Politics & Government
Lakewood Stats Available on Detailed New York Times Census Map
Browse local data from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey in a New York Times widget.
The New York Times recently published an interactive map with Google that breaks down U.S. Census figures for Lakewood by block.
Click here to view the map. Type "Lakewood, OH" into the search bar on the right and start exploring the various maps in each category: race and ethnicity, income, housing and families and education.
When the latest U.S. Census figures were released, we learned four key things about Lakewood:
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- Lakewood stayed just above the required 50,000-resident mark needed to remain a federally-funded "Entitlement Community," meaning the city will continue receiving Community Development Block Grants.
- The black population in Lakewood has tripled. In 2000, there were 1,116 blacks in the city, compared with 3,340 in 2010.
- More than a third, 39 percent, of people with Hispanic heritage in Lakewood are 19 or younger, while 30 percent of blacks are 19 or under, and 26 percent of the Asian population is 19 or under.
- With about 57 percent of the city’s total households renting, Lakewood is a renter’s town.
Read more about the Census results in this Lakewood Patch story.
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