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Lorain County
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county in Ohio, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Ohio
- Founded
- April 1, 1824
- Named after
- Lorraine in France
- Seat
- Elyria
- Largest city
- Lorain
- Total
- 923 sq mi (2,390 km )
- Land
- 491 sq mi (1,270 km )
- Water
- 432 sq mi (1,120 km ) 47%
- Estimate 2025
- 323,219
- Density
- 637/sq mi (246/km )
- Congressional district
- 5th
- Website
- www .loraincountyohio .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Lorraine
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Ohio
- Contains
- Elyria
- Capital
- Elyria
- Population
- 312964
- Area
- 2391
- Shares border with
- Erie County
- Official website
- www.loraincounty.us
- Image
- Elyria-ohio-old-county-building.jpg
- Households
- 121669
- Licence plate code
- 47
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Lorain County, Ohio
- Commons category
- Lorain County, Ohio
- topic's main category
- Category:Lorain County, Ohio
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Lorain County, Ohio
- inception
- 1824-04-01
- water as percent of area
- 47
- native label
- Lorain County
- social media followers
- 2503
- per capita income
- 31627
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Encyclopedic overview
Lorain County (/lɔːˈreɪn/) is a county in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Ohio As of the 2020 census, the population was 312,964. Its county seat is Elyria, and its largest city is Lorain. The county was physically established in 1822, becoming judicially independent in 1824. Lorain County is part of the Cleveland, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county is home to Oberlin College.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lorain County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.