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McAllen, TX
148,782 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4845384 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, McAllen ranked #19 of 340 cities and 1st of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is McAllen and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Las Cruces NM, Waco TX, Tyler TX, Provo UT, Tallahassee FL, Athens GA, Beaumont TX, Pasadena TX, Columbia SC, Charleston SC, West Palm Beach FL, Shreveport LA, Gainesville FL · 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 | #19 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #188 | #79 | #56 | #98 | #100 | #117 | #84 | #43 | #75 | #127 | #94 | #88 | #121 | #104 | #60 | #90 | #55 | #57 | #19 | #67 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 118,512 | 120,797 | 123,004 | 125,468 | 127,824 | 132,093 | 134,639 | 136,277 | 137,421 | 138,719 | 139,909 | 141,888 | 142,249 | 142,530 | 143,268 | 142,401 | 143,762 | 144,837 | 147,264 | 148,782 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #150 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | +0.4 | +0.2 | +0.2 | +0.3 | +0.4 | — | +0.2 | -0.2 | -0.4 | -0.3 | -0.5 | -0.5 | -0.4 | -0.4 | -0.4 | -0.0 | +0.0 | -0.1 | +0.0 | -0.2 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #24 of 271 cities with data · 2nd of 11 in its peer group with data | 10.3 | 9.4 | 8.7 | 6.0 | 3.0 | — | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 7.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 7.7 | 7.0 | 9.2 | 8.0 | 11.6 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #29 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group | 21.0% | 18.8% | 19.4% | 21.2% | 24.2% | 20.5% | 23.0% | 18.2% | 23.5% | 17.7% | 19.6% | 21.9% | 20.3% | 20.6% | 20.4% | — | 18.9% | 20.8% | 20.3% | 19.1% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #90 of 304 cities with data · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | 6.8 | 3.3 | 4.9 | 7.2 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 4.3 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 4.9 | — | 0.7 | 2.1 | — | 3.5 | 4.8 | 2.7 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #96 of 295 cities with data · 2nd of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 43.8 | 39.4 | 17.7 | 29.6 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 73,957 | 75,793 | 80,106 | 83,071 | 79,856 | 79,542 | 81,644 | 79,591 | 80,880 | 81,661 | 82,543 | 82,996 | 85,172 | 85,767 | 86,888 | 84,242 | 85,886 | 88,853 | 94,366 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #64 of 329 cities with data · 2nd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -3.6 | -0.8 | +1.3 | -0.2 | -2.3 | -3.0 | -2.6 | -4.0 | -0.5 | -0.5 | -1.9 | +0.1 | +0.8 | -2.5 | -0.3 | -2.3 | +1.0 | -1.9 | +1.7 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 55,195 | 58,712 | 56,670 | 57,286 | 56,682 | 57,478 | 64,187 | 63,710 | 65,175 | — | 64,137 | 63,624 | 67,810 | 67,482 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #274 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7.9% | 7.7% | 5.9% | 9.3% | 10.8% | 7.0% | 5.7% | 3.4% | 6.3% | — | 6.8% | 3.8% | 3.7% | 6.4% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #175 of 314 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group | 24% | 30% | 26% | 35% | 32% | 19% | 21% | 23% | 26% | 18% | 25% | 29% | 22% | 21% | 22% | 22% | 19% | 20% | 20% | 21% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #4 of 314 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group | $2,108 | $1,962 | $1,706 | $2,235 | $2,047 | $1,836 | $1,970 | $1,831 | $1,725 | $1,393 | $2,011 | $2,207 | $2,281 | $1,882 | $1,507 | $1,167 | $792 | $441 | $145 | $0 |
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 McAllen. 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.