Greater Cleveland

Greater Cleveland
Metropolitan Statistical Area
Cleveland, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area
Downtown Cleveland
Map of Cleveland–Akron–Canton, OH CSA   City of Cleveland   City of Akron   City of Canton   Cleveland MSA   Akron MSA   Canton–Massillon MSA   Wooster µSA   Sandusky MSA   New Philadelphia–Dover µSA   Fremont µSA   Norwalk µSA   Coshocton µSA
Country	United States
State	Ohio
Largest city	Cleveland
Other cities in MSA	List Parma Lorain Elyria Lakewood Euclid Mentor Cleveland Heights
Population  (2020)
• MSA	2,185,825 (33rd)
• CSA	3,769,834 (17th)
GDP [1]
• MSA	$162.8 billion (2022)
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	216, 234, 330, 436, 440

The Cleveland metropolitan area, or Greater Cleveland as it is more commonly known, is the metropolitan area surrounding the city of Cleveland in Northeast Ohio, United States. According to the 2020 census results, the six-county Cleveland, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) consists of Cuyahoga County, Ashtabula County, Geauga County, Lake County, Lorain County, and Medina County, and has a population of 2,185,825, making it the 33rd-most populous metropolitan area in the United States and the third largest metropolitan area in Ohio.^[2][3] The metro area is also part of the larger Cleveland–Akron–Canton Combined Statistical Area with a population of over 3.7 million people, the most populous statistical area in Ohio and the 17th most populous in the United States.

Northeast Ohio refers to a similar but substantially larger region that is home to over 4.5 million residents that also includes areas not part of Greater Cleveland. This article covers the area considered to be Greater Cleveland, but includes some information generally applicable to the larger region, which is itself part of what is known historically as the Connecticut Western Reserve.