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Midland, TX
143,687 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4848072 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Midland ranked #67 of 340 cities and 3rd of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Midland and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Wichita Falls TX, Odessa TX, Lafayette LA, Macon-Bibb County GA, Topeka KS, Evansville IN, Abilene TX, Greeley CO, Clarksville TN, St. George UT, Amarillo TX, Huntsville AL, Fort Collins CO · 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 | #67 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #109 | #113 | #65 | #64 | #24 | #13 | #56 | #25 | #27 | #47 | #37 | #37 | #38 | #22 | #30 | #49 | #63 | #116 | #67 | #44 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 100,205 | 102,761 | 105,138 | 107,869 | 110,748 | 111,276 | 113,941 | 119,794 | 124,163 | 128,352 | 133,440 | 134,935 | 136,205 | 142,173 | 146,038 | 133,245 | 131,918 | 135,099 | 139,488 | 143,687 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #31 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group | +0.2 | +1.4 | +1.0 | +1.3 | +1.3 | — | +1.4 | +3.6 | +2.0 | +1.3 | +1.9 | -0.5 | -0.5 | +2.9 | +1.2 | -0.1 | -2.1 | +0.9 | +1.4 | +0.9 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #31 of 271 cities with data · 3rd of 12 in its peer group with data | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 8.4 | 14.7 | 12.1 | 7.7 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 9.7 | 6.5 | 4.4 | 5.8 | 10.5 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #145 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | 17.4% | 16.7% | 16.2% | 16.0% | 19.1% | 19.5% | 21.5% | 18.5% | 18.8% | 18.4% | 17.8% | 20.8% | 17.4% | 18.4% | 20.2% | — | 16.3% | 19.0% | 16.6% | 23.7% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #154 of 304 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group | 1.0 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 3.5 | — | 7.5 | 9.1 | 9.6 | 5.0 | 5.6 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #177 of 295 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 66.7 | 98.4 | 96.8 | 82.8 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 48,798 | 52,153 | 54,413 | 56,589 | 56,353 | 57,808 | 58,422 | 64,607 | 68,519 | 70,398 | 70,556 | 68,667 | 70,811 | 75,948 | 75,908 | 73,601 | 69,737 | 74,091 | 80,087 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #274 of 329 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -2.0 | -0.6 | -0.6 | -2.3 | +0.9 | +1.9 | -2.1 | -3.7 | -0.7 | -2.3 | +0.2 | +3.3 | -4.4 | -4.4 | -5.4 | +1.7 | +3.2 | -4.7 | -1.9 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 55,464 | 60,159 | 63,290 | 67,712 | 68,656 | 66,909 | 66,536 | 77,728 | 75,826 | — | 68,812 | 65,700 | 67,998 | 68,642 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #13 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4.2% | 3.8% | 3.1% | 4.2% | 4.7% | 5.5% | 2.9% | 1.7% | 1.7% | — | 5.2% | 3.4% | 2.8% | 2.6% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #37 of 314 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group | 13% | 15% | 17% | 28% | 25% | 18% | 14% | 26% | 29% | 33% | 33% | 34% | 33% | 32% | 30% | 41% | 38% | 21% | 33% | 39% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #228 of 314 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group | $1,667 | $1,577 | $1,360 | $1,949 | $1,806 | $1,793 | $1,593 | $1,429 | $1,513 | $1,282 | $1,080 | $907 | $736 | $554 | $1,178 | $1,647 | $1,497 | $2,028 | $3,652 | $4,036 |
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 Midland. 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.