age of 18 and 18.6% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 90.7 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 87.3 males age 18 and over.

There were 22,954 households in Elyria, of which 25.8% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 34.0% were married-couple households, 21.4% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 35.4% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 35.5% of all households