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Cincinnati, OH
314,915 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 3915000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Cincinnati ranked #238 of 340 cities and 5th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Cincinnati and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: St. Louis MO, Pittsburgh PA, Toledo OH, Buffalo NY, Akron OH, Birmingham AL, Knoxville TN, Cleveland OH, Richmond VA, New Orleans LA, Atlanta GA, Jackson MS, Baltimore MD · 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 | #238 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #286 | #294 | #318 | #240 | #272 | #262 | #305 | #294 | #253 | #280 | #260 | #269 | #248 | #285 | #300 | #315 | #238 | #292 | #238 | #292 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 308,398 | 304,713 | 301,824 | 299,145 | 298,239 | 296,980 | 296,187 | 296,900 | 297,905 | 298,626 | 299,439 | 299,748 | 301,587 | 302,277 | 303,940 | 309,604 | 308,701 | 310,211 | 312,703 | 314,915 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #199 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | -1.4 | -1.2 | -1.0 | -0.9 | -0.3 | — | -0.8 | -0.4 | -0.4 | -0.3 | -0.4 | -0.4 | -0.2 | -0.3 | -0.2 | -0.1 | -0.6 | -0.7 | -0.4 | -0.4 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #235 of 271 cities with data · 6th of 8 in its peer group with data | 2.0 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.9 | — | — | 2.0 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 0.7 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #141 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | 21.3% | 20.6% | 20.3% | 20.7% | 21.5% | 22.1% | 23.5% | 24.7% | 22.1% | 23.8% | 22.6% | 21.3% | 21.5% | 20.5% | 20.1% | — | 23.6% | 23.2% | 22.4% | 23.5% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #287 of 304 cities with data · 6th of 12 in its peer group with data | 25.6 | 29.5 | 20.5 | 25.1 | 18.4 | 22.9 | 20.6 | 15.8 | 23.5 | 20.1 | 22.4 | 19.7 | 23.9 | 19.2 | 22.0 | 30.7 | 29.5 | 23.9 | 21.7 | 21.9 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #271 of 295 cities with data · 7th of 11 in its peer group with data | 97.9 | 121.4 | 131.2 | 148.1 | 148.9 | 147.1 | 138.8 | 113.2 | 126.2 | 154.0 | 182.0 | 188.8 | 204.9 | 205.8 | 214.8 | 293.0 | 279.2 | 274.3 | 202.1 | 229.3 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 229,806 | 223,445 | 217,721 | 227,460 | 218,224 | 217,333 | 212,320 | 203,831 | 207,112 | 212,503 | 225,875 | 229,246 | 231,424 | 233,100 | 226,289 | 213,849 | 225,599 | 229,936 | 241,759 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #62 of 329 cities with data · 5th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -1.2 | -2.7 | -3.0 | +3.4 | +0.6 | +0.4 | -3.3 | -4.8 | -0.9 | +0.4 | +5.1 | -1.0 | -0.6 | -0.2 | -3.9 | -1.1 | +4.6 | -1.2 | +1.9 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 130,073 | 134,002 | 137,351 | 138,168 | 138,227 | 144,223 | 153,384 | 149,764 | 151,898 | — | 148,106 | 162,940 | 159,890 | 162,171 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #230 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15.8% | 12.1% | 12.2% | 13.3% | 10.5% | 9.4% | 5.9% | 6.2% | 6.9% | — | 7.6% | 5.3% | 6.3% | 5.7% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | 94% | 87% | 86% | 71% | 77% | 75% | 67% | 61% | — | 63% | 64% | 77% | 77% | 76% | 73% | 71% | 71% | 72% | 69% | 69% | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #67 of 314 cities with data · 5th of 14 in its peer group | 28% | 35% | 11% | 25% | 21% | 25% | 26% | 44% | 45% | 30% | 35% | 35% | 32% | 6% | 15% | 19% | 35% | 34% | 33% | 34% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #204 of 314 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group | $3,308 | $3,736 | $3,635 | $3,793 | $4,199 | $4,354 | $4,236 | $4,144 | $3,625 | $4,790 | $4,446 | $4,064 | $3,643 | $4,525 | $4,295 | $4,493 | $10,572 | $4,472 | $3,773 | $3,446 |
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 Cincinnati. 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.