Greensboro, North Carolina

General information

Mayor of Greensboro Nancy Vaughan
Assumed office: December 3, 2013

Last mayoral election:| 2022
Next mayoral election:| 2025
Last city council election:| 2022
Next city council election:| 2025
City council seats:| 9[1]
City website
Composition data (2019)
Population:| 291,303
Race:| White 47.3%
African American 41.4%
Asian 5.0%
Native American 0.5%
Pacific Islander 0.1%
Two or more 3.0%
Ethnicity:| Hispanic 7.9%
Median household income:| $48,964
High school graduation rate:| 89.8%
College graduation rate:| 38.2%
Related Greensboro offices
North Carolina Congressional Delegation
North Carolina State Legislature
North Carolina state executive offices

Greensboro is a city in Guilford County, North Carolina. The city's population was 299,035 as of 2020, according to the United States Census Bureau.

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* Mayor
* City council
* Other elected officials
* Elections
* Census information
* Budget
* Contact information
* Ballot measures
* County government

## Contents

* 1 City government
* 1.1 Mayor
* 1.2 City manager
* 1.3 City council
* 1.4 Other elected officials
* 2 Mayoral partisanship
* 3 Elections
* 3.1 2022
* 3.2 2017
* 3.3 2015
* 4 Census information
* 5 Budget
* 5.1 Fiscally standardized cities data
* 5.1.1 Historical total revenue and expenditure
* 5.2 Greensboro, North Carolina, salaries and pensions over $95,000
* 6 Contact information
* 7 Ballot measures
* 8 Noteworthy events
* 8.1 2020: Events and activity following the death of George Floyd
* 8.2 2015: Study on city's nondiscrimination laws
* 9 See also
* 10 External links
* 11 Footnotes

## City government[edit]

See also: Council-manager government

The city of Greensboro utilizes a council-manager system. In this form of municipal government, an elected city council—which includes the mayor and serves as the city's primary legislative body—appoints a chief executive called a city manager to oversee day-to-day municipal operations and implement the council's policy and legislative initiatives.[2]

### Mayor[edit]

See also: List of current mayors of the top 100 cities in the United States

The mayor is a member of the city council. He or she presides over council meetings and official city ceremonies. The mayor also represents the city on the state, national and international levels. The current Mayor of Greensboro is Nancy Vaughan. Vaughan assumed office in 2013.[2]

### City manager[edit]

The city manager is the city's chief executive. The responsibilities of the city manager include overseeing the city's day-to-day operations, planning and implementing the city's operating budget, and appointing departmental directors and other senior-level positions.[2]

### City council[edit]

See also: List of current city council officials of the top 100 cities in the United States

The Greensboro 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.[2]

The Greensboro City Council has nine members, including the mayor. Five members are elected by the city's five districts, while the mayor and three other members are elected at large.[2]

* Click here for a current list of council members

Note: The mayor is not included in the list below.

Office | Name | Party | Date assumed office | Date term ends

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Greensboro City Council At-large | Marikay Abuzuaiter |  | 2011 | 2025
Greensboro City Council At-large | Hugh Holston |  | 2021 | 2025
Greensboro City Council At-large | Yvonne Johnson |  | 2011 | 2025
Greensboro City Council District 1 | Sharon Hightower |  | 2013 | 2025
Greensboro City Council District 2 | Goldie Wells |  | 2017 | 2025
Greensboro City Council District 3 | Zack Matheny | Nonpartisan | August 11, 2022 | 2025
Greensboro City Council District 4 | Nancy Hoffmann |  | 2011 | 2025
Greensboro City Council District 5 | Tammi Thurm |  | December 5, 2017 | 2025

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### Other elected officials[edit]

Ballotpedia does not cover any additional city officials in Greensboro, North Carolina.

## Mayoral partisanship[edit]

See also: Party affiliation of the mayors of the 100 largest cities

Greensboro has a Democratic mayor. As of August 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[edit]

### 2022[edit]

See also: Mayoral election in Greensboro, North Carolina (2022) and City elections in Greensboro, North Carolina (2022)

The city of Greensboro, North Carolina, held general elections for mayor and city council on July 26, 2022. A primary was scheduled for May 17, 2022. The filing deadline for this election was March 4, 2022.

The offices were originally scheduled to be on the ballot in 2021. They were moved to 2022 due to redistricting delays.[3][4]

On Dec. 8, 2021, the Supreme Court of North Carolina ordered that the state's 2022 primary election be postponed from March 8 to May 17. The postponement applied to all primaries originally scheduled for March 8, 2022. The court suspended candidate filing, which had been scheduled to close on Dec. 17. The court issued the order in response to two separate lawsuits challenging North Carolina's newly enacted congressional and state legislative district plans. The court cited "great public interest in the subject matter of these cases, the importance of the issues to the constitutional jurisprudence of this State, and the need for urgency in reaching a final resolution on the merits" as its rationale for ordering the postponement.[5]

### 2017[edit]

See also: Municipal elections in Greensboro, North Carolina (2017)

The city of Greensboro, North Carolina, held a general election for mayor and city council on November 7, 2017. A primary election was scheduled for October 10, 2017. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was July 21, 2017.

### 2015[edit]

See also: Municipal elections in Greensboro, North Carolina (2015)

The city of Greensboro, North Carolina, held elections for mayor and city council on November 3, 2015. A primary took place on October 6, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was August 7, 2015. All eight city council seats were up for election.[6]

## Census information[edit]

The table below shows demographic information about the city.

Demographic Data for Greensboro

| Greensboro
Population | 299,035
Land area (sq mi) | 131
Race and ethnicity**
White | 41.8%
Black/African American | 43.1%
Asian | 5.3%
Native American | 0.4%
Pacific Islander | 0%
Two or more | 5.8%
Hispanic/Latino | 9%
Education
High school graduation rate | 90.1%
College graduation rate | 39.9%
Income
Median household income | $55,051
Persons below poverty level | 13.4%
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[edit]

The city's budget process operates by fiscal years running from July 1 to June 30 of the next year. The city manager presents a proposed budget to the city council in May and the council adopts the budget in June.[7]

### Fiscally standardized cities data[edit]

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.[8]

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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.[9]

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—Lincoln Institute of Land Policy[10]

The tables below show estimated finances within city limits. As such, the revenue and expenses listed may differ from the actual city budget.

| Revenue in 2020

Revenue type | Amount
Total Revenue | $1,340,112,073
General Revenue | $1,231,826,756
Federal Aid | $97,902,444
State Aid | $410,448,588
Tax Revenue | $509,324,890
Charges & Misc. General Revenue | $214,150,833
Utility Revenue | $67,846,447
Liquor Store Revenue | $40,438,870

| Expenditures in 2020

Expenditure type | Amount
Total Expenditures | $1,444,813,710
General Expenditures | $1,269,302,484
Education Services Expenditure | $484,256,948
Health and Welfare Expenditure | $79,396,168
Transportation Expenditure | $72,887,945
Public Safety Expenditure | $194,563,812
Environment and Housing Expenditure | $321,370,250
Governmental Administration Expenditure | $53,995,689
Interest on General Debt | $42,983,371
Miscellaneous Expenditure | $19,848,300
Utility Expenditure | $137,290,259
Liquor Store Expenditure | $36,261,374
Intergovernmental Expenditures | $1,959,593

#### Historical total revenue and expenditure[edit]

To see the historical total revenue or expenditures as a rounded amount in this city, hover over the bars.[8]

### Greensboro, North Carolina, salaries and pensions over $95,000[edit]

Below is a map of the nationwide salaries and pensions in this city over $95,000. To search a different ZIP code, enter it in the search bar within the map.

## Contact information[edit]

Mayor's office
PO Box 3136
Greensboro, NC 27402-3136
Phone: 336-373-2396

City Clerk's office
PO Box 3136
Greensboro, NC 27402-3136
Phone: 336-373-2397

Click here for city council contact information.

## Ballot measures[edit]

See also: Guilford County, North Carolina ballot measures

The city of Greensboro is in Guilford County. A list of ballot measures in Guilford County is available here.

## Noteworthy events[edit]

### 2020: Events and activity following the death of George Floyd[edit]

See also: Events following the death of George Floyd and responses in select cities from May 29-31, 2020

During the weekend of May 29-31, 2020, demonstrations and protests took place in cities nationwide, including Greensboro, following the death of George Floyd. Events began in Greensboro, North Carolina on Saturday, May 30, 2020, near the downtown Civil Rights Museum.[11] No curfews were issued over the weekend. The national guard was not deployed.

### 2015: Study on city's nondiscrimination laws[edit]

See also: Employment nondiscrimination laws in North Carolina

In July 2015, the Movement Advancement Project described Greensboro, North Carolina, as a city or county that prohibited discrimination in employment on the basis of sexual orientation 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.[12]

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[edit]

| Suggest a link

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* Cities in North Carolina
* Guilford County, North Carolina
* Largest cities in the United States by population

## External links[edit]

* City of Greensboro
* Mayor and City Council
* Greensboro City Charter and Code

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ The mayor is included in this number as one of the city council members.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 City of Greensboro, "City Council," accessed August 12, 2021
3. ↑ North Carolina Legislature, "Senate Bill 722," accessed July 7, 2021
4. ↑ Guilford County, "Upcoming Filing Periods," accessed July 16, 2021
5. ↑ Reuters, "North Carolina Supreme Court delays primary elections until May 2022," December 9, 2021
6. ↑ Guilford County Elections, "2014-15 Election Schedule," accessed August 10, 2015
7. ↑ City of Greensboro, "Adopted Budget 2023-2024," accessed August 23, 2023
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, "Fiscally Standardized Cities database," accessed August 23, 2023
9. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
10. ↑ Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, "Fiscally Standardized Cities," accessed August 23, 2023
11. ↑ WMAG, "Watch Live: Protests in downtown Greensboro after death of George Floyd," May 30, 2020
12. ↑ Movement Advancement Project, "Local Employment Non-Discrimination Ordinances," accessed July 7, 2015

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