Lorain County Facts

Census Statistics

	Lorain County	Ohio
Population, 2003 estimate	291,164	11,435,798
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	2.3%	0.7%
Population, 2000	284,664	11,353,140
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	5.0%	4.7%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.9%	6.6%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	26.2%	25.4%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	12.5%	13.3%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.9%	51.4%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	85.5%	85.0%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	8.5%	11.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	0.2%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.6%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	2.9%	0.8%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	2.2%	1.4%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	6.9%	1.9%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	82.4%	84.0%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	59.4%	57.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	2.6%	3.0%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	8.1%	6.1%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	82.8%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	16.6%	21.1%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	45,224	1,909,489
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	22.8	22.9?
Housing units, 2002	114,755	4,875,496
Homeownership rate, 2000	74.2%	69.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	18.5%	24.1%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$115,100	$103,700?
Households, 2000	105,836	4,445,773
Persons per household, 2000	2.61	2.49
Median household income, 1999	$45,042	$40,956
Per capita money income, 1999	$21,054	$21,003
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	9.0%	10.6%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	5,873	269,944
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	94,341	4,932,943
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-4.5%	-1.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	12,979	602,921
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	11,225,530	241,902,924
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	2,379,824	102,938,830
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$8,441	$9,181
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	7.0%	6.3%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	24.4%	26.2%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	2,122	51,246
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	1,210,032	65,975,569
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	492	40,948
Persons per square mile, 2000	578.0	277.3
Metropolitan Area	Cleveland-Lorain-Ely	?
FIPS Code	093	39

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