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Tulsa, OK
415,154 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4075000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Tulsa ranked #192 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 Tulsa and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Oklahoma City OK, Wichita KS, Omaha NE, Greensboro NC, Nashville TN, Tucson AZ, Lexington KY, Albuquerque NM, Kansas City MO, Fort Wayne IN, Corpus Christi TX, Memphis TN, Winston-Salem 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 | #192 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #254 | #227 | #238 | #216 | #193 | #258 | #191 | #173 | #168 | #183 | #205 | #241 | #280 | #228 | #201 | #272 | #192 | #221 | #192 | #211 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 381,967 | 383,727 | 385,779 | 387,130 | 390,339 | 392,403 | 393,005 | 394,643 | 398,401 | 399,892 | 403,491 | 404,007 | 402,060 | 400,414 | 401,190 | 413,663 | 412,923 | 413,062 | 414,035 | 415,154 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #111 of 340 cities · 7th 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 | #188 of 271 cities with data · 10th of 10 in its peer group with data | 2.9 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 1.7 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #80 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group | 19.8% | 20.6% | 19.6% | 19.9% | 21.1% | 21.7% | 20.7% | 21.1% | 21.0% | 21.1% | 21.3% | 21.4% | 21.2% | 20.8% | 20.2% | — | 20.7% | 21.6% | 22.3% | 21.6% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #216 of 304 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group | 15.2 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 12.9 | 17.4 | 13.8 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 15.1 | 11.5 | 13.6 | 17.8 | 17.4 | 15.0 | 13.7 | 17.4 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 8.5 | 9.2 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #273 of 295 cities with data · 9th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 324.5 | 254.2 | 255.3 | 263.5 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 257,953 | 266,204 | 270,730 | 276,944 | 266,716 | 259,351 | 259,754 | 262,166 | 265,433 | 267,138 | 271,182 | 267,124 | 264,846 | 266,171 | 270,660 | 259,271 | 253,163 | 257,514 | 267,540 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #184 of 329 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.8 | +0.6 | -1.2 | -0.6 | -0.5 | -0.9 | -1.9 | -1.6 | +0.5 | -1.3 | -0.3 | -0.8 | -0.5 | -0.6 | -0.3 | -1.0 | -0.5 | -0.8 | -0.3 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 187,669 | 186,876 | 189,146 | 194,167 | 193,749 | 190,335 | 191,714 | 192,283 | 193,292 | — | 189,482 | 200,747 | 196,051 | 201,415 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #208 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8.0% | 7.9% | 7.2% | 5.6% | 6.4% | 7.0% | 6.9% | 5.0% | 5.5% | — | 7.0% | 4.8% | 6.0% | 5.4% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #54 of 314 cities with data · 4th of 14 in its peer group | 28% | 33% | 30% | 32% | 34% | 31% | 30% | 34% | 33% | 26% | 35% | 37% | 34% | 37% | 37% | 37% | 40% | 37% | 37% | 36% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #177 of 314 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group | $6,079 | $5,733 | $5,539 | $5,340 | $5,223 | $4,494 | $4,467 | $4,342 | $3,796 | $3,769 | $4,438 | $4,272 | $4,492 | $4,228 | $4,275 | $4,436 | $3,984 | $3,388 | $3,007 | $2,979 |
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 Tulsa. 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.