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Beaumont, TX
112,893 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4807000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Beaumont ranked #259 of 340 cities and 11th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Beaumont and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Savannah GA, Waco TX, North Charleston SC, Columbia SC, Jackson MS, Chattanooga TN, Lafayette LA, Knoxville TN, Abilene TX, Odessa TX, Mobile AL, South Bend IN, Augusta GA · 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 | #259 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #160 | #222 | #269 | #199 | #143 | #227 | #220 | #276 | #221 | #264 | #234 | #183 | #219 | #273 | #251 | #325 | #268 | #245 | #259 | #328 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 115,338 | 113,545 | 114,739 | 116,061 | 117,483 | 117,378 | 117,908 | 117,033 | 118,068 | 117,812 | 118,603 | 118,734 | 118,953 | 117,667 | 116,825 | 114,879 | 113,642 | 112,516 | 112,616 | 112,893 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #222 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | -0.8 | -2.8 | -0.2 | -0.2 | -0.1 | — | -0.2 | -1.4 | -0.1 | -0.8 | +0.1 | -0.5 | -0.5 | -1.7 | -1.1 | -0.2 | -1.1 | -1.1 | -0.2 | -0.6 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #187 of 271 cities with data · 7th of 8 in its peer group with data | — | 8.6 | 7.2 | 4.7 | 7.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 5.6 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 1.7 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #274 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | 22.1% | 19.8% | 21.6% | 19.7% | 19.9% | 25.7% | 24.1% | 23.8% | 20.9% | 22.0% | 21.3% | 23.7% | 21.0% | 23.0% | 19.5% | — | 21.9% | 20.2% | 22.3% | 27.3% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #248 of 304 cities with data · 8th of 13 in its peer group with data | 9.5 | 8.8 | 13.1 | 6.0 | 4.3 | 8.5 | 11.0 | 11.1 | 13.6 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 11.0 | 16.3 | 20.0 | 15.8 | 16.0 | 15.1 | 12.4 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #288 of 295 cities with data · 12th of 12 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 325.6 | 331.5 | 441.3 | 361.4 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 78,561 | 82,569 | 80,492 | 76,081 | 73,178 | 74,561 | 75,112 | 67,575 | 68,043 | 69,384 | 66,584 | 69,481 | 69,760 | 68,099 | 66,117 | 62,167 | 59,261 | 62,243 | 65,955 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #52 of 329 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +3.2 | -0.5 | -5.0 | -3.1 | -2.3 | -1.5 | -0.7 | -3.5 | +0.8 | +0.1 | -2.8 | +3.0 | +0.4 | -0.4 | -1.9 | -1.6 | -1.7 | +0.5 | +2.2 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 49,352 | 47,449 | 50,508 | 51,328 | 52,162 | 51,728 | 52,086 | 50,736 | 53,917 | — | 53,267 | 48,638 | 50,452 | 48,036 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #305 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10.0% | 12.6% | 6.9% | 8.4% | 4.3% | 3.3% | 4.2% | 4.2% | 3.0% | — | 4.7% | 4.1% | 5.7% | 7.3% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #211 of 314 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group | 28% | 20% | 20% | 21% | 16% | 25% | 21% | 22% | 17% | 14% | 18% | 25% | 22% | 13% | 25% | 11% | 7% | 14% | 11% | 15% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #150 of 314 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group | $2,936 | $3,191 | $2,974 | $3,301 | $3,745 | $3,482 | $3,863 | $4,076 | $4,303 | $4,533 | $4,327 | $4,228 | $4,009 | $3,979 | $3,841 | $3,670 | $3,362 | $3,126 | $3,102 | $2,569 |
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 Beaumont. 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.