1,240,594 people (2024 Census estimate, −1.7% since 2020)
457 square miles of land · 2,713 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
7 active community water systems list Cuyahoga County in the area they serve, reporting 1,399,598 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CLEVELAND PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM surface water · local government · OH1801212 | 1,308,955 served |
| LAKEWOOD CITY PWS buys surface water · local government · OH1801003 | 50,942 served |
| BEREA CITY PWS surface water · local government · OH1800111 | 18,789 served |
| BEDFORD CITY PWS buys surface water · local government · OH1800003 | 13,149 served |
| CHAGRIN FALLS VILLAGE PWS buys surface water · local government · OH1800212 | 4,991 served |
| COLUMBIA PARK WATER SYSTEM buys surface water · private · OH1841012 | 2,716 served |
| GREENTREE WATER COMPANY groundwater · private · OH1800812 | 56 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 1,714 people were held in Cuyahoga County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 220 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 2,574.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
31 school districts have their office in Cuyahoga County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $931.1 million — $821.4 million to run schools, about $24,161 per student, plus $62.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $375.5 million local (mostly property tax), $352.9 million state, $297.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $251.2 million.
Spent $172 million — $162.9 million to run schools, about $17,600 per student, plus $4.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $118.6 million local (mostly property tax), $36.4 million state, $7.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.9 million.
Spent $89.3 million — $84.7 million to run schools, about $14,875 per student, plus $2.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $79.4 million local (mostly property tax), $16.4 million state, $5.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $64.3 million.
Spent $95.5 million — $84 million to run schools, about $15,139 per student, plus $2.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $74.3 million local (mostly property tax), $17.7 million state, $8.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $135.6 million.
Spent $138 million — $121.3 million to run schools, about $24,221 per student, plus $9.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $103.9 million local (mostly property tax), $23.2 million state, $18.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $124.5 million.
Spent $108.6 million — $91.2 million to run schools, about $19,207 per student, plus $9.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $60.2 million local (mostly property tax), $39.3 million state, $22.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $120.8 million.
Spent $96.8 million — $87.6 million to run schools, about $18,745 per student, plus $8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $79.7 million local (mostly property tax), $11.3 million state, $5.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.8 million.
Spent $113.5 million — $109.9 million to run schools, about $24,695 per student, plus $2.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $83.8 million local (mostly property tax), $26.9 million state, $7.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $31.1 million.
And 23 more.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively High compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Cuyahoga County about $282.4 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
869 bridges in Cuyahoga County: 373 in good condition, 415 fair, and 81 poor (9.3%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| IR 480 over CR 8 (LEE RD) · built 1971 | 142,337 vehicles a day |
| IR 90 over ROCKY RIVER VALLEY · built 1971 | 106,617 vehicles a day |
| RAMP SW FROM I-71 over IR 480 MAINLINE · built 1980 | 77,220 vehicles a day |
| TPK EXIT 161 RAMP over IR 71 · built 1966 | 74,360 vehicles a day |
| IR 77 over US-422 WB (CUY-422-0125) · built 1962 | 59,893 vehicles a day |
| IR 77 over E 22 ST · built 1962 | 59,893 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $1.1 billion of work in Cuyahoga County in fiscal 2025, about $897 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Ohio are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Cuyahoga County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Cuyahoga County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Geauga County (23 mi) · Lake County (26 mi) · Summit County (30 mi) · Lorain County (31 mi) · Medina County (34 mi) · Portage County (34 mi).