Tampa, Florida
| Tampa, Florida | |
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| General information | |
Mayor of Tampa
Jane Castor | |
| Last mayoral election: | 2023 |
| Next mayoral election: | 2027 |
| Last city council election: | 2023 |
| Next city council election: | 2027 |
| City council seats: | 7 |
| City website | |
| Composition data (2019) | |
| Population: | 387,916 |
| Race: | White 65.4% African American 23.6% Asian 4.3% Native American 0.3% Pacific Islander 0.1% Two or more 3.9% |
| Ethnicity: | Hispanic 26.4% |
| Median household income: | $53,833 |
| High school graduation rate: | 87.9% |
| College graduation rate: | 38.6% |
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Tampa is a city in Hillsborough County, Florida. The city's population was 384,959 as of 2020, according to the United States Census Bureau.
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City government
- See also: Mayor-council government
The city of Tampa utilizes a strong mayor and city council system. In this form of municipal government, the city council serves as the city's primary legislative body while the mayor serves as the city's chief executive.[1]
Mayor
The mayor serves as the city's chief executive and is responsible for proposing a budget, signing legislation into law, appointing departmental directors, and overseeing the city's day-to-day operations. The mayor also represents the city on the state, national, and international levels.[2]
The current Mayor of Tampa is Jane Castor. Castor assumed office in 2019.
City council
The Tampa City Council is the city's primary legislative body. It is responsible for adopting the city budget, levying taxes, and making or amending city laws, policies, and ordinances.[3]
The Tampa City Council is made up of seven members. Each member represents one of the city's seven districts. While representatives from Districts 1-3 are elected at large, representatives from Districts 4-7 are elected by district.[4]
The widget below automatically displays information about city council meetings. The topic list contains a sampling of keywords that Voterheads, a local government monitoring service, found in each meeting agenda. Click the meeting link to see more info and the full agenda:
Other elected officials
Ballotpedia does not cover any additional city officials in Tampa, Florida.
Mayoral partisanship
Tampa has a Democratic mayor. As of November 2024, 63 mayors in the largest 100 cities by population are affiliated with the Democratic Party, 25 are affiliated with the Republican Party, one is affiliated with the Libertarian Party, four are independents, five identify as nonpartisan or unaffiliated, and two mayors' affiliations are unknown. Click here for a list of the 100 largest cities' mayors and their partisan affiliations.
Mayoral elections are officially nonpartisan in most of the nation's largest cities. However, many officeholders are affiliated with political parties. Ballotpedia uses one or more of the following sources to identify each officeholder's partisan affiliation: (1) direct communication from the officeholder, (2) current or previous candidacy for partisan office, or (3) identification of partisan affiliation by multiple media outlets.
Elections
2023
The city of Tampa, Florida, held general elections for mayor and city council on March 7, 2023. A runoff election was scheduled for April 25, 2023. The filing deadline for this election was January 20, 2023.
2019
- See also: City elections in Tampa, Florida (2019)
The city of Tampa, Florida, held general elections for mayor and city council on March 5, 2019. A runoff election was held on April 23, 2019. The deadline for candidates to file to run in this election was January 18, 2019. Click here for more information about the mayoral election.
2016
The city of Tampa, Florida, held a special election for District 7 of the city council on November 8, 2016. A runoff took place on December 6, 2016. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was September 9, 2016.[5] The election was scheduled to fill the seat of Councilwoman Lisa J. Montelione, who resigned in order to run for the Florida House of Representatives.[6]
2015
The city of Tampa, Florida, held elections for mayor and city council on March 3, 2015. Because no candidate in the general election for District 6 received a majority of the votes, a runoff for that seat was held on March 24, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in the general election was January 16, 2015. All seven city council seats were up for election.[7]
Census information
The table below shows demographic information about the city.
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| Demographic Data for Tampa | |
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| Tampa | |
| Population | 384,959 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 113 |
| Race and ethnicity** | |
| White | 54.9% |
| Black/African American | 21.8% |
| Asian | 4.6% |
| Native American | 0.3% |
| Pacific Islander | 0.1% |
| Two or more | 13.7% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 26.7% |
| Education | |
| High school graduation rate | 89% |
| College graduation rate | 43.3% |
| Income | |
| Median household income | $66,802 |
| Persons below poverty level | 12.7% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2017-2022). | |
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | |
Budget
The city's budget process operates by fiscal years running from October 1 to September 30 of the next year.[8] The mayor is responsible for submitting a proposed annual budget to the city council, who then revises and adopts the budget. The mayor retains veto power over budget items, but vetoes can be overridden by a two-thirds majority of the city council.[9]
Fiscally standardized cities data
The fiscally standardized cities (FiSC) data below was compiled by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy to make municipal budgets comparable across cities in the United States.[10]
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FiSCs are constructed by adding revenues and expenditures of each central city municipal government to a portion of the revenues and expenditures of overlying governments, including counties, independent school districts, and special districts. The allocations to FiSCs are estimates of the revenues collected from and services provided to central city residents and businesses by these overlying independent governments. Thus FiSCs provides a full picture of revenues raised from city residents and businesses and spending on their behalf, whether done by the city government or a separate overlying government.[11] |
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| —Lincoln Institute of Land Policy[12] | ||
The tables below show estimated finances within city limits. As such, the revenue and expenses listed may differ from the actual city budget.
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Historical total revenue and expenditure
To see the historical total revenue or expenditures as a rounded amount in this city, hover over the bars.[10]
Tampa, Florida, salaries and pensions over $95,000
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Contact information
Mayor's office
306 East Jackson Street
Tampa, FL 33602
Phone: 813-274-8251
City Clerk's office
315 E. Kennedy Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33602
Phone: 813-274-8397
Click here for city council contact information.
Ballot measures
The city of Tampa is in Hillsborough County. A list of ballot measures in Hillsborough County is available here.
Noteworthy events
2020: Events and activity following the death of George Floyd
During the weekend of May 29-31, 2020, demonstrations and protests took place in cities nationwide, including Tampa, following the death of George Floyd. Events in Tampa, Florida, began on Saturday, May 30, 2020.[13] The same day, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) activated the Florida National Guard and deployed members to the city at the request of Mayor Jane Castor (D).[14] On May 31, Castor instituted a curfew.[15]
2015: Study on city's nondiscrimination laws
In July 2015, the Movement Advancement Project described Tampa, Florida, as a city or county that prohibited discrimination in employment on the basis of gender identity via ordinances that apply to public and private employers. At that time, a total of 71 of America's largest 100 cities prohibited private employers from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation, while 69 of those cities also prohibited discrimination based on gender identity. This did not include those jurisdictions that prohibited discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity for government employees.[16]
Nondiscrimination laws can cover a variety of areas, including public employment, private employment, housing, and public accommodations. Such laws may be enacted at the state, county, or city level.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Municode Library, "Tampa City Charter Article I," accessed August 31, 2021
- ↑ Municode Library, "Tampa City Charter Article IV," accessed August 31, 2021
- ↑ City of Tampa, "City Council," accessed October 23, 2014
- ↑ City of Tampa, "City Council: About," accessed October 23, 2014
- ↑ Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections, "Supervisor of Election Calls for Special Election in City of Tampa," June 20, 2016
- ↑ Tampa Bay Times, "Special election for Tampa City Council heating up," July 28, 2016
- ↑ Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections, "Election Results," accessed September 16, 2021
- ↑ Municode, "Tampa City Charter Section 7.01. Fiscal Year," accessed August 28, 2023
- ↑ Municode, "Tampa City Charter Section 7.02. Budget," accessed August 28, 2023
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, "Fiscally Standardized Cities database," accessed August 28, 2023
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, "Fiscally Standardized Cities," accessed August 28, 2023
- ↑ Tampa Bay Times, "Hundreds demonstrate across Tampa Bay over George Floyd killing," May 31, 2020
- ↑ Tampa Bay Times, "National Guard activated in Tampa for protest response," May 31, 2020
- ↑ Tampa Bay Times, "Tampa enacts curfew, uses tear gas on protesters; National Guard activated," May 31, 2020
- ↑ Movement Advancement Project, "Local Employment Non-Discrimination Ordinances," accessed July 7, 2015
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