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Broken Arrow, OK
122,756 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4009050 · Census profile · mayors: being verified · the council picks the mayor (36 of 20 years on record)
Overall in 2023, Broken Arrow ranked #31 of 340 cities and 4th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Broken Arrow and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Lewisville TX, Suffolk VA, Westminster CO, Round Rock TX, Arvada CO, Joliet IL, Elgin IL, Sparks NV, Lakewood CO, Mesquite TX, West Jordan UT, Olathe KS, Clovis CA · 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 | #31 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #46 | #12 | #6 | #63 | #3 | #41 | #48 | #15 | #24 | #30 | #59 | #27 | #58 | #85 | #86 | #44 | #31 | #58 | #31 | #35 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 87,912 | 90,194 | 92,516 | 94,748 | 97,213 | 99,246 | 100,199 | 102,179 | 103,603 | 104,944 | 106,842 | 107,884 | 108,395 | 109,068 | 110,198 | 113,955 | 116,400 | 118,199 | 119,734 | 122,756 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #112 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group | -0.5 | +0.3 | +0.4 | +0.3 | +0.7 | — | -0.1 | +0.2 | +0.6 | +0.3 | +0.5 | -0.1 | -0.7 | -0.4 | +0.0 | +0.1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | +0.2 | +0.0 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #46 of 271 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | 10.6 | 11.9 | 9.9 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 3.7 | 7.6 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 3.9 | — | 4.6 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 9.6 | 6.7 | 4.5 | 10.3 | 8.1 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #18 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | 16.3% | 16.3% | 13.0% | 13.6% | 16.2% | 18.9% | 17.3% | 17.5% | 17.4% | 16.4% | 16.9% | 16.4% | 17.9% | 16.5% | 16.3% | — | 17.9% | 18.4% | 18.9% | 18.0% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #105 of 304 cities with data · 6th of 11 in its peer group with data | — | 1.1 | 1.1 | 4.2 | 2.1 | 2.0 | — | 1.0 | — | — | 4.7 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 2.8 | — | 1.8 | 4.3 | 5.9 | 6.7 | 3.3 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #106 of 295 cities with data · 5th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 28.4 | 22.8 | 37.6 | 33.4 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 24,257 | 25,601 | 26,944 | 27,608 | 28,301 | 27,224 | 27,978 | 29,846 | 30,746 | 32,437 | 36,177 | 36,830 | 37,022 | 37,125 | 37,463 | 36,494 | 36,455 | 36,658 | 39,215 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #42 of 329 cities with data · 5th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +0.8 | +3.0 | +2.3 | -0.5 | +5.7 | -1.9 | +0.8 | +4.1 | +2.2 | +3.5 | +9.7 | +2.5 | +0.9 | -0.9 | -1.0 | +0.6 | +1.8 | -2.0 | +2.8 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 52,955 | 50,786 | 53,314 | 55,507 | 55,580 | 57,030 | 56,692 | 54,737 | 58,293 | — | 59,174 | 60,580 | 60,208 | 62,039 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #54 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4.5% | 8.0% | 6.1% | 4.5% | 5.5% | 3.6% | 4.3% | 3.7% | 3.6% | — | 5.1% | 2.8% | 2.9% | 3.5% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #133 of 314 cities with data · 8th of 13 in its peer group with data | 31% | 30% | 30% | 17% | 21% | 30% | 12% | 26% | 21% | 17% | 20% | 19% | 18% | 21% | 18% | 16% | 39% | 33% | 27% | 27% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #206 of 314 cities with data · 12th of 13 in its peer group with data | $1,696 | $1,878 | $1,647 | $1,887 | $2,002 | $1,844 | $2,065 | $2,458 | $2,520 | $2,610 | $2,586 | $2,661 | $2,675 | $3,089 | $3,240 | $3,171 | $3,332 | $3,135 | $3,272 | $3,565 |
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 Broken Arrow. 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.