Eastlake, Ohio

Eastlake is a city in Lake County, Ohio, United States. The population was 18,577 at the 2010 census. Dennis Morley is the current mayor of Eastlake. The city was named for the fact it is northeast of Cleveland, Ohio, following along the shore of Lake Erie.Eastlake is the site where Akron-based FirstEnergy's Eastlake Generating Station shut down at 1:31pm EDT on August 14, 2003, leading to the 2003 North America blackout a few hours later.GeographyAccording to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.53sqmi, of which 6.40sqmi is land and 0.13sqmi is water.Eastlake is about 19 miles northeast of Cleveland, Ohio, along the shore of Lake Erie, and is part of Greater Cleveland.Demographics94.3% spoke English and 2.9% spoke Croatian.2010 censusAs of the census of 2010, there were 18,577 people, 7,841 households, and 5,056 families residing in the city. The population density was 2902.7PD/sqmi. There were 8,280 housing units at an average density of 1293.8/sqmi. The racial makeup of the city was 95.9% White, 1.4% African American, 0.1% Native American, 1.0% Asian, 0.3% from other races, and 1.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.4% of the population.