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About Northeast Ohio

 

Northeast Ohio—the Cleveland Plus® region—is  the 12th largest region in the U.S. with more than 4.1 million residents and a $140 billion economy. Our major cities are Cleveland, Akron, Canton and Youngstown. Did you know…?   

• Northeast Ohio hospitals ranked in the top 10 of 11 specialty areas, including heart, pediatrics and urology, according to U.S. News and World Report.
• The region’s health care and biosciences industry is growing on average by 7.4 percent annually and is home to 600+ biomedical businesses.
• Intel Corp. has named Northeast Ohio as one of the three top Digital Communities in the U.S.
• Located on the southern shore of Lake Erie, Northeast Ohio has more lakeshore than any metropolitan area in the world.
• According to a CNN report, Cleveland is among the Top 10 job markets for new college grads.
• Northeast Ohio was ranked as one of the hottest entrepreneurial regions in the U.S. by Entrepreneur magazine.
• The Cleveland Plus® region is home to NASA Glenn Research Center, which is assembling and testing new spacecraft that will be used in future missions to the Moon and Mars.  
• The region's cost of living is almost 4 percent less than the national average. 
• Northeast Ohio is home to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (Cleveland); the National Inventors Hall of Fame (Akron); and the Pro Football Hall of Fame (Canton).

Learn more about the positives of our region at www.theplus.us.