The City of Cleveland Planning Commission has posted some analysis of the 2020 United States Census results on its website.

Neighborhood Data

     The Cleveland Planning Commission looked at Census data by Statistical Planning Areas to show which neighborhoods gained or lost population over the past decade. The Planning Commission also compiled neighborhood level data on the increase or decrease in housing units over the past decade. Some neighborhoods experienced a population loss, despite an increase in the number of housing units.

     The City of Cleveland redrew most of the boundaries for the Statistical Planning Areas it uses to combine different census tracts into neighborhood units since the last census in 2010. The exception on the West Side of Cleveland seems to be the Old Brooklyn neighborhood Statistical Planning Area which maintains the same boundaries it had in 2010.

     To compare 2020 Census Data with 2010 Census Data, the City of Cleveland Planning Department simply compared the census tracts in the 2020 Statistical Planning Areas (SPA) with data from the 2010 Census for the same census tracts.

Population gains

     According to the City Planning Commission, the following Statistical Planning Areas gained population between 2010 and 2020:

     In the Ohio City SPA the number of people grew from 8, 403 in 2010 to 9,219 in 2020. This is an increase of 816 people or a 9.7% jump in population. However, the increase in population is less than the increase in housing units in the neighborhood. The number of housing units in the neighborhood grew from 4,745 to 5,675 or by 930 units. This represents a 19.6% increase in the number of housing units in the neighborhood.

     In the Jefferson SPA, the number of people grew from 16,548 in 2010 to 17,351 in 2020. This represents an increase in population of 803 people or a 4.9% jump in neighborhood population. The Jefferson neighborhood increased its population despite losing 39 housing units, going from 7,603 units in 2010 to 7,564 units in 2020. This represents a loss of .5% of its housing units.

     The Bellaire-Puritas SPA also gained population while losing housing units. The population in the neighborhood increased by 458 people from 2010 to 2020 going from 13,365 people in 2010 to 13,823 in 2020, a 3.4% increase in population. Bellaire-Puritas increased its population despite losing 14 housing units, decreasing the number of units from 6,244 to 6,230, or by .2%.

     The Old Brooklyn SPA increased its population by 306 people from 2010 to 2020 – going from 32,009 to 32,315. This represents a 1.0% increase in population. The neighborhood also increased the number of housing units from 15,912 in 2010 to 16,188 in 2020. This is an increase of 276 housing units, or a 1.7% increase in the number of housing units in the neighborhood.

     The Edgewater SPA increased its population from 5,851 in 2010 to 6,000 in 2020. This represents an increase of 149 people or a 2.5% increase in population. However, the increase in population was less than the number of new housing units built in the neighborhood. There were 233 new units of housing in the neighborhood in the last decade, increasing the number of units from 3,899 to 4,132 or by 6%.

     The West Boulevard SPA experienced an increase in population, despite losing housing units. The neighborhood increased in population from 18,880 people in 2010 to 18,981 people in 2020, an increase of 101 people or a .5% increase in population. The neighborhood did this while its number of housing units declined from 8,407 in 2010 to 8, 216 in 2020, a loss of 91 housing units or 1.1% of the neighborhood’s housing units.

Population losses

     The Tremont SPA lost population from 2010 to 2020, despite a growth in the number of housing units. The population in Tremont declined from 7,975 people in 2010 to 7,798 people in 2020. This represents a loss of 177 people, or 2.2% of Tremont’s population. The population loss occurred even while the number of housing units in the neighborhood increased from 4,562 in 2010 to 4,789 in 2020. The increase of 227 housing units represents a 5% increase in the number of housing units in the neighborhood.

     The Cudell SPA lost 180 people from 2010 to 2020 declining from a population of 9,295 to a population of 9,114, a 1.9% loss. The neighborhood lost 108 units of housing during the decade, going from 4,485 to 4,377 housing units, a 2.4% decline.

     Despite a large increase in housing units, the Detroit Shoreway SPA had 251 fewer people in 2020 than it had in 2010. The neighborhood population decreased from 11,577 people in 2010 to 11,326 people in 2020, a 2.2% decrease in population. During the decade the number of housing units grew by 497 units, increasing from 6,008 units in 2010 to 6,505 in 2020. This represents an 8.3% increase in the number of housing units.

     The Brooklyn Centre SPA’s population decreased by 633 people from 2010 to 2020 declining from 8,948 people to 8,314, a 7.1% drop. The neighborhood also lost 76 housing units, declining from 4,030 to 3,954 units during the decade, a 1.9% drop in the number of housing units.

     The Clark Fulton SPA’s population decreased by 884 people from 2010 to 2010 declining from 8,509 people in 2010 to 7, 625 people in 2020, a 10.4% decline in population. The neighborhood lost 187 housing units during the decade, declining from 3,755 units to 3,568 units, a 5% decrease in the number of housing units.

     The Stockyards SPA’s population declined by 889 people from 2010 to 2020 going from 10,411 people to 9,522 people, an 8.5% decrease in population. The number of housing units in the neighborhood dropped by 239 units going from 4,513 units to 4,274 units, a 5.3% decrease in the number of housing units.

Outside Plain Press area

     Citywide the neighborhoods experiencing the greatest increase in population were the Downtown and University Circle Statistical Planning Areas.

Downtown had an increase in population of 3,838 people, going from 9,464 people in 2010 to 13,302 people in 2020, an increase of 40.6%. The number of housing units downtown increased by more than the population increase. There were 4,240 more housing units in 2020 than in 2010 downtown. The increase from 5,326 units to 9,566 units represented a 79.6% increase in the number of housing units in the Downtown SPA.

University Circle increased its population by 1,681 people going from 7,939 people in 2010 to 9,620 people in 2020. This represents a 21.2% increase in population. The number of housing units in the neighborhood increased by 1,050 during the decade going from 3,617 units to 4,667 units. This represents a 29% increase in the number of housing units in the neighborhood.

Citywide the neighborhoods experiencing the greatest decrease in population were the Glenville SPA and the Union-Miles Park SPA.

Glenville lost 6,097 people from 2010 to 2020. Its population declined from 27,234 to 21,127. This represents a 22.4% decline in population. Glenville lost 3,546 units of housing during the decade, experiencing a decline from 15,627 housing units in 2010 to 12,081 in 2020, a 22.7% drop in the number of housing units.

Union-Miles Park’s population decreased by 3,379 people from 2010 to 2020, going from 19,004 to 15,625 people. This represents a 17.8% decline in population in the neighborhood. The number of housing units in the neighborhood declined by 1,447 units going from 9,763 units in 2010 to 8,316 units in 2020, a 14.8% decline in housing units.

Citywide Data

The Census Data analysis presented on the Cleveland Planning Commission website indicates that Cleveland continued to lose population from 2010 to 2020, as its population declined from 396,815 in 2010 to 372,624 in 2020. The 24,191 fewer people in the city in 2020 than in 2010, represents a population decline of 6%. The City of Cleveland Planning Commission cited population declines from previous decades of United States Census population data showing Cleveland: with a 1970 population of 750,903; a population of 573,822 in 1980; a population of 505,616 in 1990 and a population of 478,403 in the year 2000.

     The City of Cleveland Planning Commission notes that the rate of population decline slowed from 17% decline in the decade from 2000-2010 to the 6% decline in the period from 2010 to 2020.

     The number of housing units in the city of Cleveland also declined from 207,459 in 2010 to 198,846 in 2020.

     The racial and ethnic composition of the City of Cleveland’s population also changed significantly according to the City Planning Commission analysis of the Census data.

     Cleveland experienced significant declines in its black-only and white-only population.

Residents identifying as black or African American declined from 208,208 in 2010 to 176,813 in 2020 or by 31,395 people. The percentage of Clevelanders identifying as black or African American declined from 52.5% in 2010 to 47.5% in 2020.

Residents identifying as white alone (not Hispanic) declined from 132,710 in 2010 to 119,547 in 2020, or by 13,163 people. The percentage of Clevelanders identifying as white only declined from 33.4% in 2010 to 32.1% in 2020.

Cleveland’s Hispanic population, its mixed-race population and Asian population all grew during the past decade.

Cleveland’s Hispanic or Latino population grew significantly in the decade from 2010 to 2020, increasing from 39,534 in 2010 to 48,699 in 2020, an increase of 9,165 people. The percentage of Cleveland’s population that claims to be Hispanic or Latino increased from 10% in 2010 to 13.1% in 2020.

     Cleveland’s Mixed Race, non-Hispanic, population also increased during the decade from 7,484 people in 2010 to 14,261 in 2020, an increase of 6,777 people. This group represented 3.8% of Cleveland population in 2020, up from 1.9% in 2010.

     Cleveland’s Asian population grew from 7,213 in 2010 to 10,390 in 2020, an increase of 3,177 people. This group represented 2.8% of Cleveland’s population in 2020, up from 1.8% in 2010.