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Raleigh, NC
499,825 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 3755000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Raleigh ranked #40 of 340 cities and 2nd of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Raleigh and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Lexington KY, Wichita KS, Madison WI, Colorado Springs CO, Charlotte NC, Greensboro NC, Bakersfield CA, Nashville TN, Fort Wayne IN, Omaha NE, Albuquerque NM, Lincoln NE, Arlington 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 | #40 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #137 | #52 | #101 | #147 | #20 | #114 | #74 | #42 | #58 | #53 | #60 | #45 | #29 | #42 | #112 | #100 | #68 | #80 | #40 | #47 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 337,580 | 354,147 | 370,511 | 385,284 | 396,674 | 406,353 | 413,958 | 423,304 | 431,391 | 439,503 | 449,546 | 459,469 | 465,776 | 469,314 | 474,069 | 465,861 | 471,377 | 475,200 | 491,078 | 499,825 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #32 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group | +2.5 | +3.3 | +3.1 | +2.7 | +1.8 | — | +1.2 | +1.2 | +1.1 | +1.2 | +1.3 | +1.4 | +1.1 | +0.9 | +1.0 | -0.0 | +1.2 | +0.7 | +1.0 | +0.8 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #33 of 271 cities with data · 1st of 9 in its peer group with data | 13.8 | 17.4 | 15.9 | 12.4 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 5.6 | 11.8 | 8.8 | 10.6 | 8.8 | 7.5 | 6.9 | 9.0 | 2.5 | 7.5 | 13.8 | 18.2 | 13.0 | 10.1 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #138 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | 18.7% | 17.5% | 18.2% | 18.2% | 19.5% | 20.3% | 19.3% | 19.7% | 19.6% | 21.0% | 20.4% | 19.1% | 20.1% | 20.7% | 20.1% | — | 20.2% | 22.8% | 22.1% | 23.4% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #136 of 304 cities with data · 5th of 14 in its peer group | 5.6 | 5.4 | 6.2 | 8.8 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 2.8 | — | — | — | — | — | 5.9 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 9.5 | 5.7 | 4.8 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #195 of 295 cities with data · 5th of 12 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 42.8 | 80.7 | 103.7 | 99.7 | 100.2 | 96.0 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 250,488 | 275,112 | 278,621 | 271,628 | 320,589 | 331,407 | 331,736 | 350,819 | 332,069 | 347,328 | 347,658 | 353,423 | 365,832 | 373,524 | 377,357 | 368,431 | 375,658 | 390,014 | 393,599 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #82 of 329 cities with data · 2nd of 13 in its peer group with data · 2023 | -3.2 | +1.4 | -1.9 | -3.2 | +13.3 | -1.2 | -4.8 | +2.9 | -4.0 | -2.9 | -2.9 | -1.3 | +1.3 | -1.1 | -0.7 | -0.3 | -1.2 | -1.9 | +1.3 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 208,147 | 216,639 | 227,295 | 239,216 | 238,668 | 257,189 | 259,019 | 261,800 | 255,451 | — | 249,549 | 267,646 | 279,367 | 287,018 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #59 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9.0% | 8.1% | 7.8% | 5.6% | 4.9% | 4.5% | 3.5% | 3.3% | 4.4% | — | 5.5% | 3.2% | 3.0% | 3.6% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #22 of 314 cities with data · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | 22% | 23% | 23% | 22% | 19% | 15% | 20% | 20% | 28% | 29% | 32% | 35% | 37% | 35% | 40% | 36% | 36% | 42% | 40% | 43% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #188 of 314 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group | $3,252 | $3,325 | $3,984 | $4,388 | $2,787 | $2,858 | $3,052 | $3,243 | $3,182 | $2,973 | $4,541 | $4,510 | $4,617 | $4,244 | $3,902 | $3,925 | $3,584 | $3,144 | $3,516 | $3,150 |
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 Raleigh. 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.