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Arlington, TX
403,672 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4804000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Arlington ranked #207 of 340 cities and 10th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Arlington and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Riverside CA, Mesa AZ, Aurora CO, Garland TX, Irving TX, Anaheim CA, Glendale AZ, Las Vegas NV, Raleigh NC, Tempe AZ, Tampa FL, St. Petersburg FL, Sacramento CA · 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 | #207 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #99 | #193 | #98 | #183 | #70 | #203 | #152 | #160 | #137 | #168 | #113 | #116 | #148 | #137 | #210 | #220 | #137 | #98 | #207 | #232 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 344,472 | 350,759 | 355,940 | 359,679 | 363,426 | 365,892 | 370,253 | 375,629 | 378,950 | 382,721 | 388,728 | 394,384 | 397,173 | 398,123 | 398,854 | 394,380 | 393,559 | 395,943 | 401,203 | 403,672 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #142 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | +0.5 | +1.5 | +1.2 | +0.8 | +0.8 | — | +0.5 | +0.6 | +0.5 | +0.5 | +0.7 | +0.7 | +0.5 | +0.3 | +0.1 | +0.1 | +0.0 | +0.4 | +0.2 | -0.1 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #108 of 271 cities with data · 8th of 13 in its peer group with data | 4.7 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 5.7 | 7.3 | 3.2 | 4.2 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #219 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group | 17.6% | 18.0% | 17.7% | 17.8% | 18.7% | 20.8% | 18.9% | 19.1% | 19.0% | 20.3% | 21.6% | 20.3% | 20.8% | 20.9% | 21.9% | — | 24.3% | 22.7% | 25.9% | 25.7% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #123 of 304 cities with data · 5th of 14 in its peer group | 7.0 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 6.4 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 5.9 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 1.8 | 4.3 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.2 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #215 of 295 cities with data · 11th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.3 | 100.0 | 80.1 | 119.3 | 134.6 | 160.1 | 162.4 | 114.2 | 114.2 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 139,870 | 140,393 | 143,422 | 142,725 | 142,247 | 139,416 | 145,951 | 150,609 | 159,130 | 160,547 | 161,784 | 161,746 | 166,475 | 166,482 | 168,333 | 161,054 | 165,398 | 183,978 | 188,051 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #276 of 329 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +2.2 | -3.7 | -0.8 | -3.1 | +1.8 | -2.5 | +1.1 | +0.5 | +2.6 | -2.4 | -2.3 | -3.5 | +0.1 | -2.0 | -1.1 | -2.4 | +0.4 | +3.9 | -2.0 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 181,259 | 188,836 | 189,783 | 185,705 | 195,358 | 197,694 | 196,839 | 211,698 | 200,138 | — | 199,363 | 208,012 | 213,537 | 212,155 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #231 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9.3% | 8.9% | 7.3% | 6.8% | 4.3% | 4.7% | 4.4% | 3.6% | 5.5% | — | 6.4% | 4.2% | 3.8% | 5.7% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #164 of 314 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group | 33% | 22% | 38% | 42% | 35% | 51% | 18% | 8% | 11% | 11% | 20% | 21% | 20% | 12% | 15% | 51% | 51% | 28% | 22% | 23% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #269 of 314 cities with data · 12th of 14 in its peer group | $6,030 | $7,763 | $8,263 | $8,987 | $9,384 | $8,358 | $8,535 | $7,790 | $7,033 | $4,417 | $5,338 | $4,337 | $3,382 | $3,256 | $4,223 | $6,473 | $6,360 | $6,439 | $6,032 | $5,862 |
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 Arlington. 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.