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Laredo, TX
261,260 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4841464 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Laredo ranked #110 of 340 cities and 2nd of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Laredo and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Baton Rouge LA, Waco TX, Shreveport LA, Mobile AL, Tallahassee FL, Athens GA, McAllen TX, Lubbock TX, Las Cruces NM, El Paso TX, Knoxville TN, Jackson MS, Savannah 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 | #110 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #210 | #158 | #103 | #106 | #146 | #57 | #71 | #68 | #52 | #174 | #128 | #157 | #90 | #123 | #62 | #65 | #65 | #91 | #110 | #63 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 209,737 | 215,296 | 220,543 | 226,184 | 231,747 | 236,807 | 241,195 | 245,728 | 249,602 | 252,734 | 255,271 | 257,862 | 259,324 | 260,856 | 262,491 | 255,495 | 255,727 | 256,650 | 258,922 | 261,260 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #281 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | -0.4 | -0.5 | -0.6 | -0.5 | -0.3 | — | -0.3 | -0.2 | -0.4 | -0.8 | -1.0 | -1.0 | -1.1 | -0.9 | -0.8 | -0.2 | -0.8 | -1.2 | -0.8 | -0.9 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #81 of 269 cities with data · 4th of 7 in its peer group with data · 2023 | — | 11.1 | 7.2 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 4.0 | — | — | — | — | 4.5 | — | 5.3 | 6.1 | 5.7 | 6.6 | 5.0 | 6.0 | — | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #65 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | 21.7% | 21.1% | 22.0% | 22.3% | 22.5% | 22.6% | 24.7% | 22.9% | 21.2% | 22.9% | 23.1% | 26.3% | 21.8% | 21.8% | 18.0% | — | 19.8% | 19.7% | 19.6% | 20.7% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #68 of 304 cities with data · 1st of 12 in its peer group with data | 8.6 | 10.2 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 7.3 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 5.5 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 2.3 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #175 of 295 cities with data · 5th of 11 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 38.5 | 40.7 | 47.7 | 50.3 | 86.1 | 81.1 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 76,283 | 79,097 | 79,366 | 78,973 | 77,619 | 81,582 | 83,697 | 87,662 | 89,889 | 89,750 | 90,346 | 91,955 | 92,921 | 95,442 | 95,867 | 92,451 | 90,718 | 95,020 | 98,461 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 92,590 | 90,196 | 90,090 | 96,757 | 102,340 | 97,376 | 105,253 | 104,779 | 112,614 | — | 103,965 | 109,822 | 110,373 | 123,611 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #24 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4.8% | 5.1% | 6.5% | 6.3% | 5.6% | 4.5% | 3.7% | 5.2% | 4.5% | — | 6.5% | 3.7% | 4.4% | 3.0% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #95 of 314 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group | 19% | 27% | 29% | 30% | 29% | 30% | 31% | 36% | 25% | 25% | 26% | 27% | 25% | 25% | 26% | 33% | 29% | 26% | 27% | 31% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #212 of 314 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group | $2,131 | $2,107 | $2,209 | $2,390 | $2,714 | $3,104 | $2,909 | $3,203 | $3,415 | $3,451 | $3,113 | $3,446 | $2,587 | $1,764 | $994 | $270 | $0 | $3,649 | $3,576 | $3,691 |
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 Laredo. 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.