 | 40,820 | 42,369 | 43,925 | 45,291 | 44,748 | 45,933 | 49,220 | 49,589 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #238 of 329 cities with data · 10th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +0.9 | -1.8 | -2.3 | -0.4 | -4.4 | -6.7 | +0.6 | +0.1 | +2.2 | -0.3 | -0.5 | -1.9 | -0.7 | -1.2 | +2.0 | +1.6 | -1.3 | +1.0 | -1.0 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 42,904 | 44,701 | 43,901 | 45,416 | 45,115 | 48,219 | 54,047 | 50,565 | 50,230 | — | 55,506 | 57,008 | 59,158 | 57,938 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #248 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11.7% | 12.7% | 10.3% | 6.6% | 8.1% | 6.3% | 4.0% | 4.1% | 7.0% | — | 7.7% | 4.2% | 2.5% | 5.9% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #123 of 314 cities with data · 4th of 11 in its peer group with data | 29% | 33% | 25% | 10% | 2% | -1% | 20% | 17% | 14% | 26% | 32% | 36% | 21% | 33% | 32% | 28% | 37% | 33% | 33% | 27% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #17 of 314 cities with data · 4th of 11 in its peer group with data | $1,522 | $1,311 | $1,916 | $1,712 | $1,282 | $3,196 | $3,857 | $3,605 | $2,977 | $3,017 | $2,737 | $2,831 | $2,545 | $2,163 | $1,906 | $1,627 | $1,206 | $901 | $634 | $400 |
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 Sparks. 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.