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Norman, OK
131,010 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4052500 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Norman ranked #81 of 340 cities and 3rd of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Norman and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Charleston SC, Fayetteville AR, Killeen TX, Murfreesboro TN, Kansas City KS, Columbia SC, Lancaster CA, Victorville CA, High Point NC, Davenport IA, Denton TX, Jurupa Valley CA, North Charleston SC · 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 | #81 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #35 | #58 | #139 | #20 | #109 | #48 | #57 | #28 | #98 | #67 | #110 | #48 | #122 | #89 | #70 | #178 | #64 | #94 | #81 | #50 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 102,615 | 105,552 | 106,533 | 108,216 | 109,720 | 111,402 | 113,882 | 115,600 | 118,695 | 118,228 | 120,239 | 121,974 | 123,390 | 123,844 | 124,880 | 128,179 | 129,099 | 129,779 | 130,349 | 131,010 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #98 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group | +0.9 | +2.1 | +0.7 | +1.2 | +0.9 | — | +1.2 | +0.8 | +0.7 | -0.7 | +0.8 | +0.9 | +0.1 | +0.2 | +0.7 | +0.2 | +0.5 | +0.3 | +0.2 | +0.1 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #126 of 271 cities with data · 8th of 11 in its peer group with data | 10.7 | 7.5 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 7.0 | 3.4 | 11.6 | 6.0 | 9.8 | 5.3 | 11.4 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.3 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #15 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group | 18.5% | 20.3% | 17.1% | 17.5% | 18.8% | 20.4% | 18.0% | 18.6% | 18.5% | 17.6% | 18.8% | 18.2% | 19.5% | 17.8% | 18.4% | — | 18.5% | 20.1% | 20.2% | 17.8% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #14 of 304 cities with data · 1st of 13 in its peer group with data | — | 4.7 | 3.8 | 1.8 | — | 1.8 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 3.4 | 2.5 | — | 0.8 | 5.7 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.8 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #74 of 295 cities with data · 1st of 11 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 30.3 | 25.1 | 21.0 | 18.4 | 39.0 | 37.2 | 33.1 | 36.1 | 24.4 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 39,741 | 41,218 | 40,855 | 44,149 | 42,998 | 43,635 | 43,473 | 44,330 | 44,166 | 45,367 | 44,917 | 45,081 | 44,767 | 45,571 | 45,957 | 43,355 | 43,821 | 47,248 | 49,033 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #160 of 329 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +3.6 | +2.6 | -2.1 | +5.9 | -0.4 | +0.6 | -2.9 | -1.2 | -2.4 | +1.6 | -3.2 | +1.3 | -0.4 | -0.9 | -0.1 | -3.1 | +1.7 | +2.8 | -0.1 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 58,221 | 57,855 | 54,695 | 61,302 | 61,798 | 60,838 | 63,201 | 63,383 | 61,843 | — | 65,672 | 66,315 | 67,584 | 66,417 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #68 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5.1% | 6.2% | 6.6% | 3.8% | 4.7% | 6.2% | 4.0% | 4.1% | 3.4% | — | 6.7% | 5.6% | 3.2% | 3.7% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #244 of 314 cities with data · 12th of 13 in its peer group with data | 13% | 11% | 16% | 8% | 5% | 7% | 6% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 13% | 14% | 17% | 17% | 16% | 12% | 17% | 7% | 8% | 8% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #229 of 314 cities with data · 8th of 13 in its peer group with data | $598 | $512 | $4,240 | $3,968 | $4,235 | $4,124 | $3,985 | $4,402 | $4,300 | $3,692 | $3,600 | $4,321 | $4,223 | $4,034 | $4,101 | $4,914 | $4,844 | $4,542 | $4,404 | $4,126 |
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 Norman. 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.