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Grand Prairie, TX
207,331 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4830464 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Grand Prairie ranked #198 of 340 cities and 8th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Grand Prairie and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Mesquite TX, Glendale AZ, Garland TX, Jurupa Valley CA, Ontario CA, Cape Coral FL, Escondido CA, Lakewood CO, Palmdale CA, Moreno Valley CA, Rialto CA, Tempe AZ, 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 | #198 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #102 | #66 | #83 | #184 | #182 | #40 | #135 | #30 | #145 | #70 | #63 | #43 | #47 | #124 | #130 | #204 | #111 | #173 | #198 | #146 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 149,867 | 155,456 | 160,497 | 165,658 | 171,340 | 175,974 | 178,903 | 182,030 | 183,891 | 185,824 | 188,411 | 192,095 | 193,973 | 193,989 | 194,543 | 196,201 | 197,313 | 202,220 | 204,067 | 207,331 | ||
| 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 | #48 of 271 cities with data · 2nd of 11 in its peer group with data | 23.3 | 12.6 | 6.6 | 3.3 | — | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 7.3 | — | 3.5 | 4.7 | 6.1 | 7.4 | 11.6 | 4.9 | 6.6 | 7.6 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #207 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group | 19.6% | 18.9% | 20.7% | 19.8% | 20.5% | 20.2% | 21.1% | 18.7% | 18.8% | 19.3% | 19.7% | 18.8% | 18.9% | 21.6% | 19.8% | — | 22.9% | 23.4% | 26.8% | 25.5% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #58 of 304 cities with data · 3rd of 11 in its peer group with data | 6.0 | 1.9 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 2.3 | 5.0 | 0.5 | 6.0 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 1.0 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 6.1 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 1.9 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #146 of 295 cities with data · 4th of 8 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 49.5 | 60.7 | 64.7 | 58.8 | 60.3 | 46.1 | 55.0 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 55,013 | 57,806 | 60,323 | 60,217 | 56,602 | 57,747 | 59,706 | 61,198 | 62,874 | 64,434 | 67,190 | 71,874 | 74,880 | 76,431 | 78,493 | 75,705 | 77,729 | 81,477 | 84,782 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #167 of 329 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +1.5 | +1.0 | +1.4 | -2.8 | -3.9 | +1.5 | -0.2 | -0.2 | -0.3 | -0.8 | +1.2 | +3.4 | +1.4 | +0.1 | +0.4 | -1.7 | +0.4 | -2.5 | -0.1 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 82,371 | 88,918 | 87,295 | 94,663 | 96,628 | 94,513 | 97,953 | 98,543 | 98,803 | — | 96,158 | 108,527 | 101,469 | 106,288 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #154 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11.2% | 9.0% | 7.2% | 5.4% | 6.4% | 4.4% | 4.1% | 3.8% | 3.7% | — | 4.6% | 3.3% | 5.9% | 4.7% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #221 of 314 cities with data · 8th of 11 in its peer group with data | 29% | 15% | 37% | 28% | 25% | 24% | 26% | 24% | 23% | 24% | 24% | 25% | 18% | 19% | 13% | 18% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 12% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #121 of 314 cities with data · 4th of 11 in its peer group with data | $3,894 | $3,651 | $3,382 | $3,191 | $4,153 | $4,117 | $3,731 | $3,356 | $3,017 | $2,340 | $1,717 | $2,100 | $1,768 | $1,464 | $2,662 | $3,164 | $2,778 | $2,836 | $2,962 | $2,154 |
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 Grand Prairie. 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.