Overall Numbers
This is based on the U.S.
Census poverty numbers released in August 2007, and a study of homelessness
released in February 2007. These
are the most up to date number available locally.
Ohio’s biggest cities and those surrounding Cuyahoga County
|
County |
Major City |
Number living in Poverty |
Percentage of total population living in poverty |
Estimate of Number of Homeless people in 2006 |
Cuyahoga |
Cleveland |
190,215 |
14.5% |
19,022 |
|
Franklin |
Columbus |
175,184 |
16% |
17,518 |
|
Hamilton |
Cincinnati |
116,933 |
14.2% |
11,693 |
|
Montgomery |
Dayton |
78,624 |
14.5% |
7,862 |
|
Summit |
Akron |
66,810 |
12.2% |
6,681 |
|
Lucas |
Toledo |
72,765 |
16.3% |
7,277 |
|
Stark |
Canton |
45,680 |
12% |
4,340 |
|
Mahoning |
Youngstown |
38,477 |
15.3% |
3,848 |
|
Lorain
|
Lorain/Elyria |
40,836 |
13.5% |
4,084 |
|
Trumbull |
Warren |
23,663 |
10.8% |
2,248 |
|
Lake |
Painesville |
14,955 |
6.4% |
1,346 |
|
Portage
|
Ravenna |
20,318 |
13% |
2,032 |
|
Columbiana |
Lisbon |
18,001 |
16.2% |
1,800 |
|
Ashtabula |
Jefferson/Ashtabula |
16,715 |
16.3% |
1,672 |
|
Medina |
Medina |
8,693 |
5.1% |
782 |
|
Erie
|
Sandusky |
7,598 |
9.7% |
722 |
|
Geauga |
Chardon |
5,214 |
5.4% |
469 |
|
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|
OHIO |
State total |
1,371,000 |
12% |
130,245 |