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Denton, TX
165,998 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4819972 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Denton ranked #85 of 340 cities and 6th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Denton and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: High Point NC, Victorville CA, South Fulton GA, Killeen TX, Norman OK, Edinburg TX, Jurupa Valley CA, Palmdale CA, Charleston SC, Fayetteville AR, Murfreesboro TN, Concord NC, Waterbury CT · 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 | #85 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #121 | #130 | #119 | #22 | #19 | #25 | #60 | #91 | #102 | #116 | #79 | #130 | #73 | #44 | #49 | #31 | #94 | #60 | #85 | #61 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 99,129 | 103,462 | 106,958 | 109,575 | 111,883 | 117,010 | 120,101 | 123,573 | 125,030 | 128,217 | 131,154 | 134,261 | 135,629 | 138,315 | 141,541 | 141,128 | 147,234 | 150,850 | 159,223 | 165,998 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #20 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group | +2.9 | +3.9 | +2.6 | +2.1 | +1.8 | — | +1.5 | +1.9 | +1.7 | +2.0 | +2.1 | +2.4 | +2.2 | +1.8 | +2.4 | +0.8 | +2.6 | +2.4 | +1.8 | +1.5 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #21 of 271 cities with data · 3rd of 11 in its peer group with data | 14.2 | 11.8 | 9.6 | 8.3 | 6.9 | 7.3 | 8.0 | 5.1 | 8.8 | 6.5 | 8.8 | 6.5 | 10.6 | 11.2 | 13.3 | 20.3 | 11.3 | 26.8 | 20.7 | 11.9 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #129 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | 21.4% | 19.0% | 21.2% | 19.9% | 19.1% | 21.1% | 23.1% | 21.3% | 24.2% | 23.1% | 21.6% | 22.1% | 23.6% | 21.5% | 20.1% | — | 20.6% | 21.3% | 23.2% | 23.3% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #137 of 304 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group | 5.0 | — | 1.9 | — | 1.8 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 4.8 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #84 of 295 cities with data · 2nd of 11 in its peer group with data | 36.3 | 32.9 | 30.9 | 21.9 | 12.5 | 18.8 | 22.5 | 21.8 | 23.2 | 21.1 | 16.0 | 28.3 | 42.0 | 34.0 | 18.4 | 47.5 | 56.4 | 54.4 | 43.3 | 26.5 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 48,119 | 49,667 | 49,578 | 52,301 | 51,869 | 53,890 | 56,961 | 55,500 | 54,043 | 54,639 | 56,344 | 55,852 | 57,394 | 62,819 | 68,183 | 66,596 | 65,692 | 70,738 | 75,209 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #55 of 329 cities with data · 2nd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.4 | -0.8 | -3.2 | +2.9 | +1.3 | +3.4 | +2.1 | -5.3 | -5.7 | -2.2 | +0.0 | -4.4 | -0.0 | +7.5 | +6.3 | -0.4 | -3.7 | +0.3 | +2.1 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 59,489 | 57,861 | 62,274 | 68,283 | 66,483 | 70,611 | 69,527 | 78,384 | 77,464 | — | 82,349 | 82,901 | 83,745 | 90,360 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #104 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13.2% | 13.2% | 8.6% | 7.2% | 6.8% | 5.8% | 5.2% | 5.3% | 3.1% | — | 6.4% | 4.5% | 5.6% | 4.2% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #101 of 314 cities with data · 5th of 12 in its peer group with data | 19% | 13% | 25% | 28% | 28% | 21% | 24% | 25% | 21% | 10% | 11% | 21% | 19% | 20% | 4% | 27% | 24% | 30% | 25% | 30% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #294 of 314 cities with data · 12th of 12 in its peer group with data | $6,615 | $6,004 | $5,681 | $5,667 | $5,755 | $5,058 | $5,791 | $5,547 | $5,508 | $5,595 | $5,016 | $6,502 | $5,372 | $8,947 | $12,296 | $2,135 | $10,956 | $12,985 | $8,904 | $8,913 |
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 Denton. 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.