Cleveland, Ohio demographics

Cleveland, OH demographics: median age 36.3; 22.4% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Cleveland city, Ohio · Incorporated city · GEOID 3916000. The survey estimates a population of 366,097 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Cleveland is 36.3 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.5 years. There are 169,683 households (±1,781). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	36.3 ±0.5	39.7 ±0.2	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 366,097
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Ohio	U.S.
Under 18	76,928 ±2,130	21.0% ±0.6 pp	22.0%	22.0%
18–34	98,560 ±2,333	26.9% ±0.6 pp	22.1%	22.8%
35–64	134,821 ±2,729	36.8% ±0.7 pp	37.7%	38.0%
65 and older	55,788 ±1,730	15.2% ±0.5 pp	18.3%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 366,097
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Ohio	U.S.
Male	177,576 ±1,994	48.5% ±0.5 pp	49.3%	49.5%
Female	188,521 ±2,002	51.5% ±0.5 pp	50.7%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 366,097
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Ohio	U.S.
White alone	130,136 ±2,836	35.5% ±0.8 pp	76.8%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	168,153 ±3,045	45.9% ±0.8 pp	12.2%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	1,148 ±370	0.3% ±0.1 pp	0.2%	0.9%
Asian alone	9,641 ±847	2.6% ±0.2 pp	2.6%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	80 ±65 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race alone	18,372 ±1,629	5.0% ±0.4 pp	1.8%	7.1%
Two or more races	38,567 ±2,489	10.5% ±0.7 pp	6.5%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 366,097
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Ohio	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	317,601 ±1,567	86.8% ±0.4 pp	95.2%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	48,496 ±1,582	13.2% ±0.4 pp	4.8%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 169,683
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Ohio	U.S.
Married-couple family	31,185 ±1,281	18.4% ±0.7 pp	44.4%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	9,965 ±850	5.9% ±0.5 pp	4.8%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	34,584 ±1,387	20.4% ±0.8 pp	12.0%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	79,457 ±1,947	46.8% ±1.0 pp	32.0%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	14,492 ±921	8.5% ±0.5 pp	6.8%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 169,683
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Ohio	U.S.
Households with people under 18	39,904 ±1,326	23.5% ±0.7 pp	28.0%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	129,779 ±2,334	76.5% ±1.1 pp	72.0%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 169,683
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Ohio	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	79,457 ±1,947	46.8% ±1.0 pp	32.0%	28.7%
Two-person households	48,163 ±1,692	28.4% ±1.0 pp	34.6%	33.8%
Three-person households	19,805 ±1,088	11.7% ±0.6 pp	14.1%	15.3%
Four-person households	12,169 ±841	7.2% ±0.5 pp	11.3%	12.6%
Five-person households	5,886 ±594	3.5% ±0.3 pp	5.1%	5.9%
Six-person households	2,547 ±385	1.5% ±0.2 pp	1.8%	2.2%
Seven or more people	1,656 ±316	1.0% ±0.2 pp	1.1%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 366,097
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Ohio	U.S.
Native	343,022 ±1,795	93.7% ±0.5 pp	94.8%	85.9%
Foreign born	23,075 ±1,799	6.3% ±0.5 pp	5.2%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 345,517
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Ohio	U.S.
English only	294,973 ±2,317	85.4% ±0.6 pp	92.0%	77.7%
Spanish	31,171 ±1,463	9.0% ±0.4 pp	2.6%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	1,053 ±305	0.3% ±0.1 pp	0.3%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	618 ±157	0.2% ±0.0 pp	0.9%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	1,520 ±301	0.4% ±0.1 pp	0.4%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	4,660 ±785	1.3% ±0.2 pp	1.2%	2.0%
Korean	529 ±213	0.2% ±0.1 pp	0.1%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	2,394 ±359	0.7% ±0.1 pp	0.4%	1.1%
Vietnamese	663 ±221	0.2% ±0.1 pp	0.1%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	686 ±293	0.2% ±0.1 pp	0.1%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	1,040 ±302	0.3% ±0.1 pp	0.6%	1.1%
Arabic	3,026 ±1,187	0.9% ±0.3 pp	0.4%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	3,184 ±747	0.9% ±0.2 pp	0.7%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 254,129
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Ohio	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	39,839 ±1,758	15.7% ±0.7 pp	8.2%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	86,055 ±2,530	33.9% ±1.0 pp	32.1%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	52,934 ±1,986	20.8% ±0.8 pp	19.3%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	18,291 ±951	7.2% ±0.4 pp	9.0%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	33,909 ±1,831	13.3% ±0.7 pp	19.3%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	23,101 ±1,320	9.1% ±0.5 pp	12.2%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 362,044
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Ohio	U.S.
Same house	300,493 ±3,287	83.0% ±0.9 pp	88.1%	87.7%
Moved within same county	43,462 ±2,763	12.0% ±0.8 pp	6.7%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	7,089 ±747	2.0% ±0.2 pp	3.2%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	8,610 ±1,089	2.4% ±0.3 pp	1.6%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	2,390 ±584	0.7% ±0.2 pp	0.4%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

8.1% of Cleveland residents (±0.5 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 6.4% in Ohio and 8.4% nationally. 84.7% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Cleveland	Ohio	U.S.	Compared with Ohio
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	8.1% ±0.5 pp	6.4%	8.4%	Higher
Households with a broadband subscription Households	84.7% ±0.8 pp	90.1%	91.0%	Lower
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	5.1% ±0.3 pp	6.6%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Cleveland . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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