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Dallas, TX
1,326,087 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4819000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Dallas ranked #330 of 340 cities and 13th of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Dallas and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Phoenix AZ, Houston TX, San Antonio TX, Fort Worth TX, Columbus OH, Austin TX, Memphis TN, Indianapolis IN, Oklahoma City OK, Denver CO, Fresno CA, Baltimore MD, Tucson AZ · 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 | #330 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #303 | #292 | #297 | #288 | #298 | #267 | #240 | #225 | #268 | #238 | #256 | #254 | #255 | #253 | #293 | #311 | #271 | #259 | #330 | #296 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 1,171,519 | 1,177,916 | 1,179,667 | 1,183,805 | 1,192,653 | 1,200,350 | 1,218,282 | 1,242,115 | 1,258,835 | 1,279,098 | 1,301,329 | 1,323,916 | 1,342,479 | 1,341,802 | 1,343,573 | 1,303,426 | 1,290,070 | 1,303,012 | 1,317,163 | 1,326,087 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #331 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group | -1.5 | -0.8 | -1.1 | -0.8 | -0.3 | — | +0.0 | +0.5 | -0.2 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.2 | -0.3 | -0.9 | -0.9 | -0.2 | -1.6 | -0.7 | -1.4 | -1.8 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #73 of 303 cities with data · 6th of 11 in its peer group with data · 2022 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 8.0 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 5.7 | — | 6.1 | — | — | 5.4 | 6.0 | 6.0 | — | 7.8 | 7.9 | — | — | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #224 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | 22.6% | 22.7% | 21.6% | 22.6% | 23.6% | 23.3% | 23.5% | 23.4% | 24.0% | 24.0% | 23.6% | 23.8% | 23.5% | 24.2% | 24.5% | — | 25.1% | 24.9% | 25.9% | 25.8% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #257 of 304 cities with data · 10th of 14 in its peer group | 17.2 | 15.9 | 17.0 | 14.4 | 13.9 | 12.3 | 10.9 | 12.4 | 11.4 | 9.1 | 10.5 | 12.9 | 12.4 | 11.4 | 14.9 | 19.0 | 16.3 | 16.3 | 18.5 | 13.6 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #269 of 295 cities with data · 10th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 212.2 | 277.7 | 297.6 | 276.1 | 232.9 | 220.0 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 769,914 | 787,377 | 801,695 | 809,200 | 778,567 | 784,887 | 787,851 | 800,267 | 821,271 | 839,984 | 856,813 | 892,117 | 907,095 | 910,801 | 914,214 | 894,881 | 897,725 | 961,049 | 983,579 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #271 of 329 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -1.2 | -1.8 | -1.2 | -1.7 | -1.6 | +0.3 | -3.2 | -1.1 | -0.4 | -1.0 | -1.1 | +0.6 | -1.1 | -1.6 | -1.9 | -0.2 | -2.0 | -0.3 | -1.8 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 564,132 | 587,296 | 604,478 | 616,198 | 635,826 | 667,913 | 680,350 | 681,537 | 681,944 | — | 648,744 | 683,849 | 686,926 | 702,564 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #121 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9.8% | 9.3% | 7.9% | 6.6% | 5.2% | 4.7% | 5.2% | 4.3% | 4.6% | — | 6.0% | 4.0% | 4.4% | 4.3% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | 92% | 97% | 98% | 86% | 88% | 85% | 79% | 79% | 80% | 71% | 60% | 65% | 65% | 64% | 61% | 58% | 58% | 56% | 51% | 50% | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #115 of 314 cities with data · 5th of 14 in its peer group | 21% | 37% | 14% | 25% | 26% | 16% | 20% | 21% | 22% | 21% | 22% | 22% | 24% | 30% | 31% | 30% | 28% | 26% | 26% | 28% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #299 of 314 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group | $10,620 | $11,043 | $11,147 | $10,802 | $11,096 | $10,633 | $10,166 | $8,697 | $9,896 | $11,207 | $10,452 | $10,532 | $10,347 | $10,044 | $10,255 | $10,414 | $9,988 | $9,149 | $9,729 | $9,728 |
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 Dallas. 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.