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Amarillo, TX
203,729 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4803000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Amarillo ranked #129 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 Amarillo and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Montgomery AL, Columbus GA, Springfield MO, Little Rock AR, Evansville IN, Topeka KS, Chattanooga TN, Lubbock TX, Fort Wayne IN, Wichita Falls TX, Macon-Bibb County GA, Winston-Salem NC, Lexington KY · 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 | #129 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #133 | #101 | #138 | #107 | #94 | #124 | #62 | #78 | #84 | #105 | #111 | #122 | #172 | #131 | #144 | #176 | #147 | #145 | #129 | #79 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 182,214 | 184,089 | 185,393 | 186,593 | 188,700 | 191,249 | 193,763 | 195,404 | 196,248 | 197,200 | 197,816 | 198,694 | 199,722 | 199,183 | 199,371 | 200,567 | 200,825 | 201,475 | 202,734 | 203,729 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #24 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group | +0.6 | +0.3 | +1.1 | +0.6 | +1.1 | — | +1.1 | +0.6 | +0.8 | +0.8 | +0.6 | +1.0 | +0.7 | +0.8 | +1.1 | +0.3 | +1.8 | +1.1 | +0.9 | +1.1 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #72 of 271 cities with data · 3rd of 8 in its peer group with data | 6.1 | 5.1 | — | 3.9 | 3.1 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 6.0 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #46 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | 19.8% | 18.4% | 18.4% | 18.9% | 18.9% | 18.3% | 19.0% | 19.0% | 19.5% | 19.5% | 18.9% | 18.8% | 19.4% | 19.9% | 20.4% | — | 20.7% | 19.4% | 20.4% | 20.1% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #208 of 304 cities with data · 4th of 14 in its peer group | 5.5 | 2.7 | 10.2 | 7.0 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 8.0 | 6.0 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 10.5 | 11.4 | 7.9 | 8.3 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #240 of 295 cities with data · 5th of 14 in its peer group | 104.3 | 108.6 | 120.8 | 82.5 | 96.4 | 79.5 | 83.1 | 70.6 | 80.0 | 88.7 | 103.1 | 139.4 | 130.2 | 161.7 | 142.9 | 201.4 | 184.7 | 178.7 | 183.5 | 163.5 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 94,931 | 99,953 | 99,841 | 101,234 | 101,048 | 101,848 | 99,487 | 100,014 | 101,235 | 96,271 | 92,066 | 93,912 | 93,557 | 91,796 | 94,999 | 93,843 | 93,619 | 93,754 | 95,067 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #213 of 329 cities with data · 10th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.2 | +0.7 | -0.8 | +0.1 | -0.3 | -1.4 | +0.3 | -1.0 | -0.1 | -6.7 | -1.8 | -1.2 | -0.7 | +0.2 | +3.7 | +0.7 | -1.6 | -4.0 | -0.7 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 92,783 | 93,724 | 95,260 | 99,217 | 97,985 | 95,477 | 97,469 | 97,912 | 94,322 | — | 96,991 | 99,395 | 104,003 | 102,669 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #34 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5.8% | 4.9% | 5.1% | 3.6% | 3.7% | 3.7% | 3.5% | 3.5% | 3.6% | — | 3.5% | 3.3% | 3.3% | 3.3% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #197 of 314 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group | 16% | 17% | 10% | 20% | 20% | 18% | 21% | 17% | 19% | 20% | 20% | — | 14% | 13% | 10% | -2% | 11% | 26% | 21% | 18% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #163 of 314 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group | $1,273 | $1,298 | $1,317 | $1,675 | $1,796 | $2,069 | $2,564 | $2,565 | $2,646 | $2,464 | $2,326 | — | $2,349 | $2,181 | $2,023 | $2,193 | $2,382 | $2,671 | $2,816 | $2,803 |
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 Amarillo. 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.