Country United States Largest city Toledo Urban area 622.6 km² | State Ohio Time zone EST (UTC-5) Metro population 651,429 | |
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The Toledo, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area is a metropolitan area centered on the American city of Toledo, Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the MSA had a population of 651,429. It is the sixth largest metropolitan area in the state of Ohio, behind Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, and Akron.
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Located on the border with Michigan, the metropolitan area includes the counties of Ottawa, Fulton, Lucas, and Wood, and Monroe. The Toledo metro area has strong ties to Metro Detroit, located 40 miles north. Toledo is also part of the Great Lakes Megalopolis.
The separate micropolitan areas of Fremont, Ohio and Port Clinton, Ohio are included in the Toledo-Fremont Combined Statistical Area. The wider region of Northwest Ohio adds Defiance, Hancock, Henry, Paulding, Putnam, Seneca, Van Wert, and Williams counties.
Regional education
There are several institutions of higher education that operate campuses in the area. Some of the larger schools include The University of Toledo, Mercy College of Ohio, and Davis College in Toledo. Lourdes University in Sylvania, Stautzenberger College in Maumee, Owens Community College in Perrysburg Township, and Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green.
Regional Economy
According to a 2015 article, there were three Toledo companies that made the Fortune 500 list. #399 is Owens-Illinois (O-I), which specializes in glass and glass packaging. #410 was Dana Corporation which is a global leader in the supply of thermal-management technologies among many other specialties. Lastly, at #498, Owens Corning is the world leading provider of glass fiber technology. Just outside of the Toledo metropolitan in neighboring Findlay, Ohio, #25 Marathon Petroleum Corporation is headquartered.
The economy of Toledo has been heavily influenced by both the economy of nearby Detroit and agriculture. Recently, health care and technology firms have tried to make their way into the metropolitan, though growth in those sectors has been slow. Instead, Toledo and its suburbs are still home to several manufacturing and construction businesses and factories. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported, in 2015, that manufacturing employment in Toledo had grown by 4.1% between December 2013 and December 2014 (this was double the rate than the United States average). More so, construction job growth grew by nearly 10% in the same time period. In 2014, manufacturing added 1,700 jobs to the Toledo area, but it also saw losses in the business services. In 2014, the US Census Estimated there were roughly 285,000 people employed in the Toledo metropolitan area. In August 2015, it was reported that Toledo's unemployment rate reached a 10-year low, and in June 2015 just 5% of the regional population was unemployed, whereas the United States average unemployment was at 5.3% during the same period.
Demographics
As of the census of 2010, there were 659,188 people, 259,973 households, and 169,384 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 83.03% White, 12.01% African American, 0.25% Native American, 1.07% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 1.79% from other races, and 1.83% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.35% of the population.
The median income for a household in the MSA was $42,686, and the median income for a family was $51,882. Males had a median income of $38,959 versus $25,738 for females. The per capita income for the MSA was $20,694.
Toledo-Fremont Combined Statistical Area
The Toledo-Fremont Combined Statistical Area includes the Fremont micropolitan area and Port Clinton micropolitan area. The population of the CSA in 2010 was 712,373. This number has since dropped, however to a population 706,512 (a decrease of 0.8%) according to the 2015 Estimate of the United States Census Bureau. This CSA saw two peaks of population - one in 1980, and the other in 2000. In 2000, the CSA reached its highest population of 720,980 (which was only 773 more people than in 1980). This rise in population (after losing over 4,000 people in the 1990s) occurred, interestingly, at the same time when the Cleveland metropolitan also experienced a period of growth after nearly two decades of population decline. Since the 2000 Census, the Toledo-Fremont CSA has seen a decline in population of 14,468.