Ohio
Basic Information
- Type of Place
- Independent City or Town
- Metro Area
- Politics c. 1860?
- Don’t Know
- Unions, Organized Labor?
- Don’t Know
Sundown Town Status
- Sundown Town in the Past?
- Possible
- Was there an ordinance?
- Don't Know
- Sign?
- Don’t Know
- Year of Greatest Interest
- 1950s
- Still Sundown?
- Surely Not
Census Information
| Total | White | Black | Asian | Native | Hispanic | Other | BHshld | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860 | ||||||||
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| 1900 | ||||||||
| 1910 | ||||||||
| 1920 | 41732 | 100 | ||||||
| 1930 | ||||||||
| 1940 | 69160 | 91 | ||||||
| 1950 | 68071 | 61 | ||||||
| 1960 | 66154 | 23 | ||||||
| 1970 | 70173 | 21 | ||||||
| 1980 | 61963 | 191 | ||||||
| 1990 | 582228 | 506 | ||||||
| 2000 | 56645 | 1116 | 139 | 800 | ||||
| 2010 | 52131 | 3340 | 149 | 988 | ||||
| 2020 |
Method of Exclusion
- Unknown
Main Ethnic Group(s)
- Unknown
Group(s) Excluded
- Black
Comments
A former resident recalls that in the late 1950s, a black janitor and his family moved into an apartment. Whites stoned the house; they left. She remembers the daughter went to school briefly. Her [the resident’s] parents told her the story. The town was otherwise all-white.
*18 of the 23 blacks reported in 1960 were female.
However, by 2010, Lakewood, OH joined The Inclusive Communities Partnership of the National League of Cities. This partnership serves to promote equality and bring attention to race relations by raising awareness on the importance of inclusive communities.