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Tallahassee is Florida's state capital - it was chosen as the capital of the Florida Territory in 1824 because it sat midway between the territory's two major settlements, Pensacola and St. Augustine.

The city was established in 1824 and incorporated in 1825, and it is still the county seat of Leon County and the only incorporated municipality in the county.

The name Tallahassee comes from a Muskogean word meaning 'old fields.'

Tallahassee had 196,169 residents in the 2020 Census, and Census Bureau estimates put its population at about 204,900 by July 2025.

Tallahassee has about 85,311 households averaging just 2.16 people each, and only about 41% of its homes are owner-occupied - a renter-heavy profile driven by its huge student population.

More than 70,000 college students live in Tallahassee, anchored by Florida State University and Florida A&M University, one of the nation's leading historically Black universities.

Florida State University is home to the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, known as the National MagLab, a major national research facility for high-field magnet science.

Tallahassee State College acts as a major feeder school, sending large numbers of transfer students on to Florida State and Florida A&M.

The 1902 Florida Historic Capitol, now preserved as a museum, stands right beside the 22-story modern Capitol tower, whose top floor offers a free public observation deck.

Cascades Park, a 24-acre park in the heart of downtown, mixes an amphitheater, a history trail and the Prime Meridian Marker with a working stormwater management system.