Population By Race and Ethnicity in Cuyahoga County, OH in 2017

Updated on January 29, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, the 1,247,808 population of Cuyahoga County, Ohio comprised of 74,512 people who identified as Hispanic (5.97%), and 1,173,296 people who identified as Non-Hispanic (94.03%).

Race: The White Alone population was the largest racial group in Cuyahoga County, Ohio with a population of 794,250 (63.65%); Black or African American Alone population was the second largest racial group with a population of 380,532 (30.5%); and Asian Alone was the third largest racial group with a population of 41,386 (3.32%).

Ethnicity: The White Alone - Non Hispanic population was the largest ethnic group in Cuyahoga County, Ohio in 2017, with a population of 736,339 (59.01%); the second largest ethnic group was Black or African American Alone - Non Hispanic with a population of 369,719 (29.63%); and the third largest ethnic group was White Alone - Hispanic with a population of 57,911 (4.64%).

The charts and tables below shows the population and percentage of each racial and ethnicity group in Cuyahoga, Ohio.

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Population By Race in Cuyahoga , OH in 2017
Race Population Percentage
Black or African American Alone 380,532 30.5%
White Alone 794,250 63.65%
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone 3,163 0.25%
Asian Alone 41,386 3.32%
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone 587 0.05%
Two Or More Races 27,890 2.24%
Population By Ethnicity in Cuyahoga , OH in 2017
Ethnicity Population Percentage
Black or African American Alone - Hispanic 10,813 0.87%
White Alone - Hispanic 57,911 4.64%
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone - Hispanic 1,279 0.1%
Asian Alone - Hispanic 637 0.05%
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone - Hispanic 359 0.03%
Two Or More Races - Hispanic 3,513 0.28%
Black or African American Alone - Non Hispanic 369,719 29.63%
White Alone - Non Hispanic 736,339 59.01%
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone - Non Hispanic 1,884 0.15%
Asian Alone - Non Hispanic 40,749 3.27%
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone - Non Hispanic 228 0.02%
Two Or More Races - Non Hispanic 24,377 1.95%