City profile · Small City
Gainesville, Florida
Verified Oct 19, 2026Who leads Gainesville, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Harvey Ward
- Role
- Mayor (Ceremonial)
- Party
- Nonpartisan
- Population
- 95,447
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 19, 2026
- Matched the official page in an automated check
- Last checked
- Oct 19, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcegainesvillefl.gov/City-Commission/Mayor-Harvey-Ward ↗
- Official leadership pagegainesvillefl.gov/City-Commission/Mayor-Harvey-Ward ↗
- City websitegainesvillefl.gov/Home ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Harvey Ward CurrentMayor (Ceremonial) · added May 4, 2026 · verified Oct 19, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 95,447
- Median household income
- $43,783
- Median age
- 26
- Land area
- 64.01 sq mi
- Population density
- 1,491.1 per sq mi
- County
- Alachua County
- Metro area
- Gainesville, FL
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