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Providence, RI
194,706 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4459000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Providence ranked #286 of 340 cities and 8th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Providence and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Newark NJ, Springfield MA, Rochester NY, Syracuse NY, Allentown PA, Boston MA, Lynn MA, Buffalo NY, Lowell MA, Bridgeport CT, Elizabeth NJ, Hartford CT, Worcester MA · 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 | #286 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #304 | #268 | #270 | #312 | #313 | #296 | #332 | #327 | #318 | #324 | #317 | #312 | #303 | #320 | #271 | #287 | #291 | #233 | #286 | #279 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 179,340 | 178,733 | 178,304 | 178,279 | 177,900 | 178,029 | 178,332 | 178,813 | 178,692 | 179,119 | 179,252 | 179,548 | 179,252 | 179,520 | 179,883 | 190,803 | 190,200 | 190,879 | 192,606 | 194,706 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #138 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group | -1.2 | -1.3 | -1.2 | -1.0 | -0.8 | — | -0.6 | -0.6 | -0.8 | -0.6 | -0.7 | -0.7 | -0.7 | -0.5 | -0.4 | -0.1 | -0.4 | -0.7 | -0.4 | -0.1 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #199 of 271 cities with data · 8th of 11 in its peer group with data | — | 2.1 | — | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | — | — | — | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | — | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 1.4 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #279 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | 28.7% | 30.3% | 29.8% | 28.2% | 29.2% | 28.6% | 27.4% | 29.9% | 29.5% | 29.5% | 29.0% | 27.2% | 25.3% | 27.7% | 25.4% | — | 24.0% | 25.8% | 27.6% | 27.8% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #166 of 304 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group | 11.2 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.7 | 13.5 | 8.4 | 6.7 | 9.5 | 6.7 | 10.0 | 7.8 | 5.6 | 6.7 | 5.6 | 6.7 | 8.4 | 11.0 | 3.7 | 5.7 | 6.2 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #66 of 295 cities with data · 4th of 12 in its peer group with data | — | 0.0 | 67.3 | 86.9 | 89.4 | 80.3 | 99.3 | 98.4 | 95.7 | 70.3 | 96.5 | 71.8 | 72.5 | 56.8 | 47.3 | 60.8 | 51.5 | 42.4 | 34.8 | 23.6 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 105,778 | 105,251 | 115,021 | 111,217 | 107,515 | 110,182 | 111,169 | 109,274 | 110,932 | 112,750 | 115,020 | 114,883 | 115,336 | 115,619 | 117,952 | 107,993 | 107,755 | 112,469 | 114,467 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #157 of 329 cities with data · 10th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.3 | -0.7 | +3.5 | -0.5 | +1.2 | +2.9 | -49.1 | -1.7 | +0.2 | -0.6 | +1.1 | -1.4 | +0.2 | -1.5 | +1.9 | +0.1 | -3.1 | -0.8 | -0.0 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 79,032 | 80,079 | 80,250 | 83,153 | 78,587 | 81,536 | 83,621 | 77,898 | 89,143 | — | 92,238 | 92,490 | 92,939 | 96,058 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #331 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16.5% | 12.8% | 12.6% | 10.7% | 9.2% | 8.3% | 7.3% | 7.9% | 6.9% | — | 9.4% | 4.5% | 8.1% | 10.0% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | 38% | 37% | 39% | 39% | 33% | 34% | 32% | 34% | 31% | 26% | 27% | 26% | 26% | 27% | 24% | 24% | 25% | 25% | 26% | 28% | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #213 of 314 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group | 7% | 12% | 2% | 13% | 6% | 2% | 3% | 14% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 14% | 11% | 10% | 16% | 10% | 16% | 16% | 19% | 14% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #198 of 314 cities with data · 10th of 14 in its peer group | $3,698 | $3,890 | $4,063 | $5,182 | $5,046 | $5,862 | $6,035 | $5,623 | $5,748 | $5,129 | $5,014 | $5,370 | $5,077 | $4,867 | $4,650 | $5,321 | $5,665 | $4,120 | $3,665 | $3,391 |
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 Providence. 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.