CLEVELAND, Ohio — The population of the seven-county Greater Cleveland/Akron area dropped 5,722 last year to 2,751,928, new census estimates released Thursday say. Within the region, three ...

Under the new rules, 65 of Ohio's 88 counties cannot be split for congressional maps. Another 18 counties can be divided once and five counties can be divided twice. That is the maximum, though.

The Akron metro area consists of Summit and Portage counties, with just over 700,000. The Columbus metro area consists of 10 central Ohio counties with 2.1 million people.