Greater Cleveland

Greater Cleveland and Northeast Ohio are nicknames for the metropolitan area surrounding Cleveland in Ohio.

According to the 2000 census, the eight-county Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA) has a population of 2,945,831, making it the sixteenth largest metropolitan area in the United States. The CMSA is made up of two Primary Metropolitan Statistical Areas (PMSAs): the six-county Cleveland-Lorain PMSA and the two-county Akron PMSA.

The U.S. Census Bureau defines the Cleveland-Lorain PMSA as consisting of all of the following six counties: Ashtabula County, Cuyahoga County, Geauga County, Lake County, Lorain County, Medina County.

The Akron PMSA consists of all of the following two counties: Portage County, Summit County.

However, the areas commonly understood as Greater Cleveland or Northeast Ohio are not precisely defined. Most often, Greater Cleveland is understood as referring to all of Cuyahaga County, and sometimes a few other immediately adjacent communities.

Northeast Ohio is commonly understood as being a larger, more inclusive area than Greater Cleveland, consisting of portions of all the eight counties in the CMSA, and at times including other communities such as Canton, Massillon, Alliance, and even Sandusky, Youngstown, and Warren.

So to be clear: the areas commonly referred to as Greater Cleveland or Northeast Ohio is NOT precisely the same as the Cleveland-Akron CMSA defined by the U.S. Census.

Counties

Cities and towns

Ashtabula County

Cuyahoga County

Geauga County

Lake County

Lorain County

Medina County

Portage County

Summit County

Business and industry

Greater Cleveland is the corporate headquarters of many large companies (ordered by 2004 Fortune 500 ranking below, where applicable. Other large companies not on the Fortune 500 are ranked alphabetically.)

(#137) Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company (Akron)
(#158) FirstEnergy Corp (Akron)
(#165) Progressive Insurance (Mayfield Village, Ohio)
(#206) National City Corporation (Cleveland)
(#253) Eaton Corporation (Cleveland)
(#319) KeyCorp (Cleveland) (Key Tower is the highest skyscraper between Chicago and New York)
(#333) Sherwin Williams Company (Cleveland)
(#405) OM Group Incorporated (Cleveland)
(n/a) Davey Tree Expert Company (Kent)
(n/a) Forest City Enterprises (Cleveland)
(n/a) Gojo Industries (Akron)
(n/a) OfficeMax (Shaker Heights)
(n/a) Parker-Hannifin (Mayfield Heights)
(n/a) Rubbermaid Home Products (Fairlawn)

Colleges and universities

Transportation

Airports

Highways

Highway notes

I-271 and I-480 are the only two three-digit interstates in the nation to be multiplexed with each other. They run concurrent near Bedford Heights in Cuyahoga County.

Culture

Theater

Theaters

Actors' Summit (Hudson) [1] (http://actorssummit.org/)
Beck Center (Lakewood) [2] (http://www.lkwdpl.org/beck/)
Cabaret Dada [3] (http://www.cabaretdada.com/)
Cassidy Theater (Parma Heights) [4] (http://www.parmaareachamber.org/newsevents.htm)
Cleveland Play House [5] (http://www.clevelandplayhouse.com/)
Cleveland Public Theater [6] (http://www.cptonline.org/)
Dobama Theater [7] (http://www.dobama.org/)
Geauga Lyric Theater (Geauga) [8] (http://www.geaugatheater.org/html/playbill.html)
Huntington Playhouse [9] (http://www.huntingtonplayhouse.com/)
Karamu House [10] (http://www.karamu.com/)
Near West Theatre [11] (http://nearwesttheatre.org/)
Olde Towne Hall Theatre (North Ridgeville) [12] (http://www.oldetownehalltheatre.com/)
Players Guild Theatre (Canton) [13] (http://www.playersguildtheatre.com/)
Playhouse Square Center [14] (http://www.playhousesquare.com/)
Porthouse Theater (Kent) [15] (http://logan.com/redhen/)
Streetsboro Community Theatre (Streetsboro) [16] (http://www.sct-online.com/)

Theatrical companies

Bad Epitaph Theater Company [17] (http://www.badepitaph.org/)
Bodwin Theater Company [18] (http://bodwin_theatre.tripod.com/)
Carousel Dinner Theater [19] (http://carouseldinnertheatre.com/)
Charenton Theatre Company [20] (http://www.charenton.org/)
Cleveland Shakespeare Festival [21] (http://www.cleveshakes.org/)
Cleveland Signstage Theatre [22] (http://www.signstage.org/)
Convergence-Continuum [23] (http://www.convergence-continuum.org/)
Dobama's Night Kitchen [24] (http://www.nightkitchen.org/)
Great Lakes Theater Festival [25] (http://www.greatlakestheater.org/)
Ground Floor Improv [26] (http://www.pluggedincleveland.com/events/5723/ground-floor-improv-theater.html)
The Group [27] (http://www.geocities.com/thegrouplakewood/home.html/)
Habitat East [28] (http://www.geocities.com/habitateast/)
Portage Lakes Players [29] (http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Alley/5709/)
The Public Squares [30] (http://thepublicsquares.com/)
Red Hen Productions [31] (http://logan.com/redhen/)

Sports

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Jacobs Field, home of the Cleveland Indians

Cleveland's sports teams include the Cleveland Indians (Major League Baseball), Cleveland Browns (National Football League), Cleveland Cavaliers (National Basketball Association), Cleveland Barons (American Hockey League), and Cleveland Force (Major Indoor Soccer League). The Indians have two minor-league affiliates in the area, the AA Akron Aeros and the Single-A Lake County Captains, who play in Eastlake.

Famous natives

External links

Northern Ohio Data & Information Service (http://nodis.csuohio.edu/nodis/)
Employer Resource Council site promoting NE Ohio (http://www.ercnet.org/neohio/)
NE Ohio Community Profiles from Smythe, Cramer Co. Realtors (http://www.smythecramer.com/apps/communities/index.cfm)

Regions of Ohio
Unglaciated Allegheny Plateau \| Glaciated Allegheny Plateau \| Glacial till plains \| Lake Erie \| Black Swamp
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky metropolitan area \| Greater Cleveland
Largest cities
Akron \| Cincinnati \| Cleveland \| Columbus \| Dayton \| Toledo \| Youngstown
Townships and villages
Counties
Adams \| Allen \| Ashland \| Ashtabula \| Athens \| Auglaize \| Belmont \| Brown \| Butler \| Carroll \| Champaign \| Clark \| Clermont \| Clinton \| Columbiana \| Coshocton \| Crawford \| Cuyahoga \| Darke \| Defiance \| Delaware \| Erie County \| Fairfield \| Fayette \| Franklin \| Fulton \| Gallia \| Geauga \| Greene \| Guernsey \| Hamilton \| Hancock \| Hardin \| Harrison \| Henry \| Highland \| Hocking \| Holmes \| Huron \| Jackson \| Jefferson \| Knox \| Lake \| Lawrence \| Licking \| Logan \| Lorain \| Lucas \| Madison \| Mahoning \| Marion \| Medina \| Meigs \| Mercer \| Miami \| Monroe \| Montgomery \| Morgan \| Morrow \| Muskingum \| Noble \| Ottawa \| Paulding \| Perry \| Pickaway \| Pike \| Portage \| Preble \| Putnam \| Richland \| Ross \| Sandusky \| Scioto \| Seneca \| Shelby \| Stark \| Summit \| Trumbull \| Tuscarawas \| Union \| Van Wert \| Vinton \| Warren \| Washington \| Wayne \| Williams \| Wood \| Wyandot \| County name origins

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