Jacksonville, Florida
| Jacksonville, Florida | |
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| General information | |
Mayor of Jacksonville
Donna Deegan | |
| Last mayoral election: | 2023 |
| Next mayoral election: | 2027 |
| Last city council election: | 2023 |
| Next city council election: | 2027 |
| City council seats: | 19 |
| City website | |
| Composition data (2019) | |
| Population: | 890,467 |
| Race: | White 58.2% African American 31.0% Asian 4.8% Native American 0.2% Pacific Islander 0.1% Two or more 3.6% |
| Ethnicity: | Hispanic 10.0% |
| Median household income: | $54,701 |
| High school graduation rate: | 89.5% |
| College graduation rate: | 28.6% |
| Related Jacksonville offices | |
| Florida Congressional Delegation Florida State Legislature Florida state executive offices | |
Jacksonville is a consolidated city-county in Duval County, Florida. The city's population was 949,611 as of 2020, according to the United States Census Bureau.
On October 1, 1968, the government of Duval County was consolidated with the government of the City of Jacksonville. The Duval County cities of Atlantic Beach, Baldwin, Jacksonville Beach, and Neptune Beach are not included in the corporate limits of Jacksonville and maintain their own municipal governments.[1]
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City government
- See also: Mayor-council government
The city of Jacksonville 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.[2]
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][3]
The current Mayor of Jacksonville is Donna Deegan (D). Deegan assumed office in 2023.
City council
The Jacksonville City Council is the city's primary legislative body. It is responsible for adopting the city budget, approving mayoral appointees, levying taxes, and making or amending city laws, policies and ordinances.[4]
The Jacksonville City Council has 19 members. Fourteen are elected by the city's 14 districts, and five are elected at large.[4]
In October 2022, a federal court struck down the Jacksonville City Council district maps that were approved during the 2022 redistricting process. U.S. District Judge Marcia Howard ruled that the maps were a racial gerrymander that weakened the power of Black voters. In a ruling in December 2022, Howard rejected a second map submitted by the city, instead adopting a map submitted by plaintiffs for Jacksonville's 2023 municipal election. Howard's decision was upheld upon appeal.[5][6][7]
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:
Duval Soil and Water Conservation District
- See also: Special districts
The Duval Soil and Water Conservation District consists of five supervisors who are elected at large to four year terms.[8]
Other elected officials
Mayoral partisanship
Jacksonville has a Democratic mayor. As of September 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
Note: The city of Jacksonville operates under a consolidated government with Duval County. Members of the city council are elected through 14 numbered districts and five at-large districts within the county. The mayor is elected by the entire county. The cities of Atlantic Beach, Baldwin, Jacksonville Beach, and Neptune Beach each have their own governing bodies, but residents are able to vote for the mayor of Jacksonville and the Jacksonville City Council.[1]
2024
The city of Jacksonville, Florida, is holding general elections for state attorney, public defender, community development districts, soil and water district, special dependent districts, clerk of court, county court judges, and circuit court judges on November 5, 2024. A primary was scheduled for August 20, 2024. The filing deadline for judicial seats was April 26, 2024, and the filing deadline for non-judicial seats was June 14, 2024.
2023
The city of Jacksonville, Florida, held general elections for mayor, city council, supervisor of elections, property appraiser, sheriff, and tax collector on March 21, 2023. A runoff election was scheduled for May 16, 2023. The filing deadline for this election was January 13, 2023.
2022
The city of Jacksonville, Florida, held general elections for soil & water conservation district board, community development district boards, special district boards, circuit court judges, and county court judges on November 8, 2022. A primary and a special general election for two city council seats was scheduled for August 23, 2022. The filing deadline for this election was June 17, 2022.
Two special elections for city council and one special election for sheriff was also scheduled for August 23, 2022. A runoff was scheduled for November 8, 2022.
2021
The city of Jacksonville, Florida, held a special election for the at-large Group 3 seat on the city council on December 7, 2021. A runoff election was scheduled for February 22, 2022. The filing deadline to qualify via signature petitions was September 21, 2021, and the filing deadline to qualify via qualifying fee was October 1, 2021.[9]
2020
The city of Jacksonville, Florida, held general elections for eleven circuit court judgeships, clerk of courts, four Duval County Court judgeships, state attorney, public defender, and soil and water conservation district group 2 and group 4 on November 3, 2020. A primary election was scheduled for August 18, 2020. The filing deadline for judicial candidates in this election was April 4, 2020, and the filing deadline for non-judicial candidates was June 12, 2020.
A special election was also held on August 18, 2020, for District 4 on the Jacksonville City Council. The special election became necessary after incumbent Scott Wilson (R) filed to run for Duval County Clerk of Courts in 2020.
2019
The city of Jacksonville, Florida, held general elections for mayor, city council, property appraiser, sheriff, and tax collector on March 19, 2019. A runoff election was on May 14, 2019. The deadline for candidates to file to run in this election was January 11, 2019. Click here for more information about the mayoral election.
2018
Jacksonville, Florida, held a special election for tax collector and District 12 of the city council on August 28, 2018. A runoff election was held on November 6, 2018. The filing deadline for candidates for tax collector was June 22, 2018, and the deadline for candidates for city council was June 27, 2018.[10][11]
2015
The city of Jacksonville, Florida, held elections for mayor and city council on May 19, 2015. A primary took place on March 24, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was January 16, 2015. All 19 city council seats were up for election.[12]
Census information
The table below shows demographic information about the city.
| Demographic Data for Jacksonville | |
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| Jacksonville | |
| Population | 949,611 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 747 |
| Race and ethnicity** | |
| White | 53.1% |
| Black/African American | 30.4% |
| Asian | 4.9% |
| Native American | 0.2% |
| Pacific Islander | 0.1% |
| Two or more | 7.9% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 11.3% |
| Bildung | |
| High school graduation rate | 90.5% |
| College graduation rate | 31% |
| Income | |
| Median household income | $64,138 |
| Persons below poverty level | 11% |
| 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. The budget process begins with a review of department budget proposals by the city's Budget Division. The Budget Division passes along these proposals to the mayor's Budget Review Committee (MBRC). The mayor presents a budget draft produced by the MBRC to the city council. The city council's Finance Committee reviews the budget proposal before presenting it to the full council. Two public hearings about the proposed budget must be held prior to approval of a final budget before October 1.[13]
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.[14]
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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.[15] |
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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.[14]
Jacksonville, Florida, salaries and pensions over $95,000
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Contact information
Mayor's office
City Hall at St. James Building
117 W. Duval St., Suite 400
Jacksonville, FL 32202
Phone: 904-255-5000
Click here for city council contact information.
Ballot measures
- See also: Duval County, Florida ballot measures
The city of Jacksonville is in Duval County. A list of ballot measures in Duval 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 Jacksonville, following the death of George Floyd. Events in Jacksonville, Florida, began downtown on Saturday, May 30, 2020.[17] On May 31, Mayor Lenny Curry (R) instituted a curfew.[18] The national guard was not deployed.
2017: Council opposes extending term limits for city officials
On August 22, 2017, the Jacksonville City Council defeated a bill that would have authorized placing a referendum before city voters in 2018 to ease the term limits for elected city officials. Under existing law, city council members were restricted to serving two consecutive four-year terms, which became law after a 1991 referendum. The new proposal, which was rejected by an 11-6 council vote, would have asked residents to increase that limit to three consecutive terms, or 12 years. Supporters of the measure argued that current voters should have the opportunity to weigh in on the term limits issue, since the original referendum was decided over 25 years ago. Opponents stated that the measure would make residents view the council as self-serving.[19]
2015: Study on city's nondiscrimination laws
In July 2015, the Movement Advancement Project described Jacksonville, Florida, as a city or county that did not prohibit discrimination in employment on the basis of sexual orientation or 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.[20]
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Jacksonville Historical Society, "Consolidation," accessed September 30, 2021 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "Jax" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 2.0 2.1 City of Jacksonville, "Government," accessed September 30, 2021
- ↑ City of Jacksonville, "Office of the Mayor," accessed September 30, 2021
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 City of Jacksonville, "City Council," accessed September 30, 2021
- ↑ WJCT News, "Court rejects Jacksonville's appeal in redistricting case," January 6, 2023
- ↑ Florida Politics, "Judge spikes Jacksonville redistricting plan, imposes plaintiff’s map," December 20, 2022
- ↑ Jacksonville.com, "Federal judge orders Jacksonville to redraw City Council district lines for 2023 election," October 12, 2022
- ↑ Duval Soil & Water District, "Our History," accessed September 30, 2021
- ↑ Jacksonville.com, "Jacksonville special election set for December to fill seat vacated by Hazouri's death," September 15, 2021
- ↑ Duval County Elections, "Notice of Special Election for the Office of City Council District 12," accessed June 14, 2018
- ↑ City of Jacksonville, Duval County Elections, "Notice of Special Election for the Office of Tax Collector," accessed June 14, 2018
- ↑ Duval County Supervisor of Elections, "Upcoming Elections," accessed September 19, 2014
- ↑ City of Jacksonville, "Budget Process," accessed August 23, 2023
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, "Fiscally Standardized Cities database," accessed August 23, 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 23, 2023
- ↑ First Coast News, "Activists gather in Jacksonville for protest against police treatment of African-Americans in city, across country," May 30, 2020
- ↑ News 4 Jax, "Mayor considers another curfew after weekend of Jacksonville protests," June 3, 2020
- ↑ WJCT, "Jacksonville City Council Votes Down Term-Limit Referendum," August 22, 2017
- ↑ Movement Advancement Project, "Local Employment Non-Discrimination Ordinances," accessed July 7, 2015
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