2022 population: 316,268 ( 14,912 from 2010 , 3,294 from 2020)
Land area: 490.5 square miles
Population density: 644.7 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	242,951	76.82%	0.6%
Black:	24,497	7.75%	0.9%
Indian:	651	0.21%	2.5%
Asian:	4,602	1.46%	64.8%
2+ races:	8,727	2.76%	34.2%
Hispanic:	34,840	11.02%	37.8%

Total non-White:	73,317	23.18%	22.6%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	7,188	11.5
Deaths:	8,712	13.9
Net Migration:	4,049	6.5
Net Immigration:	602	1.0

Change in White population:	1,408	0.5
Change in Non-White pop.:	13,504	4.5

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
301,356
241,543	80.15%
24,289	8.06%
635	0.21%
2,793	0.93%
6,504	2.16%
25,290	8.39%
59,813	19.85%

2000
284,664
234,597	82.41%
23,365	8.21%
699	0.25%
1,712	0.60%
4,348	1.53%
19,676	6.91%
50,067	17.59%

1990
271,126
233,156	86.00%
20,625	7.61%
686	0.25%
1,339	0.49%
n/a
15,320	5.65%
37,970	14.00%

1980
274,909
240,470	87.47%
19,263	7.01%
559	0.20%
1,306	0.48%
n/a
13,164	4.79%
34,439	12.53%

1970
256,843
229,551	89.37%
15,724	6.12%
251	0.10%
331	0.13%
n/a
10,391	4.05%
27,292	10.63%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
34,107	12.0
23,979	8.4
5,233	1.8
2,277	0.8

6,946	2.4
9,746	3.4

Number	Rate
1990's
39,873	14.7
23,816	8.8
-4,865	-1.8
745	0.3

1,441	0.5
12,097	4.5

Number	Rate
1980's
40,215	14.6
20,476	7.4
-22,436	-8.2
n/a

-7,314	-2.7
3,531	1.3

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-11,598	-4.5
n/a

10,919	4.3
7,147	2.8

Age, Family & Household Data for Lorain County, OH

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
41.9
67,928	21.5%
248,340	78.5%
59,383	18.8%

124,510
2.45

78,174	62.8%
58,078	74.3%
8,072	10.3%
46,336	37.2%

2010
Number	Percent
40.0
72,078	23.9%
229,278	76.1%
43,131	14.3%

116,274
2.51

80,077	68.9%
58,748	73.4%
9,080	11.3%
36,197	31.1%

2000
Number	Percent
36.4
74,617	26.2%
210,047	73.8%
35,715	12.5%

105,875
2.61

76,589	72.3%
59,564	77.8%
7,556	9.9%
29,286	27.7%

1990
Number	Percent
32.6
74,652	27.5%
196,474	72.5%
31,267	11.5%

96,059
2.76

73,315	76.3%
59,107	80.6%
6,541	8.9%
22,744	23.7%

1980
Number	Percent
28.2
87,650	31.9%
187,259	68.1%
23,311	8.5%

90,654
2.98

72,023	79.4%
61,360	85.2%
5,299	7.4%
18,631	20.6%

2022 Housing Data for Lorain County, OH

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	6,672	5.4%
$10,000 to $14,999	5,934	4.8%
$15,000 to $19,999	4,365	3.5%
$20,000 to $24,999	4,986	4.0%
$25,000 to $29,999	5,135	4.1%
$30,000 to $34,999	4,956	4.0%
$35,000 to $39,999	4,739	3.8%
$40,000 to $44,999	4,942	4.0%
$45,000 to $49,999	4,926	4.0%
$50,000 to $59,999	9,023	7.2%
$60,000 to $74,999	12,561	10.1%
$75,000 to $99,999	16,595	13.3%
$100,000 to $124,999	12,046	9.7%
$125,000 to $149,999	8,352	6.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	9,358	7.5%
$200,000 or more	9,920	8.0%

Median Household Income	67,272
Per Capita Income	37,171

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	98
Compared to U.S.	86

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	6,728	5.4%
Public Assistance	4,174	3.4%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	15,548	12.5%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	124,267	71.5%
Unemployed	5,334	3.1%
In Armed Forces	336	0.2%

Total Labor Force	129,937	74.8%
Not in Labor Force	43,748	25.2%

Real Unemployment Rate		28.3%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	55,543	48,455	53.4%
Non-Profit	3,961	8,801	31.0%
Self-Employed	6,036	3,679	62.1%

Local Government	5,273	6,914	43.3%
State Government	1,805	1,614	52.8%
Federal Government	2,417	1,737	58.2%

Total Private + Self	61,579	52,134	54.2%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	13,456	19,066	41.4%
Total	75,035	71,200	51.3%

Pct. Govt.	13.5%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	21,715	14.8%
Sales and Office Occupations	31,431	21.5%
Professional, Technical	33,224	22.7%
Service Occupations	24,496	16.7%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	222	0.2%
All others	35,637	24.3%

White Collar		59.0%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	23,614	16.1%
Manufacturing	23,369	16.0%
Retail trade	17,949	12.3%
Educational services	12,082	8.2%
Accommodation and food services	10,428	7.1%
Professional, scientific, technical	8,583	5.9%
Construction	8,571	5.9%
Public administration	7,229	4.9%
Finance and insurance	6,264	4.3%
Transportation and warehousing	6,121	4.2%
Other services	5,458	3.7%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	5,172	3.5%
Wholesale trade	3,495	2.4%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	2,626	1.8%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,821	1.2%
Information	1,817	1.2%
Utilities	1,058	0.7%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	576	0.4%
Management	226	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	44	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	6,627	2.12%
Puerto Rican	22,383	7.15%
Cuban	556	0.18%
Dominican	95	0.03%

Total Central American	928	0.30%
Costa Rican	208	0.07%
Guatemalan	81	0.03%
Honduran	195	0.06%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	50	0.02%
Salvadoran	394	0.13%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	853	0.27%
Argentinean	60	0.02%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	29	0.01%
Colombian	296	0.09%
Ecuadorian	37	0.01%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	88	0.03%
Uruguayan	13	0.00%
Venezuelan	330	0.11%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	1,753	0.56%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	1,485	0.47%
Chinese	899	0.29%
Filipino	426	0.14%
Vietnamese	197	0.06%
Japanese	149	0.05%
Korean	146	0.05%
Thai	108	0.03%
Laotian	61	0.02%
Burmese	43	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	275,508	93.0%
Spanish	13,712	4.6%
Other Indo-European	1,695	0.6%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	1,032	0.3%
Chinese	858	0.3%
Other Asian	846	0.3%
German, other Germanic	683	0.2%
Arabic	452	0.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	384	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	70,515	22.5%
Irish	43,961	14.0%
English	30,859	9.9%
American	26,028	8.3%
Polish	25,634	8.2%
Italian	24,342	7.8%
Hungarian	12,291	3.9%
Slovak	7,080	2.3%
Scottish	5,910	1.9%
French	5,279	1.7%
European	3,853	1.2%
Welsh	2,380	0.8%
Dutch	2,235	0.7%
Scotch-Irish	2,181	0.7%
Slovene	2,045	0.7%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	309,749	98.9%
Not a citizen	3,352	1.1%

Native	304,334	97.2%
Foreign-born	8,767	2.8%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
4,618	2.1%	14,563	6.7%	68,487	31.4%	71,072	32.6%	37,312	17.1%	22,052	10.1%
Average years of education: 13.4

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	4,618	2.1%
9-12 Years	14,563	6.7%
H.S. Grad or GED	68,487	31.4%
Some College	71,072	32.6%
Bach. Degree	37,312	17.1%
Grad Degree	22,052	10.1%
Average years of education: 13.4

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	133,554	123,915	9,639	7.2%	5.8%
1991	135,743	123,702	12,041	8.9%	6.5%
1992	137,259	125,117	12,142	8.8%	7.4%
1993	135,948	127,422	8,526	6.3%	6.7%
1994	137,741	129,812	7,929	5.8%	5.7%
1995	138,706	130,707	7,999	5.8%	4.9%
1996	139,871	133,212	6,659	4.8%	5.0%
1997	141,938	135,523	6,415	4.5%	4.6%
1998	141,224	136,831	4,393	3.1%	4.3%
1999	143,033	138,432	4,601	3.2%	4.3%

2000	146,990	142,541	4,449	3.0%	4.1%
2001	149,362	143,403	5,959	4.0%	4.4%
2002	150,176	142,679	7,497	5.0%	5.8%
2003	152,381	143,882	8,499	5.6%	6.2%
2004	151,998	144,033	7,965	5.2%	6.3%
2005	152,610	144,640	7,970	5.2%	5.9%
2006	156,506	148,249	8,257	5.3%	5.4%
2007	158,242	148,800	9,442	6.0%	5.6%
2008	159,121	148,648	10,473	6.6%	6.6%
2009	158,992	145,201	13,791	8.7%	10.2%

2010	153,525	139,440	14,085	9.2%	10.3%
2011	151,886	139,980	11,906	7.8%	8.8%
2012	149,803	139,170	10,633	7.1%	7.4%
2013	150,065	138,932	11,133	7.4%	7.5%
2014	150,215	140,520	9,695	6.5%	5.8%
2015	149,895	141,498	8,397	5.6%	5.0%
2016	152,264	143,118	9,146	6.0%	5.0%
2017	153,808	144,483	9,325	6.1%	5.0%
2018	154,302	146,567	7,735	5.0%	4.5%
2019	156,117	149,305	6,812	4.4%	4.2%

2020	149,061	134,333	14,728	9.9%	8.1%
2021	151,656	143,185	8,471	5.6%	5.1%
2022	153,935	146,132	7,803	5.1%	4.0%
2023	155,146	149,247	5,899	3.8%	3.5%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	134,591
Median Value	$191,900

Occupied	124,510	92.5%
Vacant	10,081	7.5%

Owned	90,707	72.9%
Rented	33,803	27.1%
Median Rent	$886

Single-Family Units	108,910	80.9%
Detached	102,115	75.9%
Attached	6,795	5.0%
Buldings with 5+ Units	15,287	11.4%
Mobile Homes	2,871	2.1%

Lorain County, OH

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Lorain County, OH

2022 Housing Data for Lorain County, OH

2022 Income & Employment Data for Lorain County, OH

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Lorain County, OH

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Lorain County, OH

Historical Labor Force Data for Lorain County, OH