Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH

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2023 Population

125,732

0.0231% 1-year decline

US Senator

Bernie Moreno

Republican Party

US Senator

Jon Husted

Republican Party

2023 Poverty Rate

9.5%

6.75% 1-year increase

About

The 5 largest ethnic groups in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH are White (Non-Hispanic) (84.3%), Two+ (Non-Hispanic) (3.4%), Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) (3.31%), White (Hispanic) (2.48%), and Two+ (Hispanic) (2.48%).

8.92% of the households in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

97.4% of the residents in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH are U.S. citizens.

The largest universities in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH are Lake Erie College (256 degrees awarded in 2022) and Brown Aveda Institute-Mentor (122 degrees).

Most people in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 23.6 minutes. The average car ownership in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH was 2 cars per household.

Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH borders Cleveland City (Central) PUMA, OH, Cuyahoga County (Northeast)--Euclid, Cleveland Heights & South Euclid Cities PUMA, OH, Lake County (West)--Willoughby, Eastlake, Willowick & Wickliffe Cities PUMA, OH, and Ashtabula & Geauga Counties PUMA, OH.

United States Ohio

Population & Diversity

Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH is home to a population of 126k people, from which 97.4% are citizens. As of N/A, N/A% of Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH residents were born outside of the country (N/A people).

In 2023, there were 24.8 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (106k people) in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH than any other race or ethnicity. There were 4.28k Two+ (Non-Hispanic) and 4.16k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

The most common non-English languages spoken as the primary langauge in households in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH are Spanish (6,275 households), Serbo-Croatian (942 households), and Chinese (Incl. Mandarin, Cantonese) (384 households).

Population & Diversity

Residents by Gender and Age

RACE/ETHNICITY

62,413

Women

50.1%

62,275

Men

49.9%

The resident population of United States in N/A was 124,688 inhabitants, with 49.9% men, and 50.1% women.

The visualization shows the distribution of the residents by gender and age in the United States.

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Citizenship

97.4%

2023 Citizenship

96.9%

2022 Citizenship

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH

White (Non-Hispanic)
106k ± 1.1k
Two+ (Non-Hispanic)
4.28k ± 687
Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
4.16k ± 592

7.01%

Hispanic Population

8.82k people

7.01% of the people in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH are hispanic (8.82k people).

The following chart shows the 7 races represented in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH as a share of the total population.

Non-English Households

Most Common Non-English Languages

Spanish
6,275 households (5.25%)
Serbo-Croatian
942 households (0.788%)
Chinese (Incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)
384 households (0.321%)

8.92% of the households in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language, which is approximately the same as the national average of NaNk%. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

In 2023, the most common non-English language spoken in households in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH was Spanish. 5.25% of the households in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH reported speaking Spanish at home as the primary shared language between all members living in the household.

Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period

Vietnam
2,390 ± 320
Gulf War (2001-)
1,802 ± 356
Gulf War (1990s)
838 ± 240

Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.33 times greater than any other conflict.

Economy

The economy of Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH employs N/A people. The largest industries in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH are Elementary & secondary schools (3,914 people), General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals (3,899 people), and Restaurants & Food Services (3,721 people), and the highest paying industries are Glass & glass product manufacturing ($184,491), Machinery, equipment, & supplies merchant wholesalers ($121,290), and Wired telecommunications carriers ($116,426).

Employment

Workforce Diversity

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RACE/ETHNICITY

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Women

N/A%

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Men

N/A%

The workforce of Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH in 2020 was N/A people, with N/A% woman, and N/A% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH.

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Occupations

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The most common job groups, by number of people living in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH, are Registered nurses (1,893 people), Cashiers (1,729 people), and Elementary & middle school teachers (1,285 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

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This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Ohio (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

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The most common employment sectors for those who live in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH, are Elementary & secondary schools (3,914 people), General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals (3,899 people), and Restaurants & Food Services (3,721 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH, though some of these residents may live in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$54,727

Median earning men ± $1,871

$40,314

Median earning women ± $1,401

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2023 are Information ($83,145), Public Administration ($75,612), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($70,278).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2023 are Wholesale Trade ($59,342), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($57,882), and Public Administration ($54,660).

Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Ohio.

Y-Axis

1.48%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 5.51M people employed in Ohio. This represents a 1.48% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 15.4%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Ohio.

Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Ohio went to Donald J. Trump with 55.1% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (43.9%), followed by Chase Oliver (0.489%).

Bernie Moreno and Jon Husted are the senators currently representing the state of Ohio. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Ohio is currently represented by 15 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Presidential Popular Vote Over Time

Voting results are not available for Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH. Showing the available data for Ohio.

2024 Election Results

Donald J. Trump (55.1%)
Republican Party
Kamala Harris (43.9%)
Democratic Party
Chase Oliver (0.489%)
Libertarian Party

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Ohio went to Donald J. Trump with 55.1% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (43.9%), followed by Chase Oliver (0.489%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Ohio for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.

Senator Elections

US Senators from Ohio

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Bernie Moreno

Senator from Ohio

Assumed office on January 3, 2025

Jon Husted

Senator from Ohio

Assumed office on January 21, 2025
While elections for full class 3 terms will take place in 2028, Ohio will hold a special election in 2026 to elect a senator to complete the remainder of JD Vance's term.

Bernie Moreno and Jon Husted are the senators currently representing Ohio.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Ohio over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

US Representative Elections

US Representatives from Ohio

Ohio is currently represented by 15 members in the U.S. house.

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Ohio have changed over time starting in 2008.

Education

In 2022, universities in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH awarded 378 degrees. The student population of Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH in 2022 is skewed towards women, with 504 male students and 526 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH are White (262 and 70.1%), followed by Black or African American (66 and 17.6%), Hispanic or Latino (17 and 4.55%), and Two or More Races (13 and 3.48%).

The largest universities in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH by number of degrees awarded are Lake Erie College (256 and 67.7%) and Brown Aveda Institute-Mentor (122 and 32.3%).

The most popular majors in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH are General Business Administration & Management (77 and 20.4%), Aesthetician & Skin Care Specialist (56 and 14.8%), and General Cosmetology (47 and 12.4%).

The median tuition cost in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH for private four year colleges is $33,588.

Completions

Concentrations

Most Common

General Business Administration & Management
22 degrees awarded
Early Childhood Education & Teaching
15 degrees awarded
General Psychology
15 degrees awarded

In 2022, the most common concentation for Bachelors Degree recipients in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH was General Business Administration & Management with 22 degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Bachelors Degree from schools in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH according to their major.

Universities

Gender

Largest Universities by degrees awarded

Lake Erie College
256 degrees awarded
Brown Aveda Institute-Mentor
122 degrees awarded

In 2022, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was Lake Erie College with 256 degrees awarded.

Student Diversity

In 2022, 109 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH, which is 0.405 times less than the 269 female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2022 the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was White students. These 262 degrees mean that there were 3.97 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Black or African American, with 66 degrees awarded.

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Working Population

Educational Pyramid

Measure

In 2022, 0.731% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while 0.505% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

Educational Attainment

Race

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population of Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH in 2022 were High School or Equivalent (33.6k), Some college (22.2k), and Bachelors Degree (16.8k).

This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

Housing & Living

People in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH have an average commute time of 23.6 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Median household income in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH is N/A. In 2023, the PUMA with the highest Median Household Income in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH was Delaware County (South) PUMA, OH with a value of $152,746, followed by Hamilton County (East)--Loveland, Montgomery Cities & Forestville PUMA, OH and Butler County (Southeast)--Monroe City & Beckett Ridge PUMA, OH, with respective values of $127,376 and $120,065.

Housing

Rent vs Own

N/A%

Homeownership

N/A

61.3%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2023

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Income by Location

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Highest Median Household Income (N/A)

In 2023, the PUMA with the highest Median Household Income (N/A) in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH was Delaware County (South) PUMA, OH with a value of $152,746, followed by Hamilton County (East)--Loveland, Montgomery Cities & Forestville PUMA, OH and Butler County (Southeast)--Monroe City & Beckett Ridge PUMA, OH, with respective values of $127,376 and $120,065.

The following map shows all of the PUMAs in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH colored by their Median Household Income (N/A).

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Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

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Median Household Income

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Number of Households

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The following chart displays the households in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

Wage Distribution

0.42

2022 Wage GINI in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH

0.41

2021 Wage GINI in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH

In 2022, the income inequality in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH was 0.42 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 2.55% growth from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat less even. The GINI for Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH was lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2023

Drove Alone (79%)
Worked At Home (10.5%)
Carpooled (7.46%)

In 2023, 79% of workers in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (10.5%) and those who carpooled to work (7.46%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

23.6 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH have a shorter commute time (23.6 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.6 minutes). Additionally, 1.39% of the workforce in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

9.5% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH (11.8k out of 124k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.4%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 45 - 54, followed by Females 25 - 34 and then Females 55 - 64.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH is White, followed by Hispanic and Two Or More.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals
Florida
4,915 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798. New York has the second highest (5,087), followed by Florida (4,915).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

Health

94.5% of the population of Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH has health coverage, with 52.6% on employee plans, 13.4% on Medicaid, 16.1% on Medicare, 11.2% on non-group plans, and 1.26% on military or VA plans.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In N/A, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in .

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, N/A were men and N/A were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

Uninsured People

5.52%

Uninsured

52.6%

Employer Coverage

13.4%

Medicaid

16.1%

Medicare

11.2%

Non-Group

1.26%

Military or VA

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Lake County (East)--Mentor & Painesville Cities PUMA, OH changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.