The show both good and bad news for Northeast Ohio cities. is still losing population, but at a slower pace, while some nearby cities are growing considerably.
Cleveland lost 8,743 people between 2010 and last year. That鈥檚 after losing nearly 90,000 residents since 2000. Greater Cleveland鈥檚 biggest population increase is in in Lorain County at just over 3,000. Mayor DavidGallickattributes most of the growth to a major sewer project on the city鈥檚westside.
鈥淎nd we installed a main interceptor in that half of the city in 2000. Part of the way we paid for that (was) through developers, created planned community developments. One was 1,400 homes, the other one was 1,600 homes. And we鈥檝e been averaging over 200 new homes a year ever since.鈥�
Under the plan, developers paid about 70 percent of the sewer-construction costs. The new Census figures show lost just over 1,500 people between 2010 and last year.
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