List of people from Youngstown, Ohio

The following are "notable or famous people" who were all born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Youngstown, Ohio, and the Steel Valley. Youngstown is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Mahoning County. The municipality is situated on the Mahoning River, approximately convert|65|mi|km|0 southeast of Cleveland and convert|61|mi|km|-2 northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.GR|6 Youngstown has its own metropolitan area, but the Pittsburgh Tri-State and Greater Cleveland influence the region. Youngstown lies convert|10|mi|km|0 west of the Pennsylvania state line. It lies midway between New York City and Chicago.

The city was named for John Young, an early settler from Whitestown, New York, who established the community's first sawmill and gristmill.cite web
url = http://www.ysu.edu/mahoning_river/youngstown.htm
title = Communities along the Mahoning River
publisher = Youngstown State University
accessdate = 2007-02-26] Youngstown is located in a region of the United States that is often referred to as the Rust Belt. Traditionally known as a center of steel production, Youngstown was forced to redefine itself when the U.S. steel industry fell into decline in the 1970s, leaving communities throughout the region without major industry. [Bruno (1999), p. 10.] The 2000 census showed that Youngstown had a total population of 82,026, making it Ohio's eighth largest city. A U.S. Census Bureau estimate released in June 2006 placed the population at 83,906.cite news
first = David
last = Skolnick
url = http://www4.vindy.com/content/local_regional/317665485800784.php
title = Census rank may be wrong, Y-town officials say
work = The Vindicator
publisher = Vindy.com
date = August 30, 2007
accessdate = 2008-03-02]

According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2006 estimate, the Youngstown-Warren Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) contains 586,939 people and includes Mahoning and Trumbull counties in Ohio, and Mercer County in Pennsylvania. The Steel Valley area as a whole (including Youngstown-Warren and Sharon-Farrell-New Castle, Pennsylvania) comprises 697,481 residents.cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/metro_general/2006/CBSA-EST2006-02.csv|title=Annual Estimates of the Population of Combined Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |accessdate=2007-04-05 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau ]

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