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Cleveland real estate is located in Ohio. On the southern shore of Lake Erie, Cleveland is located in the Western Reserve in northeastern Ohio on the Cuyahoga River, approximately 60 miles west of the Pennsylvania border. Once the nation's fifth-largest city, as of the 2000 Census the city proper had a total population of 478,403, making it the 33rd-largest city in the nation. Cleveland is also part of the larger Cleveland-Akron-Elyria Combined Statistical Area (CSA), which is currently the 14th largest CSA in the country with a population of 2,945,831 as of the 2000 Census.
Cleveland's location on the Cuyahoga River and Lake Erie proved providential in the growth of the city and its industry. Cleveland experienced explosive growth after the opening of the Ohio and Erie Canal, cementing the city as one of the manfacturing centers of America. Steel was a major industry, as well as many other manufactured goods. The city was hit hard by the fall of manufacturing, but has since remarkably diversified its economy to include service-based industries. Cleveland is the corporate headquarters of many large companies, such as National City Corporation, Eaton Corporation, Forest City Enterprises, Sherwin Williams Company, and KeyCorp, after which the highest skyscraper in Cleveland is named (Key Tower).
Cleveland has also become a world leader in healthcare and health sciences. The world-famous Cleveland Clinic boasts the distinction of being the #1 heart hospital in the United States, ranked as #1 for 11 years running, as well as being ranked #2 in urology and #14 in cancer research by US News and World Report. The Clinic is also on the US News "honor roll" and is ranked as the #4 overall hospital in the United States.*