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Cleveland, OH
365,379 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 3916000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Cleveland ranked #327 of 340 cities and 12th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Cleveland and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Detroit MI, Buffalo NY, Cincinnati OH, St. Louis MO, Rochester NY, Birmingham AL, Pittsburgh PA, Toledo OH, Baltimore MD, New Orleans LA, Milwaukee WI, Baton Rouge LA, Atlanta GA · 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 | #327 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #325 | #329 | #306 | #336 | #331 | #310 | #337 | #337 | #325 | #334 | #331 | #337 | #338 | #334 | #339 | #327 | #325 | #332 | #327 | #322 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 433,919 | 423,831 | 415,865 | 408,261 | 401,770 | 395,926 | 392,667 | 391,550 | 391,792 | 390,871 | 389,244 | 387,662 | 385,252 | 383,214 | 381,009 | 371,853 | 365,432 | 363,622 | 364,276 | 365,379 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #220 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | -1.5 | -1.8 | -1.3 | -1.2 | -0.9 | — | -0.9 | -0.6 | -0.4 | -0.6 | -0.8 | -0.8 | -0.8 | -0.7 | -0.7 | -0.1 | -1.0 | -0.9 | -0.6 | -0.5 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #155 of 271 cities with data · 3rd of 8 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.3 | — | — | 1.4 | 2.2 | 2.5 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #246 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | 29.0% | 26.3% | 25.8% | 27.7% | 29.4% | 29.8% | 29.9% | 32.3% | 29.0% | 31.1% | 27.6% | 29.1% | 29.2% | 28.3% | 27.1% | — | 27.0% | 29.2% | 28.9% | 26.6% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #299 of 304 cities with data · 8th of 12 in its peer group with data | 25.4 | 18.2 | 21.6 | 13.5 | 20.7 | 20.5 | 18.8 | 21.7 | 14.8 | 16.1 | 20.0 | 33.8 | 27.5 | 22.4 | 26.2 | 43.3 | 45.4 | 40.4 | 37.9 | 30.7 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #283 of 295 cities with data · 7th of 11 in its peer group with data | 112.7 | 143.0 | 133.2 | 119.8 | 128.4 | 114.9 | 127.8 | 130.0 | 118.7 | 115.1 | 133.1 | 280.1 | 255.2 | 248.9 | 259.6 | 411.2 | 434.8 | 352.8 | 357.4 | 302.7 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 275,973 | 277,300 | 282,508 | 259,869 | 244,847 | 267,286 | 271,586 | 274,791 | 278,185 | 275,539 | 281,323 | 285,509 | 283,646 | 287,727 | 257,421 | 242,132 | 260,314 | 273,742 | 293,245 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #8 of 329 cities with data · 1st of 13 in its peer group with data · 2023 | -0.5 | +0.0 | +1.8 | -5.1 | +1.4 | +7.1 | -1.3 | -0.3 | +0.8 | -0.8 | +0.9 | -0.0 | -0.6 | +0.4 | -10.1 | -0.4 | +7.2 | +0.7 | +5.6 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 147,404 | 143,273 | 150,464 | 147,335 | 148,865 | 156,956 | 159,210 | 161,102 | 163,042 | — | 157,055 | 157,067 | 161,784 | 170,861 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #301 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19.5% | 19.4% | 18.1% | 18.4% | 17.5% | 13.9% | 12.5% | 11.7% | 11.1% | — | 12.3% | 8.9% | 9.5% | 7.2% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #53 of 314 cities with data · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | 14% | 16% | 17% | 21% | 12% | 4% | 8% | 10% | 14% | 16% | 14% | 12% | 17% | 22% | 27% | 20% | 24% | 23% | 26% | 36% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #290 of 314 cities with data · 12th of 14 in its peer group | $10,216 | $9,884 | $9,523 | $9,640 | $10,002 | $9,706 | $9,180 | $8,830 | $8,925 | $8,883 | $8,707 | $8,485 | $8,002 | $9,813 | $7,401 | $7,031 | $11,010 | $5,089 | $8,960 | $8,188 |
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 Cleveland. 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.