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Wilmington, NC
125,284 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 3774440 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Wilmington ranked #114 of 340 cities and 7th of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Wilmington and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Charleston SC, Lakeland FL, Greeley CO, Killeen TX, Lafayette LA, Columbia SC, Roanoke VA, Columbia MO, Evansville IN, Murfreesboro TN, Wichita Falls TX, Clarksville TN, Odessa 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 | #114 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #179 | #254 | #175 | #226 | #165 | #182 | #237 | #171 | #135 | #217 | #219 | #264 | #236 | #181 | #243 | #264 | #210 | #112 | #114 | #158 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 100,237 | 102,509 | 103,767 | 104,997 | 105,607 | 106,754 | 108,141 | 109,658 | 111,686 | 113,320 | 115,050 | 118,770 | 120,836 | 122,616 | 123,744 | 115,887 | 117,969 | 121,353 | 123,599 | 125,284 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #26 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | +3.0 | +1.9 | +1.0 | +0.8 | +0.7 | — | +1.0 | +1.1 | +1.5 | +1.1 | +1.3 | +2.2 | +1.5 | +1.4 | +0.8 | +0.4 | +1.8 | +2.2 | +1.3 | +1.0 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #304 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group | 22.0% | 27.9% | 23.5% | 20.9% | 27.7% | 24.1% | 27.0% | 22.4% | 23.2% | 22.7% | 25.4% | 27.0% | 23.5% | 25.8% | 27.1% | — | 25.8% | 24.4% | 24.2% | 29.3% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #156 of 304 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group | 8.0 | 6.8 | 9.6 | 11.4 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 9.2 | 7.3 | 6.3 | 15.9 | 12.2 | 12.6 | 14.9 | 7.3 | 6.5 | 18.1 | 11.9 | 9.9 | 8.1 | 5.6 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #201 of 295 cities with data · 6th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 133.3 | 163.1 | 103.4 | 89.8 | 83.3 | 97.4 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 71,145 | 73,172 | 76,086 | 74,768 | 71,356 | 71,896 | 75,848 | 72,400 | 73,849 | 74,658 | 78,343 | 77,535 | 77,731 | 80,121 | 80,839 | 75,591 | 78,465 | 86,447 | 91,209 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #178 of 329 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -1.5 | -2.0 | +0.5 | -1.5 | +1.5 | -0.5 | +0.9 | -3.9 | +0.4 | -1.2 | +0.5 | -5.2 | -2.3 | +0.1 | -0.8 | -2.0 | -1.0 | +3.2 | -0.3 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 47,533 | 55,411 | 56,710 | 58,503 | 54,453 | 55,458 | 61,044 | 59,983 | 58,947 | — | 62,051 | 66,691 | 68,201 | 71,310 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #28 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15.3% | 9.0% | 9.6% | 9.0% | 8.9% | 4.9% | 5.0% | 4.1% | 4.5% | — | 7.2% | 3.4% | 3.1% | 3.1% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #166 of 314 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group | 29% | 30% | 32% | 24% | 14% | 20% | 22% | 16% | 26% | 20% | 23% | 16% | 12% | 19% | 18% | 23% | 24% | 21% | 17% | 22% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #151 of 314 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group | $2,514 | $3,047 | $2,832 | $3,717 | $2,614 | $2,616 | $2,745 | $2,562 | $2,355 | $2,164 | $2,347 | $2,020 | $1,967 | $1,961 | $1,953 | $2,530 | $2,733 | $2,314 | $2,225 | $2,611 |
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 Wilmington. 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.