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Richmond, VA
233,655 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 5167000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Richmond ranked #209 of 340 cities and 5th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Richmond and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Norfolk VA, Akron OH, Greensboro NC, Worcester MA, Little Rock AR, Winston-Salem NC, Chattanooga TN, Orlando FL, Salt Lake City UT, Toledo OH, Springfield MO, Cincinnati OH, Knoxville TN · 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 | #209 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #290 | #332 | #320 | #308 | #311 | #231 | #280 | #209 | #285 | #286 | #300 | #294 | #273 | #272 | #275 | #262 | #308 | #235 | #209 | #228 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 197,465 | 198,618 | 200,201 | 202,254 | 203,678 | 204,302 | 206,391 | 210,794 | 213,860 | 217,044 | 220,856 | 225,369 | 227,230 | 229,221 | 230,436 | 226,923 | 227,164 | 228,670 | 230,383 | 233,655 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #85 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group | -0.4 | -0.2 | +0.1 | +0.2 | +0.0 | — | +0.3 | +1.2 | +0.7 | +0.7 | +0.8 | +1.1 | -0.0 | +0.1 | -0.1 | +0.0 | -0.4 | -0.2 | -0.4 | +0.1 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #29 of 271 cities with data · 1st of 12 in its peer group with data | 3.8 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 5.8 | 2.5 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 11.6 | 9.9 | 10.9 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #276 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | 24.3% | 23.9% | 23.2% | 25.5% | 26.5% | 25.5% | 26.0% | 26.9% | 26.7% | 24.9% | 27.9% | 26.7% | 24.5% | 24.9% | 25.2% | — | 26.5% | 24.3% | 26.3% | 27.5% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #293 of 304 cities with data · 13th of 13 in its peer group with data | 43.0 | 37.8 | 27.0 | 14.8 | 19.1 | 20.6 | 17.4 | 20.9 | 17.3 | 19.8 | 19.5 | 25.3 | 29.0 | 23.1 | 24.3 | 29.1 | 39.2 | 25.8 | 27.8 | 24.0 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #159 of 295 cities with data · 2nd of 13 in its peer group with data | 142.3 | 112.8 | 87.9 | 59.3 | 59.4 | 70.5 | 62.0 | 68.3 | 61.7 | 61.7 | 66.1 | 79.0 | 85.4 | 73.3 | 87.2 | 82.0 | 96.0 | 93.6 | 66.8 | 67.2 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 160,744 | 159,448 | 158,064 | 156,912 | 144,958 | 144,203 | 145,896 | 157,123 | 157,548 | 154,643 | 158,291 | 161,396 | 163,509 | 165,217 | 165,111 | 159,146 | 153,254 | 166,131 | 174,706 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #63 of 329 cities with data · 2nd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +2.0 | -3.7 | -1.9 | -1.7 | -2.8 | +2.0 | -1.4 | +5.3 | -2.5 | -2.2 | -0.7 | -1.1 | +0.3 | -0.5 | -0.4 | -0.4 | -3.4 | +3.5 | +1.8 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 96,341 | 101,705 | 101,830 | 109,348 | 109,848 | 112,422 | 114,387 | 118,905 | 125,173 | — | 116,583 | 126,291 | 125,414 | 131,558 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #143 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12.6% | 8.9% | 10.8% | 10.1% | 8.6% | 7.5% | 6.3% | 4.4% | 5.6% | — | 7.4% | 6.6% | 3.8% | 4.6% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #243 of 314 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group | 8% | 6% | 1% | 11% | 10% | 15% | 17% | 16% | 15% | 14% | 12% | 19% | 16% | 14% | 16% | 11% | 14% | 6% | 9% | 8% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #292 of 314 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group | $9,183 | $8,661 | $9,041 | $7,866 | $8,559 | $8,791 | $8,679 | $8,651 | $9,183 | $9,199 | $9,207 | $8,791 | $8,534 | $8,250 | $4,717 | $9,053 | $8,777 | $8,400 | $7,800 | $8,413 |
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 Richmond. 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.