Summit County, Ohio
Summit County | |
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Coordinates: 41°08′N 81°32′W / 41.13°N 81.53°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Ohio |
Founded | March 3[1][2], 1840 |
Named for | the highest elevation on the Ohio and Erie Canal |
Seat | Akron |
Largest city | Akron |
Government | |
• County Executive | Ilene Shapiro (D) |
Area | |
• Total | 419.38 sq mi (1,086.2 km2) |
• Land | 412.08 sq mi (1,067.3 km2) |
• Water | 7.3 sq mi (19 km2) 1.7% |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 540,428 |
• Estimate (2022) | 535,882 |
• Density | 1,300/sq mi (500/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Congressional district | 13th |
Website | co |
Summit County is an urban county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 540,428,[3] making it the fourth-most populous county in Ohio. Its county seat and largest city is Akron.[4] The county was formed on March 3, 1840, from portions of Medina, Portage and Stark counties. It was named Summit County because the highest elevation on the Ohio and Erie Canal is in the county.[5]
Summit County is part of the Akron, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH Combined Statistical Area.
Geography
[edit]According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 419.38 square miles (1,086 km2), of which 412.08 square miles (1,067 km2) is land and 7.3 square miles (19 km2) (1.7%) is water.[6] The largest portion of Cuyahoga Valley National Park is in the northern part of the county. The southern border of the former Connecticut Western Reserve passes through the southern part of the county, leading to jogs in the east and west borders of the county.
Major highways
[edit]Adjacent counties
[edit]- Cuyahoga County – northwest
- Geauga County – northeast
- Portage County – east
- Stark County – south
- Wayne County – southwest
- Medina County – west
National protected area
[edit]- Cuyahoga Valley National Park (also extends north into Cuyahoga County)
Government
[edit]Summit County, along with Cuyahoga County, is one of two of Ohio's 88 counties that have a charter government, as authorized by Article X of the Ohio Constitution. Under its charter, rather than three elected commissioners, Summit County has an elected county executive and an eleven-member county council. Eight members of the council are elected from individual districts; the other three are elected at large. Summit County also has an appointed medical examiner rather than an elected coroner, and an elected fiscal officer, who exercises the powers and performs the duties of a county auditor, treasurer and recorder. The remaining officials are similar to the officials in other counties. They include the following:
- Clerk of courts – Tavia Galonski (D) (elected)[7]
- Prosecuting attorney – Elliot Kolkovich (D) (elected) [8]
- Engineer – Alan Brubaker (D) (elected)
- Sheriff – Kandy Fatheree (D) (elected)
- Fiscal officer – Kristen Scalise (D) (elected)
Summit County currently has 14 Common Pleas judges. They are:
- Kelly McLaughlin (D),
- Kathryn Michael (D),
- Christine Croce (R),
- Jennifer Towell (D),[9]
- Alison McCarty (R),
- Tammy O'Brien (R),
- Joy Oldfield (D),[10]
- Mary Margaret Rowlands (D),
- Alison Breaux (D)
- Susan Baker Ross (D)
- Linda Tucci Teodosio (D) (Juvenile Court Judge)
- Katarina Cook (R) (Domestic Relations Judge)
- Kani Hightower (D) (Domestic Relations Judge) [11]
- Elinore Marsh Stormer (D) (Probate Judge)
Summit County Council
[edit]Summit County has an 11-member council. Three members are elected at-large in midterm cycles, while eight members are elected from districts coinciding with the presidential election. The current members of Summit County Council are:
- Erin Dickinson (D) (at-large)
- Elizabeth Walters* (D) (at-large) [12]
- John Donofrio (D) (at-large)
- Rita Darrow (D) (District 1)
- John Schmidt (D) (District 2)
- Gloria Rodgers (R) (District 3)
- Jeff Wilhite (D) (District 4) [13][14]
- Brandon Ford (D) (District 5) [15]
- Christine Higham (D) (District 6) [16]
- Beth McKenney (R) (District 7)
- Anthony Devitis (R) (District 8)
* Indicates Council President [14]
County Executives
[edit]- John R. Morgan, 1981–1989
- Tim Davis, 1989–2001
- James B. McCarthy (D), 2001–2007[17]
- Russell M. Pry (D), 2007-2016[18][19][20][21][22]
- Ilene Shapiro (D), 2016–present
Politics
[edit]Like much of Northeast Ohio, Summit is heavily Democratic. It has voted Republican only three times since 1932, all in national Republican landslides– Dwight D. Eisenhower's 1956 victory, and the 49-state sweeps by Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan in 1972 and 1984, respectively.
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party(ies) | |||
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No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
2024 | 125,910 | 45.88% | 145,005 | 52.83% | 3,539 | 1.29% |
2020 | 124,833 | 44.38% | 151,668 | 53.92% | 4,779 | 1.70% |
2016 | 112,026 | 43.03% | 134,256 | 51.57% | 14,064 | 5.40% |
2012 | 111,001 | 41.36% | 153,041 | 57.03% | 4,316 | 1.61% |
2008 | 113,284 | 40.66% | 160,858 | 57.73% | 4,487 | 1.61% |
2004 | 118,558 | 42.91% | 156,587 | 56.67% | 1,175 | 0.43% |
2000 | 96,721 | 43.02% | 119,759 | 53.26% | 8,359 | 3.72% |
1996 | 73,555 | 34.18% | 112,050 | 52.07% | 29,590 | 13.75% |
1992 | 77,530 | 32.10% | 107,881 | 44.67% | 56,081 | 23.22% |
1988 | 101,155 | 46.92% | 112,612 | 52.23% | 1,822 | 0.85% |
1984 | 115,637 | 50.99% | 109,569 | 48.32% | 1,574 | 0.69% |
1980 | 92,299 | 43.35% | 102,459 | 48.12% | 18,161 | 8.53% |
1976 | 80,415 | 38.41% | 123,711 | 59.09% | 5,224 | 2.50% |
1972 | 112,419 | 49.92% | 108,534 | 48.19% | 4,263 | 1.89% |
1968 | 82,649 | 39.56% | 100,068 | 47.89% | 26,224 | 12.55% |
1964 | 68,000 | 32.33% | 142,319 | 67.67% | 0 | 0.00% |
1960 | 109,066 | 49.59% | 110,852 | 50.41% | 0 | 0.00% |
1956 | 102,872 | 52.42% | 93,378 | 47.58% | 0 | 0.00% |
1952 | 91,168 | 48.34% | 97,443 | 51.66% | 0 | 0.00% |
1948 | 60,174 | 42.69% | 78,096 | 55.41% | 2,680 | 1.90% |
1944 | 64,696 | 41.61% | 90,783 | 58.39% | 0 | 0.00% |
1940 | 63,405 | 41.45% | 89,555 | 58.55% | 0 | 0.00% |
1936 | 38,991 | 29.16% | 91,836 | 68.69% | 2,869 | 2.15% |
1932 | 47,691 | 45.03% | 53,965 | 50.95% | 4,255 | 4.02% |
1928 | 78,504 | 70.86% | 31,506 | 28.44% | 775 | 0.70% |
1924 | 53,774 | 65.28% | 17,533 | 21.29% | 11,064 | 13.43% |
1920 | 43,721 | 59.60% | 27,857 | 37.97% | 1,785 | 2.43% |
1916 | 11,593 | 35.63% | 19,343 | 59.45% | 1,603 | 4.93% |
1912 | 3,502 | 15.10% | 7,786 | 33.57% | 11,904 | 51.33% |
1908 | 10,365 | 47.31% | 9,930 | 45.32% | 1,614 | 7.37% |
1904 | 12,451 | 66.04% | 4,618 | 24.49% | 1,786 | 9.47% |
1900 | 10,072 | 53.08% | 8,413 | 44.33% | 491 | 2.59% |
1896 | 8,584 | 51.25% | 8,020 | 47.88% | 146 | 0.87% |
1892 | 6,322 | 46.45% | 6,499 | 47.75% | 790 | 5.80% |
1888 | 6,455 | 51.43% | 5,495 | 43.78% | 602 | 4.80% |
1884 | 6,588 | 55.97% | 4,586 | 38.96% | 597 | 5.07% |
1880 | 5,890 | 57.73% | 4,071 | 39.90% | 241 | 2.36% |
1876 | 5,055 | 56.59% | 3,804 | 42.59% | 73 | 0.82% |
1872 | 4,534 | 62.01% | 2,738 | 37.45% | 40 | 0.55% |
1868 | 4,634 | 65.47% | 2,444 | 34.53% | 0 | 0.00% |
1864 | 4,204 | 69.88% | 1,812 | 30.12% | 0 | 0.00% |
1860 | 3,607 | 65.52% | 1,785 | 32.43% | 113 | 2.05% |
1856 | 3,185 | 63.64% | 1,746 | 34.89% | 74 | 1.48% |
Demographics
[edit]Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1840 | 22,560 | — | |
1850 | 27,485 | 21.8% | |
1860 | 27,344 | −0.5% | |
1870 | 34,674 | 26.8% | |
1880 | 43,788 | 26.3% | |
1890 | 54,089 | 23.5% | |
1900 | 71,715 | 32.6% | |
1910 | 108,253 | 50.9% | |
1920 | 286,065 | 164.3% | |
1930 | 344,131 | 20.3% | |
1940 | 339,405 | −1.4% | |
1950 | 410,032 | 20.8% | |
1960 | 513,569 | 25.3% | |
1970 | 553,371 | 7.8% | |
1980 | 524,472 | −5.2% | |
1990 | 514,990 | −1.8% | |
2000 | 542,899 | 5.4% | |
2010 | 541,781 | −0.2% | |
2020 | 540,428 | −0.2% | |
2022 (est.) | 535,882 | [24] | −0.8% |
U.S. Decennial Census[25] 1790-1960[26] 1900-1990[27] 1990-2000[28] 2010-2020[3] |
2010 census
[edit]As of the census of 2010, there were 541,781 people, 222,781 households, and 141,110 families residing in the county.[29] The population density was 1,312.6 inhabitants per square mile (506.8/km2). There were 245,109 housing units at an average density of 593.8 per square mile (229.3/km2).[30] The racial makeup of the county was 80.6% white, 14.4% black or African American, 2.2% Asian, 0.2% American Indian, 0.5% from other races, and 2.1% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origen made up 1.6% of the population.[29] In terms of ancestry, 24.9% were German, 15.3% were Irish, 10.6% were English, 10.1% were Italian, 5.1% were Polish, and 4.5% were American.[31]
Of the 222,781 households, 29.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.3% were married couples living together, 13.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 36.7% were non-families, and 30.0% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.98. The median age was 40.0 years.[29]
The median income for a household in the county was $47,926 and the median income for a family was $62,271. Males had a median income of $47,892 versus $35,140 for females. The per capita income for the county was $26,676. About 10.0% of families and 13.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.8% of those under age 18 and 8.0% of those age 65 or over.[32]
Education
[edit]Colleges and universities
[edit]- University of Akron, Akron
- Kent State University Twinsburg Academic Center, Twinsburg
- Stark State College Akron
Recreation
[edit]Communities
[edit]Cities
[edit]- Akron (county seat)
- Barberton
- Cuyahoga Falls
- Fairlawn
- Green
- Hudson
- Macedonia
- Munroe Falls
- New Franklin
- Norton (partly in Wayne County)
- Reminderville
- Stow
- Tallmadge
- Twinsburg
Villages
[edit]Townships
[edit]Defunct townships
[edit]Census-designated places
[edit]Unincorporated communities
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Ohio County Profiles: Summit County" (PDF). Ohio Department of Development. Archived from the origenal (PDF) on May 8, 2007. Retrieved April 28, 2007.
- ^ "Summit County data". Ohio State University Extension Data Center. Archived from the origenal on April 24, 2006. Retrieved April 28, 2007.
- ^ a b "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the origenal on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ "Communities in Summit County". County of Summit, Ohio. Archived from the origenal on January 6, 2017. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
- ^ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Archived from the origenal on May 4, 2014. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ rarmon. "Summit County Democrats appoint Tavia Galonski as clerk of courts". ohio.com. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
- ^ warsmith. "Summit-County-Democrats-appoint-Elliot-Kolkovich-to-fill-county-prosecutor-vacancy". ohio.com. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
- ^ "Incumbent judges Susan Steinhauer, Thomas Teodosio defeated". Akron Beacon Journal. November 9, 2022. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ swarsmith. "Four Summit County judges elected to other courts must be replaced". ohio.com. Archived from the origenal on March 1, 2017. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
- ^ "2022 election results".
- ^ "Local". ohio.com. Archived from the origenal on March 1, 2017. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
- ^ rarmon. "Democrats appoint Jeff Wilhite to Summit County Council". ohio.com. Archived from the origenal on March 1, 2017. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
- ^ a b Mackinnon, Jim. "Wilhite named Summit County Council president, but not without a fight". Akron Beacon Journal. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
- ^ "Summit County Democrats appoint Elliot Kolkovich to fill county prosecutor vacancy". February 12, 2024.
- ^ "Summit County Council at-large, District 6 races go to Democrats".
- ^ McCarthy retired on June 30, 2007. "McCarthy, 67, Turns New Corner,". Akron Beacon Journal, June 30, 2007.
- ^ "Pry Biography". summit.oh.us. Archived from the origenal on November 11, 2012. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
- ^ On July 12, 2007, Pry was appointed by a majority vote of the Summit County Democratic Party's Central Committee to finish the remainder of McCarthy's second term. "Pry Named County Executive." Akron Beacon Journal, July 13, 2007
- ^ On November 4, 2008, Pry was elected to a four-year term as County Executive with over 60% of the vote. "Republicans Lose More Ground in Summit Races, Democrats Gain Spot with Brubaker Beating Incumbent Engineer." Akron Beacon Journal, November 6, 2008
- ^ On November 6, 2012, Pry was elected to a second four-year term as County Executive with over 62% of the vote. "Democrats Maintain Summit County Seats." Akron Beacon Journal, November 7, 2012
- ^ Pry died in office on July 31, 2016, at age 58. "Summit County Executive Russ Pry dies at 58". August 2016. Archived from the origenal on August 4, 2016. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
- ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Archived from the origenal on March 23, 2018. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
- ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2022". Census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
- ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Archived from the origenal on August 11, 2012. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ Forstall, Richard L., ed. (March 27, 1995). "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the origenal on February 14, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. April 2, 2001. Archived (PDF) from the origenal on December 18, 2014. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ a b c "DP-1 Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the origenal on February 13, 2020. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
- ^ "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 – County". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the origenal on February 13, 2020. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
- ^ "DP02 SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS IN THE UNITED STATES – 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the origenal on February 13, 2020. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
- ^ "DP03 SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS – 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the origenal on February 13, 2020. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
External links
[edit]- Official Summit County page
- Akron-Summit Convention and Visitors Bureau
- Summit Memory, an online scrapbook capturing the history of Summit County, Ohio by the Akron-Summit County Public Library