Greater Cleveland - Demographics

Demographics

According to the 2010 United States Census, the population was 2.88 million in the eight-county CSA of the Greater Cleveland Area, making it the largest combined-statistical area entirely within the state of Ohio. Approximately 48.2% of the population was male and 51.8% were female. In 2010 the racial makeup of the eight-county Area was 75.0% (2,161,351) Non-Hispanic Whites, 17.2% (497,033) Non-Hispanic Blacks or African Americans, 0.2% (5,608) Native American, 1.9% (55,087) Asian (0.6% Asian Indian 0.5% Chinese 0.2% Filipino, 0.% Korean, 0.1% Vietnamese, 0.1% Japanese, 0.0% (593) Pacific Islander, 1.4% (39,325) from other races, and 2.0% (58,557) from two or more races. 3.9% (112,307) of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race (2.2% Puerto Rican, 0.9% Mexican, 0.1 Spanish or Spaniard, 0.1% Cuban, 0.1% Dominican).

In 2010, the median income for a household in Greater Cleveland was $46,201, and the median income for a family, $59,504. The per capita income was $25,272. Persons living below the poverty line was 15.2%. According performed by Capgemini and the World Wealth Report by Merrill Lynch, the Cleveland area has nearly 54,000 millionaire household, and is expected to continue to grow at seventeen percent over the next five years.

For the past thirty years the Greater Cleveland area population has been in decline especially in terms of Non-Hispanic whites all the while still being the most diverse region in the State. But at the same time has become even more increasingly diverse as well. ethnic groups. As of 2010 both the Hispanic and Asian population in the area grew by almost 40%, Hispanics now number at 112,307 (up from 80,738 in 2000). And Asian alone accounts for 55,087 (up from 39,586 in 2000) but people who cite Asian and other ethnicites are 67,231. The Chinese Americans are the oldest Asian group residing in the CSA, most visible in Cleveland's Chinatown. Nevertheless the area is also home to hundreds of Thais, Taiwanese, Pakistanis, Laotians, Cambodians, and Burmese peoples as well.

The Cleveland area is also home to some of the nation's largest Italian (numbering over 285,000), Slavic, and Hungarian populations. The Hungarian population was so great at one time that Cleveland boasted of having the highest concentration of Hungarians outside of Budapest. Cleveland-Akron area is home to a large Slavic population (17.2% far higher than the nation's rate of 6%). The Area is home to roughly 217,000 Polish, 81,000 Slovaks, 42,000 Slovenes 38,000 Czechs, 37,000 Russians, and 26,000 Ukrainians. Slavic Village and Shaker Square once had some of the larger concentration in Cleveland. Today, Slavic Village still continues to be home to many Slavic Ohioans. The city of Cleveland has also received visits from the Presidents of Hungary and Poland.

Greater Cleveland has a sizable Jewish community, estimated at roughly 80,800 people or 2.8% as of 2011, slightly above the nation's 1.7%. The Jewish population peaked at 81,500 in 1996, then declined but since late 2000s has steadily grown since. Today 23 percent of Greater Cleveland's Jewish population is under 17. Twenty-seven percent of Jewish people reside in The Heights (Cleveland Heights, Shaker Heights, and University Heights).

Cleveland area is also home to a proportional LGBT community, with an estimated 4.3% LGBT population. In Dec 2008, the Cleveland City Council passed a domestic partnership registry, followed by the Cuyahoga County Council in Jan 2011. In 2009 the City of Cleveland won the bid to host the 2014 Gay Games, in joint with Akron In 2011, Cleveland was named the twelfth "Gayest City in America" by The Advocate magazine.