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2025 county and metro area population estimates have been released by the US Census. These numbers are for the change between July, 2024 and July, 2025.

Top 25 Ohio Counties by Population on July 1, 2025
1. Franklin: 1,361,536
2. Cuyahoga: 1,232,925
3. Hamilton: 838,418
4. Montgomery: 539,598
5. Summit: 538,376
6. Lucas: 423,347
7. Butler: 400,128
8. Stark: 373,771
9. Lorain: 323,219
10. Warren: 257,181
11. Delaware: 242,032
12. Lake: 232,217
13. Mahoning: 224,706
14. Clermont: 216,977
15. Trumbull: 198,972
16. Licking: 185,564
17. Medina: 185,025
18. Greene: 174,322
19. Fairfield: 169,752
20. Portage: 163,404
21. Clark: 135,340
22. Wood: 134,176
23. Richland: 124,893
24. Wayne: 116,758
25. Miami: 112,634

Top 25 Ohio Counties with the Largest Population Increase July 1, 2024 to July 1, 2025
1. Franklin: +8,880
2. Delaware: +5,169
3. Montgomery: +2,668
4. Clermont: +2,663
5. Butler: +2,347
6. Greene: +2,174
7. Warren: +2,142
8. Lorain: +2,060
9. Fairfield: +2,046
10. Union: +1,463
11. Summit: +1,431
12. Licking: +1,224
13. Madison: +1,197
14. Wood: +1,104
15. Pickaway: +771
16. Miami: +762
17. Medina: +750
18. Muskingum: +693
19. Hamilton: +559
20. Stark: +531
21. Knox: +438
22. Ross: +431
23. Geauga: +376
24. Crawford: +356
25. Morrow: +297

Ohio Metro Area Population on July 1, 2025
1. Cincinnati: 2,312,858
2. Columbus: 2,242,028
3. Cleveland: 2,165,775
4. Dayton: 826,554
5. Akron: 701,780
6. Toledo: 599,376
7. Youngstown: 423,678
8. Canton: 400,246

Metro Area Population Change July 1, 2024 to July 1, 2025
1. Columbus: +21,312
2. Cincinnati: +13,107
3. Dayton: +5,604
4. Cleveland: +2,539
5. Akron: +1,628
6. Canton: +439
7. Toledo: -26
8. Youngstown: -913

Metro Population Components of Change

Total Natural Growth (Births vs Deaths) July 1, 2024 to July 1, 2025
1. Columbus: +7,453
2. Cincinnati: +4,322
3. Toledo: -101
4. Dayton: -243
5. Canton: -735
6. Akron: -1,301
7. Youngstown: -1,893
8. Cleveland: -2,431

Total Domestic Migration July 1, 2024 to July 1, 2025
1. Dayton: +4,272
2. Columbus: +2,921
3. Cincinnati: +1,836
4. Akron: +1,155
5. Canton: +992
6. Youngstown: +676
7. Cleveland: -178
8. Toledo: -693

Total International Migration July 1, 2024 to July 1, 2025
1. Columbus: +10,968
2. Cincinnati: +6,900
3. Cleveland: +5,082
4. Akron: +1,735
5. Dayton: +1,566
6. Toledo: +755
7. Youngstown: +295
8. Canton: +175

[Source: U.S. Census Bureau]

The US Census has released 2024 county and metro population estimates. The estimates generally show a further continuation of the post-pandemic recovery in the numbers. In fact, older estimates have also been revised upwards. Let’s break down the numbers.

Metro County	2020 Census	2023 Population	2024 Population
Delaware	214,123	232,732	237,966
Fairfield	158,920	165,630	167,762
Franklin	1,323,819	1,338,903	1,356,303
Hocking	28,056	27,567	27,429
Licking	178,517	183,540	184,898
Madison	43,848	44,668	45,531
Morrow	34,944	35,583	35,927
Perry	35,412	35,577	35,682
Pickaway	58,551	61,064	62,158
Union	62,790	69,765	71,721

As you can see, all counties but Hocking grew in both the 2020-2024 and 2023-2024 periods. Most of the estimates were improvements over the 2023 version, as mentioned. For example, Franklin County’s estimates population in 2023 was 1,326,063, but the 2024 version for 2023 was revised to 1,338,903, indicating growth was significantly stronger than originally estimated.

Franklin County continued its very long run of being the top county in the metro for total growth.

Here were the top 25 largest Ohio counties in 2024.
1. Franklin: 1,356,303
2. Cuyahoga: 1,240,594
3. Hamilton: 837,859
4. Summit: 538,370
5. Montgomery: 537,443
6. Lucas: 426,291
7. Butler: 399,542
8. Stark: 374,091
9. Lorain: 322,030
10. Warren: 256,059
11. Delaware: 237,966
12. Lake: 232,360
13. Mahoning: 225,786
14. Clermont: 214,123
15. Trumbull: 200,300
16. Licking: 184,898
17. Medina: 184,625
18. Greene: 172,347
19. Fairfield: 167,762
20. Portage: 163,839
21. Clark: 134,985
22. Wood: 133,077
23. Richland: 124,853
24. Wayne: 116,632
25. Miami: 111,950

Metro Area	2020	2024	Change
Akron	702,211	702,209	-2
Canton	401,594	400,551	-1,043
Cincinnati	2,249,812	2,302,815	53,003
Cleveland	2,185,745	2,171,877	-13,868
Columbus	2,138,980	2,225,377	86,397
Dayton	814,040	821,740	7,700
Toledo	606,234	601,396	-4,838
Youngstown	430,675	426,086	-4,589

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