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Newport News, VA
183,056 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 5156000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Newport News ranked #317 of 340 cities and 13th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Newport News and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: South Fulton GA, Hampton VA, Durham NC, Grand Prairie TX, Fort Lauderdale FL, Glendale AZ, High Point NC, Mesquite TX, Lakewood CO, Garland TX, Peoria IL, Grand Rapids MI, Independence MO · 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 | #317 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #223 | #322 | #247 | #310 | #225 | #299 | #261 | #284 | #236 | #256 | #304 | #322 | #309 | #261 | #315 | #298 | #289 | #323 | #317 | #311 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 183,651 | 183,581 | 182,528 | 181,287 | 181,000 | 180,888 | 180,078 | 180,056 | 181,275 | 181,522 | 180,958 | 180,209 | 179,447 | 178,523 | 179,225 | 186,052 | 184,717 | 184,004 | 183,249 | 183,056 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #280 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | -1.8 | -1.5 | -1.6 | -1.9 | -1.1 | — | -1.5 | -1.4 | -0.4 | -0.9 | -1.4 | -1.4 | -1.3 | -1.2 | -0.3 | -0.3 | -1.2 | -1.0 | -1.1 | -0.9 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #269 of 271 cities with data · 12th of 12 in its peer group with data | — | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.2 | — | — | 4.4 | 1.6 | 1.2 | — | — | 1.3 | — | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 0.0 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #191 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | 20.4% | 20.4% | 21.4% | 20.7% | 21.7% | 22.3% | 23.6% | 24.5% | 21.8% | 22.4% | 23.5% | 23.5% | 24.0% | 23.6% | 24.6% | — | 22.9% | 22.3% | 24.5% | 25.0% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #251 of 304 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group | 8.2 | 10.3 | 15.3 | 8.8 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 8.3 | 11.7 | 8.3 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 17.2 | 14.5 | 13.4 | 13.9 | 13.4 | 16.2 | 16.8 | 25.6 | 12.6 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #253 of 295 cities with data · 12th of 13 in its peer group with data | 110.0 | 119.8 | 82.7 | 96.0 | 81.2 | 69.1 | 52.2 | 50.5 | 70.1 | 72.7 | 75.7 | 85.5 | 93.1 | 127.7 | 161.2 | 186.5 | 200.3 | 175.0 | 200.8 | 188.5 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 95,212 | 90,548 | 96,525 | 90,990 | 91,123 | 88,027 | 90,573 | 90,258 | 95,585 | 96,866 | 96,208 | 94,485 | 95,112 | 99,669 | 100,337 | 97,807 | 95,856 | 96,964 | 98,238 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #237 of 329 cities with data · 7th of 13 in its peer group with data · 2023 | +1.9 | -7.4 | +3.2 | -4.7 | +2.6 | -2.4 | -0.1 | +2.2 | +3.1 | +1.4 | -2.1 | -2.4 | -0.4 | +3.4 | +0.7 | +2.4 | +0.2 | -3.8 | -1.0 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 81,879 | 82,735 | 83,871 | 83,434 | 81,014 | 84,647 | 79,810 | 84,200 | 80,245 | — | 83,545 | 84,700 | 85,502 | 86,686 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #147 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11.6% | 10.1% | 8.2% | 8.4% | 7.6% | 7.1% | 6.6% | 3.0% | 6.4% | — | 7.1% | 6.2% | 5.6% | 4.6% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #272 of 314 cities with data · 14th of 14 in its peer group | 14% | 18% | 11% | 18% | 17% | 8% | 2% | 5% | 7% | 13% | 14% | 11% | 15% | 16% | 15% | 11% | 19% | -1% | 3% | -1% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #210 of 314 cities with data · 12th of 14 in its peer group | $7,045 | $7,378 | $7,227 | $6,895 | $6,886 | $6,153 | $5,578 | $6,052 | $4,791 | $6,038 | $5,543 | $6,312 | $7,197 | $7,143 | $5,911 | $5,289 | $6,772 | $3,739 | $3,359 | $3,617 |
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 Newport News. 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.