Lorain County, Ohio

Lorain County is a located in the  of, and is considered to be a part of what is locally referred to as. As of the, its population is 284,664. by early settler Heman Ely for the province of, its  is  and its largest community is the Lake Erie port city of.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,391 (923 ). 1,276 km² (492 sq mi) of it is land and 1,115 km² (431 sq mi) of it (46.64%) is water.

Major highways
In Lorain County, the most important highways are Interstates and  (the ) and. Other highways include U.S. Routes and  and State Routes, , , , , , , , , , , , , and.

Adjacent counties

 * Across lies the province of,  (north)
 * (east)
 * (southeast)
 * (south)
 * (southwest)
 * (west)

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 284,664 people, 105,836 households, and 76,201 families residing in the county. The was 223/km² (578/sq mi). There were 111,368 housing units at an average density of 87/km² (226/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 85.54%, 16.2% or , 0.30% , 0.60% , 0.03% , 2.87% from , and 2.17% from two or more races. 6.91% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 105,836 households out of which 33.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.20% were living together, 12.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.00% were non-families. 23.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.08.

In the county, the population was spread out with 26.20% under the age of 18, 8.70% from 18 to 24, 29.30% from 25 to 44, 23.30% from 45 to 64, and 12.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 96.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $45,042, and the median income for a family was $52,856. Males had a median income of $39,902 versus $26,116 for females. The for the county was $21,054. About 6.70% of families and 9.00% of the population were below the, including 12.90% of those under age 18 and 6.60% of those age 65 or over.



Government
Main article: .

Higher Education

 * , Elyria
 * , Oberlin

Public School Districts
There are 20 public school districts in Lorain County. Those primarily in Lorain County are listed in bold. Each district's high school(s) and location is also listed.


 * Amherst Exempted Village School District
 * Amherst Marion L. Steele High School, Amherst
 * Avon Local School District
 * Avon High School, Avon
 * Avon Lake City School District
 * Avon Lake High School, Avon Lake
 * Black River Local School District (also in and .)
 * Black River High School, Sullivan
 * Clearview Local School District
 * Clearview High School, Sheffield Twp (South Lorain)
 * Columbia Local School District
 * Columbia High School, Columbia Station
 * Elyria City School District
 * , Elyria
 * Firelands Local School District (also in .)
 * Firelands High School, South Amherst
 * Keystone Local School District
 * Keystone High School, LaGrange
 * Lorain City School District
 * Lorain Admiral King High School, Lorain
 * Lorain Southview High School, Lorain
 * Mapleton Local School District (Primarily in .)
 * Mapleton High School, Ashland
 * Midview Local School District
 * Midview High School, Grafton
 * New London Local School District (primarily in .)
 * New London High School, New London
 * North Ridgeville City School District
 * North Ridgeville High School, North Ridgeville
 * Oberlin City School District
 * Oberlin High School, Oberlin
 * Olmsted Falls City Schools (primarily in .)
 * Olmsted Falls High School, Olmsted Falls
 * Sheffield-Sheffield Lake City School District
 * Brookside High School, Sheffield
 * Strongsville City School District (primarily in .)
 * Strongsville High School, Strongsville
 * Vermilion Local Schools (primarily in .)
 * Vermilion High School, Vermilion
 * Wellington Exempted Village School District (also in .)
 * Wellington High School, Wellington

Private High Schools

 * Elyria Catholic High School, Elyria
 * Lake Ridge Academy, North Ridgeville
 * Open Door Christian Academy, Elyria
 * Christian Community School, North Eaton