Lorain County, Ohio

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Lorain County
County
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Old county building in Elyria
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Location within the U.S. state of Ohio
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Coordinates: 41°28′N82°09′W / 41.47°N 82.15°W / 41.47; -82.15
CountryFlag of the United States.svg United States
StateFlag of Ohio.svg  Ohio
FoundedApril 1, 1824
Named for Lorraine in France [1]
Seat Elyria
Largest city Lorain
Area
 • Total923 sq mi (2,390 km2)
 • Land491 sq mi (1,270 km2)
 • Water432 sq mi (1,120 km2)  47%
Population
 (2020)
 • Total312,964
 • Estimate 
(2021)
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 • Density340/sq mi (130/km2)
Congressional district 5th
Website www.loraincounty.us

Lorain County is a county in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Ohio As of the 2020 census, the population was 312,964. [2] Its county seat is Elyria, and its largest city is Lorain. [3]

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The county was physically established in 1822, becoming judicially independent in 1824. [4] Lorain County is part of the Cleveland, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county is home to Oberlin College.

History

Lorain County was established in 1822 from portions of several of its adjacent counties. [5] This county became judicially-independent in 1824. The original proposed name for the county was "Colerain". [6] The final name "Lorain" was chosen by Heman Ely, who had previously founded and named the city of Elyria. The county's name is based on the former German and now French province of Lorraine. [7]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has an area of 923 square miles (2,390 km2), of which 491 square miles (1,270 km2) is land and 432 square miles (1,120 km2) (47%) is water. [8] It is Ohio's fourth-largest county by area.

Adjacent counties

Major highways

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1830 5,696—
1840 18,467224.2%
1850 26,08641.3%
1860 29,74414.0%
1870 30,3081.9%
1880 35,52617.2%
1890 40,29513.4%
1900 54,85736.1%
1910 76,03738.6%
1920 90,61219.2%
1930 109,20620.5%
1940 112,3902.9%
1950 148,16231.8%
1960 217,50046.8%
1970 256,84318.1%
1980 274,9097.0%
1990 271,126−1.4%
2000 284,6645.0%
2010 301,3565.9%
2020 312,9643.9%
2023 (est.)317,910 [9] 1.6%
U.S. Decennial Census [10]
1790-1960 [11] 1900-1990 [12]
1990-2000 [13] 2010-2020 [2]

As of the 2010 census, there were 301,356 people, 116,274 households, and 80,077 families residing in the county. [14] The population density was 613.6 inhabitants per square mile (236.9/km2). There were 127,036 housing units at an average density of 258.7 per square mile (99.9/km2). [15] The racial makeup of the county was 84.8% white, 8.6% black or African American, 0.9% Asian, 0.3% American Indian, 2.5% from other races, and 3.0% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 8.4% of the population. [14] In terms of ancestry, 26.5% were German, 16.7% were Irish, 10.9% were English, 8.4% were Polish, 8.2% were Italian, 6.2% were American, and 5.2% were Hungarian. [16]

Of the 116,274 households, 32.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.5% were married couples living together, 13.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 31.1% were non-families, and 26.0% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.02. The median age was 40.0 years. [14]

The median income for a household in the county was $52,066 and the median income for a family was $62,082. Males had a median income of $49,146 versus $35,334 for females. The per capita income for the county was $25,002. About 10.3% of families and 13.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.5% of those under age 18 and 8.0% of those age 65 or over. [17]

Education

Higher education

Public school districts

There are 20 public school districts in Lorain County. Those primarily in Lorain County are listed in bold. Each district's high school(s) and location is also listed.

The county also includes the Lorain County Joint Vocational School District, which encompasses the entire county and serves students from the Amherst, Avon, Avon Lake, Clearview, Columbia, Elyria, Firelands, Keystone, Midview, North Ridgeville, Oberlin, Sheffield-Sheffield Lake and Wellington school districts from a 10-acre campus on a 100-acre site near the intersection of State Route 58 and U.S. Route 20 in Oberlin. [18]

Private high schools

Politics

Lorain County used to lean Democratic in recent presidential elections, voting for the Democratic candidate for president in 12 of the last 16 elections, including a winning streak that lasted from 1988 to 2016. In 2016, however, the county was almost swept up as part of the unexpected Republican surge in the Rust Belt; Donald Trump came within 131 votes of being the first Republican to capture the county since Ronald Reagan in 1984. Four years later, he flipped the county Republican by a narrow majority.

United States presidential election results for Lorain County, Ohio [19]
Year Republican Democratic Third party
No. %No. %No. %
2020 79,52050.40%75,66747.96%2,5811.64%
2016 66,81847.54%66,94947.63%6,7954.83%
2012 59,40541.47%81,46456.87%2,3841.66%
2008 59,06840.22%85,27658.07%2,5151.71%
2004 61,20343.49%78,97056.11%5690.40%
2000 47,95742.75%59,80953.32%4,4143.93%
1996 34,93732.82%55,74452.37%15,76414.81%
1992 36,80331.03%50,96242.97%30,84026.00%
1988 50,41047.14%55,60052.00%9160.86%
1984 57,37950.77%52,97046.87%2,6722.36%
1980 51,03449.51%40,91939.69%11,13110.80%
1976 39,45941.66%52,38755.31%2,8653.02%
1972 51,10256.15%36,63440.25%3,2803.60%
1968 34,25239.95%42,64249.74%8,83310.30%
1964 26,68332.37%55,75567.63%00.00%
1960 39,36147.51%43,48752.49%00.00%
1956 40,34060.11%26,77439.89%00.00%
1952 33,82556.36%26,19443.64%00.00%
1948 21,61649.53%21,39749.03%6251.43%
1944 23,86648.59%25,25451.41%00.00%
1940 23,42247.55%25,83152.45%00.00%
1936 15,90637.29%24,39357.19%2,3575.53%
1932 20,89751.00%18,75345.77%1,3213.22%
1928 24,38663.83%13,60735.62%2120.55%
1924 17,06261.43%3,96514.28%6,74724.29%
1920 18,12565.84%8,64031.39%7642.78%
1916 6,86845.66%7,65850.91%5163.43%
1912 2,22616.34%4,59133.71%6,80449.95%
1908 8,69957.10%5,46035.84%1,0767.06%
1904 9,00170.16%2,70021.04%1,1298.80%
1900 8,49761.93%4,98936.36%2351.71%
1896 7,80163.28%4,36735.43%1591.29%
1892 5,43456.60%3,67438.27%4925.13%
1888 5,23557.32%3,31136.25%5876.43%
1884 5,47860.30%3,19935.21%4084.49%
1880 5,60966.25%2,75232.51%1051.24%
1876 5,18765.28%2,72034.23%390.49%
1872 4,43267.71%2,09732.03%170.26%
1868 4,44369.72%1,93030.28%00.00%
1864 4,60073.65%1,64626.35%00.00%
1860 4,04566.89%1,76629.20%2363.90%
1856 3,60470.97%1,42027.96%541.06%

Communities

Map of Lorain County, Ohio With Municipal and Township Labels Map of Lorain County Ohio With Municipal and Township Labels.PNG
Map of Lorain County, Ohio With Municipal and Township Labels

Cities

Villages

Townships

Census-designated places

Unincorporated communities

See also

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References

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