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Philadelphia, PA
1,573,916 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4260000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Philadelphia ranked #335 of 340 cities and 12th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Philadelphia and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Chicago IL, Boston MA, Baltimore MD, Detroit MI, Dallas TX, Houston TX, Washington DC, Columbus OH, Memphis TN, San Antonio TX, Los Angeles CA, Fort Worth TX, Phoenix AZ · 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 | #335 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #294 | #328 | #329 | #331 | #277 | #302 | #299 | #328 | #299 | #316 | #322 | #330 | #332 | #327 | #323 | #318 | #321 | #334 | #335 | #336 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 1,490,861 | 1,488,710 | 1,493,309 | 1,499,731 | 1,514,694 | 1,528,283 | 1,540,466 | 1,551,824 | 1,558,313 | 1,565,460 | 1,571,065 | 1,576,051 | 1,580,601 | 1,583,592 | 1,584,064 | 1,600,788 | 1,589,918 | 1,570,554 | 1,563,349 | 1,573,916 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #283 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | -1.2 | -1.4 | -0.9 | -0.9 | -0.4 | — | -0.3 | -0.3 | -0.7 | -0.8 | -0.8 | -0.8 | -0.7 | -0.7 | -0.7 | -0.2 | -1.0 | -2.1 | -1.9 | -1.0 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #180 of 271 cities with data · 11th of 12 in its peer group with data | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 2.3 | — | — | — | 2.9 | — | 15.9 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 1.9 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #309 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | 26.7% | 26.9% | 26.1% | 25.8% | 26.5% | 29.2% | 29.9% | 29.7% | 29.7% | 28.8% | 27.7% | 28.3% | 29.3% | 26.9% | 27.3% | — | 26.8% | 27.2% | 27.7% | 29.7% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #274 of 304 cities with data · 10th of 14 in its peer group | 25.3 | 27.3 | 26.3 | 22.1 | 19.9 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 21.3 | 15.9 | 15.8 | 17.8 | 17.3 | 20.0 | 22.2 | 20.8 | 30.9 | 36.2 | 33.1 | 26.4 | 17.0 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #241 of 295 cities with data · 7th of 12 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 222.5 | 197.8 | 165.8 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 592,209 | 606,617 | 610,061 | 602,321 | 619,230 | 628,536 | 665,589 | 618,080 | 649,246 | 663,673 | 678,107 | 688,306 | 698,793 | 714,220 | 731,240 | 682,499 | 676,054 | 720,974 | 745,931 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #98 of 329 cities with data · 5th of 13 in its peer group with data · 2023 | +4.2 | -0.2 | -0.9 | -1.9 | +5.3 | +1.4 | +2.9 | -5.5 | +3.3 | +0.7 | +0.4 | -0.7 | +0.0 | +1.3 | +1.5 | +0.6 | -3.2 | +1.3 | +1.0 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 596,025 | 614,215 | 640,062 | 652,146 | 676,371 | 678,752 | 673,721 | 714,190 | 724,956 | — | 714,754 | 756,975 | 760,297 | 783,111 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #251 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16.7% | 15.9% | 13.8% | 12.8% | 10.9% | 9.6% | 9.1% | 8.2% | 8.2% | — | 10.5% | 7.0% | 6.2% | 5.9% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | 53% | 52% | 54% | 55% | 45% | 45% | 47% | 46% | 47% | 46% | 45% | 45% | 45% | 48% | 50% | 52% | 55% | 58% | 62% | 65% | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #300 of 314 cities with data · 14th of 14 in its peer group | 17% | 18% | 13% | 15% | 15% | 19% | 28% | 19% | 21% | 8% | 10% | 7% | 11% | 11% | 12% | 11% | 8% | -5% | -4% | -16% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #240 of 314 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group | $6,355 | $6,088 | $6,247 | $6,814 | $7,477 | $7,123 | $7,211 | $5,042 | $4,828 | $4,236 | $4,376 | $4,261 | $4,047 | $4,040 | $4,228 | $4,050 | $4,065 | $3,792 | $4,502 | $4,369 |
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 Philadelphia. 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.