Brook Park, Ohio City of Brook Park Brook Park is a town/city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States and a suburb of Cleveland.
As of the 2010 Census, the town/city population was 19,212.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 7.53 square miles (19.50 km2), all land. Brook Park became a town/city in 1950. The town/city thriving nationwide attention when 21 Marines of the 3rd battalion, 25th Marines Regiment, 4th Marine division headquartered in the town/city were killed in combat in Iraq on August 1 and August 3, 2005.
The unit lost 48 Marines amid the course of the deployment. On August 5, the town/city government printed and distributed American flags for every homehold in the town/city to display on their windows.
White, which ceded Brook Park territory including homes and the International Exposition Center (IX Center) to Cleveland in exchange for NASA Glenn Research Center and ten years of tax revenues from the IX Center.
Coyne had originally came to Brook Park with his family at the age of nine from Cleveland around the time of the city's incorporation in 1960.
As of the census of 2010, there were 19,212 citizens , 7,799 homeholds, and 5,318 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 92.2% White, 3.2% African American, 0.2% Native American, 1.6% Asian, 0.9% from other competitions, and 1.9% from two or more competitions.
There were 7,799 homeholds of which 28.7% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 48.6% were married couples living together, 14.6% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.1% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 31.8% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 43.8 years.
21% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 7.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.2% were from 25 to 44; 28.3% were from 45 to 64; and 19.8% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 21,218 citizens , 8,193 homeholds, and 5,989 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 94.49% White, 1.95% African American, 0.23% Native American, 1.26% Asian, 0.77% from other competitions, and 1.30% from two or more competitions.
There were 8,193 homeholds out of which 29.0% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 57.3% were married couples living together, 12.0% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 26.9% were non-families.
In the town/city the populace was spread out with 22.8% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 28.8% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 17.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $46,333, and the median income for a family was $53,324.
About 3.5% of families and 4.6% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 7.3% of those under age 18 and 3.7% of those age 65 or over.
Brook Park is part of the Berea City School District.
Elementary students attend Brookview or Brook Park Memorial elementary school.
Middle School students attend Middleburg Heights Junior High School (former Midpark High School), in the neighboring town/city of Middleburg Heights; for intermediate school students attend Ford Intermediate School.
High school students attend Berea-Midpark High School, in the neighboring town/city of Berea.
According to Brook Park's 2010 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city were: 5 City of Brook Park 351 United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Brook Park's 100 years: a timeline".
"Brook Park Marine battalion returns to Middle East".
"Ohio: Population and Housing Unit Counts" (PDF).
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