Youngstown, Ohio

Youngstown, Ohio
Downtown Youngstown
Metropolitan Tower
Mill Creek Park
Youngstown State University
Stambaugh Auditorium
Nickname(s): 
Steel Town;[1] The YO; Little Chicago;[2] Y-Town
Interactive map of Youngstown
Youngstown
Youngstown
Coordinates: 41°6′N 80°39′W / 41.100°N 80.650°W / 41.100; -80.650
Country United States
State Ohio
CountyMahoning, Trumbull
Founded1797
Incorporated1848 (village)
 1867 (city)
Founded byJohn Young
Named afterJohn Young
Government
 • TypeMayor–council
 • BodyCouncil of the City of Youngstown
 • MayorJamael Tito Brown (D)[3]
Area
 • City
34.56 sq mi (89.52 km2)
 • Land33.93 sq mi (87.87 km2)
 • Water0.64 sq mi (1.64 km2)
Population
 (2020)
 • City
60,068
 • Estimate 
(2024)[6]
59,123
 • Density1,770.40/sq mi (683.56/km2)
 • Urban
320,901 (US: 127th)[5]
 • Urban density1,637.6/sq mi (632.3/km2)
 • Metro
430,591 (US: 125th)
 • CSA
532,468 (US: 87th)
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (Eastern Daylight Time)
ZIP Code
15 total ZIP Codes:
  • 44501–44507, 44509–44515, 44555
Area code330 and 234
FIPS code39-88000
GNIS feature ID1086573[7]
Websiteyoungstownohio.gov

Youngstown is a city in Mahoning County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat (a small portion of the city is in Trumbull County). It is the 11th-most populous city in Ohio with a population of 60,068 at the 2020 census,[6] while the Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area has an estimated 430,000 residents.[8] Youngstown is situated on the Mahoning River in Northeast Ohio, roughly midway between Cleveland (60 miles (97 km) northwest) and Pittsburgh (60 miles (97 km) southeast).

Youngstown is a midwestern city located on the Glaciated Allegheny Plateau. It was named for pioneer John Young, who settled the city in 1797 and established its first sawmill and gristmill along the Mahoning River. It was an early industrial city of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and became known as a center of steel production. With the movement of steelmaking jobs offshore as the industry contracted in the 1970s, the city became exemplary of the Rust Belt. The population of Youngstown has declined nearly 65 percent since 1960.

Downtown Youngstown has seen various revitalization efforts in the 21st century, including the Covelli Centre and Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre. Other notable institutions in the city include the Butler Institute of American Art, Mill Creek Park, Stambaugh Auditorium, and Youngstown State University. Youngstown's first new downtown hotel since 1974—the DoubleTree by Hilton—opened in 2018 in the historic Stambaugh Building, adapted for this use.[9]

  1. ^ Linkon, Sherry Lee; Russo, John (2002). Steeltown, U.S.A. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas. p. 69. ISBN 978-070061292-5.
  2. ^ "Back In The Day, This Ohio Town Was A Mafia Mecca". June 8, 2018.
  3. ^ "City of Youngstown, Ohio".
  4. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  5. ^ United States Census Bureau (December 29, 2022). "2020 Census Qualifying Urban Areas and Final Criteria Clarifications". Federal Register.
  6. ^ a b "Youngstown city, Ohio". QuickFacts. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
  7. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Youngstown, Ohio
  8. ^ "Ohio Metropolitan & Micropolitan Statistical Areas". Ohio Hometown Locator. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  9. ^ Glaser, Susan (June 6, 2018). "Downtown Youngstown gets first hotel in 44 years, a DoubleTree by Hilton". Cleveland.com. Retrieved September 26, 2019.