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Garland, TX
250,431 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4829000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Garland ranked #252 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 Garland and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Glendale AZ, Ontario CA, Grand Prairie TX, Irving TX, Fort Lauderdale FL, Tempe AZ, Riverside CA, Pomona CA, Arlington TX, Oxnard CA, Aurora CO, Jurupa Valley CA, Pasadena 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 | #252 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #211 | #209 | #171 | #157 | #205 | #202 | #180 | #117 | #229 | #185 | #207 | #139 | #154 | #239 | #238 | #245 | #245 | #254 | #252 | #230 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 217,004 | 219,151 | 220,441 | 222,256 | 225,022 | 227,345 | 230,055 | 233,698 | 234,660 | 235,590 | 237,161 | 236,310 | 238,327 | 241,709 | 239,928 | 246,392 | 244,391 | 246,918 | 246,283 | 250,431 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #331 of 340 cities · 12th 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 | #166 of 271 cities with data · 8th of 12 in its peer group with data | 1.5 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 4.4 | 9.9 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 7.5 | 2.2 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #245 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | 20.4% | 20.4% | 20.7% | 20.0% | 21.3% | 20.2% | 22.6% | 21.6% | 23.1% | 21.6% | 22.0% | 21.3% | 20.9% | 23.0% | 23.0% | — | 26.0% | 24.7% | 28.1% | 26.6% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #135 of 304 cities with data · 8th of 13 in its peer group with data | 3.2 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 1.6 | 8.2 | 2.0 | 4.9 | 4.8 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #121 of 295 cities with data · 3rd of 11 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 49.5 | 53.2 | 54.3 | 43.9 | 39.9 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 60,082 | 61,188 | 63,729 | 65,706 | 63,597 | 61,895 | 63,571 | 73,432 | 74,468 | 76,897 | 76,548 | 78,631 | 79,372 | 78,207 | 77,625 | 75,478 | 76,755 | 78,996 | 79,897 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #305 of 329 cities with data · 12th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.1 | -2.2 | +1.2 | +0.5 | -1.1 | -3.2 | -0.9 | +12.8 | -1.7 | -0.0 | -3.6 | -0.8 | -1.8 | -3.4 | -3.0 | -0.9 | -0.6 | -4.4 | -3.0 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 104,142 | 113,298 | 110,869 | 109,469 | 119,857 | 117,138 | 117,699 | 121,323 | 119,718 | — | 112,761 | 123,804 | 122,396 | 124,610 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #136 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11.6% | 9.3% | 8.9% | 9.3% | 5.1% | 5.2% | 5.7% | 5.3% | 4.4% | — | 5.2% | 4.3% | 3.9% | 4.5% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #148 of 314 cities with data · 5th of 12 in its peer group with data | -2% | 0% | 11% | 17% | 13% | 16% | 10% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 13% | 12% | 17% | 21% | 22% | 18% | 15% | 18% | 17% | 25% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #266 of 314 cities with data · 9th of 12 in its peer group with data | $3,862 | $4,212 | $4,490 | $4,600 | $4,812 | $4,819 | $5,136 | $5,267 | $4,815 | $5,025 | $5,000 | $5,229 | $5,133 | $5,096 | $4,460 | $5,081 | $3,916 | $5,502 | $5,696 | $5,595 |
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 Garland. 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.