Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area
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Total population
Male
Female
Median age (years)
Under 18 years
Male
Female
18 years and over
Male
Female
426,301
45.8%
54.2%
32.4
130,398
50.4%
49.6%
295,903
43.8%
56.2%
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Households
Family households
With own children under 18 years
Married-couple families
With own children under 18 years
Female, no husband present
With own children under 18 years
Nonfamily households
Male householder
Living alone
Female householder
Living alone
Average household size
Average family size
166,324
61.3%
32.3%
24.1%
9.3%
31.6%
20.1%
38.7%
17.2%
15.8%
21.5%
19.6%
2.41
3.14
MARITAL STATUS.
.Population 15 years and over
Now married, except separated
Widowed
Divorced
Separated
Never married
Male 15 years and over
Now married, except separated
Widowed
Divorced
Separated
Never married
Female 15 years and over
Now married, except separated
Widowed
Divorced
Separated
Never married
320,968
28.0%
6.9%
14.2%
4.2%
46.8%
142,175
32.7%
2.3%
12.1%
3.9%
49.0%
178,793
24.2%
10.6%
15.8%
4.4%
45.0%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
Less than high school diploma
High school graduate (includes equivalency)
Some college or associate's degree
Bachelor's degree
Graduate or professional degree
High school graduate or higher
Male, high school graduate or higher
Female, high school graduate or higher
Bachelor's degree or higher
Male, bachelor's degree or higher
Female, bachelor's degree or higher
254,210
20.5%
37.6%
30.1%
7.5%
4.3%
79.5%
77.9%
80.7%
11.8%
10.7%
12.7%
1,420,829
12.9%
32.8%
27.5%
16.3%
10.4%
87.1%
86.9%
87.3%
26.8%
28.5%
25.3%
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over
In labor force
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Percent of civilian labor force
Armed Forces
Not in labor force
312,562
61.3%
61.3%
51.4%
9.9%
16.1%
0.0%
38.7%
1,660,903
65.6%
65.6%
60.4%
5.2%
8.0%
0.0%
34.4%
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over
Car, truck, or van - drove alone
Car, truck, or van - carpooled
Public transportation (excluding taxicab)
Walked
Other means
Worked at home
Mean travel time to work (minutes)
154,879
71.4%
7.4%
14.8%
2.0%
1.3%
3.0%
26.2
973,019
82.1%
7.3%
4.2%
1.9%
1.1%
3.4%
23.9
Civilian employed population 16 years and over
Management, professional, and related occupations..................
Service occupations................................................................
Sales and office occupations...................................................
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.................................
Construction, extraction, maintenance, and repair occupations...
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......
Male civilian employed population 16 years and over.........
Management, professional, and related occupations...................
Service occupations................................................................
Sales and office occupations...................................................
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.................................
Construction, extraction, maintenance, and repair occupations..
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......
Female civilian employed population 16 years and over....
Management, professional, and related occupations..................
Service occupations................................................................
Sales and office occupations...................................................
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations................................
Construction, extraction, maintenance, and repair occupations...
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......
160,631
24.6%
26.9%
26.1%
0.1%
4.2%
18.1%
71,566
18.6%
25.1%
17.8%
0.2%
8.5%
29.7%
89,065
29.3%
28.3%
32.8%
0.0%
0.8%
8.9%
1,002,501
35.2%
16.8%
26.9%
0.2%
6.4%
14.5%
510,161
32.6%
14.4%
18.9%
0.2%
12.1%
21.7%
492,340
37.8%
19.4%
35.2%
0.2%
0.5%
7.0%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining................................................
Construction.......................................................................................................
Manufacturing.....................................................................................................
Wholesale trade...................................................................................................
Retail trade.........................................................................................................
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities..........................................................
Information...........................................................................................................
Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing..................................
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, waste management services......
Educational services, and health care and social assistance.....................................
Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation and food services.................
Other services (except public administration)............................................................
Public administration.............................................................................................
0.4%
3.3%
12.7%
1.9%
9.2%
5.7%
2.0%
8.2%
9.2%
29.4%
8.1%
4.8%
5.1%
0.5%
4.8%
15.9%
3.4%
10.8%
4.7%
2.0%
8.1%
10.2%
23.5%
8.1%
4.5%
3.6%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers
Government workers
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business
Unpaid family workers
78.4%
16.9%
4.7%
0.0%
82.2%
12.5%
5.0%
0.3%
INCOME IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS (IN 2006 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Households166,324 835,704
166,324 835,704Median household income (dollars) 28,300 48,227
28,300 48,2271,691,446
47.4%
7.2%
11.8%
2.0%
31.5%
801,624
50.0%
2.9%
10.4%
1.7%
34.9%
889,822
45.0%
11.1%
13.1%
2.3%
28.4%
835,704
64.2%
28.9%
45.6%
18.3%
14.6%
8.6%
35.8%
16.3%
14.1%
19.5%
17.4%
2.45
3.11
2,096,471
48.0%
52.0%
39.9
499,140
50.8%
49.2%
1,597,331
47.2%
52.8%
OCCUPATION
Cleveland
Ohio
Cleveland METRO
Black(local) Cleveland Black USA
All statistics above are from the Census Bureau - 2007 American Community Survey
39,663,004
47.8%
52.2%
30.3
12,237,882
51.0%
49.0%
27,425,122
46.4%
53.6%
13,672,045
63.9%
34.6%
28.7%
13.4%
29.1%
18.2%
36.1%
16.4%
13.8%
19.7%
17.8%
2.66
3.4
29,594,243
30.5%
6.2%
11.5%
4.6%
47.2%
13,833,820
34.7%
2.7%
9.8%
3.8%
49.1%
15,760,423
26.8%
9.3%
13.1%
5.2%
45.6%
22,841,743
19.7%
34.1%
28.7%
11.6%
5.9%
80.3%
79.3%
81.2%
17.5%
16.0%
18.7%
28,864,386
62.9%
62.4%
54.9%
7.5%
12.0%
0.5%
37.1%
15,411,803
71.1%
10.5%
11.5%
2.9%
1.7%
2.3%
27.7
15,835,609
27.0%
24.1%
26.6%
0.3%
6.1%
15.9%
7,350,655
22.0%
20.6%
19.2%
0.5%
12.5%
25.3%
8,484,954
31.3%
27.1%
33.1%
0.1%
0.6%
7.8%
0.5%
3.9%
9.6%
2.1%
10.8%
7.6%
2.6%
6.5%
8.7%
27.2%
9.1%
4.3%
7.0%
76.2%
20.0%
3.7%
0.1%
13,672,045
34,169
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African Americans have been in Cleveland since the early 1800s. The post Civil War migration brought the first significant wave of Black migrants from the South. The Black population was 10,000 by World War I and 72,000 by the beginning of the "Great Depression" in 1930. World War II brought more demand
for Black laborers. In 1940 the Black population was 85,000 and by 1960 it had swelled to close to a quarter million.
