Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland population, 2020 to 2024

Cleveland lost 6,474 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.7%. In the latest year it moved by +1,103. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 210th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Cleveland is 26.3 times that size.

Cleveland covers 77.74 square miles of land and 4.75 of water, for 4,700 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Cleveland is denser than the typical town.

What county Cleveland is in

All of Cleveland's residents live in Cuyahoga County, which had 1,240,594 residents in 2024. Cleveland holds 29.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Cleveland

20 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Cleveland by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 44101, 44102, 44103, 44104, 44105, 44106, 44108, 44109, 44110, 44111, 44112, 44113, 44114, 44115, 44119, 44120, 44127, 44128, 44135, 44144. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Cleveland is

The Census internal point of Cleveland is at 41.478500, -81.679400. Columbus, the capital, is 125.6 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Detroit, MI (645,705 people), 96.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Akron, OH, 28.7 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 201 m (659 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Cleveland

At 41.48° N, Cleveland gets about 15 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Cleveland daylight page.

Places near Cleveland

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Newburgh Heights, 2.1 miles away, with 1,815 people.