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Columbus, OH
933,263 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 3918000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Columbus ranked #244 of 340 cities and 11th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Columbus and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Indianapolis IN, Nashville TN, Oklahoma City OK, Denver CO, Charlotte NC, Kansas City MO, Austin TX, Memphis TN, Omaha NE, Portland OR, Fort Worth TX, Tulsa OK, Albuquerque NM · 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 | #244 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #213 | #246 | #185 | #182 | #158 | #149 | #195 | #111 | #131 | #198 | #201 | #217 | #228 | #234 | #207 | #227 | #258 | #241 | #244 | #186 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 743,511 | 751,685 | 760,224 | 770,530 | 780,950 | 790,943 | 800,607 | 812,740 | 827,797 | 841,673 | 854,950 | 866,894 | 881,694 | 890,869 | 898,553 | 906,466 | 902,862 | 911,227 | 920,569 | 933,263 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #266 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | -0.7 | -0.3 | -0.2 | +0.0 | +0.2 | — | +0.1 | +0.3 | +0.2 | +0.3 | +0.2 | +0.0 | +0.5 | -0.0 | -0.2 | -0.1 | -1.1 | -0.6 | -0.9 | -0.7 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #59 of 271 cities with data · 5th of 10 in its peer group with data | 6.2 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 3.1 | 7.0 | 4.9 | 6.8 | 5.7 | 6.5 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #182 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | 20.0% | 20.7% | 20.0% | 19.9% | 22.1% | 21.9% | 23.0% | 21.6% | 21.9% | 21.8% | 22.1% | 21.3% | 21.3% | 21.6% | 20.7% | — | 22.6% | 23.5% | 24.5% | 24.7% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #250 of 304 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group | 13.9 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 13.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 10.9 | 8.7 | 9.4 | 10.1 | 9.7 | 12.0 | 16.4 | 12.3 | 10.0 | 19.7 | 23.5 | 14.9 | 16.0 | 12.5 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #200 of 295 cities with data · 3rd of 13 in its peer group with data | 80.8 | 77.3 | 67.9 | 62.8 | 59.7 | 71.6 | 62.6 | 52.4 | 41.8 | 74.7 | 77.0 | 72.7 | 71.6 | 79.0 | 77.9 | 113.3 | 134.7 | 93.6 | 64.4 | 97.1 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 455,358 | 447,054 | 453,761 | 452,641 | 449,748 | 457,503 | 472,373 | 487,874 | 498,641 | 505,006 | 515,846 | 527,237 | 532,488 | 534,298 | 555,274 | 532,966 | 539,754 | 547,733 | 559,751 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #162 of 329 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -1.0 | -1.0 | -0.2 | -0.2 | +0.2 | +1.8 | -0.9 | +0.5 | +0.0 | +0.1 | -0.8 | +0.4 | -1.3 | -1.3 | +1.4 | -0.6 | -1.2 | -1.5 | -0.1 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 383,307 | 404,692 | 416,477 | 441,562 | 445,469 | 452,552 | 463,996 | 475,606 | 497,102 | — | 478,018 | 495,958 | 494,436 | 497,880 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #155 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10.8% | 8.6% | 7.2% | 6.4% | 6.6% | 6.2% | 5.1% | 5.1% | 4.6% | — | 6.2% | 4.4% | 4.4% | 4.7% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #208 of 314 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group | 24% | 23% | 23% | 29% | 22% | 19% | 26% | 32% | 30% | 15% | 24% | 17% | 16% | 15% | 15% | 19% | 21% | 21% | 18% | 16% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #1 of 314 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group | $3,383 | $3,525 | $3,639 | $3,558 | $3,993 | $4,049 | $4,397 | $4,296 | $4,664 | $5,941 | $5,991 | $5,978 | $6,234 | $6,113 | $6,274 | $6,242 | $5,765 | $6,096 | $5,963 | $0 |
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 Columbus. 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.