Cleveland Information: Tickets, Venues, Events and More

A Glance...

Cleveland is a city that is located in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the most populous county in the state.

Population factors

According to the Census that was held in the year 2000, there were 478,403 people, 190,638 households and 111,904 families residing in the city. The population density was 6,166.5 people per square mile (2,380.9/km²). There were 215,856 housing units at an average density of 2,782.4 per square mile (1,074.3/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 50.99% Black or African American, 41.49% White, 1.35% Asian, 0.30% Native American, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 3.59% from other races and 2.24% from two or more races. 7.26% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Ethnic groups include Germans (9.2%), Irish (8.2% ), Poles (4.8%), Italians (4.6%) and English (2.8%). There are also substantial communities of Hungarians, Arabs, Romanians, Czechs, Slovaks, Greeks, Ukrainians, Albanians, Macedonians, Croats, Serbs, Lithuanians, Slovenes, Koreans and Han Chinese. The presence of Hungarians within Cleveland proper was so great that the city once boasted the highest concentration of Hungarians in the world outside of Budapest.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 82.4 square miles (213.5 km²), of which, 77.6 square miles (201.0 km²) is land and 4.8 square miles (12.5 km²) is water. The total area is 5.87% water.

Events

House Of Blues, Palace Theater and Beachland Ballroom are some of the most famous venues of the city.