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Eastlake is a city in Lake County, Ohio, United States. The population was 20,255 at the 2000 census.
Eastlake is the site where Akron's FirstEnergy's Eastlake Generating Station shutdown at 1:31pm EDT on August 14, 2003, eventually leading to the infamous 2003 North America blackout a few hours later.
lake is located at (41.661046, -81.435408).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.5 square miles (16.9 kmē), of which, 6.4 square miles (16.6 kmē) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.3 kmē) of it (1.84%) is water.
f the census of 2000, there were 20,255 people, 8,055 households, and 5,557 families residing in the city.
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Eastlake is a city in Lake County, Ohio, United States. The population was 20,255 at the 2000 census.
Eastlake is the site where Akron's FirstEnergy's Eastlake Generating Station shutdown at 1:31pm EDT on August 14, 2003, eventually leading to the infamous 2003 North America blackout a few hours later.
Geography
Eastlake is located at (41.661046, -81.435408).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.5 square miles (16.9 kmē), of which, 6.4 square miles (16.6 kmē) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.3 kmē) of it (1.84%) is water.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 20,255 people, 8,055 households, and 5,557 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,166.5 people per square mile (1,222.0/kmē). There were 8,310 housing units at an average density of 1,299.1/sq mi (501.3/kmē). The racial makeup of the city was 97.44% White, 0.54% African American, 0.16% Native American, 0.97% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.15% from other races, and 0.73% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.70% of the population. 17.1% were of German, 16.4% Italian, 15.1% Irish, 7.5% Polish, 6.1% Slovene and 5.7% English ancestry according to Census 2000.
There were 8,055 households out of which 30.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.3% were married couples living together, 11.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.0% were non-families. 26.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.07.
In the city the population was spread out with 23.8% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 30.3% from 25 to 44, 25.7% from 45 to 64, and 12.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 95.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.4 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $43,297, and the median income for a family was $52,039. Males had a median income of $37,557 versus $27,135 for females. The per capita income for the city was $19,905. About 3.7% of families and 5.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.4% of those under age 18 and 6.2% of those age 65 or over.
Schools
Eastlake is located in the Willoughby-Eastlake City School District. Eastlake North High School, home of the Rangers, is one of two high schools in the district, and is located on Stevens Blvd. Eastlake Middle School and Jefferson Elementary School are located in the eastern part of the city, on the east side of the Chagrin River. Longfellow Elementary School is located in the center of the city, along Route 91 close to North High School. Washington Elementary School is in the northwestern part of the city.
St. Mary Magdalene-St. Justin Martyr School provides education in grades K-8 in the Roman Catholic tradition.
Sports and Culture
Eastlake is home to the Lake County Captains, a Class A minor league baseball team affiliated with the Cleveland Indians.
Eastlake is served by a branch of the Willoughby-Eastlake Public Library.
The is located in Eastlake.
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