East Cleveland, Ohio demographics

East Cleveland, OH demographics: median age 44.3; 17.3% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · East Cleveland city, Ohio · Incorporated city · GEOID 3923380. The survey estimates a population of 13,534 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in East Cleveland is 44.3 years, with a 90% margin of error of 3.7 years. There are 6,861 households (±504). 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	44.3 ±3.7	39.7 ±0.2	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 13,534
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Ohio	U.S.
Under 18	3,082 ±528	22.8% ±3.9 pp	22.0%	22.0%
18–34	2,625 ±461	19.4% ±3.4 pp	22.1%	22.8%
35–64	4,459 ±530	32.9% ±3.9 pp	37.7%	38.0%
65 and older	3,368 ±486	24.9% ±3.6 pp	18.3%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 13,534
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Ohio	U.S.
Male	5,605 ±428	41.4% ±3.2 pp	49.3%	49.5%
Female	7,929 ±427	58.6% ±3.2 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: 13,534
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Ohio	U.S.
White alone	1,116 ±319	8.2% ±2.4 pp	76.8%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	11,809 ±357	87.3% ±2.6 pp	12.2%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	11 ±10 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.9%
Asian alone	147 ±61	1.1% ±0.5 pp	2.6%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0 ±20 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race alone	123 ±91 · low precision	0.9% ±0.7 pp · low precision	1.8%	7.1%
Two or more races	328 ±147	2.4% ±1.1 pp	6.5%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 13,534
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Ohio	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,365 ±129	98.8% ±0.9 pp	95.2%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	169 ±126 · low precision	1.2% ±0.9 pp · low precision	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: 6,861
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Ohio	U.S.
Married-couple family	712 ±149	10.4% ±2.0 pp	44.4%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	497 ±220	7.2% ±3.2 pp	4.8%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	1,326 ±179	19.3% ±2.2 pp	12.0%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	4,123 ±567	60.1% ±7.0 pp	32.0%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	203 ±96	3.0% ±1.4 pp	6.8%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 6,861
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Ohio	U.S.
Households with people under 18	1,568 ±224	22.9% ±2.8 pp	28.0%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	5,293 ±621	77.1% ±7.1 pp	72.0%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 6,861
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Ohio	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	4,123 ±567	60.1% ±7.0 pp	32.0%	28.7%
Two-person households	1,304 ±273	19.0% ±3.7 pp	34.6%	33.8%
Three-person households	466 ±175	6.8% ±2.5 pp	14.1%	15.3%
Four-person households	543 ±204	7.9% ±2.9 pp	11.3%	12.6%
Five-person households	206 ±137 · low precision	3.0% ±2.0 pp · low precision	5.1%	5.9%
Six-person households	95 ±92 · low precision	1.4% ±1.3 pp · low precision	1.8%	2.2%
Seven or more people	124 ±97 · low precision	1.8% ±1.4 pp · low precision	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: 13,534
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Ohio	U.S.
Native	12,879 ±385	95.2% ±2.8 pp	94.8%	85.9%
Foreign born	655 ±383 · low precision	4.8% ±2.8 pp · low precision	5.2%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 12,773
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Ohio	U.S.
English only	11,646 ±572	91.2% ±3.6 pp	92.0%	77.7%
Spanish	265 ±217 · low precision	2.1% ±1.7 pp · low precision	2.6%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	491 ±475 · low precision	3.8% ±3.7 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	63 ±73 · low precision	0.5% ±0.6 pp · low precision	0.9%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	140 ±93 · low precision	1.1% ±0.7 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	13 ±19 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	1.2%	2.0%
Korean	0 ±20 · low precision	0.0% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	15 ±21 · low precision	0.1% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.4%	1.1%
Vietnamese	53 ±23	0.4% ±0.2 pp	0.1%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	0 ±20 · low precision	0.0% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	0 ±20 · low precision	0.0% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.6%	1.1%
Arabic	42 ±46 · low precision	0.3% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	45 ±41 · low precision	0.4% ±0.3 pp · low precision	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: 9,306
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Ohio	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	1,606 ±315	17.3% ±3.2 pp	8.2%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	2,766 ±427	29.7% ±4.2 pp	32.1%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	2,411 ±440	25.9% ±4.4 pp	19.3%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	910 ±233	9.8% ±2.4 pp	9.0%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	1,013 ±350	10.9% ±3.7 pp	19.3%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	600 ±253	6.4% ±2.7 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: 13,399
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Ohio	U.S.
Same house	11,626 ±503	86.8% ±3.6 pp	88.1%	87.7%
Moved within same county	1,501 ±477	11.2% ±3.6 pp	6.7%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	47 ±26 · low precision	0.4% ±0.2 pp · low precision	3.2%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	149 ±114 · low precision	1.1% ±0.9 pp · low precision	1.6%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	76 ±66 · low precision	0.6% ±0.5 pp · low precision	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

10.0% of East Cleveland residents (±2.5 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 6.4% in Ohio and 8.4% nationally. 73.9% 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	East Cleveland	Ohio	U.S.	Compared with Ohio
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	10.0% ±2.5 pp	6.4%	8.4%	Higher
Households with a broadband subscription Households	73.9% ±3.8 pp	90.1%	91.0%	Lower
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	5.3% ±2.2 pp	6.6%	6.2%	Not statistically different

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 East 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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