North Ridgeville, Ohio

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North Ridgeville is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The population was 22,338 at the 2000 census.

[edit] Geography

North Ridgeville is located at 41°23′22″N, 82°0′17″W (41.389546, -82.004605)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 60.9 km² (23.5 mi²). 60.5 km² (23.4 mi²) of it is land and 0.4 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (0.60%) is water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 22,338 people, 8,356 households, and 6,434 families residing in the city. The population density was 369.1/km² (955.8/mi²). There were 8,587 housing units at an average density of 141.9/km² (367.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 96.36% White, 0.86% African American, 0.21% Native American, 0.92% Asian, 0.49% from other races, and 1.15% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.99% of the population.

There were 8,356 households out of which 32.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.1% were married couples living together, 8.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.0% were non-families. 19.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.05.

In the city the population was spread out with 24.4% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 30.6% from 25 to 44, 27.3% from 45 to 64, and 10.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 96.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.6 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $54,482, and the median income for a family was $61,621. Males had a median income of $42,634 versus $27,379 for females. The per capita income for the city was $22,971. About 2.3% of families and 3.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.2% of those under age 18 and 5.0% of those age 65 or over.

North Ridgeville is the home of the Corn Festival, held on the second weekend of August. North Ridgeville was the boyhood home of TV's Martin Mull, and is known for its high level of corn production per capita.

Northwest: Sheffield	North: Avon
West: Elyria	North Ridgeville	East: Westlake, North Olmsted, Olmsted Township
	South: Eaton Township	Southeast: Columbia Township