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Albuquerque, NM
560,326 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 3502000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Albuquerque ranked #257 of 340 cities and 13th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Albuquerque and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Wichita KS, Colorado Springs CO, Nashville TN, Omaha NE, Oklahoma City OK, Austin TX, Tulsa OK, Tucson AZ, Indianapolis IN, Jacksonville FL, Lexington KY, Denver CO, Charlotte NC · 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 | #257 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #108 | #43 | #146 | #74 | #167 | #56 | #143 | #207 | #206 | #177 | #235 | #133 | #177 | #229 | #217 | #265 | #180 | #231 | #257 | #246 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 502,924 | 514,723 | 524,090 | 531,451 | 539,215 | 546,755 | 552,066 | 555,002 | 557,445 | 557,444 | 557,937 | 559,192 | 559,673 | 559,629 | 560,513 | 564,885 | 563,441 | 561,422 | 561,094 | 560,326 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #244 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | +1.1 | +0.9 | +0.4 | +0.0 | +0.1 | — | +0.2 | -0.2 | -0.4 | -0.6 | -0.5 | -0.3 | -0.3 | -0.3 | -0.1 | +0.0 | -0.3 | -0.5 | -0.5 | -0.7 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #175 of 271 cities with data · 8th of 9 in its peer group with data | — | — | 5.3 | — | — | — | — | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.0 | — | — | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 2.0 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #61 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | 17.8% | 17.8% | 18.3% | 17.7% | 19.3% | 19.1% | 20.2% | 20.4% | 20.1% | 20.8% | 20.4% | 19.2% | 19.9% | 20.4% | 19.5% | — | 19.4% | 19.2% | 21.3% | 20.6% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #282 of 304 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group | 10.5 | 6.6 | 9.0 | 7.2 | 10.4 | 7.7 | 6.9 | 7.4 | 6.6 | 5.4 | 7.7 | 10.9 | 12.5 | 12.3 | 14.3 | 13.5 | 22.2 | 22.4 | 19.4 | 19.1 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #280 of 295 cities with data · 12th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 212.1 | 216.1 | 278.6 | 303.1 | 351.1 | 340.6 | 295.5 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 276,385 | 284,130 | 290,426 | 291,491 | 276,320 | 286,516 | 290,639 | 283,886 | 283,288 | 283,067 | 289,727 | 297,371 | 295,452 | 299,143 | 299,366 | 287,721 | 285,858 | 295,661 | 303,527 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #159 of 329 cities with data · 4th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.6 | +2.1 | -2.3 | +0.8 | -0.5 | +3.8 | -0.9 | -4.0 | -0.6 | +0.7 | -0.8 | +0.5 | -0.7 | -0.2 | -0.5 | -0.7 | +0.2 | -1.5 | -0.1 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 254,149 | 256,971 | 263,765 | 259,894 | 260,728 | 268,505 | 264,995 | 271,351 | 276,360 | — | 275,304 | 284,206 | 285,078 | 277,526 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #150 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10.5% | 8.8% | 7.3% | 8.3% | 6.7% | 5.2% | 4.8% | 5.7% | 5.1% | — | 6.1% | 4.2% | 4.3% | 4.7% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #223 of 314 cities with data · 12th of 14 in its peer group | 32% | 40% | 41% | 33% | 29% | 28% | 27% | 28% | 21% | 26% | 19% | 23% | 27% | 29% | 29% | 44% | 29% | 22% | 11% | 12% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #141 of 314 cities with data · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | $2,966 | $2,350 | $2,749 | $3,500 | $6,158 | $5,418 | $5,277 | $5,140 | $5,042 | $4,889 | $4,703 | $3,692 | $3,558 | $3,310 | $2,894 | $3,151 | $2,859 | $2,540 | $2,397 | $2,480 |
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 Albuquerque. 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.