Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Cuyahoga County ( KY-ə-HOG-ə or KY-ə-HOH-gə, see Cuyahoga River § Pronunciation) is a large urban county in the U.S. state of Ohio. The county seat and most populous city is Cleveland. As of the 2025 census estimates, its population was 1,232,925, making it the second-most populous county in the state and the most populous in Northeast Ohio.
Cuyahoga County is situated on the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U.S.–Canada maritime border. The county is bisected by the Cuyahoga River, after which it was named. "Cuyahoga" is an Iroquoian word meaning "crooked river". It is the core county of the Cleveland, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area and Cleveland–Akron–Canton, OH Combined Statistical Area.