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Oklahoma City, OK
712,919 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4055000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Oklahoma City ranked #107 of 340 cities and 2nd of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Oklahoma City and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Tulsa OK, Nashville TN, Tucson AZ, Memphis TN, Albuquerque NM, Columbus OH, Wichita KS, Indianapolis IN, Kansas City MO, Austin TX, Omaha NE, Denver CO, Fresno 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 | #107 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #127 | #143 | #114 | #100 | #131 | #99 | #90 | #101 | #87 | #83 | #97 | #115 | #164 | #84 | #125 | #120 | #118 | #100 | #107 | #120 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 537,870 | 546,595 | 554,280 | 561,926 | 572,448 | 582,516 | 590,947 | 600,971 | 612,061 | 621,639 | 632,172 | 639,924 | 642,822 | 647,912 | 655,057 | 683,084 | 688,596 | 696,756 | 704,567 | 712,919 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #160 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.2 | -0.2 | +0.4 | — | +0.4 | +0.6 | +0.7 | +0.4 | +0.2 | -0.1 | -0.6 | -0.1 | +0.2 | +0.1 | -0.2 | +0.0 | -0.0 | -0.2 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #67 of 271 cities with data · 5th of 11 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5.5 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 5.4 | — | 4.3 | — | 5.1 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 6.2 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #47 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | 18.3% | 19.0% | 17.6% | 17.8% | 19.6% | 19.1% | 20.5% | 20.5% | 19.4% | 18.8% | 19.3% | 18.2% | 19.4% | 19.4% | 18.9% | — | 19.0% | 19.2% | 20.9% | 20.2% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #229 of 304 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group | 10.0 | 10.1 | 10.5 | 10.1 | 11.4 | 9.3 | 9.8 | 14.1 | 10.1 | 7.2 | 11.5 | 10.9 | 12.6 | 8.0 | 11.6 | 9.8 | 12.1 | 10.2 | 9.4 | 10.7 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #221 of 295 cities with data · 6th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 143.2 | 135.1 | 139.4 | 126.2 | 120.6 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 335,842 | 337,801 | 340,648 | 349,264 | 340,388 | 345,149 | 360,758 | 369,960 | 377,998 | 382,680 | 395,745 | 388,701 | 387,975 | 399,226 | 403,158 | 394,233 | 389,377 | 410,390 | 427,100 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #145 of 329 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.7 | -0.5 | -0.4 | +0.4 | -0.4 | +0.5 | +2.0 | -0.6 | +0.2 | +0.1 | +1.2 | -0.9 | +0.1 | +0.3 | +0.0 | +0.4 | -0.6 | +0.4 | +0.2 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 279,369 | 283,392 | 294,917 | 297,698 | 302,327 | 306,807 | 308,311 | 322,064 | 318,385 | — | 331,578 | 344,680 | 347,083 | 356,599 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #101 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7.3% | 6.4% | 5.9% | 6.2% | 4.4% | 5.4% | 4.7% | 3.8% | 4.0% | — | 5.9% | 4.2% | 4.5% | 4.1% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | 92% | 97% | 104% | 108% | 102% | 95% | 93% | 87% | 99% | 101% | 104% | 105% | 105% | 104% | 100% | 96% | 98% | 103% | 101% | 98% | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #84 of 314 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group | 37% | 37% | 35% | 32% | 45% | 27% | 34% | 41% | 32% | 31% | 41% | 37% | 39% | 41% | 45% | 45% | 39% | 43% | 39% | 32% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #217 of 314 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group | $2,970 | $2,987 | $2,958 | $3,003 | $3,115 | $3,099 | $3,021 | $2,896 | $3,411 | $3,294 | $3,375 | $3,277 | $3,585 | $3,758 | $4,120 | $3,982 | $3,960 | $3,684 | $3,504 | $3,770 |
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 Oklahoma City. 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.