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.

Combining city textures and college town sensibilities, Tallahassee really has a nice blend of characteristics. While not a huge city, Tallahassee is big enough to offer a healthy dose of diversion, opportunity, and amenity to its residents and to the thousands of college students who descend on it every fall. Its size and diversity makes Tallahassee more than just a college town, but removing the students from the equation would undeniably change Tallahassee's character and quality of life.

Not only is Tallahassee a city with many college students, but it also retains many recent graduates who are looking to start new careers, shaping the character of the city into a place that is geared toward, and considered attractive to, many single, educated people. Many singles consider Tallahassee a good place to live without being in a really big city, with opportunities for friendships and fun with others like themselves.

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 education level of Tallahassee citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 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.