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Abilene, TX
130,501 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4801000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Abilene ranked #147 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 Abilene and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Columbia MO, Odessa TX, Wichita Falls TX, Pueblo CO, Tyler TX, Topeka KS, Savannah GA, Lubbock TX, Columbus GA, Midland TX, Beaumont TX, Evansville IN, Lafayette LA · 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 | #147 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #156 | #167 | #203 | #150 | #126 | #84 | #106 | #75 | #47 | #118 | #89 | #170 | #125 | #190 | #104 | #82 | #79 | #64 | #147 | #98 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 114,990 | 115,249 | 115,484 | 115,499 | 116,248 | 117,805 | 118,762 | 119,853 | 119,797 | 120,648 | 121,707 | 121,883 | 122,186 | 122,775 | 123,420 | 125,230 | 125,879 | 127,476 | 129,443 | 130,501 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #140 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | -0.5 | -0.8 | -0.4 | -0.8 | +0.1 | — | -0.0 | -0.0 | -0.9 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.7 | -0.5 | -0.1 | -0.1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | +0.4 | +0.5 | -0.1 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #118 of 271 cities with data · 5th of 10 in its peer group with data | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 4.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 5.1 | 6.9 | 6.1 | 3.3 | 3.7 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #149 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | 21.2% | 21.4% | 21.4% | 21.4% | 20.6% | 23.0% | 22.3% | 22.4% | 20.1% | 22.9% | 22.1% | 23.9% | 20.0% | 24.5% | 20.4% | — | 22.8% | 21.4% | 26.3% | 23.9% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #165 of 304 cities with data · 4th of 14 in its peer group | 4.3 | 4.3 | 7.8 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 6.6 | 3.3 | 6.5 | 4.9 | 2.4 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 6.1 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #176 of 295 cities with data · 5th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 105.9 | 61.6 | 80.7 | 99.3 | 93.4 | 97.3 | 82.8 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 50,366 | 51,774 | 51,329 | 53,489 | 53,240 | 52,008 | 51,971 | 51,662 | 52,670 | 53,186 | 54,634 | 54,046 | 53,782 | 55,514 | 56,608 | 55,953 | 57,068 | 58,038 | 60,125 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #183 of 329 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.7 | -0.2 | -0.7 | +0.0 | +0.3 | -0.6 | -0.7 | -2.0 | +0.0 | +0.6 | +0.2 | +1.3 | -0.7 | -0.0 | -0.1 | +0.9 | -0.0 | -0.5 | -0.3 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 49,531 | 48,084 | 52,189 | 52,477 | 54,547 | 53,531 | 55,698 | 54,566 | 53,902 | — | 56,366 | 57,678 | 56,667 | 58,598 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #33 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.3% | 8.0% | 5.6% | 5.5% | 4.7% | 3.8% | 3.8% | 3.9% | 1.9% | — | 2.2% | 3.2% | 3.4% | 3.3% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #138 of 314 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group | 23% | 20% | 20% | 26% | 22% | 23% | 27% | 26% | 27% | 29% | 29% | 23% | 20% | 20% | 21% | 27% | 30% | 30% | 24% | 26% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #178 of 314 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group | $1,361 | $1,414 | $1,607 | $1,652 | $1,760 | $1,902 | $1,688 | $1,512 | $1,358 | $1,198 | $1,057 | $3,060 | $2,683 | $2,309 | $1,965 | $3,059 | $3,197 | $1,691 | $3,238 | $2,988 |
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 Abilene. 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.