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Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.7%) is water. The largest portion of Cuyahoga Valley National Park is located in the northern part of the county. The southern border of the former Connecticut Western Reserve passes through the southern part of the county, leading to jogs in the east and west borders of the county.

Major highways

Adjacent counties

Cuyahoga County - northwest

Geauga County - northeast

Portage County - east

Stark County - south

Wayne County - southwest

Medina County - west

National protected area

Cuyahoga Valley National Park (also extends north into Cuyahoga County)

Government

Summit County, along with Cuyahoga County, is one of two of Ohio's 88 counties that have a charter government, as authorized by Article X of the Ohio Constitution. Under its charter, rather than three elected commissioners, Summit County has an elected County Executive and an eleven-member County Council. Eight members of the council are elected from individual districts; the other three are elected at large. Summit County also has an appointed Medical Examiner rather than an elected Coroner, and an elected Fiscal Officer, who exercises the powers and performs the duties of a county auditor, treasurer and recorder. The remaining officials are similar to the officials in other counties. They include the following:

Clerk of Courts - Sandra Kurt (D) (elected)

Prosecuting Attorney - Sherri Bevan Walsh (D) (elected)

Engineer - Alan Brubaker (D) (elected)

Sheriff - Kandy Fatheree (D) (elected)

Fiscal Officer - Kristen Scalise (D) (elected)

Summit County currently has 14 Common Pleas judges. They are:

Kelly McLaughlin (D),

Kathryn Michael (D),

Christine Croce (R),

Amy Corrigall Jones (R),

Alison McCarty (R),

Tammy O'Brien (R),

Joy Oldfield (D),

Mary Margaret Rowlands (D),

Alison Breaux (D), and

Susan Baker Ross (D)

Linda Tucci Teodosio (D) (Juvenile Court Judge)

Katarina Cook (R) (Domestic Relations Judge)

Susan Steinhauer (R) (Domestic Relations Judge)

Elinore Marsh Stormer (D) (Probate Judge)

Summit County Council

Summit County has an 11-member council. Three members are elected at-large in mid-term cycles, while eight members are elected from districts coinciding with the Presidential election. The current members of Summit County Council are:

Clair Dickinson (D) (at-large)

Elizabeth Walters (D) (at-large)

John Donofrio (D) (at-large)

Rita Darrow (D) (District 1)

John Schmidt (D) (District 2)

Gloria Rodgers (R) (District 3)

Jeff Wilhite (D) (District 4)

Veronica Sims (D) (District 5)

Jerry Feeman (D) (District 6)

Beth McKenney (R) (District 7)

Anthony Devitis (R) (District 8)

* Indicates Council President

County Executives

John R. Morgan, 1981–1989

Tim Davis, 1989–2001

James B. McCarthy (D), 2001–2007

Russell M. Pry (D), 2007-2016

Ilene Shapiro (D), 2016–present

Demographics

2010 census

As of the 2010 Census, there were 541,781 people, 222,781 households, and 141,110 families residing in the county. The population density was . There were 245,109 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the county was 80.6% white, 14.4% black or African American, 2.2% Asian, 0.2% American Indian, 0.5% from other races, and 2.1% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 1.6% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 24.9% were German, 15.3% were Irish, 10.6% were English, 10.1% were Italian, 5.1% were Polish, and 4.5% were American.

Of the 222,781 households, 29.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.3% were married couples living together, 13.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 36.7% were non-families, and 30.0% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.98. The median age was 40.0 years.

The median income for a household in the county was $47,926 and the median income for a family was $62,271. Males had a median income of $47,892 versus $35,140 for females. The per capita income for the county was $26,676. About 10.0% of families and 13.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.8% of those under age 18 and 8.0% of those age 65 or over.

Politics

Like much of Northeast Ohio, Summit is heavily Democratic. It has only voted Republican three times since 1932, all in national Republican landslides– Dwight D. Eisenhower's 1956 victory, and the 49-state sweeps by Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan in 1972 and 1984, respectively.

Education

School districts

School districts in Ohio do not strictly follow city corporation limits or township borders. Many of the school districts in Summit County overlap community borders. Below is a list of all public school districts in the county.

Akron Public School District

Revere Local School District

Copley–Fairlawn City School District

Woodridge Local School District

Hudson City School District

Stow-Munroe Falls City School District

Cuyahoga Falls City School District

Tallmadge City School District

Mogadore Local School District

Springfield Local School District

Coventry Local School District

Green Local School District

Manchester Local School District

Barberton City School District

Norton City School District

Twinsburg City School District

Nordonia Hills City School District

Colleges and universities

University of Akron, Akron

Kent State University Twinsburg Academic Center, Twinsburg

Stark State College Akron

Recreation

Summit Metro Parks

Communities

thumb|250px|Map of Summit County, Ohio With Municipal and Township Labels. The map denotes New Franklin and Franklin Township as separate entities, predating their 2003 merger.