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Cleveland-Elyria, OH MSA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 11,803
  equals Births 116,639
  less Deaths 104,836
Net Migration -25,335
  equals net International Migration 20,031
  plus net Domestic Migration -45,366

The population of the Cleveland-Elyria, OH MSA changed from 2,075,661 on 2010 to 2,060,810 in 2015 -- a change of -14,851 (-0.72%). This report provides a summary of how and why the population has changed during this period and what these factors suggest about future change.

Primary Contributing Factors to Change
The primary contributing factors resulting in population change are 1) natural change (births less deaths) and/or 2) net migration. Eight tables are presented below providing annual data for each component county of the metro and metro summary. The tables provide data on the total population, births, deaths, natural change (births less deaths), international migration, domestic migration and net migration.

From 2010 to 2015 (7/1/2010-6/30/2015), natural change (11,803) was not enough to offset outbound net migration (-25,335); outbound net migration has been the primary contributing factor for the total metro population change. Examine the metro by county tables below to learn about how each county contributes to the metro population growth or decline.

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Related Sections
  • Cleveland-Elyria, OH MSA S&O Report
  • State of the States -- all states interactive table
  • Metro S&O Reports -- all metros interactive table
  • CountyTrends 2010-2015 -- all counties interactive table
  • CountyTrends -- multi-sourced county data
  • Regional Data Analytics Main

Table 1. Population          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg 10-15%Chg 10-15
Cuyahoga County, OH39035P0000001 1,278,226 1,269,820 1,265,798 1,263,796 1,260,610 1,255,921 -22,305 -1.74
Geauga County, OH39055P0000001 93,418 93,374 93,859 93,935 94,099 94,102 684 0.73
Lake County, OH39085P0000001 230,004 229,775 229,338 229,605 229,220 229,245 -759 -0.33
Lorain County, OH39093P0000001 301,471 301,924 301,652 302,851 304,187 305,147 3,676 1.22
Medina County, OH39103P0000001 172,542 173,456 173,674 174,667 175,963 176,395 3,853 2.23
Total P0000001 2,075,661 2,068,349 2,064,321 2,064,854 2,064,079 2,060,810 -14,851 -0.72
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Cuyahoga County, OH39035B0000001 15,196 15,036 14,885 14,861 14,983 15,082 74,847 
Geauga County, OH39055B0000001 944 922 928 902 919 931 4,602 
Lake County, OH39085B0000001 2,320 2,374 2,211 2,278 2,244 2,276 11,383 
Lorain County, OH39093B0000001 3,252 3,464 3,323 3,389 3,377 3,385 16,938 
Medina County, OH39103B0000001 1,784 1,810 1,760 1,668 1,824 1,807 8,869 
Total B0000001 23,496 23,606 23,107 23,098 23,347 23,481 116,639 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Cuyahoga County, OH39035D0000001 13,092 13,770 13,936 13,830 13,278 13,150 67,964 
Geauga County, OH39055D0000001 876 744 740 781 795 770 3,830 
Lake County, OH39085D0000001 2,172 2,383 2,340 2,456 2,217 2,346 11,742 
Lorain County, OH39093D0000001 2,856 2,889 2,795 2,986 2,894 2,843 14,407 
Medina County, OH39103D0000001 1,528 1,287 1,423 1,423 1,362 1,398 6,893 
Total D0000001 20,524 21,073 21,234 21,476 20,546 20,507 104,836 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Cuyahoga County, OH39035NC000001 2,104 1,266 949 1,031 1,705 1,932 6,883 
Geauga County, OH39055NC000001 68 178 188 121 124 161 772 
Lake County, OH39085NC000001 148 -9 -129 -178 27 -70 -359 
Lorain County, OH39093NC000001 396 575 528 403 483 542 2,531 
Medina County, OH39103NC000001 256 523 337 245 462 409 1,976 
Total NC000001 2,972 2,533 1,873 1,622 2,801 2,974 11,803 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Cuyahoga County, OH39035MI000001 2,252 2,826 2,984 3,165 3,699 3,689 16,363 
Geauga County, OH39055MI000001 48 26 35 39 48 48 196 
Lake County, OH39085MI000001 112 99 125 135 169 173 701 
Lorain County, OH39093MI000001 296 397 406 404 512 510 2,229 
Medina County, OH39103MI000001 144 101 98 102 121 120 542 
Total MI000001 2,852 3,449 3,648 3,845 4,549 4,540 20,031 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Cuyahoga County, OH39035MD000001 -12,144 -12,414 -7,933 -5,522 -8,309 -9,597 -43,775 
Geauga County, OH39055MD000001 -84 -276 257 -106 19 -193 -299 
Lake County, OH39085MD000001 -388 -214 -432 270 -485 -222 -1,083 
Lorain County, OH39093MD000001 -232 -533 -1,235 225 433 -210 -1,320 
Medina County, OH39103MD000001 492 286 -210 554 695 -214 1,111 
Total MD000001 -12,356 -13,151 -9,553 -4,579 -7,647 -10,436 -45,366 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Cuyahoga County, OH39035MN000001 -9,892 -9,588 -4,949 -2,357 -4,610 -5,908 -27,412 
Geauga County, OH39055MN000001 -36 -250 292 -67 67 -145 -103 
Lake County, OH39085MN000001 -276 -115 -307 405 -316 -49 -382 
Lorain County, OH39093MN000001 64 -136 -829 629 945 300 909 
Medina County, OH39103MN000001 636 387 -112 656 816 -94 1,653 
Total MN000001 -9,504 -9,702 -5,905 -734 -3,098 -5,896 -25,335 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Cuyahoga County, OH39035GQ000001 29,234 28,452 28,819 29,770 29,757 29,887 653 2.23
Geauga County, OH39055GQ000001 864 864 864 864 864 864 0 0.00
Lake County, OH39085GQ000001 2,775 2,788 2,760 2,761 2,771 2,815 40 1.44
Lorain County, OH39093GQ000001 9,308 9,173 8,669 8,849 8,844 8,966 -342 -3.67
Medina County, OH39103GQ000001 1,198 1,198 1,198 1,198 1,198 1,198 0 0.00
Total GQ000001 43,379 42,475 42,310 43,442 43,434 43,730 351 0.81

Source: developed by ProximityOne based on Census Bureau and other data.
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