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Toledo, OH
265,638 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 3977000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Toledo ranked #212 of 340 cities and 6th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Toledo and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Cincinnati OH, Akron OH, Pittsburgh PA, St. Louis MO, Buffalo NY, Knoxville TN, Winston-Salem NC, Augusta GA, Richmond VA, Shreveport LA, Tulsa OK, Jackson MS, Greensboro NC · 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 | #212 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #251 | #231 | #122 | #264 | #204 | #236 | #291 | #270 | #235 | #248 | #289 | #258 | #285 | #301 | #299 | #303 | #243 | #191 | #212 | #233 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 300,403 | 297,023 | 294,480 | 291,680 | 289,066 | 287,065 | 285,425 | 283,185 | 282,352 | 280,712 | 279,898 | 278,897 | 276,688 | 274,864 | 272,779 | 270,285 | 268,860 | 266,637 | 265,798 | 265,638 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #180 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group | -1.0 | -1.1 | -0.9 | -0.9 | -0.8 | — | -0.9 | -1.0 | -0.5 | -0.8 | -0.6 | -0.6 | -0.8 | -0.6 | -0.5 | -0.1 | -0.3 | -0.6 | -0.5 | -0.3 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #244 of 271 cities with data · 9th of 10 in its peer group with data | 0.8 | — | — | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | — | — | 0.3 | 1.8 | 0.1 | — | — | — | — | 1.3 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.5 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #78 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group | 20.7% | 20.4% | 20.1% | 21.7% | 21.6% | 23.1% | 24.0% | 22.6% | 23.2% | 23.4% | 23.1% | 22.1% | 21.7% | 24.7% | 24.3% | — | 20.9% | 21.4% | 23.4% | 21.6% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #246 of 304 cities with data · 4th of 13 in its peer group with data | 9.3 | 11.8 | 4.4 | 6.2 | 11.4 | 8.0 | 10.5 | 13.8 | 9.9 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 13.3 | 14.1 | 13.5 | 13.6 | 22.2 | 26.0 | 24.0 | 13.9 | 12.0 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #274 of 295 cities with data · 10th of 12 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 204.2 | 201.2 | 217.8 | 279.0 | 335.5 | 330.8 | 288.9 | 265.4 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 142,616 | 137,696 | 134,292 | 124,980 | 124,880 | 123,092 | 121,208 | 115,909 | 123,312 | 125,166 | 123,962 | 128,256 | 123,997 | 125,475 | 125,296 | 117,598 | 115,251 | 119,830 | 122,420 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #150 of 329 cities with data · 10th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.7 | -2.3 | -1.3 | -3.5 | +3.1 | -0.6 | -1.5 | -5.5 | +3.4 | -0.3 | -1.5 | -0.2 | -1.7 | -0.2 | -0.2 | +0.1 | -2.8 | +0.7 | +0.2 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 114,392 | 117,840 | 116,094 | 121,183 | 125,512 | 124,666 | 120,177 | 121,600 | 119,982 | — | 122,382 | 120,045 | 118,309 | 122,713 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #306 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17.4% | 16.6% | 14.2% | 10.8% | 9.6% | 9.2% | 9.4% | 8.2% | 9.2% | — | 9.3% | 5.6% | 8.1% | 7.4% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #2 of 314 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group | 16% | 32% | 35% | 29% | 16% | 21% | 12% | 35% | 37% | 29% | 17% | 16% | 18% | 18% | 21% | 15% | 71% | 75% | 78% | 78% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #5 of 314 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group | $1,909 | $1,856 | $1,811 | $1,695 | $1,691 | $1,735 | $1,459 | $1,390 | $1,620 | $2,315 | $2,289 | $2,125 | $1,955 | $2,368 | $2,090 | $1,830 | $51 | $0 | $4 | $3 |
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 Toledo. 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.