District 9 - C. Ellen Connally
C. Ellen Connally is the current President of the Cuyahoga County
Council. She was a Judge of the Cleveland Municipal Court for 24 years,
and also served as a Special Prosecutor for the City of Cleveland and
Foreman of the Cuyahoga County Grand Jury. Her vision for charter
government is to set the highest standard of integrity, and establish a
path for growth and redevelopment in the county and the region.
Connally has a Bachelor of Science from Bowling Green State
University, Master and Juris Doctorate degrees from Cleveland State
University, and is a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Akron. She has
served as a Visiting and Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of
Akron College of Law, and is past President of the Board of Trustees of
Bowling Green State University.
Active in a number of civic organizations, Connally serves as
President of the Board of Trustees of the Breast Cancer Fund of Ohio and
Vice President of the Board of Community Action Against Addiction.
Connally is the mother of one son, Seth, an Iraq War Veteran who
currently serves as a University Circle Police Officer. Connally lives
in the Shaker Square area of Cleveland with her two rescue dogs, Lucky, a
Spaniel mix, and Mugzy, a Boston Terrier.
Contact Information
County Administration Building
1219 Ontario Street, Room 424
Cleveland, OH 44113
Office: 216/698-2023
Fax: 216/698-2040
E-mail:
ceconnally@cuyahogacounty.us
District 9
District 9 includes the cities of Bedford, Bedford Heights, Cleveland Wards 1 and 4, Shaker Heights, and Warrensville Heights, and the villages of Highland Hills, North Randall, Orange, and Woodmere. The district is economically diverse, with some of the highest as well as lowest household incomes. It is mostly residential with clusters of commercial and light to medium industrial zones.
Quick facts about District 9:
- The district comprises 33.5 square miles, or 7.3% of the land area in Cuyahoga County.
- Major watersheds include Tinkers Creek, Mill Creek, Cuyahoga River, Doan Brook, and Lake Erie Tributaries.
- Population is 131,198, or 9.% of the county, with a population density of 3,917 persons per square mile, which is just slightly higher than the county average of 3,040 persons per square mile.
- The number of households is 54,379, or 9.5% of the county.
- The racial composition of this district is: Black = 67.6%; White = 30.4%; Asian/Pacific Islander = 1.4%
- While 25.7% of District 9’s population is youth under the age of 18, its largest cohort is people ages 35 to 59 (34%).
- The poverty rate of 13.6% is on par with the county’s average of 13.1%.
- Median household income is $37,059, slightly lower than the county median of $39,168.
- 25.8% of the adult population has a bachelor's degree or more, slightly higher than the county average of 25%.
- 80% of the adult population has a high school degree or more, which is comparable to the county rate of 80.8%.
- 12.6% of foreclosures in the county have occurred in District 9.
- The area contains the Shaker Lakes and The Nature Center at Shaker Lakes, Highland Hills Golf Course, Kerruish and Woodland Hills Parks, Potters Field, Cleveland Memorial Gardens, St. John and Woodland Cemeteries, the Shrine of St. Margaret of Hungary WWII memorial, and Historic St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church, the first Hungarian Roman Catholic Church in the U.S. in 1892. It also has Shaker Square, the Thistle Down Horse Racing Track, and the Tri-C Eastern Campus and Corporate College East. The district has a total of 13.8 miles of trails, which is 3.8% of the county total.
Prepared by the Cuyahoga County Planning Commission from U.S. Census Bureau (2000 data), Cuyahoga County Employment and Family Services, and Cuyahoga County Clerk of Courts data provided by NEO CANDO, Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development, MSASS, Case Western Reserve University.