Cleveland’s Planning Commission website has a graphic/chart-filled analysis of who makes up Cleveland’s (and NE Ohio’s in general) population. I’m reading a book right now by Eric Klinenberg called Going Solo which discusses the trends (which are rather dramatic) away from multiple person households to solo households. The Planning Commission relays info from the Brookings Institute we’ve already touched on, and enhances it specifically for our area and the ‘moving forward’ challenges we will need to address. Cleveland’s (and Cuyahoga County’s) single person household numbers definitely increased although less so than other areas studied.
As mentioned in another post, the number of immigrants has declined, moreso than other areas similar to Cleveland. According to Brookings and the Planning Commission reort, most of our immigrants are European and Asian.
Snippets that informed me:
*The Census Bureau estimates that Cleveland’s daytime population increases to approximately 593,000 due to the influx of commuters to their jobs.
*Turnover: Cleveland has more long-term residents than many other cities. In 2000 only 16.1% of the city’s population had lived in a different city five years before (1995). Among the 23 cities targeted by the Brookings Institution study, Cleveland had the sixth lowest share of “new arrivals
Direct quote from the report:
*” Net Out-Migration of Residents: If population were solely determined by the ratio of births to deaths, Cleveland’s population would be increasing. Given the city’s relatively small senior population, as compared to its young person population, this same trend should continue into the future; but it is not expected to affect the bottom line. The city is losing population because more people are moving out than are moving in.”
To close, we’ve had a nice uptick in young population growth in Downtown Cleveland. But our overall population is aging and along with attracting people from other U.S. cities, states, an influx of skilled and/or smart, creative immigrants can help to cauterize the population loss.
IMMIGRANTS NEEDED HERE 