Tallahassee is a relatively large coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 150,581 people and 42 constituent neighborhoods, Tallahassee is the eighth largest community in Florida.

Tallahassee is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 90.09% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Tallahassee is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Tallahassee who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.09%), sales jobs (11.62%), and teaching (9.26%).

Also of interest is that Tallahassee has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Tallahassee is made interesting by being both a reasonably big city and having a major college student population: students here will find that the city provides a lot of amenities, culture, and opportunities for them. Tallahassee is more than just a college town, however, though the thousands of students certainly are a major part of the character of the city, as well as a contributor to the local economy.

Not only is Tallahassee a city with many college students, but it also retains many recent graduates who are looking to start new careers, creating a very large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile. That's because Tallahassee is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Tallahassee a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Tallahassee are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Tallahassee spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.66 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

Tallahassee Information and Demographics

The population of Tallahassee is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 44.96% of adults in Tallahassee have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Tallahassee in 2000 was $18,981, which is middle income relative to Florida, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $75,924 for a family of four.

Tallahassee is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Tallahassee home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Tallahassee is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Tallahassee include English, German, Irish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Tallahassee is English. Some people also speak Spanish.