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Spokane, WA
230,609 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 5367000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Spokane ranked #105 of 340 cities and 6th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Spokane and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Eugene OR, Salem OR, Salt Lake City UT, Rockford IL, Tacoma WA, Akron OH, Fort Wayne IN, Reno NV, Madison WI, Boise ID, Fort Collins CO, Springfield MO, Vancouver WA · 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 | #105 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #169 | #81 | #112 | #55 | #44 | #72 | #77 | #153 | #141 | #169 | #116 | #120 | #99 | #116 | #141 | #196 | #113 | #165 | #105 | #112 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 200,557 | 202,603 | 205,337 | 206,918 | 208,435 | 209,525 | 209,042 | 209,304 | 210,036 | 211,095 | 212,545 | 215,191 | 217,415 | 219,332 | 222,081 | 229,205 | 230,542 | 230,777 | 230,193 | 230,609 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #78 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group | +0.7 | +1.0 | +1.3 | +0.7 | +0.7 | — | -0.2 | -0.1 | +0.1 | +0.4 | +0.7 | +1.2 | +1.3 | +1.3 | +1.5 | +0.3 | +0.7 | +0.7 | +0.3 | +0.2 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #78 of 271 cities with data · 4th of 11 in its peer group with data | 4.6 | 5.5 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.8 | — | 1.9 | — | — | 2.5 | 5.6 | 5.7 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #56 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group | 20.0% | 19.8% | 19.8% | 19.1% | 22.0% | 20.0% | 20.8% | 21.1% | 22.5% | 22.1% | 20.0% | 21.7% | 21.4% | 19.7% | 20.4% | — | 20.2% | 21.7% | 23.8% | 20.5% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #180 of 304 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group | 6.5 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 6.3 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 6.2 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 5.0 | 2.7 | 9.2 | 6.5 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 6.9 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #187 of 295 cities with data · 10th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 51.5 | 58.8 | 55.8 | 68.5 | 85.5 | 86.7 | 94.7 | 88.5 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 115,550 | 119,514 | 120,908 | 122,644 | 121,328 | 122,851 | 122,169 | 113,760 | 117,750 | 112,650 | 118,977 | 125,850 | 129,133 | 126,850 | 127,473 | 123,833 | 119,788 | 127,676 | 130,180 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #93 of 329 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -1.8 | +0.1 | -1.3 | +1.1 | +2.3 | -0.7 | -0.7 | -0.4 | -0.0 | -4.1 | +3.6 | -0.1 | -0.3 | -1.9 | +0.2 | -0.4 | -1.9 | -2.3 | +1.0 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 94,508 | 91,467 | 91,141 | 93,692 | 92,622 | 98,949 | 101,460 | 107,818 | 104,882 | — | 105,141 | 116,309 | 112,184 | 113,839 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #161 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12.1% | 10.0% | 8.1% | 6.5% | 8.1% | 5.8% | 4.5% | 5.5% | 6.3% | — | 7.1% | 4.2% | 3.9% | 4.8% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #218 of 314 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group | 26% | 38% | 29% | 31% | 28% | 24% | 22% | 21% | 19% | 13% | 12% | 8% | 16% | 15% | 17% | 14% | 18% | 20% | 17% | 13% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #105 of 314 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group | $2,122 | $1,709 | $1,440 | $1,448 | $1,562 | $1,336 | $1,407 | $1,240 | $1,140 | $1,037 | $2,128 | $2,482 | $2,401 | $2,313 | $2,594 | $2,620 | $2,409 | $2,142 | $2,024 | $1,898 |
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 Spokane. 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.