The Cleveland metropolitan area, or Greater Cleveland, is the metropolitan area surrounding the city of Cleveland, Ohio, United States. The six-county Cleveland, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) as defined by the Office of Management and Budget consists of Cuyahoga, Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, and Medina counties in northeast Ohio, with a total population of 2,165,775. This makes it the 35th-most populous metropolitan area in the United States and the third largest in Ohio.U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Cleveland city, Ohio
The metro area is also part of the larger Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH Combined Statistical Area, which, with over 3.7 million people, is the 17th most populous combined statistical area in the nation. Northeast Ohio refers to a larger region that includes Greater Cleveland, as well as metropolitan Akron, Canton, Youngstown, and surrounding rural areas. Greater Cleveland is part of what is known historically as the Connecticut Western Reserve.
Northeast Ohio
Northeast Ohio consists of 16 counties (Ashland, Ashtabula, Carroll, Columbiana, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Richland, Stark, Summit, Trumbull and Wayne counties)Cleveland Plus: Northeast Ohio Counties . Retrieved September 20, 2010. and includes the cities of Akron, Ashland, Ashtabula, Brunswick, Canton, Cleveland, Elyria, Lorain, Mansfield, Medina, Wadsworth, Wooster, Warren, and Youngstown. Northeast Ohio is home to approximately 4 million people, has a labor force of almost 2 million, and a gross regional product of nearly $170 billion. Other counties are sometimes considered to be in Northeast Ohio. These include Erie, Holmes, Huron and Tuscarawas counties, and their inclusion makes the total population of the entire northeastern section of Ohio well over 4.5 million people.
Cities, townships, and villages Cuyahoga County
Bay Village Beachwood Bedford Bedford Heights Bentleyville Berea Bratenahl Brecksville Broadview Heights Brook Park Brooklyn Brooklyn Heights Chagrin Falls Chagrin Falls Township Cleveland Cleveland Heights Cuyahoga Heights East Cleveland Euclid Fairview Park Garfield Heights Gates Mills Glenwillow Highland Heights Highland Hills Hunting Valley Independence Lakewood Linndale Lyndhurst Maple Heights Mayfield Heights Mayfield Village Middleburg Heights Moreland Hills Newburgh Heights North Olmsted North Randall North Royalton Oakwood Village Olmsted Falls Olmsted Township Orange Parma Parma Heights Pepper Pike Richmond Heights Rocky River Seven Hills Shaker Heights Solon South Euclid Strongsville University Heights Valley View Walton Hills Warrensville Heights Westlake Woodmere
Ashtabula County
Andover Andover Township Ashtabula Ashtabula Township Austinburg Township Cherry Valley Township Colebrook Township Conneaut Conneaut Township Denmark Township Dorset Township Geneva Geneva-on-the-Lake Geneva Township Harpersfield Township Hartsgrove Township Jefferson Jefferson Township Kingsville Township Lenox Township Monroe Township Morgan Township New Lyme Township North Kingsville Orwell Orwell Township Pierpont Township Plymouth Township Richmond Township Roaming Shores Rock Creek Rome Township Saybrook Township Sheffield Township Trumbull Township Wayne Township Williamsfield Township Windsor Township
Geauga County
Auburn Township Bainbridge Township Burton Burton Township Chardon Chardon Township Chester Chesterland Claridon Township Hambden Township Hunting Valley (part) Huntsburg Township Middlefield Middlefield Township Montville Township Munson Township Newbury Township Parkman Township Russell Township South Russell Thompson Township Troy Township
Lake County
Concord Township Eastlake Fairport Harbor Grand River Kirtland Kirtland Hills Lakeline LeRoy Township Madison Madison Township Mentor Mentor-on-the-Lake North Madison North Perry Painesville Painesville Township Perry Perry Township Timberlake Waite Hill Wickliffe Willoughby Willoughby Hills Willowick
Lorain County
Amherst Amherst Township Avon Avon Lake Brighton Township Brownhelm Township Camden Township Carlisle Township Columbia Township Eaton Estates Eaton Township Elyria Elyria Township Grafton Grafton Township Henrietta Township Huntington Township Kipton Lagrange LaGrange Township Lorain New Russia Township North Ridgeville Oberlin Penfield Township Pittsfield Township Rochester Rochester Township Sheffield Sheffield Lake Sheffield Township South Amherst Vermilion (portions in Erie and Lorain Counties) Wellington Wellington Township
Medina County
Brunswick Brunswick Hills Township Chatham Township Chippewa Lake Creston Gloria Glens Park Granger Township Guilford Township Harrisville Township Hinckley Township Homer Township Lafayette Township Litchfield Township Liverpool Township Lodi Medina Medina Township Montville Township Rittman Seville Sharon Township Spencer Spencer Township Wadsworth Wadsworth Township Westfield Center Westfield Township York Township
Cities by population These, in decreasing order of population, are the 10 largest cities in Greater Cleveland of (2020):
City 2020populationCleveland372,624Parma81,146Lorain65,211Elyria52,656Lakewood50,942Euclid49,692Mentor47,450Strongsville46,491Cleveland Heights45,312North Ridgeville35,280Westlake34,228
Demographics
According to the 2020 United States Census, the population was 2.186 million in the then-five-county MSA of the Greater Cleveland Area, making it the second largest metropolitan-statistical area entirely within the state of Ohio. Approximately 48.1% of the population was male and 51.9% were female. In 2010 the racial makeup of the five-county Area was 71.7% (1,490,074) Non-Hispanic Whites, 19.7% (409,582) Blacks or African Americans, 0.2% (4,056) American Indians and Alaskan Natives, 2.0% (40,522) Asian (0.7% Asian Indian 0.5% Chinese 0.2% Filipino, 0.1% Korean, 0.1% Vietnamese, 0.1% Japanese, 0.0% (398) Pacific Islander, 1.7% (35,224) from other races, and 2.0% (42,130) from two or more races. 4.7% (98,133) of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race (2.8% Puerto Rican, 1.0% Mexican, 0.1% Dominican, and 0.1% Cuban).
The median income for a household in Greater Cleveland was $46,231 and the median income for a family, $59,611. The per capita income was $25,668. Persons living below the poverty line was 15.1%. According to a study by Capgemini and the World Wealth Report by Merrill Lynch, the Cleveland area has nearly 54,000 millionaire households, and is expected to continue to grow at 17% over the next five years.
The Greater Cleveland area is the most diverse region in the state of Ohio and is becoming increasingly more diverse with new waves of immigration. As of 2010, both the Hispanic and Asian population in the Cleveland-Akron-Ashtabula area grew by almost 40%, Hispanics now number at 112,307 (up from 80,738 in 2000). The Asian population alone accounts for 55,087 (up from 39,586 in 2000) but people who cite Asian and other ethnicities enumerate 67,231. The Chinese Americans are the oldest Asian group residing in Northeast Ohio, most visible in Cleveland's Asiatown. Nevertheless, the area is also home to hundreds of Indians, Thais, Taiwanese, Pakistanis, Laotians, Cambodians, and Burmese peoples as well.
The Cleveland area has a substantial African American population with origins in the First and Second Great Migrations. It also boasts some of the nation's largest Irish, Italian (numbering over 205,000), Slavic, and Hungarian populations. At one time, the Hungarian population of Cleveland proper was so great that the city boasted of having the highest concentration of Hungarians in the world outside of Budapest. Today, the Greater Cleveland area is home to the largest Slovak, Slovene, and Hungarian communities in the world, outside of Slovakia, Slovenia, and Hungary respectively. The Slavic population of the Cleveland-Akron area comprises 17.2%, far higher than the nation's rate of 6%. There are 171,000 Poles, 38,000 Slovaks, 66,000 Slovenes, 38,000 Czechs, 31,000 Russians, and 23,000 Ukrainians in Greater Cleveland. Slavic Village and Tremont historically had some of the largest concentrations of Eastern Europeans within Cleveland proper. Today, both neighborhoods continue to be home to many Slavic Ohioans. In addition, Slovenia maintains a consulate-general in Downtown Cleveland. The city of Cleveland has also received visits from the Presidents of Hungary and Poland.
Greater Cleveland is home to a sizable Jewish community. According to the North American Jewish Data Bank, the community comprises an estimated 100,000 people or 4.6% as of 2023, above the nation's 1.7%, and up from 81,500 in 1996. The highest proportion is in Cuyahoga County at 5.5% (of the county's total population). Today, 23% of Greater Cleveland's Jewish population is under the age of 17, and 27% reside in the Heights area (Cleveland Heights, Shaker Heights, and University Heights). In 2010, nearly 2,600 people spoke Hebrew and 1,100 Yiddish.
County2025 estimate2020 CensusChangeAreaDensityCuyahoga County Lorain County Lake County Medina County Ashtabula County Geauga County Total Ancestry The top largest ancestries in the Greater Cleveland MSA, were the following:
German: 20.4% Slavic: 18.9% (8.2% Polish, 3.2% Slovene, 1.8% Slovak, 1.5% Czech, 1.5% Russian, 1.1% Ukrainian, 1.0% Croatian, 0.4% Serbian, Rusyn, Yugoslav) Irish: 14.5% British: 11.3% (8.0% English, 1.8% Scottish, 0.8% Scot-Irish, 0.7% Welsh) Italian: 9.9% Jewish 4.6% Hungarian: 3.7% Puerto Rican: 2.8% French and French Canadian: 1.9% Scandinavian: 1.2% (0.7% Swedish, 0.3% Norwegian, and Danish)
Place of birth Approximately 94.1% of the metropolitan area's population was native to the United States. Approximately 92.8% were born in the U.S. while 1.3% were born in Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory, or born abroad to American parents. The rest of the population (5.9%) were foreign-born. The highest percentages of immigrants came from Europe (46.2%), Asia (32.7%), Latin America (14.3%); smaller percentages of newcomers came from Africa (3.6%), other parts of North America (3.0%), and Oceania (0.3%).
According to the American Community Survey 2006–2010, the number of Greater Cleveland area residents born overseas was 119,136 and the leading countries of origin were India (10,067), China (7,756), Mexico (6,051), Ukraine (7,211), Germany (5,742), Italy (4,114), Canada (4,102), United Kingdom (4,048), Romania (3,947), Poland (3,834), Russia (3,826), and Yugoslavia (3,820).
Languages English is by far the most commonly spoken language at home by residents in the Cleveland-Akron-Elyria area; approximately 91.2% of the population over the age of five spoke only English at home. Spanish speakers made up 2.8% of the population; speakers of Asian languages made up 1.1% of the population; speakers of other Indo-European languages made up 3.9% of the population. Individuals who spoke languages other than the ones above represented the remaining 1.0% of the populace. As of 2011, individually in addition to English, 2.7% spoke Spanish, 0.6% German, 0.5% Arabic, and 0.5% Chinese. 1.4% also spoke a Slavic language. In 2007, Cleveland area was home to the nation's 3rd highest proportion of Hungarian speakers.
Politics
The Cleveland metropolitan area has traditionally been a Democratic stronghold but has shown a trend toward the Republican Party in recent years, particularly since Donald Trump became the Republican nominee. This shift has been driven largely by gains among working-class voters in the region. However, the metro area remains reliably Democratic overall.
+ Cleveland Metro presidential election resultsYearDemocraticRepublicanThird parties202454.3% 580,79544.8% 479,1930.8% 8,667202055.8% 624,85543.0% 481,1281.2% 13,358201655.4% 576,94540.7% 423,6393.8% 40,005201262.1% 668,74337.9% 407,8020% 0
Area codes