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Portland, OR
635,749 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4159000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Portland ranked #195 of 340 cities and 5th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Portland and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Denver CO, Sacramento CA, Kansas City MO, Seattle WA, Minneapolis MN, Columbus OH, Omaha NE, Oakland CA, Fresno CA, Stockton CA, Oklahoma City OK, Indianapolis IN, Nashville TN · 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 | #195 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #194 | #162 | #118 | #82 | #122 | #100 | #94 | #81 | #99 | #123 | #55 | #86 | #123 | #100 | #92 | #238 | #234 | #224 | #195 | #190 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 538,053 | 544,669 | 555,306 | 566,850 | 578,104 | 585,429 | 595,451 | 604,264 | 609,890 | 620,510 | 631,366 | 642,720 | 647,924 | 650,837 | 654,741 | 653,166 | 642,803 | 636,093 | 634,314 | 635,749 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #229 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | -0.6 | +0.3 | +1.0 | +1.1 | +1.0 | — | +0.6 | +0.6 | +0.1 | +0.6 | +0.7 | +0.5 | -0.1 | -0.4 | -0.0 | +0.0 | -1.6 | -1.4 | -0.8 | -0.6 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #103 of 269 cities with data · 7th of 13 in its peer group with data · 2023 | 6.9 | 6.5 | 7.7 | 5.0 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 6.2 | 8.1 | 7.0 | 7.7 | 10.5 | 8.7 | 7.8 | — | 4.7 | 3.5 | 4.9 | — | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #79 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group | 19.8% | 19.5% | 19.4% | 18.3% | 20.7% | 21.3% | 22.4% | 20.8% | 20.6% | 22.0% | 20.6% | 22.3% | 22.1% | 21.3% | 20.6% | — | 21.2% | 21.9% | 21.7% | 21.6% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #231 of 304 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 4.2 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 8.1 | 13.4 | 14.9 | 11.8 | 10.7 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #193 of 295 cities with data · 4th of 12 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 40.5 | 44.9 | 42.1 | 49.9 | 60.6 | 117.6 | 109.3 | 103.3 | 94.1 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 367,783 | 379,615 | 387,257 | 396,871 | 376,306 | 382,594 | 395,921 | 404,890 | 413,433 | 422,231 | 437,261 | 451,074 | 456,097 | 465,687 | 477,989 | 445,123 | 432,634 | 454,271 | 462,783 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #243 of 329 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.9 | -0.5 | -0.3 | +1.4 | +0.2 | +0.8 | +0.4 | +1.0 | -0.1 | -1.0 | -0.5 | +0.1 | -1.1 | -0.0 | -0.0 | -2.0 | -2.3 | -0.3 | -1.1 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 307,043 | 313,933 | 319,767 | 333,386 | 342,938 | 352,809 | 365,134 | 372,004 | 372,977 | — | 358,649 | 363,739 | 369,423 | 370,612 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #172 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9.7% | 9.7% | 9.0% | 7.4% | 6.5% | 5.0% | 4.7% | 4.0% | 3.9% | — | 7.1% | 4.5% | 3.8% | 5.0% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #137 of 314 cities with data · 5th of 14 in its peer group | 11% | 18% | 8% | 14% | 16% | 24% | 30% | 26% | 22% | 27% | 29% | 27% | 32% | 32% | 31% | 28% | 27% | 32% | 29% | 26% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #251 of 314 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group | $7,036 | $7,211 | $7,009 | $7,145 | $7,195 | $7,856 | $8,047 | $7,645 | $7,852 | $7,463 | $7,523 | $6,788 | $6,223 | $6,829 | $6,437 | $6,298 | $6,060 | $5,223 | $5,083 | $4,911 |
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 Portland. 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.