Editing Richmond Heights, Ohio

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name            = Richmond Heights, Ohio
| settlement_type          = [[City]]
| image_skyline            = The main house at Greenwood Farm.JPG
| imagesize                = 250px
| image_caption            = [[Greenwood Farm (Richmond Heights, Ohio)|Greenwood Farm]]
| image_flag               =
| image_blank_emblem       = Logo of Richmond Heights, Ohio.png
| blank_emblem_type        = Logo
| motto                    = The City with a Brighter Tomorrow
| image_map                = Cuyahoga County Ohio incorporated and unincorporated areas Richmond Heights highlighted.svg
| mapsize                  = 260px
| map_caption              = Location in [[Cuyahoga County, Ohio|Cuyahoga County]] and the state of [[Ohio]].
| coordinates              = {{coord|41|33|29|N|81|30|13|W|region:US|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name         = United States
| subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1        = [[Ohio]]
| subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Ohio|County]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Cuyahoga County, Ohio|Cuyahoga]]
| established_title        = Founded
| established_date         = 1917 (as Village of Claribel)
| established_title2       = Incorporated
| established_date2        = 1918 <br>(renamed to Richmond Heights)
| established_title3       = City Formed<!-- Incorporated (city) -->
| established_date3        = 1960
| government_type          = 
| leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name              = Kim Thomas (D)<ref>{{cite web | title=2024 Elected Officials | url=https://boe.cuyahogacounty.gov/docs/default-source/boe/candidates-page/master-elected-officials-list.xls?sfvrsn=b324beb0_2 | ref={{sfnref | Anon.}} | access-date=2024-08-01}}</ref>
| area_footnotes           = <ref name="TigerWebMapServer">{{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=September 20, 2022}}</ref>
| area_total_km2           = 11.50
| area_total_sq_mi         = 4.44
| area_land_km2            = 11.48
| area_land_sq_mi          = 4.43
| area_water_km2           = 0.02
| area_water_sq_mi         = 0.01
| elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft             = 869
| population_footnotes     = 
| population_total         = 10801
| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_est           = 
| pop_est_as_of            = 
| population_density_km2   = 940.80
| population_density_sq_mi = 2436.50
| population_note          = 
| timezone                 = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|EST]]
| utc_offset               = -5
| timezone_DST             = [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]]
| utc_offset_DST           = -4
| postal_code_type         = ZIP code
| postal_code              = 44143
| area_code                = [[Area code 216|216]]
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 39-66894<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
| blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info              = 1072241<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|1072241}}</ref>
| website                  = {{URL|http://www.richmondheightsohio.org}}
|pop_est_footnotes = 
|unit_pref = Imperial
}}
'''Richmond Heights''' is a city in [[Cuyahoga County, Ohio]], United States. The population was 10,801 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. A suburb of [[Cleveland]], it is part of the [[Greater Cleveland|Cleveland metropolitan area]].

==History==
Originally a part of Euclid Township, Richmond Heights was founded as the Village of Claribel in 1917, but was later renamed as Richmond Heights in 1918.<ref>{{cite web |title=City History Of Richmond Heights |url=http://www.drelocation.com/ohio/cuyahogaco/richmondheights.htm |website=dRelocation.com |access-date=February 19, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928191653/http://www.drelocation.com/ohio/cuyahogaco/richmondheights.htm |archive-date=September 28, 2007 |date=2000}}</ref>

==Geography==
Richmond Heights is located at {{coord|41|33|29|N|81|30|13|W|type:city}} (41.558183, -81.503651).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> Richmond Heights borders [[Euclid, Ohio|Euclid]] on the west, [[Lyndhurst, Ohio|Lyndhurst]] and [[South Euclid, Ohio|South Euclid]] on the south, [[Highland Heights, Ohio|Highland Heights]] on the east, and [[Willoughby Hills, Ohio|Willoughby Hills]] to the north.

Some popular developments include the Richmond Bluffs, near the [[Cuyahoga County Airport]], off Richmond Road, the Rushmore Subdivision, off of Highland Road, and Richwood, south of the Richmond-Highland Roads intersection. The largest residential area in Richmond Heights is the Scottish Highlands, off of Highland Road. Many ranch-style homes are found throughout the area. Many apartments are also located in Richmond Heights. Some major complexes are located throughout the Loganberry section of Richmond Heights (between Brush Road and Chestnut Lane on Chardon Road, or Route 6).

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|4.45|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|4.44|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.01|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2013-01-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112090031/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=January 12, 2012 }}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1920= 265
|1930= 418
|1940= 507
|1950= 891
|1960= 5068
|1970= 9220
|1980= 10095
|1990= 9611
|2000= 10944
|2010= 10546
|2020= 10801
|estyear=2021
|estimate=10667
|estref=
|footnote=Sources:<ref name="GR2" /><ref name=Census1930>{{cite web|title=Population: Ohio|url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch08.pdf|work=1930 US Census|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=28 November 2013}}</ref><ref name="Census1960">{{cite web|title=Number of Inhabitants: Ohio|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/37749282v1p37_ch02.pdf|date=1960|work=18th Census of the United States|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="Census1990">{{cite web|title=Ohio: Population and Housing Unit Counts|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-37.pdf|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=22 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/richmondheightscityohio,US/PST045221|title=Richmond Heights city, Ohio|website=census.gov|accessdate=July 6, 2022}}</ref>
}}

82.7% spoke [[American English|English]], 4.8% [[Russian language in the United States|Russian]], 3.1% [[Spanish language in the United States|Spanish]], 1.9% [[Slovene language|Slovene]], 1.7% [[Italian language in the United States|Italian]], 1.2% [[Chinese language in the United States|Chinese]], and 1.1% [[Croatian language|Croatian]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apps.mla.org/map_data_results&state_id=39&place_id=66894&cty_id=|title=Data Center Results|website=apps.mla.org}}</ref>

Of the city's population over the age of 25, 38.5% held a bachelor's degree or higher.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/39/3966894.html |title=Richmond Heights (City) QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau |access-date=2013-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202230151/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/39/3966894.html |archive-date=2013-12-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Richmond Heights city, Ohio – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Richmond Heights city, Ohio |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US3966894&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Richmond Heights city, Ohio |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US3966894&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Richmond Heights city, Ohio |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US3966894&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|7,472
|5,012
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,474
|68.27%
|47.53%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |32.16%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|2,582
|4,693
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6,361
|23.59%
|44.50%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |58.89%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|6
|4
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7
|0.05%
|0.04%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.06%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|513
|449
|style='background: #ffffe6; |343
|4.69%
|4.26%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.18%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|4
|2
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|0.04%
|0.02%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.01%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|21
|21
|style='background: #ffffe6; |47
|0.19%
|0.20%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.44%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|173
|176
|style='background: #ffffe6; |310
|1.58%
|1.67%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.87%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|173
|189
|style='background: #ffffe6; |258
|1.58%
|1.79%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.39%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''10,944'''
|'''10,546'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''10,801'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2013-01-06}}</ref> of 2010, there were 10,546 people, 4,766 households, and 2,812 families living in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|2375.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 5,370 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1209.5|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 48.5% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 44.9% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.1% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 4.3% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.5% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 1.8% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.8% of the population.

There were 4,766 households, of which 23.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 14.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 41.0% were non-families. 36.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.17 and the average family size was 2.84.

The median age in the city was 46.1 years. 18.4% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22% were from 25 to 44; 31% were from 45 to 64; and 20.5% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 44.9% male and 55.1% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 10,944 people, 4,864 households, and 2,971 families living in the city. The population density was {{convert|2,504.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 5,060 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,157.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 68.98% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 23.87% [[Black (U.S. Census)|Black]], 0.05% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 4.74% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.04% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.65% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.67% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.58% of the population.

There were 4,864 households, out of which 24.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.9% were non-families. 33.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.22 and the average family size was 2.85.

In the city the population was spread out, with 19.7% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 29.6% from 25 to 44, 25.3% from 45 to 64, and 17.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.3 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $43,625, and the median income for a family was $60,136. Males had a median income of $40,414 versus $30,537 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $25,738. About 4.3% of families and 5.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 6.9% of those under age 18 and 2.7% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
Richmond Heights has a local school district. [[Richmond Heights High School]] has a total enrollment of 335 students, with 58% of students of African American descent, 36% Caucasian, 3% Asian American, 2% multiracial, and 1% Hispanic. The mascot is the Spartans and the colors are stated officially as royal blue and white. As of recently, the Richmond Heights Schools had been struggling to pass levies on the school, thus leading to strike from teachers of the schools, demanding more pay, and loss of transportation, bands, and now a "pay-to-play" situation in all sports.

Richmond Heights recently did pass a levy in 2009 that will provide the school with more tax dollars from the city, thus bringing back possible transportation for the students.

==See also==
* [[Richmond Town Square]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
* [http://www.richmondheightsohio.org/ City of Richmond Heights]
{{Geographic Location
| Center    = Richmond Heights
| North     = [[Euclid, Ohio|Euclid]]
| Northeast = 
| East      = [[Highland Heights, Ohio|Highland Heights]], [[Willoughby Hills, Ohio|Willoughby Hills]]
| Southeast = 
| South     = [[Lyndhurst, Ohio|Lyndhurst]]
| Southwest = [[South Euclid, Ohio|South Euclid]]
| West      = [[Euclid, Ohio|Euclid]]
| Northwest = 
}}
{{Cuyahoga County, Ohio}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Cities in Ohio]]
[[Category:Cities in Cuyahoga County, Ohio]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1917]]