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Cleveland, OH Metro Area

The Cleveland, OH metro area is made up of 6 counties in Ohio: Cuyahoga, Lorain, Lake, Medina, Ashtabula, and Geauga, largest first. About 2,165,775 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 0.9% fewer than in April 2020.

Ashtabula County, outlyingCuyahoga County, centralGeauga County, centralLake County, centralLorain County, outlyingMedina County, centralCleveland
Central Outlying 6 counties in Ohio
Population, July 2025
2,165,775 0.9% fewer than in April 2020
Type
Metropolitan statistical area
Counties
6: 4 central, 2 outlying
Land area
2,701 sq mi (6,997 km²)
Time zone
Eastern TimeUTC-05:00 in January; UTC-04:00 in July
State
Ohio
Combined statistical area
Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH
CBSA code
17410
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Counties in the Cleveland, OH metro area, largest first

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025Share of the area
Cuyahoga CountyCentral1,232,92556.9%
Lorain CountyOutlying323,21914.9%
Lake CountyCentral232,21710.7%
Medina CountyCentral185,0258.5%
Ashtabula CountyOutlying96,7134.5%
Geauga CountyCentral95,6764.4%

A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 people. An outlying county is in the area because of commuting: at least a quarter of its workers have jobs in the central counties, or at least a quarter of the people working there live in them. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal city

  1. Cleveland366,097 people

OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.

Part of the Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH combined statistical area

OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other 8 areas in this one, largest first:

  1. Akron, OH Metro Area701,780 people
  2. Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area400,246 people
  3. Wooster, OH Micro Area116,758 people
  4. Sandusky, OH Metro Area112,777 people
  5. New Philadelphia-Dover, OH Micro Area92,373 people
  6. Fremont, OH Micro Area58,655 people
  7. Norwalk, OH Micro Area58,250 people
  8. Coshocton, OH Micro Area37,188 people

Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first

Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.

  1. Akron, OH Metro Area29 mi south
  2. Wooster, OH Micro Area47 mi south
  3. Norwalk, OH Micro Area51 mi west
  4. Sandusky, OH Metro Area54 mi west
  5. Ashland, OH Micro Area54 mi southwest
  6. Youngstown-Warren, OH Metro Area60 mi southeast
  7. Meadville, PA Micro Area80 mi east
  8. Erie, PA Metro Area94 mi northeast

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A metro or micro area is a statistical area that OMB draws for federal statistics. It is not a city, a local government or a mailing address, and it is not a measure of urban and rural: whole counties count, rural parts included. Programs that use metro areas, such as housing income limits or wage rates, can use their own version of these lists; check the program’s own list for an address.

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