Higher Education in the Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH Metro Area

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH Metro Area has a moderately-educated population of the working age, with 26.6 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the 2005 American Community Survey. The Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor MSA has a higher percent of population with high education level than the State of Ohio's proportion of 23.4 percent and a lower percent than the US proportion of 27.2 percent.

Since 2000, the Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor metro area has increased in the population percent with a Bachelors of Higher. This population percent has grown by 9.6 percent to a total of 26.6 percent in 2005, according to the American Community Survey. The 2005 proportion of highly educated population is greater than the 2005 State of Ohio percent of 23.4 and less than the average US percent of 27.2.

Reported by the 2005 American Community Survey in the Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH Metro Area, the largest educational attainment category for men is the High School Diploma category, with 31.8 percent achieving this level. The female population in the Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor metro area have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 29 percent (Men) versus 24.6 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area achieving a High School Diploma category, with 33.6 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

From the years 2000 to 2005, the proportion of the male population that could be considered highly educated has increased by 12.0 percent. By the year 2005, 29 percent of area's male population (+25) achieved a BA or Higher. During the same period, the percent of women (+25) that have earned a BA or higher has increased by a total of 7.6 percent. By 2005, a total of 24.6 percent of the female population having received at least a Bachelors Degree.

In the Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH Metro Area as reported in the 2005 American Community Survey, 29.4 percent of the White Alone, 12 percent of Black or African American, 57 percent of the Asian alone and 13.2 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Demographic Profile for Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH

By measuring total land area, the Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor metro area covers a total land area of 2004 square miles. The MSA has a very high average area density of 1,061 persons per square mile. Other metro areas with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Detroit-Warren-Livonia (1,147 per sq. mile ), Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington (1,258 per sq. mile ), Boston-Cambridge-Quincy (1,258 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach (1,058 per sq. mile ), Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater (1,037 per sq. mile ), Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis (1,036 per sq. mile ).

From 2000, a medium-high number of individuals have migrated into the Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor metro area, with 19,524 people migrating in internationally. The international migration into Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor totals 26 percent of all immigration into Ohio. This percent of international migration is medium-high when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other metro areas across the US.

The Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor metro area had a population of 2,126,318 in 2005. The total population has decreased, since its 2000 population of 2,148,161. The decline signifies a decrease of -1 percent. Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor ranks 12 of 12 MSAs when calculating total change in population for Ohio and the metro area ranks 359 of 361 metro areas in terms of population growth in the United States.

The Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor metropolitan statistical area (MSA) has a population that is made of 73.6 percent White, 19.5 percent African American, 1.7 percent Asian, and 3.8 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a high amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 25.0 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is greater than the State of Ohio percent of 15.5. Since 2000, Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor has increased the percent of minority population when 24.0 percent of the population was made up of minorities.



Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.