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Cuyahoga County Solid Waste Management Plan Update (December 2018) Chapter 2: District Profile <br />Cuyahoga County is an urban county in Northeast Ohio encompassing 458.3 square miles with <br />77.78% of its land area currently covered with high intensity and low intensity development <br />according to the Ohio DSA, Office of Research. <br />2. County Overview <br />Cuyahoga County is divided into 59 communities - 38 municipalities, 19 villages and 2 townships. <br />The largest (by population) is the City of Cleveland, followed by the cities of Parma, Lakewood, <br />Euclid and Cleveland Heights. There a total of 619,000 housing units county -wide. 59.3% are <br />owner occupied, 40% are renter occupied and 13.7% are vacant according to the Ohio DSA. <br />Figure 2 -1: Cuyahoga County Communities <br />Cuyahoga County <br />CHf: �S 4.��1 <br />�i:.�rr< ^ ^: :.d<�'��!;€:•t;:g `tFiw?,�• - �r�r1e >zca e <br />i;- a�nxh:r. <br />i<�i2(€ �,�.,•a.."3."tUi« s.,.>�. ��v41`O : £SfZ�t. <br />County Planning <br />B. Population <br />1. Population (2016) <br />The population of Cuyahoga County in the Plan reference year of 2016 was 1,235,936 (after <br />adjusting upwards to include the 122 residents in the Geauga County portion of Hunting Valley). <br />2. Population Distribution <br />Table 2 -2 shows how Cuyahoga County's population is distributed, with 96% of the <br />population located in its 38 cities, 3% located in its 19 villages and 1% located in its two <br />townships. <br />2 -2 <br />019 <br />