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Tacoma, WA
228,202 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 5370000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Tacoma ranked #278 of 340 cities and 14th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Tacoma and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Vancouver WA, St. Paul MN, Spokane WA, West Valley City UT, Gresham OR, Salem OR, Salt Lake City UT, Modesto CA, Tempe AZ, Aurora CO, Lancaster CA, Eugene OR, Worcester MA · 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 | #278 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #187 | #260 | #201 | #213 | #210 | #257 | #215 | #265 | #264 | #190 | #251 | #248 | #190 | #199 | #169 | #274 | #202 | #266 | #278 | #271 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 195,552 | 197,639 | 198,092 | 199,492 | 200,325 | 198,230 | 199,519 | 201,537 | 202,127 | 203,740 | 206,784 | 210,248 | 213,417 | 216,111 | 217,827 | 219,756 | 219,938 | 220,993 | 224,886 | 228,202 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #96 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | +0.4 | +1.0 | +0.4 | +0.8 | +0.4 | — | +0.7 | -0.0 | -0.1 | +0.5 | +0.4 | +1.4 | +1.2 | +1.0 | +0.7 | +0.1 | -0.1 | -0.5 | -0.3 | +0.1 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #185 of 271 cities with data · 10th of 13 in its peer group with data | 3.7 | 4.7 | 5.8 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 3.8 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 5.2 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 11.2 | 7.0 | 3.1 | 1.8 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #152 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group | 21.4% | 19.9% | 20.1% | 19.8% | 21.3% | 21.6% | 21.9% | 22.0% | 21.4% | 21.3% | 22.6% | 22.6% | 22.5% | 24.7% | 21.7% | — | 22.2% | 23.4% | 22.8% | 23.9% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #213 of 304 cities with data · 12th of 13 in its peer group with data | 6.6 | 10.6 | 6.1 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 7.1 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 4.9 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 6.2 | 4.7 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 13.2 | 14.5 | 18.1 | 12.0 | 8.8 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #278 of 295 cities with data · 13th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | 119.1 | 113.8 | 103.3 | 74.7 | 77.2 | 85.3 | 86.6 | 82.9 | 110.7 | 185.5 | 167.7 | 149.9 | 174.0 | 201.6 | 343.7 | 500.0 | 349.1 | 275.2 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 102,900 | 104,845 | 106,008 | 106,905 | 101,495 | 100,436 | 100,075 | 99,366 | 100,383 | 104,047 | 105,990 | 108,583 | 110,819 | 114,807 | 116,984 | 114,616 | 112,494 | 121,574 | 125,202 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #138 of 329 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +1.2 | -3.1 | -0.6 | -1.2 | -2.9 | -0.4 | -3.6 | -2.3 | -1.5 | +0.5 | -0.5 | -1.6 | -0.2 | +0.4 | +2.8 | -1.5 | -1.1 | +1.8 | +0.3 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 90,220 | 92,562 | 91,203 | 98,209 | 96,222 | 102,133 | 102,700 | 109,639 | 113,138 | — | 110,405 | 109,516 | 116,460 | 113,759 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #210 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15.8% | 11.1% | 9.4% | 7.8% | 6.5% | 5.7% | 4.9% | 4.4% | 5.1% | — | 5.3% | 6.5% | 6.0% | 5.4% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #180 of 314 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group | 20% | 25% | 19% | 27% | 22% | 18% | 19% | 20% | 13% | 15% | 16% | 14% | 18% | 22% | 24% | 20% | 22% | 26% | 21% | 20% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #295 of 314 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group | $9,274 | $9,659 | $9,789 | $9,010 | $8,947 | $9,512 | $11,260 | $10,763 | $10,338 | $10,213 | $9,889 | $9,324 | $10,216 | $10,252 | $10,546 | $10,728 | $9,678 | $9,189 | $8,965 | $9,024 |
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 Tacoma. 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.