23
cities
over
25,000		 39
cities
10,000-
25,000		 46
cities
5,000-
10,000		 88
cities
2,500-
5,000		 118
cities
1,000-
2,500		 99
cities
500-
1,000		 139
cities
under
500		 552
cities
TOTAL
STYLE OF CORPORATION
City 21 19 18 6 3 3 0 70
Town 2 19 27 80 111 94 129 462
Village 0 1 1 2 4 2 10 20
STYLE OF GOVERNING BOARD
Aldermen 1 4 4 11 17 12 17 66
Commissioners 0 8 10 32 66 58 77 251
Council Members 22 27 32 45 35 29 45 235
FORM OF GOVERNMENT
Council Manager 23 39 44 65 57 13 9 250
Mayor Council 0 0 2 23 61 86 130 302
SELECTION OF MAYOR
By and from Governing Board 1 0 1 3 5 11 12 33
Council Member with the most votes 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
Elected 22 39 45 85 113 87 126 517
MAYOR'S TERM
2 Years 13 16 27 37 61 54 97 305
4 Years 10 23 19 49 55 39 36 231
At pleasure of board 0 0 0 2 2 6 6 16
NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF GOVERNING BOARD
11 members 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 members 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 members 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 11
7 members 4 7 3 1 1 1 0 17
6 members 11 7 10 16 11 2 2 59
5 members 1 14 24 48 78 72 77 314
4 members 1 5 8 22 26 20 29 111
3 members 0 0 0 1 2 4 30 37
2 members 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
TERM OF OFFICE OF GOVERNING BOARD
2 8 9 7 15 21 31 75 166
4 4 1 4 2 4 7 12 34
4S 11 28 34 69 93 59 50 344
4S/2 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 8
MODE OF ELECTION OF GOVERNING BOARD
AL 7 22 31 75 107 96 137 475
AL/D 7 9 4 3 3 0 0 26
AL/DAL 2 0 4 1 2 1 0 10
D 5 5 2 2 3 1 0 18
DAL 2 3 5 7 3 1 2 23
TYPE OF ELECTION
Majority 4 6 5 3 2 4 1 25
Partisan 2 2 1 3 1 0 0 9
Plurality 9 26 38 77 112 93 136 491
Primary 8 5 2 5 3 2 2 27
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