Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | |
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| General information | |
Mayor of Pittsburgh
Edward Gainey | |
| Last mayoral election: | 2021 |
| Next mayoral election: | 2025 |
| Last city council election: | 2023 |
| Next city council election: | 2025 |
| City council seats: | 9 |
| City website | |
| Composition data (2019) | |
| Population: | 302,205 |
| Race: | White 66.8% African American 23.0% Asian 5.8% Native American 0.2% Pacific Islander 0.0% Two or more 3.5% |
| Ethnicity: | Hispanic 3.2% |
| Median household income: | $48,711 |
| High school graduation rate: | 92.9% |
| College graduation rate: | 44.6% |
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Pittsburgh is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The city's population was 302,971 as of 2020, according to the United States Census Bureau.
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City government
- See also: Mayor-council government
The city of Pittsburgh 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.[1][2] The current Mayor of Pittsburgh is Edward Gainey (D). Gainey assumed office in 2022.
City council
The Pittsburgh 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.[1][3]
The Pittsburgh City Council is made up of nine members. Each member is elected by one of the city's nine districts.[3]
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:
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Other elected officials
Mayoral partisanship
Pittsburgh 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 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, held general elections for controller and city council on November 7, 2023. A primary was scheduled for May 16, 2023. The filing deadline for the primary was March 22, 2023, and the filing deadline for the general election was August 1, 2023.
2022
The city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, held a special general election for city council on November 8, 2022. The filing deadline for this election was September 19, 2022.[4]
2021
The city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, held general elections for mayor, city council, constables, and magisterial district judges on November 2, 2021. A primary was scheduled for May 18, 2021. The filing deadline for retention candidates was January 4, 2021. The filing deadline for primary candidates was March 9, 2021, and the filing deadline for independent candidates was August 2, 2021.
2019
2018
The city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, held a special election for the District 8 seat on the city council on March 6, 2018.[5]
2017
The city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, held elections for mayor and city council on November 7, 2017. A primary took place on May 16, 2017. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was March 7, 2017. Four of nine council seats were up for election.
2015
The city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, held elections for city council on November 3, 2015. A primary took place on May 19, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was March 11, 2015. Five of the nine city council seats were up for election.[6]
Census information
The table below shows demographic information about the city.
| Demographic Data for Pittsburgh | |
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| Pittsburgh | |
| Population | 302,971 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 55 |
| Race and ethnicity** | |
| White | 64.5% |
| Black/African American | 23.2% |
| Asian | 5.6% |
| Native American | 0.2% |
| Pacific Islander | 0% |
| Two or more | 5.3% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 3.6% |
| Education | |
| High school graduation rate | 93.9% |
| College graduation rate | 46.7% |
| Income | |
| Median household income | $60,187 |
| Persons below poverty level | 11.8% |
| 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 calendar years running from January 1 and December 31. The mayor prepares the operating and capital budget proposals and submits the proposals to the city council for consideration. The city council is responsible for adopting the budget.[7][8]
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.[9]
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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.[10] |
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| —Lincoln Institute of Land Policy[11] | ||
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.[9]
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, salaries and pensions over $95,000
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Contact information
Mayor's office
414 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Phone: 412-255-2626
City Clerk's office
414 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Phone: 412-255-2138
Click here for city council contact information.
Ballot measures
The city of Pittsburgh is in Allegheny County. A list of ballot measures in Allegheny County is available here.
See also
- Cities in Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
- Largest cities in the United States by population
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Pittsburgh official website
- Office of the Mayor
- City Council
- Pittsburgh City Code of Ordinances
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 City of Pittsburgh, "Home Rule Charter," accessed August 18, 2021
- ↑ City of Pittsburgh, "Mayor," accessed August 18, 2021
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 City of Pittsburgh, "Welcome to City Council," accessed August 18, 2021
- ↑ Allegheny County Elections Division, "Election Calendar - Tuesday, November 8, 2022 Special Election To Fill Vacancy in Pittsburgh Council District #5," accessed October 7, 2022
- ↑ Trib Live, "Special election date set for vacant Pittsburgh City Council District 8 seat," January 5, 2018
- ↑ Allegheny County, "Election Calendar," accessed January 5, 2015
- ↑ City of Pittsburgh, "2023 Operating Budget & Five Year Plan," accessed August 23, 2023
- ↑ City of Pittsburgh, "Frequently Asked Questions," accessed August 23, 2023
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 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
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