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Provo, UT
115,479 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4962470 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Provo ranked #82 of 340 cities and 3rd of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Provo and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Las Cruces NM, Dayton OH, Chico CA, Pueblo CO, South Bend IN, Waco TX, Syracuse NY, Kansas City KS, Tuscaloosa AL, Knoxville TN, Springfield MA, McAllen TX, Fayetteville AR · 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 | #82 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #153 | #144 | #88 | #28 | #57 | #59 | #83 | #96 | #90 | #101 | #41 | #69 | #92 | #53 | #47 | #88 | #21 | #52 | #82 | #139 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 105,390 | 106,520 | 109,018 | 110,441 | 111,749 | 112,923 | 115,191 | 115,559 | 116,119 | 115,378 | 114,596 | 116,627 | 117,583 | 116,630 | 116,618 | 115,104 | 114,975 | 114,038 | 114,276 | 115,479 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #40 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group | +0.5 | +1.2 | +1.5 | +1.0 | +0.6 | — | +0.1 | -0.2 | +0.2 | -0.1 | +0.3 | +1.2 | +0.9 | +0.7 | +0.7 | +0.3 | +2.0 | +0.9 | +0.7 | +0.7 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #153 of 271 cities with data · 6th of 11 in its peer group with data | 3.5 | 5.3 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.0 | — | 2.7 | 3.1 | 6.2 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #194 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | 23.9% | 21.1% | 20.1% | 19.4% | 23.2% | 21.9% | 22.3% | 24.1% | 22.5% | 21.1% | 20.4% | 20.1% | 23.1% | 22.0% | 20.3% | — | 21.2% | 22.3% | 23.1% | 25.0% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #51 of 304 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group | 2.8 | 1.9 | — | — | 0.9 | 1.8 | 3.5 | — | 0.9 | 0.9 | — | 1.7 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 0.9 | — | — | — | — | 1.7 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #14 of 295 cities with data · 1st of 13 in its peer group with data | 3.8 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 6.1 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 6.0 | 1.7 | — | 1.7 | 6.1 | 7.9 | 8.7 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 48,176 | 48,587 | 49,508 | 50,224 | 48,923 | 48,070 | 49,581 | 50,710 | 52,231 | 49,354 | 56,550 | 58,144 | 58,249 | 59,508 | 58,426 | 59,518 | 60,481 | 61,897 | 63,551 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #135 of 329 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -1.0 | -5.5 | -4.7 | +2.0 | +1.7 | -0.4 | -1.7 | -2.3 | -2.0 | -9.2 | +7.1 | -2.9 | -3.6 | -4.0 | -4.9 | +0.4 | -4.7 | -4.9 | +0.3 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 58,340 | 59,764 | 55,750 | 59,631 | 61,275 | 65,640 | 62,876 | 64,451 | 69,657 | — | 65,644 | 68,284 | 63,923 | 66,615 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #281 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8.3% | 7.8% | 6.4% | 6.1% | 4.4% | 5.2% | 4.3% | 3.4% | 4.5% | — | 3.8% | 3.2% | 5.1% | 6.6% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #285 of 314 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group | 5% | 6% | 27% | 16% | 7% | 4% | 24% | 20% | 7% | -4% | 11% | 12% | 7% | 18% | 38% | 38% | 39% | 11% | -12% | -6% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #94 of 314 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group | $1,780 | $1,715 | $1,632 | $1,306 | $1,075 | $974 | $1,268 | $1,360 | $1,235 | $0 | $914 | $1 | $1,323 | $1,141 | $1,780 | $1,757 | $1,745 | $1,722 | $1,860 | $1,701 |
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 Provo. 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.