Editing Tallahassee, Florida

{{Short description|Capital city of Florida, United States}}
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| leader_name1       = Curtis Richardson
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| leader_name3       = Reese Goad
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| leader_name4       = James Cooke, IV
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'''Tallahassee''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|t|æ|l|ə|ˈ|h|æ|s|i}} {{respell|TAL|ə|HASS|ee}}) is the [[List of capitals in the United States|capital city]] of the U.S. state of [[Florida]]. It is the [[county seat]] of and the only incorporated municipality in [[Leon County, Florida|Leon County]]. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida, then the [[Florida Territory]], in 1824. In 2022, the estimated population was 201,731,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tallahassee city, Florida |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/tallahasseecityflorida |access-date=April 15, 2022 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> making it the [[List of municipalities in Florida|eighth-most populous city in the state of Florida]].<ref name="PopEstBigCities">{{cite web |url=http://www.census.gov |title=Table 1: 2010 Municipality Population |format=[[comma-separated values|CSV]] |work=2010 Population |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]], Population Division |date=March 24, 2010 |access-date=July 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103190745/http://www.census.gov/ |archive-date=January 3, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> It is the principal city of the [[Tallahassee, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area]], which had an estimated population of 390,992 {{as of|2022|lc=y}}. Tallahassee is the largest city in the [[Big Bend (Florida)|Florida Big Bend]] and [[Florida Panhandle]] regions.

With a student population exceeding 70,000, Tallahassee is a [[college town]], home to [[Florida State University]], [[Florida A&M University]], and [[Tallahassee State College]] (a large [[Florida College System|state college]] that serves mainly as a feeder school to FSU and FAMU).<ref>{{cite web |title=Team, News, Projects {{!}} Tallahassee Investor Relations {{!}} BondLink |url=https://www.tallahasseebonds.com/tallahassee-bond-investors-fl/about/i478 |access-date=June 15, 2020 |website=www.tallahasseebonds.com}}</ref>

As the capital, Tallahassee is the site of the [[Florida State Capitol]], [[Supreme Court of Florida]], [[Florida Governor's Mansion]], and nearly 30 state agency headquarters. The city is also known for its large number of law firms, lobbying organizations, trade associations and professional associations, including [[The Florida Bar]] and the [[Florida Chamber of Commerce]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.flchamber.com/ |title=Florida Chamber of Commerce &#124; Home Page |publisher=Flchamber.com |access-date=August 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140804012309/http://www.flchamber.com/ |archive-date=August 4, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> It is a recognized regional center for scientific research, and home to the [[National High Magnetic Field Laboratory]]. In 2015, Tallahassee was awarded the [[All-America City Award]] by the [[National Civic League]] for the second time.

==History==
{{Main|History of Tallahassee, Florida|Timeline of Tallahassee, Florida}}
[[File:Mission San Luis.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Mission San Luis de Apalachee]] as it may have appeared in the 17th century]]

Indigenous peoples occupied this area for thousands of years before European encounter. Around 1200, the large and complex [[Mississippian culture]] had built earthwork mounds near Lake Jackson which survive today; they are preserved in the [[Lake Jackson Mounds Archaeological State Park|Lake Jackson Archaeological State Park]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tallahasseenewsroom.com/MediaKit/Trivia/ |title=tallahasseenewsroom.com |access-date=August 2, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712020703/http://www.tallahasseenewsroom.com/MediaKit/Trivia/ |archive-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref>

The [[Spanish Empire]] established its first colonial settlement at [[St. Augustine, Florida|St. Augustine]]. During the 17th century, the Spanish established several missions in [[Apalachee Province|Apalachee territory]] to procure food and labor to support their settlement, and to convert the natives to [[Roman Catholicism]]. The largest, [[Mission San Luis de Apalachee]] in Tallahassee, has been partially reconstructed by the state of Florida.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reconstructing Mission San Luis |url=https://www.missionsanluis.org/learn/reconstructing-msl/ |access-date=November 16, 2023 |website=Mission San Luis - Florida Department of State |archive-date=November 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116204701/https://www.missionsanluis.org/learn/reconstructing-msl/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The [[Narváez expedition|expedition]] of [[Pánfilo de Narváez]] encountered the Apalachee people but did not reach the site of Tallahassee. [[Hernando de Soto (explorer)|Hernando de Soto]] and his mid-16th-century expedition occupied the Apalachee town of [[Anhaica]] (at what is now Tallahassee) in the winter of 1538–39. Based on archaeological excavations, this Anhaica site is known to have been about {{convert|0.5|mi|m|sigfig=1}} east of the present [[Florida State Capitol]]. The De Soto encampment is believed to be the first place that Christmas was celebrated in the continental United States.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hernando de Soto 1539–1540 Winter Encampment at Anhaica Apalachee |url=https://dos.fl.gov/historical/archaeology/projects/hernando-de-soto-1539-1540-winter-encampment-at-anhaica-apalachee/ |access-date=November 16, 2023 |website=Division of Historical Resources - Florida Department of State}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The First Known Christmas in Florida |url=https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/342048?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=Tt3a4cO_a2he8tqCZd81fIXqJtyo9IyqPmDkW5vR820-1637270358-0-gaNycGzNCn0 |website=Florida Memory}}</ref>

The name ''Tallahassee'' is a [[Muskogean languages|Muskogean]] language word often translated as "old fields" or "old town".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.flheritage.com/facts/reports/names/city3.cfm#T |title=Name Origins of Florida Places |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |publisher=Florida Department of State, Division of Historical Resources |access-date=July 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729184751/http://www.flheritage.com/facts/reports/names/city3.cfm#T |archive-date=July 29, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It was likely an expression of the [[Creek (people)|Creek]] people who migrated from [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] and [[Alabama]] to this region in the late 18th and early 19th centuries under pressure from [[European-American]] encroachment on their territory. They found large areas of cleared land previously occupied by the [[Apalachee]] tribe. (The Creek and later refugees who joined them developed as the [[Seminole (tribe)|Seminole]] Indians of Florida. The [[Talimali Band of Apalachee Indians]] in [[Louisiana]] identify as present-day descendants of the Apalachee Indians.){{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

During the [[First Seminole War]], [[Andrew Jackson|General Andrew Jackson]] fought two [[skirmish]]es in and around Tallahassee, which was then Spanish territory. The first battle took place on November 12, 1817. After Chief Neamathla, of the village of Fowltown just west of present-day Tallahassee, refused Jackson's orders to relocate, Jackson entered the village, burnt it to the ground, and drove off its occupants. The Indians retaliated, killing 50 soldiers and civilians. Jackson reentered Florida in March 1818. According to Jackson's adjutant, Colonel Robert Butler, they "advanced on the Indian village called Tallahasse (sic) [where] two of the enemy were made prisoner."<ref>Hare, p.22</ref>

===State capital===
[[File:Cascadespark.jpg|thumb|A hand-colored photograph of [[Cascades Park (Tallahassee)|Cascades Park]] in 1912]]
Florida became an American territory in September 1821, in accordance with the [[Adams-Onís Treaty]] of 1819.

The first session of the [[Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida]] met on July 22, 1822, at Pensacola, the former capital of [[West Florida]]. Members from St. Augustine, the former capital of [[East Florida]], traveled 59 days by water to attend. The second session was in St. Augustine, and western delegates needed 28 days to travel perilously around the peninsula to reach St. Augustine. During this session, delegates decided to hold future meetings at a halfway point. Two appointed commissioners selected Tallahassee, then an Apalachee settlement ([[Anhaica]]) virtually abandoned after [[Seminole Wars#East Florida (east side of Apalachicola River)|Andrew Jackson burned it in 1818]], as a halfway point. In 1824, the third legislative session met there in a crude log building serving as the capitol.<ref>''Florida: A Short History,'' Michael V. Gannon, {{ISBN|0-8130-1167-1}}, 1993</ref>

From 1821 through 1845, during Florida's territorial period, the rough-hewn frontier capital gradually developed as a town. The [[Marquis de Lafayette]], French hero of the American Revolution, returned to the United States in 1824 for a tour. The [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]] voted to give him $200,000 (the same amount he had given the colonies in 1778), US citizenship, and the [[Lafayette Land Grant]], {{convert|36|sqmi|km2|sigfig=2}} of land that today includes large portions of Tallahassee. In 1845, a [[Greek revival]] masonry structure was erected as the Capitol building in time for statehood. Now known as the "old Capitol", it stands in front of the high-rise Capitol building built in the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cfhf.net/maps/1839.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040620001604/http://www.cfhf.net/maps/1839.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=June 20, 2004 |title=Mosquito County 1842 |access-date=May 10, 2006}}</ref>

Tallahassee was in the heart of Florida's [[Cotton Belt (region)|Cotton Belt]]—Leon County led the state in cotton production—and was the center of the [[History of slavery|slave trade]] in Florida.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.questia.com/read/259813?title=3%3a%20Slave%20Trading |title=Slavery and Plantation Growth in Antebellum, Florida, 1821–1860 |publisher= |date=July 30, 2012 |access-date=August 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812132531/http://www.questia.com/read/259813?title=3%3a%20Slave%20Trading |archive-date=August 12, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> During the [[American Civil War]], Tallahassee was the only Confederate state capital east of the [[Mississippi River]] not captured by Union forces, and the only one not burned. A small engagement, the [[Battle of Natural Bridge]], was fought south of the city on March 6, 1865, just a month before the war ended.

[[File:First reenactment of the Battle of Natural Bridge of 1865 in 1975.jpg|thumb|A reenactment of the 1865 [[Battle of Natural Bridge]]]]
During the 19th century, the institutions that later developed into [[Florida State University]] were established in Tallahassee; it became a university town. These included the [[Tallahassee Female Academy]] (founded 1843) and the Florida Institute (founded 1854). In 1851, the Florida legislature decreed two seminaries be built on either side of the [[Suwannee River]], [[East Florida Seminary]] and [[West Florida Seminary]]. In 1855, West Florida Seminary was transferred to the Florida Institute building (which had been established as an inducement for the state to place the seminary in Tallahassee). In 1858, the seminary absorbed the Tallahassee Female Academy and became coeducational.<ref name="fshist">{{cite web |title=History |url=http://www.fsu.edu/about/history.html |publisher=Office of University Communications, Florida State University |access-date=December 21, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107061306/https://www.fsu.edu/about/history.html |archive-date=January 7, 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Its main building was near the northwest corner of South Copeland and West Jefferson streets, approximately where FSU's [[Westcott Building]] is today.

[[File:HistoricTallahassee.jpg|thumb|Tallahassee in 1885]]
In 1887, the Normal College for Colored Students, the ancestor of today's [[Florida A&M University|FAMU]], opened its doors. The legislature decided Tallahassee was the best location in Florida for a college serving African-American students; the state had segregated schools. Four years later, its name was changed to [[State Normal and Industrial College for Colored Students]], to teach teachers for elementary school children and students in industrial skills.

After the Civil War, much of Florida's industry moved south and east, a trend that continues today. The end of [[Slavery in the United States|slavery]] and the rise of free labor reduced the profitability of the cotton and tobacco trades, at a time when world markets were also changing. The state's major industries shifted to citrus, lumber, [[naval stores]], cattle ranching, and tourism. The latter was increasingly important by the late 19th century. In the post-Civil War period, many former [[plantation]]s in the Tallahassee area were purchased by wealthy northerners for use as winter hunting preserves. This included the hunting preserve of Henry L. Beadel, who bequeathed his land for the study of the effects of fire on wildlife habitat. Today the preserve is known as the [[Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy]], nationally recognized for its research into [[fire ecology]] and the use of [[prescribed burning]].

===1900–99===
Until [[World War II]], Tallahassee remained a small Southern town with virtually the entire population living within one mile (1.6&nbsp;km) of the Capitol.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}} The main economic drivers were the colleges and state government, where politicians met to discuss spending money on grand public improvement projects to accommodate growth in places such as Miami and Tampa Bay, hundreds of miles away from the capital.

Tallahassee was also active in protest during the [[civil rights era]]. The [[Tallahassee bus boycott]] was a citywide boycott in Tallahassee, Florida that sought to end racial segregation in the employment and seating arrangements of city buses. On May 26, 1956, Florida A&M University students Wilhelmina Jakes and Carrie Patterson were arrested by the [[Tallahassee Police Department]] for "placing themselves in a position to incite a riot". Robert Saunders, representing the [[NAACP]], and Rev. [[C. K. Steele]] began talks with city authorities while the local African-American community started boycotting the city's buses. The Inter-Civic Council ended the boycott on December 22, 1956. On January 7, 1957, the City Commission repealed the bus-franchise segregation clause because of the United States Supreme Court ruling ''[[Browder v. Gayle]]'' (1956). In the 1960s, there was a movement to transfer the capital to [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]], closer to the state's growing population centers. That movement was defeated; the 1970s saw a long-term commitment by the state to the capital city, with the construction of the new capitol complex and preservation of the old Florida State Capitol building.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

In 1970, the Census Bureau reported the city's population as 74.0% white and 25.4% black.<ref>{{cite web |title=Race and Hispanic Origin for Selected Cities and Other Places: Earliest Census to 199 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0076/twps0076.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812191959/http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0076/twps0076.html |archive-date=August 12, 2012}}</ref> In 1971, the city elected [[James R. Ford]] to the 5-member City Commission, and he became the city's first African-American mayor in 1972 (commissioners rotated into the position serving a one-year term).
 
[[Bobby Bowden]] became the head coach of [[Florida State Seminoles football]] in 1976, and turned Tallahassee into a city dominated by college football. Bowden became very successful very quickly at Florida State. By his second year, Bowden had to deny rumors that he would leave for another job; the team went 9–2, compared to the four wins total in the three seasons before Bowden. During 34 years as head coach he had only one losing season–his first, in 1976.

In 1977, the 22-story high-rise [[Florida State Capitol|Capitol building]], designed by architect [[Edward Durell Stone]], was completed. Since 2021, it has been the third-tallest state capitol building in the United States. In 1978, the Old Capitol, directly in front of the new Capitol, was scheduled for demolition, but state officials decided to keep it as a museum.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.flhistoriccapitol.gov/ |title=Florida Historic Capitol Museum |publisher=Flhistoriccapitol.gov |access-date=August 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629132433/http://www.flhistoriccapitol.gov/ |archive-date=June 29, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1986, [[Jack McLean (mayor)|Jack McLean]] served as mayor, the second African-American to hold the position.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Gerald |last=Ensley |title=1982 election last gasp of 'good 'ol boy' system |newspaper=[[Tallahassee Democrat]] |date=September 26, 2015 |url=https://www.tallahassee.com/story/opinion/columnists/ensley/2015/09/26/election-last-gasp-good-ol-boy-system/72893100/}}</ref>

===2000–present===
Tallahassee was the center of world attention for six weeks during the [[United States presidential election in Florida, 2000|2000 United States Presidential election recount]], which involved numerous rulings by the [[Florida Secretary of State]] and the [[Florida Supreme Court]].

Tallahassee has been impacted by many natural disasters, including a direct hit by [[Hurricane Hermine]], which caused about 80% of the city proper to lose power, including [[Florida State University]];<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2017/09/01/hurricane-hermine-numbers/619992001/ |title=Hurricane Hermine: By the numbers |website=Tallahassee Democrat |access-date=February 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223020438/https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2017/09/01/hurricane-hermine-numbers/619992001/ |archive-date=February 23, 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Hurricane Michael]] in 2018; and [[2024 Tallahassee tornadoes|two EF2 tornadoes]] in 2024.<ref>{{cite report |author=National Weather Service in Tallahassee, Florida |title=NWS Damage Survey for the May 10, 2024 Tornado Event |url=https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=PNSTAE&e=202405122206 |publisher=Iowa Environmental Mesonet |date=May 12, 2024 |access-date=May 12, 2024}}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Old and New Florida State Capitol, Tallahassee, East view 20160711 1.jpg|thumb|upright|A view of both the historic and the current Florida State Capitols]]
[[File:The Call-Collins House, The Grove- Tallahassee, Florida (7157983334).jpg|thumb|Historic Grove Plantation, known officially as the '''Call/Collins House at The Grove.''' Territorial Governor Richard Keith Call built this antebellum plantation house {{Circa|1840}}.]]

The approximate coordinates for the City of Tallahassee is located at {{coord|30|27|18|N|84|15|12|W|}}.

Tallahassee has an area of {{convert|98.2|sqmi|km2|1}}, of which {{convert|95.7|sqmi|km2|1}} is land and {{convert|2.5|sqmi|km2}}, or 2.59%, is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=April 23, 2011 |date=February 12, 2011 |title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

Tallahassee's terrain is hilly by Florida standards, being at the southern end of the [[Red Hills Region]], just above the [[Cody Scarp]]. The elevation varies from near sea level to just over {{convert|200|ft|m}}, with the state capitol on one of the highest hills in the city. The city includes two large lake basins, [[Lake Jackson (Tallahassee, Florida)|Lake Jackson]] and [[Lake Lafayette]], and borders the northern end of the [[Apalachicola National Forest]].

The flora and fauna are similar to those found in the mid-south and low country regions of [[South Carolina]] and [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. The palm trees are the more cold-hardy varieties like the state tree, the ''[[Sabal palmetto]]''. Pines, magnolias, hickories, and a variety of oaks are the dominant trees. The [[live oak|Southern Live Oak]] is perhaps the most emblematic of the city.

===Nearby cities and suburbs===
{{div col|colwidth=10em}}
*[[Crawfordville, Florida|Crawfordville]]
*[[Havana, Florida|Havana]]
*[[Lamont, Florida|Lamont]]
*[[Lloyd, Florida|Lloyd]]
*[[Midway, Gadsden County, Florida|Midway]]
*[[Monticello, Florida|Monticello]]
*[[Quincy, Florida|Quincy]]
{{div col end}}

===Cityscape===
{{wide image|TallahasseeCityscape.png|1030px|align-cap=center|A panoramic view of Downtown Tallahassee}}

====Neighborhoods====
Tallahassee has many neighborhoods inside the city limits. Some of the most known and defined include All Saints, Apalachee Ridge, Betton Hills, Buck Lake, Callen, [[Frenchtown (Tallahassee)|Frenchtown]] (the oldest historically black neighborhood in the state),<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goñi-Lessan |first1=Ana |title=Lafayette's Tallahassee and the French influence on Florida's capital city |url=https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/bicentennial/2024/01/05/tallahassees-french-connection-lafayette-murat-and-frenchtown/71738659007/ |access-date=22 March 2025 |work=Tallahassee Democrat |date=5 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250322033804/http://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/bicentennial/2024/01/05/tallahassees-french-connection-lafayette-murat-and-frenchtown/71738659007/ |archive-date=22 March 2025 |language=en |quote=Frenchtown, the oldest historically Black community in Florida, was originally an area settled by French laborers that Lafayette wooed over from Europe with promises of building a large plantation.}}</ref> Killearn Estates, Killearn Lakes Plantation, Lafayette Park, Levy Park, [[Los Robles Gate|Los Robles]], Midtown, Holly Hills, Jake Gaither/University Park, Indian Head Acres, Myers Park, [[Smoky Hollow Historic District|Smokey Hollow]], [[SouthWood, Tallahassee, Florida|SouthWood]], Seminole Manor and Woodland Drives.

Tallahassee is also home to some [[gated communities]], including Golden Eagle, Ox Bottom, Lafayette Oaks, and The Preserve at San Luis; the Tallahassee Ranch Club is to the southeast of the city.

====Tallest buildings====
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! Name
! Street Address
! Height ({{Abbr|ft|feet}})
! Height ({{Abbr|m|meters}})
! Floors
! Year
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| 1
| [[Florida State Capitol]]
| 400 South Monroe St.
| 345
| 101
| 25
| 1977<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/city/102379/tallahassee-fl-usa |title=Tallahassee &#124; Buildings &#124; EMPORIS |access-date=August 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810193036/https://www.emporis.com/city/102379/tallahassee-fl-usa |archive-date=August 10, 2019 |url-status=usurped}}</ref>
|-
| 2
| [[Turlington Building]]
| 325 West Gaines St.
| 318
| 97
| 19
| 1990
|-
| 3
| Plaza Tower
| 300 South Duval St.
| 276
| 84
| 24
| 2008
|-
| 4
| Highpoint Center
| 106 East College Ave.
| 239
| 70
| 15
| 1990
|-
| 5
| [[DoubleTree|DoubleTree Hotel]]
| 101 South Adams St.
| 220
| 67
| 17
| 1972
|}

===Urban planning and expansion===
[[File:Tallahasseeskyline.jpg|thumb|Downtown Tallahassee at night]]
The first plan for the Capitol Center was the 1947 Taylor Plan, which consolidated several government buildings in one downtown area. In 1974, the Capitol Center Planning Commission for the City of Tallahassee, Florida responded to growth of its urban center with a conceptual plan for the expansion of its Capitol Center. [[Hisham Ashkouri]], working for [[The Architects' Collaborative]], led the urban planning and design effort. Estimating growth and related development for approximately the next 25 years, the program projected the need for 2.3&nbsp;million square feet (214,000&nbsp;m<sup>2</sup>) of new government facilities in the city core, with 3,500 dwelling units, {{convert|100|acre|ha|sigfig=2}} of new public open space, retail and private office space, and other ancillary spaces. Community participation was an integral part of the design review, welcoming Tallahassee residents to provide input as well as citizens' groups and government agencies, resulting in the creation of six separate design alternatives. {{citation needed|date=November 2018}}

===Sprawl and compact growth===
The Tallahassee-Leon County Planning Department implements policies aimed at promoting compact growth and development, including the establishment and maintenance of an Urban Service Area. The intent of the Urban Service Area is to "have Tallahassee and Leon County grow in a responsible manner, with infrastructure provided economically and efficiently, and surrounding forest and agricultural lands protected from unwarranted and premature conversion to urban land use."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.talgov.com/Uploads/Public/Documents/planning/pdf/compln/thecompplan/lus.pdf |title=Land Use Element of the Tallahassee-Leon County Comprehensive Plan. |date=January 22, 2016 |website=Talgov.com |access-date=January 11, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170114153704/http://talgov.com/Uploads/Public/Documents/planning/pdf/compln/thecompplan/lus.pdf |archive-date=January 14, 2017}}</ref> The result of compact growth policies has been a significant overall reduction in the Sprawl Index for Tallahassee between 2000 and 2010.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Hamidi |first1=Shima |last2=Ewing |first2=Reid |date=August 1, 2014 |title=A longitudinal study of changes in urban sprawl between 2000 and 2010 in the United States |journal=Landscape and Urban Planning |volume=128 |pages=72–82 |doi=10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.04.021 |bibcode=2014LUrbP.128...72H}}</ref> CityLab reported on this finding, stating "Tallahassee laps the field, at least as far as the Sprawl Index is concerned."<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.citylab.com/housing/2014/06/the-us-cities-that-sprawled-the-most-and-least-between-2000-and-2010/372105/ |title=The U.S. Cities That Sprawled the Most (and Least) Between 2000 and 2010 |newspaper=CityLab |language=en-US |access-date=January 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118073636/http://www.citylab.com/housing/2014/06/the-us-cities-that-sprawled-the-most-and-least-between-2000-and-2010/372105/ |archive-date=January 18, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Climate===
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|41|68|4.5
|46|74|5.1
|53|81|3.8
|62|88|3.3
|70|92|8.1
|73|93|7.1
|72|92|7.7
|69|90|5.3
|57|83|3.2
|46|73|3.0
|41|66|4.3
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|source = NOAA<ref name="NOAA">{{cite web |url=https://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=tae |title=NowData – NOAA Online Weather Data |publisher=[[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] |access-date=February 25, 2012 |archive-date=September 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905085903/http://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=tae |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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[[File:AutumnColors.JPG|thumb|Tallahassee experiences four seasons. Shown here are the autumn leaves along the sidewalks of Monroe Street in Downtown Tallahassee.]]
Tallahassee has a [[humid subtropical climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''Cfa''), with long, tropical summers and short, mild winters, as well as warm to hot, drier springs and autumns.  Tallahassee falls in [[USDA]] [[hardiness zones]] 8b ({{Convert|15 to 20|F|disp=semicolon}}). Summer maximum temperatures <!--not necessarily higher by daily mean--> are hotter than locations to the south on the Florida peninsula and it is one of the few cities in the state to occasionally record temperatures above {{convert|100|°F|1}}; there are an average of 11.2 days per year that have temperatures at least that high.<ref name=NOAA2>{{cite web |url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00088756&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL |title=NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access |publisher=[[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] |access-date=January 25, 2023}}</ref> The record high of {{convert|105|°F|0}} was set on June 15, 2011.<ref>{{cite web |title=NOAA Weather Records Tallahassee |url=http://www.weather.gov/climate/getclimate.php?wfo=tae |publisher=NOAA |access-date=June 15, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060929081457/http://www.weather.gov/climate/getclimate.php?wfo=tae |archive-date=September 29, 2006}}</ref>

Summer is characterized by brief intense [[rain|showers]] and [[thunderstorms]] that form along the afternoon [[sea breeze]] from the [[Gulf of Mexico]]. The daily mean temperature in July, the hottest month, is {{convert|82.9|°F|1}}. Conversely, the winter is markedly cooler, with a January daily average temperature of {{convert|51.0|°F|1}}.<ref name= NOAA/> There is an average of 34.6 nights with a minimum at or below freezing, and on average, the window for freezing temperatures is from November 22 thru March 16, allowing a growing season of 250&nbsp;days.<ref name= NOAA/> With the data from the 1991&ndash;2020 normals, Tallahassee is in a [[Hardiness zone|USDA 9a zone]] by a small margin, the coldest temperature of the year usually being about {{convert|20.2|°F|1}}. Temperature readings below {{convert|15|°F|0}} are very rare, having last occurred on January 11, 2010.<ref name= NOAA/>

During the [[Great Blizzard of 1899]] the city reached {{convert|−2|°F|0}} on February 13, which remains Florida's only recorded subzero reading. The record cold daily maximum is {{convert|22|°F|0}}, set on the same day as the all-time record low. More recently, a {{convert|28|F|C}} daily maximum was recorded in 1985.<ref name = NOAA/> Conversely, the record warm daily minimum is {{convert|81|°F|0}} on July 15, 1980.<ref name= NOAA/>
However, the city itself is considerably warmer than the airport where the National Weather Service records its data from, even though the National Weather Service does not record data from it. This is due to an [[urban heat island]], which creates an average disparity of 5.8&nbsp;°F (3.2&nbsp;°C) and is especially pronounced during winter.<ref name="theurban">Scripps Media, Inc (December 6, 2014). {{cite web |url=https://www.wtxl.com/weather/the-urban-heat-island-phenomenon/article_d4b682ae-7dbc-11e4-b49e-57bd8d0e597e.html |title=The "Urban Heat Island" Phenomenon |work=[[WTXL]] |date=December 7, 2014 |access-date=June 11, 2022}}</ref><ref name="explainerthe">Roop, Charles (July 19, 2021). {{cite web |url=https://www.wctv.tv/2021/07/20/explainer-urban-heat-island-effect/ |title=Explainer: the urban heat island effect |work=[[WCTV]] |date=July 20, 2021 |access-date=August 16, 2022}}</ref><ref name="frostand">National Weather Service. {{cite web |url=https://www.weather.gov/tae/frost_and_freeze_info |title=Frost and Freeze Information for the NWS Tallahassee Area |work=[[NOAA]] |access-date=August 16, 2022}}</ref>

Snow and ice are rare in Tallahassee, not occurring during most winters. Historically, snow flurries are recorded every three to four years, but measurable snowfall of {{convert|0.1|in|cm|1}} or more has only happened once in the 1991–2020 time period.  Tallahassee has recorded a few very small accumulating snowfalls over the last 100 years; the greatest amount was {{convert|2.8|in|cm|0}} on February 13, 1958.<ref name="chanceof">Etters, Karl (February 7, 2016). "Chance of flurries dim, despite a cold week". ''Tallahassee Democrat''. February 7, 2016. p. A3.</ref> Tallahassee's other recorded measurable snowfalls were {{convert|1.0|in|cm|1}} on February 12–13, 1899, and [[December 1989 United States cold wave|December 22–23, 1989]]; {{convert|0.4|in|cm|1}} on March 28, 1955, and February 10, 1973; {{convert|0.2|in|cm|1}} on February 2, 1951; {{convert|0.1|in|cm|1}} on [[2017–18 North American cold wave|January 3, 2018]];<ref name= chanceof/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.srh.noaa.gov/images/tae/pdf/research/NWS%20Significant%20Snowfall%20Events%20in%20Tallahassee.pdf |title=Pattern Recognition of Significant Snowfall Events in Tallahassee, Florida |publisher=[[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]], [[National Weather Service]] |access-date=March 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516074818/http://www.srh.noaa.gov/images/tae/pdf/research/NWS%20Significant%20Snowfall%20Events%20in%20Tallahassee.pdf |archive-date=May 16, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Truchelut, Ryan (January 3, 2018). "[http://www.tallahassee.com/story/weather/2018/01/03/weathertiger-tallahassee-saw-hour-snow/1001292001/ Tallahassee saw an hour of snow for the history books] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226133705/https://www.tallahassee.com/story/weather/2018/01/03/weathertiger-tallahassee-saw-hour-snow/1001292001/ |date=December 26, 2018 }}". ''[[Tallahassee Democrat]]''.</ref> and 1.9 inches [[2025 Gulf Coast blizzard|on January 21-22, 2025]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Florida snow science: An obliterated record and a 1% chance |url=https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2025/01/24/florida-snow-science-an-obliterated-record-and-a-1-chance-weathertiger-thundersnow/77937702007/ |website=[[Tallahassee Democrat]] |access-date=29 January 2025 |date=January 24, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Webarchive |title=Tallahassee Weather Extremes |author=National Weather Service |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250131214317/https://www.weather.gov/tae/extremes |date=January 31, 2025 }}</ref>

Although several [[hurricane]]s have brushed Tallahassee with their outer rain and wind bands, in recent years only [[Hurricane Kate (1985)|Hurricane Kate]], in 1985, and [[Hurricane Hermine]], in 2016, have struck Tallahassee directly. [[Hurricane Michael]] passed {{Convert|50|mi}} to the west after making landfall near [[Mexico Beach, Florida]] in October 2018 as a Category 5 storm, resulting in 95% of [[Leon County, Florida|Leon County]] being without power.

[[File:MaclayGardens.jpg|thumb|Maclay Gardens Reflection Pool]]
The Big Bend area of North Florida sees several [[tornado]]es each year during the season, but they are generally weak, cause little structural damage, and rarely hit the city. On April 19, 2015, a tornado touched down in Tallahassee. The tornado was rated [[Enhanced Fujita scale|EF1]], and created a path as wide as {{convert|350|yards|m|0}} for almost {{convert|5|miles|km|0}} near Maclay Gardens.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wctv.tv/home/headlines/Confirmed-Tornado-Touched-Down-in-Tallahassee-Sunday-300689511.html |title=Confirmed Tornado Touched Down in Leon County Sunday |work=[[WCTV-TV]] |access-date=November 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620070144/http://www.wctv.tv/home/headlines/Confirmed-Tornado-Touched-Down-in-Tallahassee-Sunday-300689511.html |archive-date=June 20, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> Damage included numerous downed tree limbs and a car crushed by a falling tree. During extremely heavy rains, some low-lying parts of Tallahassee may flood, notably the Franklin Boulevard area adjacent to the downtown and the Killearn Lakes subdivision, outside the Tallahassee city limits, on the north side.

The most recent tornadoes to hit the city were EF2s on May 10, 2024. One of them hit downtown Tallahassee, being {{Convert|1400|yd|m}} wide.
{{Weather box
|location = [[Tallahassee International Airport]], Florida (1991–2020 normals,{{efn|Mean monthly maxima and minima (i.e. the highest and lowest temperature readings during an entire month or year) calculated based on data at said location from 1991 to 2020.}} extremes 1892–present)
|single line = Y
|Jan record high F = 84
|Feb record high F = 89
|Mar record high F = 91
|Apr record high F = 95
|May record high F = 102
|Jun record high F = 105
|Jul record high F = 104
|Aug record high F = 103
|Sep record high F = 102
|Oct record high F = 97
|Nov record high F = 89
|Dec record high F = 84
|Jan avg record high F = 78.4
|Feb avg record high F = 80.4
|Mar avg record high F = 86.0
|Apr avg record high F = 89.7
|May avg record high F = 95.5
|Jun avg record high F = 98.1
|Jul avg record high F = 98.8
|Aug avg record high F = 97.9
|Sep avg record high F = 95.6
|Oct avg record high F = 90.8
|Nov avg record high F = 84.5
|Dec avg record high F = 79.3
|year avg record high F = 99.8
|Jan high F = 63.9
|Feb high F = 67.8
|Mar high F = 74.2
|Apr high F = 80.2
|May high F = 87.4
|Jun high F = 90.8
|Jul high F = 92.1
|Aug high F = 91.5
|Sep high F = 88.6
|Oct high F = 81.7
|Nov high F = 72.5
|Dec high F = 65.9
|year high F = 79.7
|Jan mean F = 52.2
|Feb mean F = 55.6
|Mar mean F = 61.4
|Apr mean F = 67.3
|May mean F = 75.2
|Jun mean F = 80.8
|Jul mean F = 82.5
|Aug mean F = 82.4
|Sep mean F = 79.1
|Oct mean F = 70.3
|Nov mean F = 60.2
|Dec mean F = 54.4
|year mean F = 68.5
|Jan low F = 40.5
|Feb low F = 43.5
|Mar low F = 48.6
|Apr low F = 54.4
|May low F = 63.0
|Jun low F = 70.8
|Jul low F = 73.0
|Aug low F = 73.2
|Sep low F = 69.6
|Oct low F = 58.8
|Nov low F = 48.0
|Dec low F = 42.9
|year low F = 57.2
|Jan avg record low F = 22.1
|Feb avg record low F = 24.5
|Mar avg record low F = 29.1
|Apr avg record low F = 37.3
|May avg record low F = 48.4
|Jun avg record low F = 63.0
|Jul avg record low F = 68.1
|Aug avg record low F = 66.5
|Sep avg record low F = 56.8
|Oct avg record low F = 39.6
|Nov avg record low F = 29.5
|Dec avg record low F = 25.1
|year avg record low F = 20.2
|Jan record low F = 6
|Feb record low F = −2
|Mar record low F = 20
|Apr record low F = 29
|May record low F = 34
|Jun record low F = 46
|Jul record low F = 57
|Aug record low F = 57
|Sep record low F = 40
|Oct record low F = 29
|Nov record low F = 13
|Dec record low F = 10
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 4.41
|Feb precipitation inch = 4.28
|Mar precipitation inch = 5.24
|Apr precipitation inch = 3.53
|May precipitation inch = 3.36
|Jun precipitation inch = 7.76
|Jul precipitation inch = 7.14
|Aug precipitation inch = 7.60
|Sep precipitation inch = 4.91	
|Oct precipitation inch = 3.24
|Nov precipitation inch = 3.10
|Dec precipitation inch = 4.24
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|Jan precipitation days = 8.9
|Feb precipitation days = 8.1
|Mar precipitation days = 8.0
|Apr precipitation days = 6.7
|May precipitation days = 7.5
|Jun precipitation days = 14.3
|Jul precipitation days = 16.4
|Aug precipitation days = 14.8
|Sep precipitation days = 9.0
|Oct precipitation days = 5.9
|Nov precipitation days = 6.3
|Dec precipitation days = 8.3
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|Jan dew point C = 5.0
|Feb dew point C = 5.8
|Mar dew point C = 9.4
|Apr dew point C = 12.4
|May dew point C = 16.8
|Jun dew point C = 20.6
|Jul dew point C = 22.3
|Aug dew point C = 22.4
|Sep dew point C = 20.4
|Oct dew point C = 14.2
|Nov dew point C = 10.0
|Dec dew point C = 6.7
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|Jan humidity = 74.8
|Feb humidity = 72.4
|Mar humidity = 71.6
|Apr humidity = 70.0
|May humidity = 72.0
|Jun humidity = 75.7
|Jul humidity = 80.1
|Aug humidity = 80.9
|Sep humidity = 78.4
|Oct humidity = 74.1
|Nov humidity = 76.1
|Dec humidity = 76.4
|year humidity = 75.2


| Jan sun  =207.7
| Feb sun  =209.1
| Mar sun  =254.2
| Apr sun  =267
| May sun  =328.6
| Jun sun  =318
| Jul sun  =328.6
| Aug sun  =282.1
| Sep sun  =261
| Oct sun  =244.9
| Nov sun  =189
| Dec sun  =176.7
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| Jand sun  =6.7
| Febd sun  =7.4
| Mard sun  =8.2
| Aprd sun  =8.9
| Mayd sun  =10.6
| Jund sun  =10.6
| Juld sun  =10.8
| Augd sun  =9.1
| Sepd sun  =8.7
| Octd sun  =7.9
| Novd sun  =6.3
| Decd sun  =5.7
| yeard sun =
| Jan light = 10.4
| Feb light = 11.1
| Mar light = 12
| Apr light = 12.9
| May light = 13.7
| Jun light = 14.1
| Jul light = 13.9
| Aug light = 13.2
| Sep light = 12.3
| Oct light = 11.4
| Nov light = 10.6
| Dec light = 10.2
| year light= 
| Jan uv  =5
| Feb uv  =8
| Mar uv  =9
| Apr uv  =10
| May uv  =11
| Jun uv  =11
| Jul uv  =11
| Aug uv  =11
| Sep uv  =10
| Oct uv  =8
| Nov uv  =6
| Dec uv  =4
| year uv =
|source 1 = [[NOAA]] (relative humidity and dew point 1961−1990)<ref name="NOAA"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USW00093805&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL |title=Summary of Monthly Normals 1991–2020 |publisher=[[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] |access-date=April 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240412074147/https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USW00093805&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL |archive-date=April 12, 2024}}</ref><ref name= noaasun >{{cite web |url=ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/TABLES/REG_IV/US/GROUP3/72214.TXT |title=WMO Climate Normals for TALLAHASSEE/MUNICIPAL, FL 1961&ndash;1990 |access-date=April 12, 2024 |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240412070813/ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/TABLES/REG_IV/US/GROUP3/72214.TXT |archive-date=April 12, 2024}}</ref>
|source 2 =Weather Atlas (sun-daylight)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.weather-atlas.com/en/florida-usa/tallahassee-climate |title=The climate of Tallahassee |access-date=June 7, 2024 |website=Weater Atlas |no-pp=y}}</ref> Nomadseason (Average daily maximum UV<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://nomadseason.com/uv-index/united-states/florida/tallahassee.html |title=UV Index in Tallahassee, United States |access-date=June 7, 2024 |website=Nomadseason |quote=Last updated: May 6, 2024}}</ref>}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1840 = 1616
| 1860 = 1932
| 1870 = 2023
| 1880 = 2494
| 1890 = 2934
| 1900 = 2981
| 1910 = 5018
| 1920 = 5637
| 1930 = 10700
| 1940 = 16240
| 1950 = 27237
| 1960 = 48174
| 1970 = 72624
| 1980 = 81548
| 1990 = 124773
| 2000 = 150624
| 2010 = 181376
| 2020 = 196169
| estyear = 2022
| estimate = 201731
| estref = 
| align-fn = center
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html |title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades |publisher=[[US Census Bureau]] |access-date=}}</ref><br> 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2/> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Tallahassee city, Florida – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web |title=P004 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Tallahassee city, Florida |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p004&g=1600000US1270600&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004 |website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web |title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Tallahassee city, Florida |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US1270600&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2 |website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web |title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Tallahassee city, Florida |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US1270600&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|87,047
|96,753
|style='background: #ffffe6; |94,095
|57.79%
|53.34%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |47.97%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|51,025
|62,538
|style='background: #ffffe6; |67,503
|33.88%
|34.48%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |34.41%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|349
|381
|style='background: #ffffe6; |398
|0.23%
|0.21%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.20%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|3,575
|6,566
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8,665
|2.37%
|3.62%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.42%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] or [[Native Hawaiian]] alone (NH)
|77
|88
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100
|0.05%
|0.05%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.05%
|-
|[[Other races (U.S. Census)|Other race]] alone (NH)
|233
|373
|style='background: #ffffe6; |924
|0.15%
|0.21%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.47%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|2,009
|3,331
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7,821
|1.33%
|1.84%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.99%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|6,309
|11,346
|style='background: #ffffe6; |16,663
|4.19%
|6.26%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8.49%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''150,324'''
|'''181,376'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''196,169'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 196,169 people, 78,283 households, and 34,639 families residing in the city.<ref>{{Cite web |title=S1101 HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES - 2020: Tallahassee city, Florida |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Tallahassee+city;+Florida+&tid=ACSST5Y2020.S1101 |website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>

===2010 census===
As of the [[2010 United States census]], there were 181,376 people, 73,289 households, and 34,516 families residing in the city.<ref>{{Cite web |title=S1101 HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES - 2010: Tallahassee city, Florida |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Tallahassee+city;+Florida+&tid=ACSST5Y2010.S1101 |website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>

In the 2010 census, 16.7% of which had children under 18 living in them. 27.7% were married couples living together, 14.4% had a female householder with no husband, and 53.7% were non-families. 34.1% of all households were made up of individuals living alone and 6.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.33. Children under the age of 5 were 4.9% of the population, persons under 18 were 16.7% and persons 65 years or older were 10.3%. The median age was 26 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.7 males.

For 2009–2013, the estimated median household income was $39,524, and the per capita income was $23,778. In 2010, the percentage of persons below the poverty level was estimated at 30.2%.<ref>{{cite web |title=State and County QuickFacts Tallahassee (city), Florida |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/12/1270600.html |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=December 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701100930/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/12/1270600.html |archive-date=July 1, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Languages===
{{as of|2000}}, 92.0% of residents spoke English as their [[first language]], while 4.1% spoke Spanish, 0.6% spoke French, and 0.6% spoke German as their [[mother tongue]]. In total, 8.0% of the total population spoke languages other than English.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mla.org/map_data_results&state_id=12&county_id=&mode=place&zip=&place_id=70600&cty_id=&ll=&a=&ea=&order=r |title=Modern Language Association Data Center Results of Tallahassee, Florida |website=Mla.org |date=April 2, 2013 |access-date=August 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629164433/http://www.mla.org/map_data_results%26state_id%3D12%26county_id%3D%26mode%3Dplace%26zip%3D%26place_id%3D70600%26cty_id%3D%26ll%3D%26a%3D%26ea%3D%26order%3Dr |archive-date=June 29, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Higher learning===
Educationally, the population of Leon County is the most highly educated population in Florida<ref name="statisticalatlas.com">{{cite web |url=https://statisticalatlas.com/state/Florida/Educational-Attainment |title=The Demographic Statistical Atlas of the United States - Statistical Atlas}}</ref> with 54.4% of the residents over the age of 25 holding a Bachelor's, Master's, professional or doctorate degree.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://statisticalatlas.com/county/Florida/Leon-County/Educational-Attainment |title=The Demographic Statistical Atlas of the United States - Statistical Atlas}}</ref> The Florida average is 37.4%<ref name="statisticalatlas.com"/> and the national average is 33.4%.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2017/cb17-51.html |title=Highest Educational Levels Reached by Adults in the U.S. Since 1940}}</ref>

==Law, government and politics==
[[File:FlaSupremeCrtBldgFeb08.JPG|thumb|The [[Florida Supreme Court]] building]]

===Politics===
Tallahassee has traditionally been a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] city, but the party has been supported by different ethnic groups over time, with a major shift in the late 20th century. Leon County has voted Democratic in 24 of the past 29 presidential elections since 1904. But until the late 1960s, most African Americans were [[Disfranchisement after Reconstruction era|disenfranchised]] from the political system, dating from [[Jim Crow law]]s passed by Democrats in Florida (and in all other Southern states) at the turn of the century. At that time, most African Americans were affiliated with the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], and their disenfranchisement resulted in that party being non-competitive in the region for decades. Subsequently, these demographic groups traded party alignments in the 1960s and 1970s.

Since passage of the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]] and enforcement of constitutional rights for African Americans, voters in Tallahassee have elected black mayors and black state representatives.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://users.ipfw.edu/jehle/deisenbe/JHPcolumn/jhp102.pdf |title=In Tallahassee |magazine=Journal of Hispanic Philology |volume=10 |number=2 |first=Daniel |last=Eisenberg |year=1986 |pages=97–101 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006090302/http://users.ipfw.edu/jehle/deisenbe/JHPcolumn/jhp102.pdf |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>{{rp|97}} It has become a city in the [[Southern United States|Southern U.S.]] that is known for [[Progressivism|progressive]] activism.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}} This is likely due to the fact that Tallahassee and Leon County have [[Leon_County,_Florida#Education|the highest level of college graduates in the state]]. In addition, in the realignment of party politics since the late 20th century, most of the African-American population in the city now support Democratic Party candidates.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/tallahasseecityflorida,US/PST045218 |title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Tallahassee city, Florida; UNITED STATES |website=www.census.gov |access-date=May 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511010343/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/tallahasseecityflorida,US/PST045218 |archive-date=May 11, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://harvardpolitics.com/harvard/just-liberal-college-students/ |title=Just How Liberal Are College Students? – Harvard Political Review |date=April 25, 2014 |access-date=May 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511004915/https://harvardpolitics.com/harvard/just-liberal-college-students/ |archive-date=May 11, 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

As of December 2, 2018, there were 112,572 Democrats, 58,083 Republicans, and 44,007 voters who were independent or had other affiliations among the 214,662 voters in [[Leon County, Florida|Leon County]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.leonvotes.org/ |title=Home – Leon County Supervisor of Elections |website=www.leonvotes.org |access-date=December 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203060034/https://www.leonvotes.org/ |archive-date=December 3, 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Leon County's voter turnout percentage has consistently ranked among the highest of Florida's 67 counties, with a record-setting 86% turnout in the November 2008 general election. The county voted for [[Barack Obama]] in the presidential election.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leoncountyfl.gov/elect/ |title=Leon Supervisor of Elections Office |website=Leoncountyfl.gov |access-date=August 2, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810152722/http://www.leoncountyfl.gov/elect/ |archive-date=August 10, 2014}}</ref>

===Structure of city government===
Tallahassee has a form of government with an elected [[List of mayors of Tallahassee, Florida|mayor of Tallahassee]], elected commissioners, and an at-will employed city manager, city departments, and staff.

The current city commissioners are:<ref name="Tallahassee City Leadership">{{cite web |url=https://www.talgov.com/cityleadership/CityLeadership.aspx |title=Tallahassee City Leadership |website=www.talgov.com |access-date=November 9, 2020}}</ref>

{{div col|colwidth=18em}}
*Seat 1 – Jacqueline "Jack" Porter
*Seat 2 – Curtis Richardson
*Seat 3 – Jeremy Matlow
*Seat 4 (Mayor) – [[John E. Dailey|John Dailey]]
*Seat 5 – Dianne Williams-Cox
{{div col end}}

{{hidden begin
|title = List of intendants/mayors of Tallahassee, Florida
|titlestyle = background:#F8F8FF;width:60%
}}
*1826 Dr. Charles Haire
*1827 David Ochiltree
*1828–1829 John Y. Gary 
*1830 [[Leslie A. Thompson]]
*1831 Charles Austin 
*1832–1833 Leslie A. Thompson
*1834 Robert J. Hackley 
*1835 William Wilson
*1836 John Rea 
*1837 William P. Gorman 
*1838 William Hilliard 
*1839 R. F. Ker 
*1840 Leslie A. Thompson 
*1841–1844 [[Francis W. Eppes]] 
*1845 James A. Berthelot 
*1846 Simon Towle
*1847 James Kirksey
*1848 F. H. Flagg
*1849 Thomas J. Perkins
*1850–1851 D. P. Hogue
*1852 [[David S. Walker]]
*1853 Richard Hayward
*1854–1855 Thomas Hayward
*1856–1857 Francis W. Eppes
*1858–1860 D. P. Hogue
*1861–1865 P. T. Pearce
*1866 Francis W. Eppes 
*1867–1868 D. P. Hogue 
*1869–1870 T. P. Tatum
*1871 C. E. Dyke
*1872–1874 C. H. Edwards
*1875 David S. Walker, Jr.
*1876 [[Samuel Walker (Florida politician)|Samuel Walker]]
*1877 Jesse Bernard 
*1878–1879 David S. Walker, Jr.
*1880 Henry Bernreuter 
*1881 Edward Lewis
*1882 John W. Nash 
*1883 Edward Lewis 
*1884–1885 Charles C. Pearce 
*1886 George W. Walker 
*1887 A. J. Fish 
*1888–1889 R. B. Forman 
*1890–1894 R. B. Carpenter 
*1895–1896 Jesse T. Bernard
*1897 R. A. Shine
*1898–1902 R. B. Gorman
*1903–1904 William L. Moor
*1905 John W. Henderson
*1906 F. C. Gilmore
*1907 W. M. McIntosh, Jr.
*1908 F. C. Gilmore
*1909 Francis B. Winthrop
*1910–1917 D. M. Lowry
*1918 J. R. McDaniel
*1919–1921 Guyte P. McCord 
*1922–1923 A. P. McCaskill 
*1924–1925 B. A. Meginniss 
*1926 W. Theo Proctor 
*1927 B.A. Meginniss
*1928–1929 W. Theo Proctor 
*1930 G. E. Lewis 
*1931 Frank D. Moor 
*1932–1933 W. L. Marshall 
*1934 J. L. Fain 
*1935 Leonard A. Wesson 
*1936 H. J. Yaeger 
*1937 L. A. Wesson 
*1938 J. R. Jinks 
*1939 S. A. Wahnish
*1940 F. C. Moor
*1941 Charles S. Ausley
*1942 Jack W. Simmons
*1943 A. R. Richardson
*1944 Charles S. Ausley
*1945 Ralph E. Proctor
*1946 Fred S. Winterle
*1947 George I. Martin
*1948 Fred N. Lowry
*1949–1950 Robert C. Parker
*1951 W. H. Cates 
*1952 B. A. Ragsdale 
*1953 William T. Mayo 
*1954 H. G. Esterwood 
*1954 H. C. Summitt
*1955–1956 J. T. Williams
*1956 Fred S. Winterle
*1956–1957 John Y. Humphress
*1957 J. W. Cordell
*1958 Davis H. Atkinson
*1959 Hugh E. Williams, Jr. 
*1960 George S. Taft 
*1961 J. W. Cordell 
*1962 Davis H. Atkinson 
*1963 S. E. Teague, Jr. 
*1964 Hugh E. Williams, Jr. 
*1965 George S. Taft 
*1966 W. H. Cates 
*1967 John A. Rudd, Sr. 
*1968 Gene Berkowitz 
*1969 Spurgeon Camp 
*1970 Lee A. Everhart 
*1971 Gene Berkowitz 
*1972 [[James R. Ford]]
*1973 [[Joan Heggen]]
*1974–1975 John R. Jones
*1976 James R. Ford
*1977–1978 Neal D. Sapp
*1979 Sheldon A. Hilaman
*1980–1981 Hurley W. Rudd
*1982 James R. Ford
*1983 Carol Bellamy
*1984 Kent Spriggs
*1985 Hurley W. Rudd
*1986 [[Jack McLean (mayor)|Jack McClean]]
*1987–1988 Betty Harley
*1988–1990 Dorothy Inman
*1990 Steve Meisberg
*1991–1992 Debbie Lightsey
*1993–1994 Dorothy Inman-Crews
*1994–1995 Penny Herman
*1995–1996 [[Scott Maddox]]
*1996–1997 Ron Weaver
*1997–2003 [[Scott Maddox]]<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970605161453/http://www.state.fl.us/citytlh/city-off.html |url-status=dead |url=http://www.state.fl.us:80/citytlh/city-off.html |archive-date=June 5, 1997 |title=City Officials |work=City of Tallahassee |via=Internet Archive, [[Wayback Machine]]}}</ref>
*2003–2014 [[John Marks (mayor)|John Marks]]
*2014–2018 [[Andrew Gillum]]
*2018–present [[John Dailey (Florida politician)|John Dailey]]

<ref>{{cite book |last=Hubbard |first=Linda S. |title=Notable Americans: What They Did, from 1620 to the Present |date=1988 |publisher=Gale |page=387}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |title=Tallahassee Mayors Intendants |url=http://www.leoncountyfl.gov/libraryapps/stumpers/view.asp?trivianumber=96 |work=Stumper |publisher=Leon County, Florida |access-date=October 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013013729/http://www.leoncountyfl.gov/libraryapps/stumpers/view.asp?trivianumber=96 |archive-date=October 13, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>
{{hidden end}}

===Federal representation and offices===
[[File:TallahasseeCityHall.JPG|thumb|Tallahassee City Hall]]
Tallahassee is part of [[Florida's 2nd congressional district]].

The [[United States Postal Service]] operates post offices in Tallahassee. The Tallahassee Main Post Office is at 2800 South Adams Street.<ref>"[https://archive.today/20120720070918/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/55246?p=1&s=FL&service_name=post_office&z=Tallahassee Post Office Location – TALLAHASSEE]." ''[[United States Postal Service]]''. Retrieved on May 6, 2009.</ref> Other post offices in the city limits include Centerville Station,<ref>"[https://archive.today/20120718201343/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/71830?p=1&s=FL&service_name=post_office&z=Tallahassee Post Office Location – CENTERVILLE STATION]." ''[[United States Postal Service]]''. Retrieved on May 6, 2009.</ref> Leon Station,<ref>"[https://archive.today/20120717010115/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/58135?p=1&s=FL&service_name=post_office&z=Tallahassee Post Office Location – LEON STATION]." ''[[United States Postal Service]]''. Retrieved on May 6, 2009.</ref> Park Avenue Station,<ref>"[https://archive.today/20120720060221/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/72392?p=1&s=FL&service_name=post_office&z=Tallahassee Post Office Location – PARK AVENUE STATION]." ''[[United States Postal Service]]''. Retrieved on May 6, 2009.</ref> and Westside Station.<ref>"[https://archive.today/20120716233435/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/69614?p=1&s=FL&service_name=post_office&z=Tallahassee Post Office Location – WESTSIDE STATION]." ''[[United States Postal Service]]''. Retrieved on May 6, 2009.</ref>

The [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] maintains a National Weather Service in Tallahassee. Their coverage-warning area includes the eastern Florida Panhandle and adjacent Gulf of Mexico waters, the north-central Florida peninsula, and parts of southeastern Alabama and southwestern Georgia.

The [[81st Infantry Division (United States)|81st Regional Support Command]] of the [[United States Army Reserve]] (USAR) has an Army Reserve Center at 4307 Jackson Bluff Road.

The Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center (NMCRC) is at 2910 Roberts Avenue host the [[United States Navy Reserve]] Navy Operational Support Center Tallahassee (NOSC Tallahassee) and the [[United States Marine Corps Reserve]] 2nd Platoon, Company E, Anti-Terrorism Battalion and 3rd Platoon, Company E, Anti-Terrorism Battalion.

===Consolidation===
Voters of Leon County have gone to the [[Polling station|polls]] four times to vote on [[Consolidated city-county|consolidation]] of Tallahassee and Leon County governments into one jurisdiction combining police and other city services with already shared (consolidated) [[Tallahassee Fire Department]] and [[Leon County Emergency Medical Services]]. Tallahassee's city limits would increase from {{convert|103.1|sqmi|km2}} to {{convert|702|sqmi|km2}}. Roughly 36 percent of Leon County's 265,714 residents live outside the Tallahassee city limits.

Each time, the measure was rejected:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leonvotes.org/Portals/Leon/Documents/Elections%20and%20Results/PDFs_XLSs/Consolidation_City_County_Government.pdf |title=Consolidation of City (Tallahassee) & County (Leon) Government |publisher=Leon County Supervisor of Elections |access-date=November 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107021128/https://www.leonvotes.org/Portals/Leon/Documents/Elections%20and%20Results/PDFs_XLSs/Consolidation_City_County_Government.pdf |archive-date=November 7, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[File:Tallahassee FL Leon County Courthouse03.jpg|thumb|The Leon County Courthouse]]
{| class="toccolours"  style="left:left; margin-left:1em; width:300px;"
! colspan="8" style="text-align: center; background:blue" | <span style="color:white;">'''Leon County Voting On Consolidation''' </span>
|-
| '''Year''' || '''FOR''' || '''AGAINST'''
|-
| colspan="3" |<hr/>
|-
| 1971 || 10,381 (41.32%) || 14,740 (58.68%)
|-
| 1973 || 11,056 (46.23%) || 12,859 (53.77%)
|-
| 1976 || 20,336 (45.01%) || 24,855 (54.99%)
|-
| 1992 || 37,062 (39.8%) || 56,070 (60.2%)
|}

The proponents of consolidation have stated the new jurisdiction would attract business by its size. Merging governments would cut government waste, duplication of services, etc. However, Professor Richard Feiock of the Department of Public Administration of [[Korea University]] and the [[Askew School of Public Administration and Policy]] of [[Florida State University]] states that no discernible relationship exists between consolidation and the local economy.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fsu.edu/~localgov/publication_files/Feiock&Park&Kang_Consolidation_K3.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070614150850/http://www.fsu.edu/~localgov/publication_files/Feiock%26Park%26Kang_Consolidation_K3.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 14, 2007 |title=City County Consolidation Efforts: Selective Incentives and Institutional Choice |access-date=August 2, 2014}}</ref>

===Flag===
The former flag of Tallahassee was vaguely similar to the [[flag of Florida]], a white [[saltire]] on a blue field, with the city's coat of arms, featuring the cupola of the [[Florida State Capitol|old capitol building]], at the center. The flag is an homage to the Scottish and Ulster-Scots Presbyterian heritage of the original founders of the city, most of whom were settlers from North Carolina whose ancestors had either come to America directly from Scotland, or were Presbyterians of Scottish descent from [[County Down]] and [[County Antrim]] in what has since become [[Northern Ireland]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Purcell |first=John M. |title=American City Flags (Part I: United States): 150 Flags from Akron to Yonkers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3ztmAAAAMAAJ&q=%22white+saltire+on+a+dark+blue+field%22 |access-date=February 11, 2011 |year=2004 |publisher=North American Vexillological Association |location=Trenton, New Jersey |isbn=978-0-9747728-0-6 |page=345}}</ref> The current flag incorporates a stylized 5-point star and the city name on a white background.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tallahassee.com/story/opinion/2017/08/11/calmet-design-new-flag-tallahassee/559081001/?cookies=&from=global |title=Calmet: Design a new flag for Tallahassee |website=Tallahassee.com |access-date=November 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903074732/http://www.tallahassee.com/story/opinion/2017/08/11/calmet-design-new-flag-tallahassee/559081001/?cookies=&from=global |archive-date=September 3, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Education==

===Primary and secondary===
[[File:MaclayLowerSchl-1.JPG|thumb|Lower School students at [[Maclay School]] celebrating Grandparents Day in 2008]]
Tallahassee anchors the [[Leon County School District]]. As of the 2009 school year Leon County Schools had an estimated 32,796 students, 2209 teachers and 2100 administrative and support personnel. The superintendent of schools is Rocky Hanna. Leon County public school enrollment continues to grow steadily (up approximately 1% per year since the 1990–91 school year). The dropout rate for grades 9–12 improved to 2.2% in the 2007–2008 school year, the third time in the past four years the dropout rate has been below 3%.

To gauge performance the State of Florida rates all public schools according to student achievement on the state-sponsored Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT). Seventy-nine percent of Leon County Public Schools received an A or B grade in the 2008–2009 school year. The overall district grade assigned to the Leon County Schools is "A". Students in the Leon County School District continued to score favorably in comparison to Florida and national averages in the SAT and ACT student assessment tests. The Leon County School District has consistently scored at or above the average for districts statewide in total ACT and SAT mean composite scores.

[[File:08-06-18LeonHighSchl1.JPG|thumb|[[Leon High School]]]]
; Leon County high schools
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* [[Lawton Chiles High School]]
* [[Amos P. Godby High School]]
* [[Leon High School]]
* [[Lincoln High School (Tallahassee)|Lincoln High School]]
* [[Lively Technical Center]]
* [[James S. Rickards High School]]
* [[SAIL High School]]
}}

; Public schools belonging to universities
* [[Florida State University School]] ("Florida High") (K–12)
* [[Florida A&M University Developmental Research School]] (K–12)
; Charter schools
* Governor's Charter Academy (GCA) (K–8) – Established in August 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.governorscharter.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=359467&type=d |title=About Us |publisher=Governor's Charter Academy |access-date=May 20, 2020}}</ref>
* School of Arts and Sciences (SAS) (K–8) – Established in 1999<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.schoolofartsandsciences.org/about-sas/ |title=About SAS |publisher=School of Arts and Sciences |access-date=May 20, 2020}}</ref>
* Tallahassee School of Math and Science (TSMS) (K–8)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://schoolofmathandscience.org/index.php/contact-us |title=Contact Us |publisher=Tallahassee School of Math and Science |access-date=May 20, 2020}}</ref> – It was previously known as Stars Middle School and only served middle school. In 2014 it received a new charter, adopted its current name, and expanded to elementary grades.<ref>{{cite web |author=Hatter, Lynn |url=https://news.wfsu.org/wfsu-local-news/2014-12-09/stars-middle-school-gets-new-name-new-grades-levels-and-new-charter |title=Stars Middle School Gets New Name, New Grades Levels And New Charter |work=[[WFSU-TV|WFSU]] |date=December 9, 2014 |access-date=May 20, 2020}}</ref>
* Tallahassee Classical School - Established in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 23, 2020 |title=Our Story - Tallahassee Classical School |url=https://tlhclassical.org/about-us/our-story/ |access-date=March 28, 2024 |language=en-US}}</ref>
; Private schools
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
*Atlantis Academy (K–12) – Established in 1976.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.atlantisacademy.com/history/ |title=History |publisher=Atlantis Academy |access-date=May 20, 2020}}</ref>
*Betton Hills Preparatory School (Pre-K2/3, Pre-K4, VPK, K-2)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bettonhills.com/ |title=Home |access-date=March 28, 2024}}</ref>
*Christ Classical Academy (Pre-K–8)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.christclassical.com/about/ |title=About |access-date=March 28, 2024}}</ref>
*[[Community Christian School (Tallahassee, Florida)|Community Christian School]] (K-12)
*Community Leadership Academy (Pre-K–12) - Established in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://clatallahassee.org/ |title=Home |access-date=March 28, 2024}}</ref>
*[[John Paul II Catholic High School (Tallahassee, Florida)|John Paul II Catholic High School]]
*[[Maclay School]] (PK3–12)
*[[North Florida Christian High School]]
*Cornerstone Learning Community (PK3–8)
*Trinity Catholic School ([[K–8 school|PK–3,K–8]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.trinityknights.org/domain/27 |title=History |publisher=Trinity Catholic School |access-date=May 20, 2020}}</ref>
*Holy Comforter Episcopal School (PK3–8).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hces.org/ |title=Home |publisher=Holy Comforter Episcopal School |access-date=March 28, 2024}}</ref>
*[[Woodland Hall Academy]] (K–12) – CLOSED
*The Magnolia School, K–8
}}

; Virtual schools
*[[Franklin Virtual High School]]

===Higher education===

[[File:FSUWestcottBuilding-2.jpg|thumb|The [[Westcott Building|Westcott Plaza]] at [[Florida State University]]]]

====Florida State University====

[[Florida State University]] (commonly referred to as '''Florida State''' or '''FSU''') is an American [[public university|public]] [[space grant colleges|space-grant]] and [[sea grant colleges|sea-grant]] [[research university]]. Florida State is on a 1,391.54-acre (5.631 km2) campus in the state capital of Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a senior member of the [[State University System of Florida]]. Founded in 1851, it is on the oldest continuous site of higher education in the state of Florida.<ref name="The Argo of the Florida State College, Vol II, pg. 114">{{cite web |last=Meginniss |first=Benjamin A. |author2=Winthrop, Francis B. |author3=Ames, Henrietta O. |author4=Belcher, Burton E. |author5=Paret, Blanche |author6=Holliday, Roderick M. |author7=Crawford, William B. |author8=Belcher, Irving J. |title=The Argo of the Florida State College |volume=II |publisher=The Franklin Printing & Publishing Co., Atlanta |year=1902 |url=https://archive.org/stream/argo219011902flor#page/114/mode/2up |access-date=April 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118141349/https://archive.org/stream/argo219011902flor#page/114/mode/2up |archive-date=January 18, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="SPT">{{cite news |title=FSU's age change: history or one-upmanship? |first=Barry |last=Klein |newspaper=[[St. Petersburg Times]] |date=July 29, 2000 |url=http://www.sptimes.com/News/072900/State/FSU_s_age_change__his.shtml |access-date=July 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017154646/http://www.sptimes.com/News/072900/State/FSU_s_age_change__his.shtml |archive-date=October 17, 2012}}</ref>

The university is classified as a [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|Research University with Very High Research]] by the [[Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Florida State University |work=Classifications |publisher=The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching |year=2013 |url=http://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=134097 |access-date=April 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629183038/http://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=134097 |archive-date=June 29, 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The university comprises 16 separate [[colleges]] and more than 110 centers, facilities, labs and institutes that offer more than 360 programs of study, including professional school programs.<ref name="Florida State University, FSU Departments">{{cite web |title=Colleges, Schools, Departments, Institutes, and Administrative Units |work=FSU Departments |publisher=Florida State University |date=April 26, 2013 |url=http://www.fsu.edu/departments/ |access-date=April 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130430165557/http://www.fsu.edu/departments/ |archive-date=April 30, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The university has an annual budget of over $1.7&nbsp;billion.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://learningforlife.capd.fsu.edu/bot/oct9_15.htm |title=Florida State University Board of Trustees Meeting |website=Learningforlife.capd.fsu.edu |access-date=November 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151013202125/http://learningforlife.capd.fsu.edu/bot/oct9_15.htm |archive-date=October 13, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> Florida State is home to Florida's only National Laboratory – the [[National High Magnetic Field Laboratory]] and is the birthplace of the commercially viable anti-cancer drug [[Taxol]]. Florida State University also operates The [[John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art]], the State Art Museum of Florida and one of the nation's largest museum/university complexes.<ref name="The Ringling">{{cite web |title=The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art |work=FSU Departments |publisher=The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art |date=April 26, 2013 |url=http://www.ringling.org/About2.aspx?id=930 |access-date=April 26, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517163624/http://www.ringling.org/About2.aspx?id=930 |archive-date=May 17, 2013}}</ref> 

The university is accredited by the [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools]] (SACS). Florida State University is home to nationally ranked programs in many academic areas, including law, business, engineering, medicine, [[social policy]], film, music, theater, dance, visual art, [[political science]], [[psychology]], social work, and the sciences.<ref name="Florida State University Highlights and Rankings">{{cite web |url=http://www.fsu.edu/highlights/rankings.html#human/ |title=Florida State University – College Highlights and Selected National Rankings |access-date=May 1, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070516124513/http://www.fsu.edu/highlights/rankings.html#human/ |archive-date=May 16, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[List of Governors of Florida|Florida Governor Rick Scott]] and the state legislature designated Florida State University as one of two "preeminent" state universities in the spring of 2013 among the twelve universities of the State University System of Florida.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thefloridacurrent.com/article.cfm?id=33191813 |date=June 10, 2013 |publisher=The Florida Current |title=UF, FSU get special designation, more money |first=James |last=Call |access-date=June 12, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103114004/http://www.thefloridacurrent.com/article.cfm?id=33191813 |archive-date=November 3, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=CS/CS/SB 1076: K-20 Education |url=http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/1076 |website=Flsenate.gov |access-date=April 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420165557/http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/1076 |archive-date=April 20, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Our Opinion: FSU benefits from pre-eminent status |url=http://www.tallahassee.com/article/20130423/OPINION01/304230001/Our-Opinion-FSU-benefits-from-pre-eminent-status |newspaper=The Tallahassee Democrat |access-date=April 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030015343/http://www.tallahassee.com/article/20130423/OPINION01/304230001/Our-Opinion-FSU-benefits-from-pre-eminent-status |archive-date=October 30, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

FSU's intercollegiate sports teams, commonly known by their [[Florida State Seminoles]] nickname, compete in [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] and the [[Atlantic Coast Conference]] (ACC). The Florida State Seminoles athletics program are favorites of passionate students, fans and alumni across the United States, especially when led by the [[Marching Chiefs]] of the [[Florida State University College of Music]]. In their 113-year history, Florida State's varsity sports teams have won 20 national athletic championships and Seminole athletes have won 78 individual NCAA national championships.<ref name="FSU_ATH_TL">{{cite news |title=FSU Athletics Timeline |first=Jim |last=Joanos |date=June 2012 |url=http://nolefan.org/garnet/seminole72.html |access-date=April 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703082917/http://nolefan.org/garnet/seminole72.html |archive-date=July 3, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

====Florida A&M University====
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[[File:FloridaAM.JPG|thumb|[[Florida A&M University]]'s Lee Hall Auditorium<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.famu.edu/index.cfm?LeeHallAuditorium |title=Lee Hall Auditorium : Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University 2017 |website=Famu.edu |access-date=November 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201040124/http://www.famu.edu/index.cfm?LeeHallAuditorium |archive-date=December 1, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>]]
Founded on October 3, 1887, [[Florida A&M University]] (commonly referred to as '''FAMU''') is a public, [[Historically black colleges and universities|historically black university]] and [[land-grant]] university that is part of the State University System of Florida and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. FAMU's main campus comprises 156 buildings spread over {{convert|422|acre|km2|sigfig=2}} atop the highest geographic hill in Tallahassee. The university also has several satellite campuses, including a site in Orlando where its College of Law is located and sites in Miami, Jacksonville and Tampa for its pharmacy program. Florida A&M University offers 54 bachelor's degrees and 29 master's degrees. The university has 12 schools and colleges and one institute.

FAMU has 11 doctoral programs which include 10 PhD programs: chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, biomedical engineering, physics, pharmaceutical sciences, educational leadership, and environmental sciences. The top undergraduate programs are architecture, journalism, computer information sciences, and psychology. FAMU's top graduate programs include pharmaceutical sciences, public health, physical therapy, engineering, physics, master's of applied social sciences (especially history and public administration), business and sociology.

====Tallahassee State College====

[[File:Tallahassee Community College entrance and administration building.jpg|thumb|The Hinson Administration Building at [[Tallahassee State College]]]]
[[Tallahassee State College]] (TSC) is a member of the [[Florida College System]]. Tallahassee State College is accredited by the [[Florida Department of Education]] and the [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools]]. Its primary campus is on a 270-acre (1.092 km2) campus in Tallahassee. The institution was founded in 1966 by the [[Florida Legislature]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tcc.fl.edu/404/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208094238/https://www.tcc.fl.edu/about_tcc |url-status=dead |title=Tallahassee State College |archive-date=February 8, 2012 |website=www.tcc.fl.edu}}</ref>

TSC offers [[Bachelor's of Science]], [[Associate of Arts]], [[Associate of Science]], and [[Associate's degree|Associate of Applied Sciences]] degrees. In 2013, the school (then known as Tallahassee Community College) was listed first in the nation in graduating students with A.A. degrees.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ccweek.com/article-3461-associate-degree-certificate-producers-2013.html |title=Associate Degree & Certificate Producers, 2013 |website=Ccweek.com |access-date=November 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517183755/http://ccweek.com/article-3461-associate-degree-certificate-producers-2013.html |archive-date=May 17, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> TSC is also the No. 1 transfer school in the nation to Florida State University and Florida A&M University. As of Fall 2015, TSC reported 38,017 students.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/15267/urlt/FactBook2016.pdf |title=The Fact Book |access-date=April 5, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305114913/http://fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/15267/urlt/FactBook2016.pdf |archive-date=March 5, 2017}}</ref> In 2024, Tallahassee Community College was approved to be renamed Tallahassee State College, and the name change took effect on July 1, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Now it's official: TCC to become Tallahassee State College after DeSantis OKs name change |url=https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/tcc-news/2024/03/27/tallahassee-community-college-renamed-tallahassee-state-college-after-governor-desantis-signs-bill/73118759007/ |access-date=March 28, 2024 |website=Tallahassee Democrat |language=en-US}}</ref>

In partnership with Florida State University, and Florida A&M University Tallahassee State College offers the ''TSC2FSU'', and ''TSC2FAMU'' program. This program provides guaranteed admission into Florida State University and Florida A&M University for TSC Associate in Arts degree graduates.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tcc.fl.edu/Future/GoldenGuarantee/TCC2FSU/Pages/default.aspx |title=Library – Tallahassee Community College |website=Tcc.fl.edu |access-date=November 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403095911/https://www.tcc.fl.edu/Future/GoldenGuarantee/TCC2FSU/Pages/default.aspx |archive-date=April 3, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tcc.fl.edu/academics/transfer-options/tcc2famu/ |title=TCC2FAMU – Tallahassee Community College |website=www.tcc.fl.edu |access-date=May 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508012147/http://www.tcc.fl.edu/academics/transfer-options/tcc2famu/ |archive-date=May 8, 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

====Other colleges====

{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* [[Barry University School of Adult and Continuing Education – Tallahassee Campus]]
* [[Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University, Worldwide|Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University]]
* [[Flagler College – Tallahassee Campus]]
* [[Keiser University|Keiser University – Tallahassee Campus]]
* [[Lively Technical Center|Lewis M. Lively Area Vocational-Technical School]]
* [[Saint Leo University]] – Tallahassee Campus
{{div col end}}

==Economy==

Companies based in Tallahassee include: [[Citizens Property Insurance Corporation]], the [[Municipal Code Corporation]], the [[State Board of Administration of Florida]] (SBA), the Mainline Information Systems,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mainline.com |title=Mainline – IT Solutions, Software, Managed Business Services |website=Mainline |access-date=November 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017130908/https://www.mainline.com/ |archive-date=October 17, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and United Solutions Company.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unitedsolutions.coop |title=Core Processing for Credit Unions |website=Unitedsolutions.coop |access-date=November 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930010829/https://www.unitedsolutions.coop/ |archive-date=September 30, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Top employers===
According to Tallahassee's 2021 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.talgov.com/Uploads/Public/Documents/fm/cafr/21cafr.pdf |title=City of Tallahassee ACFR |website=Talgov.com |access-date=August 7, 2022}}</ref> the top employers in the city are:

[[File:Old Downtown Tallahassee Clock.jpg|thumb|The old clock at the corner of Park Avenue and Monroe Street in Downtown Tallahassee]]
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of Employees (2021)
! # of Employees (2012)
|-
| 1
| [[Florida|State of Florida]]
|style="text-align: right;"|26,042
|style="text-align: right;"|20,961
|-
|2
| [[Florida State University]]
|style="text-align: right;"|15,011
|style="text-align: right;"|13,501
|-
|3
| [[Tallahassee Memorial Hospital]]
|style="text-align: right;"|5,349
|style="text-align: right;"|3,060
|-
|4
| [[Leon County Schools|Leon County School Board]]
|style="text-align: right;"|4,300
|style="text-align: right;"|4,306
|-
|5
| City of Tallahassee
|style="text-align: right;"|2,856
|style="text-align: right;"|2,848
|-
|6
| [[Walmart]]
|style="text-align: right;"|2,655
|style="text-align: right;"|2,000
|-
|7
| [[Publix]]
|style="text-align: right;"|2,543
|style="text-align: right;"| n/a
|-
|8
| [[Florida A&M University]]
|style="text-align: right;"|1,749
|style="text-align: right;"|1,937
|-
|9
| [[Leon County, Florida|Leon County]]
|style="text-align: right;"|1,744
|style="text-align: right;"|1,783
|-
|10
| [[Tallahassee State College]]
|style="text-align: right;"|1,475
|style="text-align: right;"|1,821
|-
|11
| [[Capital Regional Medical Center]]
|style="text-align: right;"|1,095
|style="text-align: right;"|1,122
|}

==Arts and culture==
[[File:Railroad Square Art Park Gallery 621.JPG|thumb|Railroad Square is a popular spot for students and residents of Tallahassee, especially on the first Friday of every month when all the galleries are open to the public.]]

===Entertainment and performing arts===
Tallahassee is home to many entertainment venues, theaters, museums, parks, and performing arts centers, including the [[Railroad Square|Railroad Square Art Park]].

===Museums===
Tallahassee is known for its many museums. It is home to the '''Museum of Fine Arts''' at Florida State University, [[Tallahassee Museum]], [[Goodwood Plantation|Goodward Museum & Gardens]], [[Museum of Florida History]], [[Mission San Luis de Apalachee]], [[Tallahassee Automobile Museum]], Old Capitol Museum, Knott House Museum, and The Grove.

===Music===
The first notable musician in Tallahassee was [[Ray Charles]], raised in [[Greenville, Florida|Greenville]]. Between terms at the [[Florida School for the Deaf and Blind]], he visited family in Tallahassee and performed in [[Frenchtown (Tallahassee)|Frenchtown]].<ref name=MUS />

[[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]], founder of [[Parliament-Funkadelic]], has lived in Tallahassee since 1994.<ref name=MUS />

Faheem Rashad Najm, better known as [[T-Pain]], was born and raised in Tallahassee. He is known for popularizing the creative use of the [[Auto-Tune]] [[pitch correction]] effect.<ref name=MUS />

[[Emo]] music group [[Mayday Parade]] originated in Tallahassee and several members still live there.<ref name=MUS />

[[Post-grunge]] band [[Creed (band)|Creed]] formed in Tallahassee during 1994.<ref name="MUS">{{cite web |last1=Devine |first1=Alicia |title=Hit parade: A roll call of musical artists who hit the big time with Tallahassee ties |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/hit-parade-a-roll-call-of-musical-artists-who-hit-the-big-time-with-tallahassee-ties-tlh200/ar-AA1mSMTX?ocid=msedgntp&pc=ACTS&cvid=dd298776c262428fa57a2c051f5a54cf&ei=70 |website=msn.com |publisher=Tallahassee Democrat |access-date=January 14, 2024}}</ref>

===Festivals and events===
[[File:FSU Marching Chiefs and Cheerleaders.jpg|thumb|FSU Marching Chiefs and Cheerleaders performing in a parade in Downtown Tallahassee]]

*[[Downtown Getdown]] ([[Florida State Seminoles]] Pep Rally)
*[[First Friday (public event)|First Friday]] festivals at [[Railroad Square]]
*[[Greek Food Festival (Tallahassee)|Greek Food Festival]]
*[[Springtime Tallahassee]]
*[[Tallahassee Wine and Food Festival]]
*[[Winter Festival]]

[[File:Asian Festival.jpg|thumb|The Tallahassee Asian Festival]]

==Sports==
[[File:Doak Campbell416.jpg|thumb|FSU's Doak Campbell Stadium]]

===Florida State Seminoles===
In 2016- 2017, the [[Florida State Seminoles]] of Florida State University generated the thirteenth-most revenue in [[College athletics in the United States|collegiate athletics]] with $144,514,413 of total revenue.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sports.usatoday.com/ |title=USA TODAY Sports |website=USA TODAY Sports |access-date=May 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928125233/http://sports.usatoday.com/ |archive-date=September 28, 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Teams
!Division
!Conference
!Venue
!Capacity
|-
|[[Florida State Seminoles football]]
|[[NCAA Division I|D-1]] ([[NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision|FBS]])
|[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
|[[Doak Campbell Stadium]]
|79,560
|-
|[[Florida State Seminoles men's basketball]]
|[[NCAA Division I|D-I]]
|[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
|[[Donald L. Tucker Center]]
|12,500
|-
|[[Florida State Seminoles women's basketball]]
|[[NCAA Division I|D-I]]
|[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
|[[Donald L. Tucker Center]]
|12,500
|-
|[[Florida State Seminoles baseball]]
|[[NCAA Division I|D-I]]
|[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
|[[Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium|Dick Howser Stadium]]
|6,700
|-
|[[Florida State Seminoles softball]]
|[[NCAA Division I|D-I]]
|[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
|[[JoAnne Graf Field at the Seminole Softball Complex|JoAnne Graf Field]]
|1,000
|-
|[[Florida State Seminoles women's soccer]]
|[[NCAA Division I|D-1]]
|[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
|[[Seminole Soccer Complex]]
|2,000
|-
|[[Florida A&M Rattlers]]
|[[NCAA Division I|D-1]]
|[[Southwestern Athletic Conference|SWAC]]
|[[Bragg Memorial Stadium]]
|25,500
|-
|[[Florida A&M Rattlers men's basketball]]
|[[NCAA Division I|D-I]]
|[[Southwestern Athletic Conference|SWAC]]
|[[Teaching Arena]]
|8,470
|}

===Other===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Club
!Sport
!League
!Years Active
!Venue
|-
|[[Tallahassee Tiger Sharks]]
|[[Ice hockey]]
|[[ECHL]]
|1994–2001
|[[Donald L. Tucker Center]]
|-
|[[Tallahassee Scorpions]]
|[[Indoor soccer]]
|[[EISL]]
|1997–1998
|[[Donald L. Tucker Center]]
|-
|[[Tallahassee Thunder]]
|[[American Football]]
|[[Arena Football]]
|2000–2002
|[[Donald L. Tucker Center]]
|-
|[[Tallahassee Titans]]
|[[American Football]]
|[[American Indoor Football Association|AIFL]]
|2007
|[[Donald L. Tucker Center]]
|-
|[[Tallahassee Tigers]]
|Basketball
|[[American Basketball Association (2000–present)|ABA]]
|2007
|[[Donald L. Tucker Center]]
|-
|[[Tallahassee SC]]
|Soccer
|[[National Premier Soccer League|NPSL]]
|2018–
|[[Gene Cox Stadium]]
|}

==Media==
{{see also|List of newspapers in Florida|List of radio stations in Florida|List of television stations in Florida}}

===Print===
*The ''[[Tallahassee Democrat]]'', Tallahassee's largest newspaper, published daily<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tallahassee.com/ |title=Tallahassee Democrat &#124; Tallahassee news, community, entertainment, yellow pages and classifieds. Serving Tallahassee, Florida |website=Tallahassee.com |date=October 12, 2012 |access-date=October 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014034509/http://www.tallahassee.com/ |archive-date=October 14, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*The ''[[FSView & Florida Flambeau]]'', covers Florida State University<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fsview.com/ |title=Florida State University news from the FSView and Florida Flambeau including FSU sports, arts and life, opinion and classifieds. &#124; fsunews.com |website=FSView.com |date=October 12, 2012 |access-date=October 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040329234017/http://www.fsview.com/ |archive-date=March 29, 2004 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*''The Talon'', covers Tallahassee Community College<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tcc.fl.edu/College/ArtsAtTCC/Pages/Talon-Newspaper.aspx |title=The Talon Newspaper – Tallahassee Community College |website=Tcc.fl.edu |access-date=November 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907185234/https://www.tcc.fl.edu/College/ArtsAtTCC/Pages/Talon-Newspaper.aspx |archive-date=September 7, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*''[[The Famuan]]'', covers Florida A&M University<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefamuanonline.com/ |title=The Famuan – The Student Voice of Florida A&M University |website=Thefamuanonline.com |access-date=October 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014185939/http://www.thefamuanonline.com/ |archive-date=October 14, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Television===
[[File:WFSUBuilding.JPG|thumb|WFSU Building]]
*[[WCTV]] (CBS) channel 6.1 (MeTV) channel 6.2 (The365) channel 6.3 (ION) channel 6.4 (Justice) channel 6.5 (MyTV) channel 6.6 (This TV) channel 6.7
*[[WFSU-TV|WFSU]] (PBS) channel 11.1 (Florida Channel) channel 11.2 (Create) channel 11.3 (Kids 360) channel 11.4 
*[[WTLF]] (CW) channel 24.1 (Comet) channel 24.2 (TBD) channel 24.3 (Nest) channel 24.4 (Dabl) 24.5
*[[WTLH]] (H&I) channel 49.1 (CW) channel 49.2 (Comet) channel 49.3
*[[WTWC-TV|WTWC]] (NBC) channel 40.1 (Fox) channel 40.2 (Charge) channel 40.3
*[[WTXL-TV|WTXL]] (ABC) channel 27.1 (Bounce) channel 27.2 (Grit) channel 27.3 (Escape) channel 27.4 (CourtTV) channel 27.5 (Newsy) channel 27.6 (HSN) channel 27.7
*[[WFXU|WNXG-LD]] (WCTV simulcast channels 6.1 - 6.6 ATSC 3.0)
*WVUP (CTN) channel 45.1 (LifeStyle) channel 45.2 (CTNi) channel45.3 (Buzzer) channel 45.4
*WTFL-LD (Telemundo) channel 15.1 (Start TV) channel 15.2 (Catchy Comedy) channel 15.3
*WFXU (My Network TV) 57.1
*WXTL-LD (Daystar) 36.1 (Daystar Espanol) 36.2

===Radio===
{{see also|Category:Radio stations in Tallahassee, Florida}}

{{div col|colwidth=18em}}
*[[WANM]], Soul/R&B music
*[[WAYT-FM]], contemporary Christian music
*[[WBZE|WBZE-FM]], adult contemporary music
*WDXD-LP, classic country music
*[[WFLA-FM]], news/talk
*[[WFSU-FM|WFSQ-FM]], classical music
*[[WFSU-FM]], news/talk
*[[WGLF|WGLF-FM]], classic rock music
*[[WGMY|WGMY-FM]], Top 40 music
*[[WHTF|WHTF-FM]], Top 40 music
*[[WTLY]], adult contemporary music
*[[WTNT-FM]], country music
*[[WVFS|WVFS-FM]], college/alternative music
*[[WVFT]], news/talk
*[[WWLD]], hip-hop music
*[[WWOF|WWOF-FM]], country music
*[[WXSR|WXSR-FM]], rock music
{{div col end}}

==Public safety==
[[File:Tallahassee Police.JPG|thumb|A Tallahassee Police Department patrol car]]
[[File:Aa leon county EMS sm.jpg|thumb|A Leon County EMS vehicle]]
Established in 1826, the [[Tallahassee Police Department]] once claimed to be the oldest police department in the Southern United States and the second-oldest in the U.S., preceded only by the [[Philadelphia Police Department]] (established in 1758). The [[Boston Police Department]] was established in 1838 and larger East Coast cities followed with New York City and Baltimore in 1845. However, this is proven incorrect. Pensacola, Florida, for example, had a municipal police force as early as 1821.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Domherty |first1=Herbert J. Jr. |date=1954 |title=The Governorship of Andrew Jackson |journal=The Florida Historical Quarterly |volume=33 |issue=1 |pages=3–31 |jstor=30138932}}</ref>

There are over 800 sworn law enforcement officers in Tallahassee. Law enforcement services are provided by the Tallahassee Police Department, the [[Leon County Sheriff's Office]], the [[Florida Department of Law Enforcement]], [[Florida Capitol Police]], [[Florida State University Police Department]], [[Florida A&M University]] Police Department, the Tallahassee State College Police Department, the [[Florida Highway Patrol]], and the [[Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission]].

The Tallahassee Growth Management Building Inspection Division is responsible for issuing permits and performing inspections of public and private buildings in the city limits. These duties include the enforcement of the Florida Building Codes and the Florida Fire Protection Codes. These standards are present to protect life and property. The Tallahassee Building Department is one of 13 Accredited Building Departments in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |title=Building Department Accreditation |url=http://www.iasonline.org/Building_Department_Program/BDA.html |publisher=International Accreditation Service |access-date=May 24, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519121525/http://iasonline.org/Building_Department_Program/BDA.html |archive-date=May 19, 2011}}</ref>

The [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]], [[United States Marshals Service]], [[Immigration and Customs Enforcement]],<ref>[https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:h1Av3-UtUsUJ:www.migrationinformation.org/pdf/OI-office-map.pdf+%22immigration+and+customs+enforcement%22+%22ra+offices%22&gl=us&sig=AHIEtbS8enwgX1w57gq3OZexKkxUIp95vw] {{dead link|date=November 2017}}</ref> [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives]], [[United States Secret Service|Secret Service]] and [[Drug Enforcement Administration]] have offices in Tallahassee. The [[United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida]] is based in Tallahassee.

Fire and rescue services are provided by the [[Tallahassee Fire Department]] and [[Leon County Emergency Medical Services]].

Hospitals in the area include [[Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare]], [[Capital Regional Medical Center]] and [[HealthSouth]] [[Rehabilitation Hospital]] of Tallahassee.

==Places of interest==

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*[[Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park]]
*[[Carnegie Library at FAMU]]
*[[Challenger Learning Center]]
*[[Co-Cathedral of Saint Thomas More (Tallahassee, Florida)|Co-Cathedral of St. Thomas More]]
*[[Doak Campbell Stadium]]
*[[Elinor Klapp-Phipps Park]]
*[[First Presbyterian Church (Tallahassee, Florida)|First Presbyterian Church]]
*[[Florida Governor's Mansion]]
*[[Florida State Capitol]]
*[[Florida Supreme Court]]
*[[Foster Tanner Fine Arts Gallery]] at [[Florida A&M University]]
*[[Frenchtown (Tallahassee)|Frenchtown]]
*[[Goodwood Plantation|Goodwood Museum and Gardens]]
*[[Innovation Park (Florida State University)|Innovation Park]]
*John G. Riley Center/Museum of African American History & Culture (Riley Museum)<ref>{{cite web |date=2021 |title=History & Founders |url=https://rileymuseum.org/history-founders/ |url-status=dead |access-date=October 8, 2021 |website=John G. Riley Center & Museum |archive-date=April 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417092128/https://rileymuseum.org/history-founders/}}</ref>
*[[Knott House Museum]]
*[[Lake Ella]]
*[[Lake Jackson Mounds Archaeological State Park]]
*[[LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library]]
*[[Mission San Luis de Apalachee]]
*[[Museum of Florida History]]
*[[National High Magnetic Field Laboratory]]
*[[Railroad Square]]
*[[Carnegie Library at FAMU|Southeastern Regional Black Archives Research Center and Museum]]
*[[St. John's Episcopal Church (Tallahassee, Florida)|St. John's Episcopal Church]]
*[[Tallahassee Automobile Museum]]
*[[Tallahassee Museum]]
*[[Westcott Building|James D. Westcott Building]] and Ruby Diamond Auditorium at Florida State University
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==Transportation==
[[File:TLHregional.JPG|thumb|Tallahassee International Airport, seen here as Tallahassee Regional Airport]]
[[File:StarMetro Gillig BRT 29.jpg|thumb|A StarMetro vehicle]]
[[File:I10tallahassee.jpg|thumb|Interstate 10 at Capital Circle Northeast]]

===Aviation===
*[[Tallahassee International Airport]] (KTLH)

====Defunct airports====
*[[Dale Mabry Field]] (closed 1961)
*[[Tallahassee Commercial Airport]] (closed 2011)

===Mass transit===
*[[StarMetro (bus service)|StarMetro]] provides bus service throughout the city.

===Intercity bus===
*[[Greyhound Lines|Greyhound]] and [[Megabus (North America)|Megabus]] based in downtown Tallahassee.

===Railroads===
*Freight service is provided by the [[Florida Gulf & Atlantic Railroad]], which acquired most of the [[CSX Transportation|CSX]] main line from Pensacola to Jacksonville on June 1, 2019.  FG&A also purchased the CSX branch from Tallahassee to [[Attapulgus, Georgia]], connecting with the CSX Montgomery-Savannah main line at [[Bainbridge, Georgia]].  FG&A's headquarters office is in Tallahassee.<ref>{{cite web |title=Florida Gulf & Atlantic Railroad |url=https://www.railusa.net/florida-gulf-atlantic-railroad/ |publisher=RailUSA |access-date=October 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619173105/https://www.railusa.net/florida-gulf-atlantic-railroad/ |archive-date=June 19, 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

====Defunct railroads and passenger trains====
*[[Tallahassee Railroad]], completed in 1837, now the state-owned [[Tallahassee-St. Marks Historic Railroad State Trail]] from Tallahassee southward to [[St. Marks, Florida|St. Marks]], about {{Convert|20|mi}}.
*[[Carrabelle, Tallahassee and Georgia Railroad]], founded in 1891, merged into the [[Georgia Florida and Alabama Railway]] in 1906.  The Tallahassee-Carrabelle segment was abandoned in 1948.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hensley |first1=Donald R. Jr. |title=The Story of the Georgia Florida & Alabama RR |url=http://www.taplines.net/gfa/gfa.html |website=Tap Lines |access-date=October 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404110958/http://www.taplines.net/gfa/gfa.html |archive-date=April 4, 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2009, a {{Convert|2.4|mi|adj=on}} segment of the abandoned railroad was opened as the [[Tallahassee-Georgia Florida and Alabama (GF&A) Trail]] in the [[Apalachicola National Forest]].<ref>{{cite web |title=GF&A Railroad Timeline |url=https://cc2st.com/tales/gfa-railroad-timeline/ |website=Capital City to the Sea Trails |access-date=October 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001230451/https://cc2st.com/tales/gfa-railroad-timeline/ |archive-date=October 1, 2019 |url-status=usurped}}</ref>
*The streamlined ''[[Gulf Wind]]'' coach and [[Pullman sleeping car|Pullman]] passenger train, operated jointly by the [[Louisville and Nashville|L&N]] and [[Seaboard Air Line Railroad|Seaboard]] railroads, served Tallahassee from 1949 to 1971, when the newly formed [[Amtrak]] cancelled the train.
*Amtrak's ''[[Sunset Limited]]'' served Tallahassee from April 1993 until service east of New Orleans was suspended in August 2005, following [[Hurricane Katrina]], which caused extensive damage to CSX lines from Louisiana to Florida. The service has never been reinstated, and as of mid-2019 had a "next to zero chance" of being revived by Amtrak.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Flanigan |first1=Tom |title=Florida Gulf And Atlantic Assumes Ownership of North Florida Rail Line |url=https://news.wfsu.org/post/florida-gulf-and-atlantic-assumes-ownership-north-florida-rail-line |access-date=October 19, 2019 |publisher=WFSU.org |date=July 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018223027/https://news.wfsu.org/post/florida-gulf-and-atlantic-assumes-ownership-north-florida-rail-line |archive-date=October 18, 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2021, Amtrak announced plans restore service as early as 2022 along part of the route from New Orleans to Alabama, but not into Florida.<ref>{{cite news |title=Amtrak official: Gulf Coast service starting in 2022 |url=https://www.al.com/news/2021/02/amtrak-official-gulf-coast-service-starting-in-2022.html |access-date=March 9, 2021 |work=al |date=February 24, 2021 |language=en}}</ref> The Tallahassee and Pensacola metropolitan areas are the largest in the state without passenger rail service.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}

===Major highways===
*[[File:I-10.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 10 in Florida|Interstate 10]] runs east–west across the north side of the city. Tallahassee is served by five exits including: Exit 192 (U.S. 90), Exit 196 (Capital Circle NW), Exit 199 (U.S. 27/Monroe St.), Exit 203 (U.S. 319/Thomasville Road and Capital Circle NE), and Exit 209 (U.S. 90/Mahan Dr.)
*[[File:US 27.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 27 in Florida|U.S. Route 27]] enters the city from the northwest before turning south and entering downtown. This portion of U.S. 27 is known locally as Monroe Street. In front of the historic state capitol building, U.S. 27 turns east and follows Apalachee Parkway out of the city.
*[[File:US 90.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 90 in Florida|U.S. Route 90]] runs east–west through Tallahassee. It is known locally as Tennessee Street west of Magnolia Drive and Mahan Drive east of Magnolia.
*[[File:US 319.svg|23px]] [[U.S. Route 319 in Florida|U.S. Route 319]] runs north–south along the east side of the city using Thomasville Road, Capital Circle NE, Capital Circle SE, and Crawfordville Road.
*[[File:Florida 20.svg|20px]] [[State Road 20 (Florida)|State Road 20]]
*[[File:Florida 61.svg|20px]] [[State Road 61 (Florida)|State Road 61]]
*[[File:Florida 363.svg|23px]] [[State Road 363 (Florida)|State Road 363]]
*[[Orchard Pond Parkway]], the first privately built toll road in Florida.<ref name="OPP">{{cite web |url=http://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/2015/03/08/private-toll-road-intended-save-nature-wildlife/24519689/ |title=Private toll road intended to save nature, wildlife |last=Ensley |first=Gerald |date=March 9, 2015 |work=[[Tallahassee Democrat]] |location=Tallahassee, FL |access-date=December 4, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151204095327/http://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/2015/03/08/private-toll-road-intended-save-nature-wildlife/24519689/?from=global&sessionKey=&autologin= |archive-date=December 4, 2015}}</ref>

==Namesakes==
*[[CSS Tallahassee|CSS ''Tallahassee'']], 1864 Confederate cruiser
*{{USS|Tallahassee|BM-9}}, 1908 US Navy [[monitor (warship)|monitor]], originally named USS ''Florida''
*{{USS|Tallahassee|CL-61}}, 1941 US Navy [[light cruiser]], converted to the aircraft carrier USS ''Princeton''
*{{USS|Tallahassee|CL-116}}, 1944 US Navy light cruiser
*Tallahassee, main character in the movie ''[[Zombieland]]''
*''[[Tallahassee (album)|Tallahassee]]'', album recorded by [[The Mountain Goats]]
*[[Tallahassee Tight]], early-20th-century blues singer
*[[T-Pain]], musician, originally "Tallahassee Pain"
*"[[Tallahassee Lassie]]", [[Freddy Cannon]] song
*"Tallahassee", [[Bing Crosby]] & [[The Andrews Sisters|Andrews Sisters]] song

==Sister cities==
{{See also|List of sister cities in Florida}}

[[File:PikiWiki Israel 7459 Ramat Hasharon from the top of tops.JPG|thumb|[[Ramat HaSharon]], Israel]]
Tallahassee has 5 [[sister cities]] as follows:<ref>{{cite web |date=March 3, 2022 |title=Tallahassee mayor calls for termination of 'sister city' relationship with Russian city |url=https://www.wtxl.com/news/local-news/tallahassee-mayor-calls-for-termination-of-sister-city-relationship-with-russian-city |access-date=March 4, 2022 |website=WTXL|author-last1=Williams|author-first1=Jada}}</ref>

*{{flagdeco|GHA}} [[Konongo-Odumase]], [[Ashanti Region|Ashanti]], Ghana
*{{flagdeco|Sint Maarten}} [[Sint Maarten|St. Maarten]], Netherlands Antilles
*{{flagdeco|IRL}} [[Sligo]], County Sligo, Ireland
*{{flagdeco|PRC}} [[Rugao]], Jiangsu, China
*{{flagdeco|ISR}} [[Ramat HaSharon]], [[Tel Aviv District]], Israel

==Notable people==
{{Main|List of people from Tallahassee, Florida}}

==Tallahassee groups and organizations==

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*[[Cold Water Army (rock band)|Cold Water Army]], music group
*[[Creed (band)|Creed]], rock band
*[[Cream Abdul Babar]], music group
*[[The Crüxshadows]], music group
*[[David Canter]], medical doctor, folk musician
*[[Dead Prez]], Alternative hip hop duo
*[[Go Radio]], music group
*[[Marching 100|FAMU Marching 100]], marching band
*[[Marching Chiefs|FSU Marching Chiefs]], marching band
*[[Look Mexico]], rock band
*[[Mayday Parade]], music group
*[[Mira (band)|Mira]], music group
*[[No Address]], music group
*[[Socialburn]], rock band
*[[Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra]], symphony orchestra
*[[Woman's Club of Tallahassee]]
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==State associations based in Tallahassee==

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*[[The Florida Bar]]
*[[Florida Chamber of Commerce]]
*[[Florida Dental Association]]
*[[Ficpa|Florida Institute of CPAs]]
*[[Florida Lottery]]
*[[Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida]]
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==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Turlington.jpg|Turlington Education Building as seen from the Civic Center
File:TallahasseeDoubletree.JPG|The Downtown Tallahassee Doubletree Hotel
File:TennysonCondominiums.JPG|Tennyson Condominiums as seen through a break in the downtown Federal Courthouse Square
File:GeorgiaBelle.JPG|Westminster Gardens, formerly the Georgia Bell Dickinson Apartments, in Downtown Tallahassee
File:HighpointCenter.JPG|Highpoint Center as seen from the Florida Capitol
File:TallahasseeExchangeBldg.JPG|The historic [[Exchange Bank Building (Tallahassee, Florida)|Exchange Bank Building]], considered to be the city's first highrise building
File:TallahasseeWarMemorial.JPG|The Korean War Memorial at Cascades Park facing the Florida Capitol
File:LewisStateBank.JPG|[[Union Bank (Tallahassee, Florida)|Union Bank]], Florida's oldest surviving bank building
File:OldFloridaStateHouse.JPG|Florida's historic state capitol building built in 1845
File:Kleman Plaza amphitheater.jpg|Kleman Plaza in the heart of Downtown Tallahassee
File:NewUSCourthouse.JPG|The U.S. Federal Courthouse in Tallahassee
File:Cascades Park (Tallahassee), Korean War Memorial 02.JPG|The Florida Korean War Memorial
File:Supreme Court of Florida.JPG|The Florida Supreme Court Building
File:VisitorsCenter.JPG|The Tallahassee-Leon County Visitors Center
File:Leroy Collins Leon County Public Library from Park Ave.JPG|Leroy Collins Leon County Public Library from Park Ave
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Leon County, Florida#Consolidation with Tallahassee|Consolidation of Leon County with Tallahassee]]
*[[History of Tallahassee, Florida]]
*[[Park Avenue Historic District (Tallahassee, Florida)|Park Avenue Historic District]]
*[[Tallahassee Historic District Zones I And II]]
*[[USS Tallahassee|USS ''Tallahassee'']], 3 ships

==References==
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==Notes==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite news |url=http://users.ipfw.edu/jehle/deisenbe/JHPcolumn/jhp102.pdf |title=In Tallahassee |magazine=Journal of Hispanic Philology |volume=10 |number=2 |first=Daniel |last=Eisenberg |year=1986 |pages=97–101 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006090302/http://users.ipfw.edu/jehle/deisenbe/JHPcolumn/jhp102.pdf |archive-date=October 6, 2014}}

*Hare, Julianne. ''Tallahassee: a capital city history''. Arcadia Publishing. 2002
*[[Charlton W. Tebeau|Tebeau, Charlton, W.]] ''A History of Florida.'' University of Miami Press. Coral Gables. 1971
*Williams, John Lee. ''Journal of an Expedition to the Interior of West Florida October–November 1823.'' Manuscript on file at the State Library of Florida, Florida Collection. Tallahassee.

==External links==
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*{{official website|http://www.talgov.com/}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130605044856/https://localconservationboard.org/ The Local Conservation District – Information on Natural Resources, and Panoramic Tours]
*[http://www.tallahassee.com/ The Tallahassee Democrat Newspaper]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060212115217/http://www.missionsanluis.org/ Mission San Luis]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050308231348/http://www.taltrust.org/select.htm Tallahassee Trust for Historic Preservation – Places to Discover]
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20091211213152/https://www.protectingourwater.org/watersheds/map/ochlockonee_stmarks/ Ochlockonee River – St. Marks River Watersheds – Florida DEP]}}

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