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The demographics of Cleveland have fluctuated throughout the city's history. From its founding in 1796, Cleveland's population grew to 261,353 by 1890, and to 796,841 by 1920, making it the fifth largest city in the United States at the time. By 1930, the population rose to 900,429 and, after World War II, it reached 914,808. [1]
Rank City State Census Population Change 2010 2020 1 Chicago Illinois 2,695,598 2,746,388 +1.9%: 2 Columbus Ohio 787,033 905,748 +15.1%: 3 Indianapolis Indiana 820,445
Indiana's population continued to grow after the war, exceeding five million by the 1970 census. [60] In the 1960s the administration of Matthew E. Welsh adopted its first sales tax of 2%. [61] Indiana schools were desegregated in 1949. In 1950, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Indiana's population as 95.5% white and 4.4% black. [62]
Cleveland was initially called Portland and, under the latter name, was laid out and platted in 1834. [3] The community was renamed Cleveland in 1855. [4]A post office was established in Cleveland in 1852 and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1903.
Cleveland's population continued to grow throughout the Roaring Twenties. [52] The decade saw the establishment of the city's Playhouse Square, [53] and the rise of the risqué Short Vincent. [54] [55] The Bal-Masque balls of the avant-garde Kokoon Arts Club scandalized the city. [56] [57] Jazz came to prominence in Cleveland during this period.
Cleveland Township is one of nine townships in Whitley County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,324 (down from 3,398 at 2010 [ 3 ] ) and it contained 1,398 housing units.
Indiana's code is 18, which when combined with any county code would be written as 18XXX. The FIPS code for each county links to census data for that county. [5] In Indiana, the most commonly seen number associated with counties is the state county code, which is a sequential number based on the alphabetical order of the county.
By the 1930 United States Census, the first census in which Gary's population exceeded 100,000, the city was the fifth largest in Indiana and comparable in size to South Bend, Fort Wayne, and Evansville. At that time, 78.7% of the population was classified as white, with 19.3% as foreign-born and another 25.9% as native-born with at least one ...