2024 population: 2,074,971 ( 13,194 from 2020)
Land area: 1998.8 square miles
Population density: 1038.1 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	1,408,266	67.87%	2.2%
Black:	405,276	19.53%	2.2%
Indian:	3,098	0.15%	1.9%
Asian:	60,034	2.89%	11.2%
2+ races:	47,168	2.27%	11.9%
Hispanic:	151,129	7.28%	13.0%

Total non-White:	666,705	32.13%	3.0%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	88,153	10.6
Deaths:	103,508	12.4
Net Migration:	-26,216	-3.1
Net Immigration:	28,254	3.4

Change in White population:	-32,355	-1.5
Change in Non-White pop.:	19,161	0.9

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
2,088,165
1,440,621	68.99%
414,493	19.85%
3,157	0.15%
53,980	2.59%
42,168	2.02%
133,746	6.40%
647,544	31.01%

2010
2,077,240
1,490,074	71.73%
409,582	19.72%
3,164	0.15%
40,460	1.95%
33,326	1.60%
98,133	4.72%
587,166	28.27%

2000
2,148,143
1,602,176	74.58%
409,617	19.07%
3,350	0.16%
30,435	1.42%
27,529	1.28%
72,570	3.38%
545,967	25.42%

1990
2,102,248
1,653,483	78.65%
374,130	17.80%
3,918	0.19%
22,632	1.08%
n/a
48,085	2.29%
448,765	21.35%

1980
2,173,734
1,752,773	80.63%
362,160	16.66%
2,094	0.10%
15,559	0.72%
n/a
39,588	1.82%
420,961	19.37%

1970
2,321,037
1,934,043	83.33%
344,229	14.83%
1,984	0.09%
5,798	0.25%
n/a
31,703	1.37%
386,994	16.67%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
212,523	10.2
198,044	9.5
-78,763	-3.8
36,318	1.7

-49,453	-2.4
60,378	2.9

Number	Rate
2000's
244,091	11.4
195,237	9.1
-136,943	-6.4
28,922	1.3

-112,102	-5.2
41,199	1.9

Number	Rate
1990's
303,517	14.4
212,088	10.1
-116,424	-5.5
19,934	0.9

-51,307	-2.4
97,202	4.6

Number	Rate
1980's
313,061	14.4
205,281	9.4
-165,748	-7.6
n/a

-99,290	-4.6
27,804	1.3

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-311,442	-13.4
n/a

-181,270	-7.8
33,967	1.5

Age, Family & Household Data for Cleveland-Elyria, 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
41.3
364,550	17.6%
1,710,421	82.4%
337,253	16.3%

759,163
2.28

435,865	57.4%
303,100	69.5%
51,272	11.8%
323,298	42.6%

2010
Number	Percent
40.6
481,344	23.2%
1,595,896	76.8%
315,712	15.2%

854,893
2.38

536,325	62.7%
372,601	69.5%
69,564	13.0%
318,568	37.3%

2000
Number	Percent
37.3
544,166	25.3%
1,603,977	74.7%
311,738	14.5%

853,387
2.47

562,913	66.0%
415,067	73.7%
66,003	11.7%
290,474	34.0%

1990
Number	Percent
34.5
525,977	25.0%
1,576,271	75.0%
298,210	14.2%

808,706
2.56

563,021	69.6%
431,974	76.7%
57,441	10.2%
245,685	30.4%

1980
Number	Percent
31.5
601,234	27.7%
1,572,500	72.3%
245,991	11.3%

784,419
2.73

575,322	73.3%
466,736	81.1%
51,069	8.9%
209,097	26.7%

2022 Housing Data for Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	45,359	6.0%
$10,000 to $14,999	35,885	4.7%
$15,000 to $19,999	31,355	4.1%
$20,000 to $24,999	28,934	3.8%
$25,000 to $29,999	31,085	4.1%
$30,000 to $34,999	31,550	4.2%
$35,000 to $39,999	29,304	3.9%
$40,000 to $44,999	29,291	3.9%
$45,000 to $49,999	29,945	3.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	55,380	7.3%
$60,000 to $74,999	72,703	9.6%
$75,000 to $99,999	95,683	12.6%
$100,000 to $124,999	69,965	9.2%
$125,000 to $149,999	49,927	6.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	56,984	7.5%
$200,000 or more	65,813	8.7%

Median Household Income	66,831
Per Capita Income	40,893

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

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	45,605	6.0%
Public Assistance	19,951	2.6%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	110,282	14.5%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	764,219	73.1%
Unemployed	50,048	4.8%
In Armed Forces	621	0.1%

Total Labor Force	814,888	78.0%
Not in Labor Force	229,910	22.0%

Real Unemployment Rate		26.8%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	315,164	272,678	53.6%
Non-Profit	36,174	70,157	34.0%
Self-Employed	45,573	26,203	63.5%

Local Government	28,898	39,279	42.4%
State Government	6,129	8,023	43.3%
Federal Government	10,398	10,326	50.2%

Total Private + Self	360,737	298,881	54.7%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	81,599	127,785	39.0%
Total	442,336	426,666	50.9%

Pct. Govt.	11.9%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	152,697	17.5%
Sales and Office Occupations	186,824	21.5%
Professional, Technical	216,838	24.9%
Service Occupations	140,225	16.1%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	1,540	0.2%
All others	173,572	19.9%

White Collar		63.9%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	149,087	17.1%
Manufacturing	117,954	13.6%
Retail trade	91,309	10.5%
Educational services	69,729	8.0%
Professional, scientific, technical	62,749	7.2%
Accommodation and food services	57,120	6.6%
Finance and insurance	53,346	6.1%
Construction	44,902	5.2%
Other services	38,921	4.5%
Transportation and warehousing	38,622	4.4%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	34,162	3.9%
Public administration	33,328	3.8%
Wholesale trade	23,351	2.7%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	17,283	2.0%
Real estate and rental and leasing	15,081	1.7%
Information	13,229	1.5%
Utilities	5,593	0.6%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	2,498	0.3%
Management	1,303	0.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	589	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	23,675	1.34%
Puerto Rican	53,168	3.01%
Cuban	2,159	0.12%
Dominican	2,589	0.15%

Total Central American	6,365	0.36%
Costa Rican	93	0.01%
Guatemalan	1,908	0.11%
Honduran	1,116	0.06%
Nicaraguan	803	0.05%
Panamanian	466	0.03%
Salvadoran	1,974	0.11%
Other Central American	5	0.00%

Total South American	5,909	0.33%
Argentinean	560	0.03%
Bolivian	95	0.01%
Chilean	531	0.03%
Colombian	1,521	0.09%
Ecuadorian	726	0.04%
Paraguayan	58	0.00%
Peruvian	1,240	0.07%
Uruguayan	176	0.01%
Venezuelan	973	0.06%
Other South American	29	0.00%

Other Hispanic	5,540	0.31%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	17,131	0.97%
Chinese	10,112	0.57%
Filipino	4,222	0.24%
Korean	2,873	0.16%
Vietnamese	2,652	0.15%
Cambodian	815	0.05%
Japanese	708	0.04%
Bangladeshi	595	0.03%
Bhutanese	560	0.03%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	1,490,884	89.1%
Spanish	62,379	3.7%
Other Indo-European	29,506	1.8%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	25,028	1.5%
German, other Germanic	14,030	0.8%
Arabic	13,894	0.8%
Chinese	9,153	0.5%
Other	8,315	0.5%
Other Asian	7,127	0.4%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	314,338	17.8%
Irish	232,400	13.2%
Italian	166,575	9.4%
English	135,631	7.7%
Polish	126,501	7.2%
American	58,000	3.3%
Hungarian	53,968	3.1%
Slovak	39,399	2.2%
Slovene	31,670	1.8%
French	25,011	1.4%
Scottish	23,506	1.3%
European	20,715	1.2%
Czech	19,267	1.1%
Russian	18,786	1.1%
Ukrainian	17,892	1.0%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	1,723,698	97.6%
Not a citizen	42,960	2.4%

Native	1,650,797	93.4%
Foreign-born	115,861	6.6%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
32,987	2.6%	70,949	5.7%	349,827	27.9%	363,438	29.0%	260,257	20.8%	175,257	14.0%
Average years of education: 13.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	32,987	2.6%
9-12 Years	70,949	5.7%
H.S. Grad or GED	349,827	27.9%
Some College	363,438	29.0%
Bach. Degree	260,257	20.8%
Grad Degree	175,257	14.0%
Average years of education: 13.8

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	1,920,208	1,821,183	99,025	5.2%
1991	1,928,459	1,809,506	118,953	6.2%
1992	1,963,965	1,820,575	143,390	7.3%
1993	1,968,338	1,843,226	125,112	6.4%
1994	1,977,023	1,865,928	111,095	5.6%
1995	1,973,478	1,886,039	87,439	4.4%
1996	1,985,597	1,911,194	74,403	3.7%
1997	2,008,928	1,936,103	72,825	3.6%
1998	2,007,446	1,955,925	51,521	2.6%
1999	2,032,545	1,972,954	59,591	2.9%

2000	2,038,626	1,980,683	57,943	2.8%
2001	2,055,808	1,983,535	72,273	3.5%
2002	2,055,742	1,957,147	98,595	4.8%
2003	2,057,093	1,946,600	110,493	5.4%
2004	2,037,598	1,930,065	107,533	5.3%
2005	2,015,552	1,912,272	103,280	5.1%
2006	2,008,300	1,909,511	98,789	4.9%
2007	2,012,616	1,898,232	114,384	5.7%
2008	1,997,695	1,874,794	122,901	6.2%
2009	1,979,112	1,826,517	152,595	7.7%

2010	1,984,779	1,818,966	165,813	8.4%
2011	1,959,734	1,816,348	143,386	7.3%
2012	1,929,601	1,803,454	126,147	6.5%
2013	1,922,291	1,791,670	130,621	6.8%
2014	1,917,835	1,802,678	115,157	6.0%
2015	1,901,573	1,806,616	94,957	5.0%
2016	1,915,592	1,813,370	102,222	5.3%
2017	1,931,046	1,824,439	106,607	5.5%
2018	1,931,072	1,840,815	90,257	4.7%
2019	1,944,227	1,864,673	79,554	4.1%

2020	1,856,007	1,677,127	178,880	9.6%
2021	1,877,204	1,769,867	107,337	5.7%
2022	1,894,411	1,805,558	88,853	4.7%
2023	1,913,350	1,843,173	70,177	3.7%
2024	1,955,497	1,881,503	73,994	3.8%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	833,883
Median Value	$184,000

Occupied	759,163	91.0%
Vacant	74,720	9.0%

Owned	485,397	63.9%
Rented	273,766	36.1%
Median Rent	$973

Single-Family Units	577,598	69.3%
Detached	533,006	63.9%
Attached	44,592	5.3%
Buldings with 5+ Units	173,450	20.8%
Mobile Homes	7,366	0.9%

Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metro Area