The Office of Diversity & Inclusion tracks and measures the City’s progress toward its strategic initiative to have a workforce whose demographic composition is representative of the community we serve. The City is a robust organization with a workforce of some 4,000 dedicated employees who are proud to call Tallahassee home. Building a workforce that is representative of the community creates a sense of belonging for everyone. Both the organization and community benefit when people of different backgrounds, views, experiences and ways of thinking work collaboratively to better serve Tallahassee.

The Staffing Report dashboard is designed to promote transparency, accountability and results as we seek to live out the City’s core values. It serves as a tool to support our goal to further diversity, equity and inclusion within our organization. The data helps us to understand past and current workforce trends to support succession planning and identify opportunities to improve our recruitment, retention and promotion practices. In addition to examining our internal data, we also monitor external data from the United States Census Bureau and the American Community Survey to build a more holistic picture of our community at-large.

2022 Staffing Report

The Staffing Report below shows the year-to-year change in the gender and race/ethnicity makeup of the City of Tallahassee workforce from 2018 to 2022. With the creation of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion in 2019, efforts are focused broadly on closing the 10% gap in minority representation and addressing the underrepresentation of women as compared to the community of Tallahassee. A more micro view of departments shows that within several departments including Aviation and Housing & Community Resilience and Human Resources & Workforce Development, over 40% of employees self-identifies as Black, Indigenous and People of Color.

According to the 2019 American Community Survey, the population of Tallahassee is 51% White, 35% Black, 7% Hispanic, 4% Asian and 3% multiracial. Gender representation sits at 53% female and 47% male. To achieve parity, we are taking action and are confident that, with a sustained effort, our goals are achievable.