2024 population: 702,209 ( 2 from 2020)
Land area: 900.2 square miles
Population density: 780.1 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	540,158	76.92%	2.4%
Black:	90,422	12.88%	2.4%
Indian:	1,144	0.16%	2.0%
Asian:	31,066	4.42%	20.0%
2+ races:	19,230	2.74%	12.9%
Hispanic:	20,189	2.88%	21.2%

Total non-White:	162,051	23.08%	8.7%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	28,648	10.2
Deaths:	36,050	12.8
Net Migration:	-928	-0.3
Net Immigration:	8,247	2.9

Change in White population:	-13,007	-1.9
Change in Non-White pop.:	13,005	1.9

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
702,211
553,165	78.77%
88,344	12.58%
1,122	0.16%
25,890	3.69%
17,026	2.42%
16,664	2.37%
149,046	21.23%

2010
703,200
579,151	82.36%
83,984	11.94%
1,175	0.17%
14,275	2.03%
12,982	1.85%
10,733	1.53%
124,049	17.64%

2000
694,960
593,445	85.39%
76,030	10.94%
1,257	0.18%
8,946	1.29%
8,671	1.25%
5,874	0.85%
101,515	14.61%

1990
657,575
581,375	88.41%
64,509	9.81%
1,346	0.20%
6,501	0.99%
n/a
3,844	0.58%
76,200	11.59%

1980
660,328
592,390	89.71%
59,972	9.08%
662	0.10%
3,747	0.57%
n/a
3,000	0.45%
67,938	10.29%

1970
679,239
619,369	91.19%
53,976	7.95%
316	0.05%
1,070	0.16%
n/a
4,039	0.59%
59,870	8.81%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
69,159	9.8
65,852	9.4
-15,683	-2.2
13,086	1.9

-25,986	-3.7
24,997	3.6

Number	Rate
2000's
77,686	11.2
60,445	8.7
-17,314	-2.5
5,704	0.8

-14,294	-2.1
22,534	3.2

Number	Rate
1990's
93,023	14.1
61,267	9.3
-4,084	-0.6
3,393	0.5

12,070	1.8
25,315	3.8

Number	Rate
1980's
91,585	13.9
57,542	8.7
-33,399	-5.1
n/a

-11,015	-1.7
8,262	1.3

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-71,644	-10.5
n/a

-26,979	-4.0
8,068	1.2

Age, Family & Household Data for Akron, OH Metro 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
40.6
141,402	20.1%
560,807	79.9%
128,247	18.3%

292,223
2.34

177,621	60.8%
128,857	72.5%
18,811	10.6%
114,602	39.2%

2010
Number	Percent
39.4
157,253	22.4%
545,947	77.6%
99,787	14.2%

285,003
2.40

181,867	63.8%
131,999	72.6%
20,716	11.4%
103,136	36.2%

2000
Number	Percent
36.5
172,010	24.8%
522,950	75.2%
93,450	13.4%

274,280
2.47

184,471	67.3%
142,614	77.3%
18,920	10.3%
89,809	32.7%

1990
Number	Percent
33.4
161,242	24.5%
496,333	75.5%
84,463	12.8%

249,942
2.56

176,648	70.7%
140,804	79.7%
16,545	9.4%
73,294	29.3%

1980
Number	Percent
30.2
182,984	27.7%
477,344	72.3%
68,664	10.4%

234,197
2.76

174,826	74.6%
145,597	83.3%
14,020	8.0%
59,371	25.4%

2022 Housing Data for Akron, OH Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	14,541	5.0%
$10,000 to $14,999	12,753	4.4%
$15,000 to $19,999	11,363	3.9%
$20,000 to $24,999	12,067	4.1%
$25,000 to $29,999	12,184	4.2%
$30,000 to $34,999	11,566	4.0%
$35,000 to $39,999	11,562	4.0%
$40,000 to $44,999	11,292	3.9%
$45,000 to $49,999	10,878	3.7%
$50,000 to $59,999	21,220	7.3%
$60,000 to $74,999	28,371	9.7%
$75,000 to $99,999	39,351	13.5%
$100,000 to $124,999	27,921	9.6%
$125,000 to $149,999	19,656	6.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	23,340	8.0%
$200,000 or more	24,158	8.3%

Median Household Income	68,672
Per Capita Income	40,129

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	89

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	14,699	5.0%
Public Assistance	12,634	4.3%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	41,880	14.3%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	323,461	73.9%
Unemployed	18,431	4.2%
In Armed Forces	488	0.1%

Total Labor Force	342,380	78.2%
Not in Labor Force	95,273	21.8%

Real Unemployment Rate		26.0%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	136,326	115,020	54.2%
Non-Profit	10,507	22,250	32.1%
Self-Employed	18,368	10,141	64.4%

Local Government	11,212	15,411	42.1%
State Government	3,996	5,252	43.2%
Federal Government	2,729	1,885	59.1%

Total Private + Self	154,694	125,161	55.3%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	28,444	44,798	38.8%
Total	183,138	169,959	51.9%

Pct. Govt.	11.5%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	58,630	16.6%
Sales and Office Occupations	74,235	21.0%
Professional, Technical	81,263	23.0%
Service Occupations	60,580	17.1%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	305	0.1%
All others	79,015	22.3%

White Collar		60.5%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	53,385	15.1%
Manufacturing	52,797	14.9%
Retail trade	40,847	11.5%
Educational services	31,234	8.8%
Accommodation and food services	27,198	7.7%
Professional, scientific, technical	21,967	6.2%
Construction	21,506	6.1%
Finance and insurance	17,290	4.9%
Other services	16,293	4.6%
Transportation and warehousing	14,801	4.2%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	13,571	3.8%
Public administration	11,278	3.2%
Wholesale trade	9,835	2.8%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	5,606	1.6%
Information	5,103	1.4%
Real estate and rental and leasing	4,839	1.4%
Utilities	3,740	1.1%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	1,261	0.4%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	638	0.2%
Management	534	0.2%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	7,099	1.01%
Puerto Rican	4,277	0.61%
Cuban	467	0.07%
Dominican	222	0.03%

Total Central American	1,671	0.24%
Costa Rican	200	0.03%
Guatemalan	406	0.06%
Honduran	508	0.07%
Nicaraguan	83	0.01%
Panamanian	136	0.02%
Salvadoran	338	0.05%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	1,010	0.14%
Argentinean	135	0.02%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	249	0.04%
Colombian	342	0.05%
Ecuadorian	149	0.02%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	69	0.01%
Uruguayan	27	0.00%
Venezuelan	39	0.01%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	1,746	0.25%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	5,470	0.78%
Chinese	3,906	0.56%
Burmese	1,604	0.23%
Filipino	1,522	0.22%
Vietnamese	1,109	0.16%
Bhutanese	952	0.14%
Korean	897	0.13%
Taiwanese	388	0.06%
Laotian	323	0.05%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	623,412	93.8%
Other Indo-European	12,285	1.8%
Spanish	7,848	1.2%
Other Asian	3,941	0.6%
Chinese	3,569	0.5%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	3,023	0.5%
Arabic	2,635	0.4%
German, other Germanic	2,362	0.4%
Other	2,191	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	152,295	21.7%
Irish	93,661	13.4%
English	70,079	10.0%
Italian	65,809	9.4%
American	35,059	5.0%
Polish	33,123	4.7%
Hungarian	18,915	2.7%
Scottish	14,447	2.1%
French	12,389	1.8%
European	10,592	1.5%
Slovak	9,811	1.4%
Dutch	8,087	1.2%
Welsh	7,466	1.1%
Scotch-Irish	6,336	0.9%
Russian	5,989	0.9%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	685,348	97.8%
Not a citizen	15,230	2.2%

Native	665,739	95.0%
Foreign-born	34,839	5.0%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
11,114	2.3%	24,963	5.1%	149,322	30.6%	136,881	28.0%	103,159	21.1%	62,556	12.8%
Average years of education: 13.7

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	11,114	2.3%
9-12 Years	24,963	5.1%
H.S. Grad or GED	149,322	30.6%
Some College	136,881	28.0%
Bach. Degree	103,159	21.1%
Grad Degree	62,556	12.8%
Average years of education: 13.7

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	669,636	634,366	35,270	5.3%
1991	674,628	633,906	40,722	6.0%
1992	689,400	640,548	48,852	7.1%
1993	691,840	648,920	42,920	6.2%
1994	707,016	669,636	37,380	5.3%
1995	714,180	680,688	33,492	4.7%
1996	724,986	689,210	35,776	4.9%
1997	727,568	693,830	33,738	4.6%
1998	720,546	688,584	31,962	4.4%
1999	727,376	694,098	33,278	4.6%

2000	728,244	696,054	32,190	4.4%
2001	730,514	696,810	33,704	4.6%
2002	730,756	686,496	44,260	6.1%
2003	740,634	694,254	46,380	6.3%
2004	745,790	699,134	46,656	6.3%
2005	758,688	713,880	44,808	5.9%
2006	773,516	732,840	40,676	5.3%
2007	785,054	742,658	42,396	5.4%
2008	789,350	739,942	49,408	6.3%
2009	769,080	691,908	77,172	10.0%

2010	745,580	666,882	78,698	10.6%
2011	730,000	664,090	65,910	9.0%
2012	720,906	667,486	53,420	7.4%
2013	717,254	662,566	54,688	7.6%
2014	720,002	677,606	42,396	5.9%
2015	719,492	683,516	35,976	5.0%
2016	721,902	684,956	36,946	5.1%
2017	724,156	687,578	36,578	5.1%
2018	718,500	685,208	33,292	4.6%
2019	723,564	692,484	31,080	4.3%

2020	712,380	655,388	56,992	8.0%
2021	699,060	662,142	36,918	5.3%
2022	695,458	667,340	28,118	4.0%
2023	707,828	682,112	25,716	3.6%
2024	720,492	688,626	31,866	4.4%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	317,333
Median Value	$185,752

Occupied	292,223	92.1%
Vacant	25,110	7.9%

Owned	197,949	67.7%
Rented	94,274	32.3%
Median Rent	$964

Single-Family Units	239,336	75.4%
Detached	221,411	69.8%
Attached	17,925	5.6%
Buldings with 5+ Units	47,877	15.1%
Mobile Homes	6,716	2.1%

Akron, OH Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Akron, OH Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Akron, OH Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Akron, OH Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Akron, OH Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Akron, OH Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Akron, OH Metro Area