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Cleveland Ohio Statistics, Demographics & Census

Six of the 10 highest school property tax rates in the state are for districts in Cuyahoga County. Shaker Heights leads the way. Full story »

Find property tax rates for each school district in Ohio. Shaker Heights has the highest. Kellys Island has the lowest. Full story »

The Plain Dealer's online database of recent Cuyahoga County home sales and other property transfers has been updated with transactions from February 2010. Full story »

The Cleveland Cavaliers can become just the second NBA team ever to win at least 65 games in back-to-back seasons. They must win 12 of their final 14 games to do it. Full story »

About one out of six Greater Clevelanders claims at least some Irish ancestry. And Ohio's Irish population is about one-third the size of Ireland. See other Irish/American facts. Full story »

For St. Patrick's Day in Cleveland, short sleaves will be sufficient in some years. Other times, winter coats are a necessity. See St. Patrick's Day weather details for the last 60 years. Full story »

Sunday's Numbers: About 3,000 Greater Clevelanders are physical therapists. See a demographic breakdown and other stats. Full story »

While annual foreclosure filings have been relatively steady in past three years in Cuyahoga County with just under 15,000 new cases each year, they spiked during the fourth quarter of 2009. Full story »

Sunday's Numbers: The hiring of 800,000 part-time workers to conduct the 2010 Census could reduce the unemployment rate by as much as 0.5 percentage points. See an economic look at the Census. Full story »

Nearly 200 Northeast Ohio high school seniors are among about 16,000 semifinalists announced last year by National Merit Scholarship Corp. See a list of the schools with the most semifinalists in Greater Cleveland. Full story »

The Cavs have a scheduling advantage over the Lakers in their bid to win homecourt advantage throughout the playoffs. Cleveland will be at home for 11 of its last 20 games. The Lakers have just 7 of 21 left at home. See a breakdown of the schedules, including the strength of opponents, for the Cavs, Lakers and Magic. Full story »

Just one time since the 1950s has Cleveland been credited with more snow than Chardon. This year is no different, with Chardon getting about twice the snow of Cleveland. See year-by-year stats. Full story »

Home spotlight: The median sales for single-family homes in Shaker Heights started off this year at $170,360 in January, after being $164,858 in 2009. See more on Shaker Heights with this month's Home Spotlight. Full story »

Data released Friday by the Ohio Attorney General shows that 56,000 licenses for concealed weapons were issued statewide in 2009. A high number of the licenses were issued in some of the state's smaller counties. Find county-by-county numbers  Full story »

February's snow has pushed Cleveland's 2009-10 seasonal total toward what is normal for an entire winter. See snowfall statistics since 1950 and how the 2009-10 season stacks up. Full story »