Lorain, Ohio


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Lorain
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Population 2000:68,652
Population 2002:67,704
Elevation:620 feet
Area codes:440
Land area:24.0 square miles
Foreign born:3.6% (1.6% Europe, 1.4% Latin America, 0.5% Asia)
County:Lorain
Industries:Manufacturing (27.4%), Educational,health and social services (17.3%), Retail trade (12.4%).
Population growth:-948 (-1.38%)
Races
White Non-Hispanic:61.1%
Hispanic:21.0%
Black:15.9%
Other race:9.6%
Two or more races:4.0%
American Indian:1.2%
Marital Status
Now married:47.9%
Never married:28.3%
Divorced:12.8%
Widowed:8.4%
Separated:2.5%
Median
House value:$86,000
Household income:$33,917
Resident age:34.4 years
Lorain Compared to Ohio State Average
Number of college students:below
Median house value:below
Hispanic race population percentage:above
Black race population percentage:much above
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher:much below
Foreign-born population percentage:much below
Education
High school or higher:74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher:9.9%
Unemployed:6.5%
Graduate or professional degree:3.4%
Crime Statistics
2002 burglaries:787 (1139.5 per 100,000)
2002 crime index:294.5 - nationwide average is 329, higher means more crime
2002 assaults:146 (211.4 per 100,000)
2002 robberies:109 (157.8 per 100,000)
2002 auto thefts:97 (140.4 per 100,000)
2002 rapes:14 (20.3 per 100,000)
2002 murders:2 (2.9 per 100,000)
2002 larceny counts:1,746 (2528.1 per 100,000)
Ancestries
German:16.0%
Irish:11.0%
Polish:7.8%
Italian:6.7%
English:6.1%
Hungarian:4.5%
 

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Lorain, Ohio ZIP Codes: 44052 44053 44055