Mount Airy is one of the 52

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Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati ( ; colloquially nicknamed Cincy) is a city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Settled in 1788, the city is located on the northern side of the confluence of the Licking River (Kentucky), Licking and Ohio Ri ...

. The neighborhood is home to Mount Airy Forest, one of the oldest urban reforestation projects in the country. The population was 9,210 at the 2020 census.

History

Mount Airy was incorporated as a village in 1865 from land given by Mill Creek and

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townships. Mount Airy was annexed by the City of Cincinnati in 1911. The neighborhood includes the 1,471 acre Mount Airy Forest, the largest of the Cincinnati parks. The Mt. Airy water tower, resembling a castle, was built in 1926-27. The complex includes 13 towers on two levels and has a capacity of 8.5 million gallons.

Demographics

As of the census of 2020, there were 9,210 people living in the neighborhood. There were 4,388 housing units. The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 26.6%

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, 61.7%

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, 0.3% Native American, 3.1% Asian, 0.0%

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, 3.0% from some other race, and 5.4% from two or more races. 4.7% of the population were

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or Latino of any race. There were 3,739 households, out of which 56.8% were families. 41.9% of all households were made up of individuals. 27.5% of the neighborhood's population were under the age of 18, 60.9% were 18 to 64, and 11.6% were 65 years of age or older. 45.4% of the population were male and 54.6% were female. According to the U.S. Census

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, for the period 2016-2020 the estimated median annual income for a household in the neighborhood was $27,920. About 24.5% of family households were living below the

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. About 23.3% had a bachelor's degree or higher.

Infrastructure

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's Ohio-Iowa segment ends in Mount Airy, OH, while the westernmost North Carolina segment ends in

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Notable people

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References

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