Akron metropolitan area

The Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties in northeastern Ohio, anchored by the city of Akron. As of the 2000 census, the MSA had a population of 694,960 (though a July 1, 2007 estimate placed the population at 699,356). [cite web | url = http://www.census.gov/popest/metro/tables/2007/CBSA-EST2007-01.csv | title = Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2007 (CBSA-EST2007-01) | format = CSV | work = 2007 Population Estimates | publisher = United States Census Bureau, Population Division | date = 2008-03-27 | accessdate = 2008-08-18]

The Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area is also part of the larger Cleveland–Akron–Elyria Combined Statistical Area.

Counties

*Portage
*Summit

Communities

Places with more than 200,000 inhabitants

*Akron (Principal city)

Places with 25,000 to 50,000 inhabitants

*Barberton
*Cuyahoga Falls
*Kent
*Stow

Places with 10,000 to 25,000 inhabitants

*Aurora
*Green
*Hudson
*Norton (partial)
*Ravenna
*Streetsboro
*Tallmadge
*Twinsburg

Places with 1,000 to 10,000 inhabitants

Places with less than 1,000 inhabitants

*Brady Lake
*Peninsula
*Sugar Bush Knolls

Unincorporated places

*Diamond
*Ghent
*Hammond's Corners
*Montrose
*Rootstown
*Wayland

Townships

Portage County

ummit County

*Bath
*Boston
*Copley
*Coventry
*Northfield Center
*Richfield
*Sagamore Hills
*Springfield
*Twinsburg

Demographics

As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there were 694,960 people, 274,237 households, and 183,786 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 85.89% White, 11.00% African American, 0.20% Native American, 1.28% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.26% from other races, and 1.34% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.85% of the population.

The median income for a household in the MSA was $43,326, and the median income for a family was $52,510. Males had a median income of $38,776 versus $26,532 for females. The per capita income for the MSA was $21,635.

ee also

*Ohio census statistical areas

References