2024 population: 3,398,605 ( 27,018 from 2020)
Land area: 6732.1 square miles
Population density: 504.8 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	2,524,603	74.28%	2.4%
Black:	524,612	15.44%	1.4%
Indian:	5,618	0.17%	0.1%
Asian:	93,396	2.75%	12.8%
2+ races:	81,011	2.38%	13.0%
Hispanic:	169,365	4.98%	14.5%

Total non-White:	874,002	25.72%	4.1%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	146,889	10.7
Deaths:	177,386	12.9
Net Migration:	-34,485	-2.5
Net Immigration:	37,891	2.8

Change in White population:	-61,043	-1.8
Change in Non-White pop.:	34,025	1.0

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
3,425,623
2,585,646	75.48%
531,907	15.53%
5,610	0.16%
82,786	2.42%
71,714	2.09%
147,960	4.32%
839,977	24.52%

2010
3,850,146
3,036,753	78.87%
547,047	14.21%
6,331	0.16%
61,079	1.59%
63,925	1.66%
130,576	3.39%
813,393	21.13%

2000
3,914,599
3,181,863	81.28%
538,382	13.75%
6,604	0.17%
44,328	1.13%
47,740	1.22%
91,485	2.34%
732,736	18.72%

1990
3,778,813
3,192,353	84.48%
485,466	12.85%
7,427	0.20%
33,852	0.90%
n/a
59,715	1.58%
586,460	15.52%

1980
3,865,782
3,318,672	85.85%
467,008	12.08%
3,996	0.10%
22,222	0.57%
n/a
51,313	1.33%
547,110	14.15%

1970
3,978,456
3,481,531	87.51%
439,748	11.05%
2,722	0.07%
7,555	0.19%
n/a
42,479	1.07%
496,925	12.49%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
351,924	9.1
332,632	8.6
-120,663	-3.1
48,595	1.3

-451,107	-11.7
26,584	0.7

Number	Rate
2000's
400,311	10.2
320,070	8.2
-187,841	-4.8
36,158	0.9

-145,110	-3.7
80,657	2.1

Number	Rate
1990's
486,296	12.9
341,444	9.0
-119,770	-3.2
23,820	0.6

-10,490	-0.3
146,276	3.9

Number	Rate
1980's
557,107	14.4
355,341	9.2
-267,925	-6.9
n/a

-126,319	-3.3
39,350	1.0

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-412,534	-10.4
n/a

-162,859	-4.1
50,185	1.3

Age, Family & Household Data for Cleveland, OH Market Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
41.2
811,334	11.9%
2,587,271	76.1%
732,196	10.7%

1,601,134
2.35

964,378	60.2%
694,879	72.1%
103,815	10.8%
636,756	39.8%

2010
Number	Percent
40.3
894,354	23.2%
2,955,792	76.8%
583,882	15.2%

1,557,687
2.41

1,002,273	64.3%
721,014	71.9%
117,783	11.8%
555,414	35.7%

2000
Number	Percent
37.1
993,635	25.4%
2,920,964	74.6%
558,116	14.3%

1,537,126
2.49

1,037,623	67.5%
791,403	76.3%
110,176	10.6%
499,503	32.5%

1990
Number	Percent
34.2
959,686	25.4%
2,819,127	74.6%
522,032	13.8%

1,435,729
2.58

1,019,713	71.0%
806,860	79.1%
94,825	9.3%
416,016	29.0%

1980
Number	Percent
30.9
1,089,513	28.2%
2,776,269	71.8%
427,982	11.1%

1,376,630
2.76

1,027,932	74.7%
853,372	83.0%
82,416	8.0%
348,698	25.3%

2022 Housing Data for Cleveland, OH Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	86,100	5.4%
$10,000 to $14,999	73,167	4.6%
$15,000 to $19,999	64,561	4.0%
$20,000 to $24,999	65,450	4.1%
$25,000 to $29,999	69,314	4.3%
$30,000 to $34,999	66,904	4.2%
$35,000 to $39,999	63,510	4.0%
$40,000 to $44,999	63,802	4.0%
$45,000 to $49,999	65,489	4.1%
$50,000 to $59,999	120,132	7.5%
$60,000 to $74,999	159,294	9.9%
$75,000 to $99,999	212,655	13.3%
$100,000 to $124,999	151,975	9.5%
$125,000 to $149,999	104,760	6.5%
$150,000 to $199,999	114,427	7.1%
$200,000 or more	119,594	7.5%

Median Household Income	66,060
Per Capita Income	38,318

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	86

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	91,444	5.7%
Public Assistance	50,873	3.2%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	224,176	14.0%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	1,660,846	72.7%
Unemployed	95,682	4.2%
In Armed Forces	1,912	0.1%

Total Labor Force	1,758,440	77.0%
Not in Labor Force	525,502	23.0%

Real Unemployment Rate		27.2%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	707,502	589,950	54.5%
Non-Profit	63,967	131,083	32.8%
Self-Employed	98,772	53,969	64.7%

Local Government	60,988	84,215	42.0%
State Government	16,281	20,687	44.0%
Federal Government	18,415	16,602	52.6%

Total Private + Self	806,274	643,919	55.6%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	159,651	252,587	38.7%
Total	965,925	896,506	51.9%

Pct. Govt.	11.7%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	299,110	16.0%
Sales and Office Occupations	391,435	21.0%
Professional, Technical	423,610	22.7%
Service Occupations	306,864	16.4%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	5,301	0.3%
All others	444,459	23.8%

White Collar		59.7%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	298,278	16.0%
Manufacturing	296,228	15.9%
Retail trade	207,489	11.1%
Educational services	149,826	8.0%
Accommodation and food services	130,805	7.0%
Professional, scientific, technical	111,823	6.0%
Construction	110,271	5.9%
Finance and insurance	92,755	5.0%
Other services	83,400	4.5%
Transportation and warehousing	81,626	4.4%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	68,588	3.7%
Public administration	67,189	3.6%
Wholesale trade	48,362	2.6%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	32,296	1.7%
Real estate and rental and leasing	27,837	1.5%
Information	26,350	1.4%
Utilities	14,874	0.8%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	11,965	0.6%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	3,112	0.2%
Management	2,404	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	51,091	1.33%
Puerto Rican	88,865	2.31%
Cuban	3,749	0.10%
Dominican	3,190	0.08%

Total Central American	12,390	0.32%
Costa Rican	624	0.02%
Guatemalan	4,345	0.11%
Honduran	2,461	0.06%
Nicaraguan	907	0.02%
Panamanian	762	0.02%
Salvadoran	3,286	0.09%
Other Central American	5	0.00%

Total South American	9,007	0.23%
Argentinean	1,026	0.03%
Bolivian	98	0.00%
Chilean	844	0.02%
Colombian	2,520	0.07%
Ecuadorian	1,006	0.03%
Paraguayan	58	0.00%
Peruvian	1,610	0.04%
Uruguayan	252	0.01%
Venezuelan	1,564	0.04%
Other South American	29	0.00%

Other Hispanic	11,874	0.31%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	25,798	0.67%
Chinese	16,161	0.42%
Filipino	7,323	0.19%
Korean	4,772	0.12%
Vietnamese	4,505	0.12%
Burmese	1,785	0.05%
Bhutanese	1,512	0.04%
Cambodian	1,345	0.03%
Japanese	1,323	0.03%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	3,318,814	91.3%
Spanish	98,392	2.7%
German, other Germanic	62,798	1.7%
Other Indo-European	47,853	1.3%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	30,505	0.8%
Arabic	17,693	0.5%
Chinese	14,481	0.4%
Other Asian	13,450	0.4%
Other	11,964	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	823,691	21.4%
Irish	499,185	13.0%
English	352,652	9.2%
Italian	331,288	8.6%
Polish	211,967	5.5%
American	187,362	4.9%
Hungarian	98,405	2.6%
French	65,115	1.7%
Scottish	63,168	1.6%
Slovak	63,069	1.6%
European	59,860	1.6%
Slovene	40,915	1.1%
Dutch	37,215	1.0%
Welsh	33,868	0.9%
Swiss	32,733	0.9%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	3,773,648	98.2%
Not a citizen	70,455	1.8%

Native	3,665,448	95.4%
Foreign-born	178,655	4.6%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
82,564	3.1%	156,915	5.8%	860,729	32.0%	777,999	28.9%	499,772	18.6%	315,142	11.7%
Average years of education: 13.5

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	82,564	3.1%
9-12 Years	156,915	5.8%
H.S. Grad or GED	860,729	32.0%
Some College	777,999	28.9%
Bach. Degree	499,772	18.6%
Grad Degree	315,142	11.7%
Average years of education: 13.5

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	1,870,174	1,763,663	106,511	5.7%
1991	1,878,386	1,752,415	125,971	6.7%
1992	1,910,979	1,764,689	146,290	7.7%
1993	1,912,488	1,785,937	126,551	6.6%
1994	1,931,770	1,820,027	111,743	5.8%
1995	1,938,624	1,845,098	93,526	4.8%
1996	1,955,437	1,864,710	90,727	4.6%
1997	1,970,398	1,884,349	86,049	4.4%
1998	1,961,860	1,889,776	72,084	3.7%
1999	1,980,036	1,902,971	77,065	3.9%

2000	1,999,660	1,927,367	72,293	3.6%
2001	2,013,182	1,931,234	81,948	4.1%
2002	2,013,053	1,903,979	109,074	5.4%
2003	2,020,862	1,901,012	119,850	5.9%
2004	2,009,884	1,891,810	118,074	5.9%
2005	2,008,216	1,895,193	113,023	5.6%
2006	2,016,077	1,910,916	105,161	5.2%
2007	2,028,631	1,912,650	115,981	5.7%
2008	2,020,898	1,890,717	130,181	6.4%
2009	1,990,565	1,805,087	185,478	9.3%

2010	1,979,173	1,788,626	190,547	9.6%
2011	1,948,216	1,787,642	160,574	8.2%
2012	1,921,530	1,786,108	135,422	7.0%
2013	1,915,318	1,776,600	138,718	7.2%
2014	1,912,246	1,797,791	114,455	6.0%
2015	1,902,030	1,805,019	97,011	5.1%
2016	1,913,508	1,811,303	102,205	5.3%
2017	1,924,532	1,821,346	103,186	5.4%
2018	1,917,888	1,827,612	90,276	4.7%
2019	1,930,156	1,848,461	81,695	4.2%

2020	1,868,560	1,703,033	165,527	8.9%
2021	1,869,835	1,767,969	101,866	5.4%
2022	1,875,188	1,792,396	82,792	4.4%
2023	1,892,474	1,822,968	69,506	3.7%
2024	1,924,319	1,845,781	78,538	4.1%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	1,755,423
Median Value	$179,506

Occupied	1,601,134	91.2%
Vacant	154,289	8.8%

Owned	1,076,050	67.2%
Rented	525,084	32.8%
Median Rent	$924

Single-Family Units	1,294,116	73.7%
Detached	1,209,980	68.9%
Attached	84,136	4.8%
Buldings with 5+ Units	274,648	15.6%
Mobile Homes	39,761	2.3%

Cleveland, OH Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Cleveland, OH Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Cleveland, OH Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Cleveland, OH Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Cleveland, OH Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Cleveland, OH Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Cleveland, OH Market Area