Cities in Ohio by population

Columbus, OH had the highest population of 176 cities in 2021, at 902,800. Canal Winchester, OH had the lowest, at 9,450. The median was 19,772 and the figure for Ohio was 11.76 million. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest902,800Columbus, OH

Lowest9,450Canal Winchester, OH

Median19,772176 cities

Ohio11,761,443History

Top 40 cities, 2021

persons. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2021 persons	Change on 2020
1	Columbus, OH	902,800	-0.4%
2	Cleveland, OH	365,394	-1.8%
3	Cincinnati, OH	308,610	-0.3%
4	Toledo, OH	268,747	-0.6%
5	Akron, OH	188,696	-0.8%
6	Dayton, OH	136,785	-0.5%
7	Parma, OH	80,087	-1.1%
8	Canton, OH	70,141	-0.6%
9	Lorain, OH	65,322	+0.2%
10	Hamilton, OH	63,174	-0.4%
11	Youngstown, OH	59,172	-1.2%
12	Springfield, OH	58,286	-0.5%
13	Kettering, OH	57,527	-0.4%
14	Elyria, OH	52,715	+0.2%
15	Middletown, OH	51,120	+0.2%
16	Cuyahoga Falls, OH	50,847	-0.4%
17	Newark, OH	50,300	+0.5%
18	Lakewood, OH	50,259	-1.1%
19	Dublin, OH	49,054	-0.6%
20	Euclid, OH	49,004	-1.2%
21	Mansfield, OH	47,548	+0.1%
22	Mentor, OH	47,236	-0.3%
23	Beavercreek, OH	46,717	+0.3%
24	Strongsville, OH	46,097	-0.7%
25	Cleveland Heights, OH	44,731	-1.1%
26	Fairfield, OH	44,590	-0.7%
27	Huber Heights, OH	43,383	-0.1%
28	Delaware, OH	43,036	+3.2%
29	Grove City, OH	41,786	+1.1%
30	Reynoldsburg, OH	41,105	+0.1%
31	Lancaster, OH	40,835	+0.5%
32	Findlay, OH	40,204	-0.2%
33	Warren, OH	39,010	-0.3%
34	Westerville, OH	38,615	-1.6%
35	Hilliard, OH	36,926	-0.7%
36	Upper Arlington, OH	36,294	-1.2%
37	North Ridgeville, OH	36,141	+2%
38	Marion, OH	35,929	-0.4%
39	Gahanna, OH	35,453	-0.7%
40	Brunswick, OH	35,338	-0.3%
41	Lima, OH	35,246	-0.6%
42	Mason, OH	35,189	+0.9%
43	Fairborn, OH	34,426	-0.3%
44	Stow, OH	34,314	-0.4%
45	Westlake, OH	33,916	-0.8%
46	North Olmsted, OH	32,044	-1%
47	Massillon, OH	31,951	-0.2%
48	North Royalton, OH	30,982	-0.9%
49	Garfield Heights, OH	29,429	-1.1%
50	Shaker Heights, OH	29,085	-1.1%
51	Bowling Green, OH	28,505	-7.4%
52	Green, OH	27,340	-0.4%
53	Marysville, OH	26,594	+3.4%
54	Wooster, OH	26,575	-2.5%
55	Troy, OH	26,518	+0.5%
56	Medina, OH	26,085	+0.1%
57	Xenia, OH	25,551	+0.3%
58	Avon Lake, OH	25,509	+0.9%
59	Avon, OH	25,207	+1.1%
60	Perrysburg, OH	25,101	+0.2%
61	Barberton, OH	25,007	-0.5%
62	Centerville, OH	24,916	+1.7%
63	Sandusky, OH	24,842	-1%
64	Zanesville, OH	24,767	-0.1%
65	Kent, OH	24,766	-12.1%
66	Riverside, OH	24,453	-0.1%
67	Wadsworth, OH	24,376	+1.2%
68	Solon, OH	23,956	-1%
69	Pickerington, OH	23,906	+2.9%
70	Willoughby, OH	23,821	-0.3%
71	Maple Heights, OH	23,375	-1.1%
72	Trotwood, OH	22,994	-0.3%
73	Hudson, OH	22,977	-0.3%
74	Chillicothe, OH	22,045	0%
75	South Euclid, OH	21,625	-1%
76	Rocky River, OH	21,486	-1.1%
77	Alliance, OH	21,438	-0.9%
78	Lebanon, OH	21,230	+1.7%
79	Athens, OH	20,637	-13.3%
80	Parma Heights, OH	20,583	-1.1%
81	Painesville, OH	20,553	+1.3%
82	Piqua, OH	20,499	+0.4%
83	Sidney, OH	20,439	-0.5%
84	Whitehall, OH	20,097	-0%
85	Mayfield Heights, OH	20,086	-1.1%
86	Forest Park, OH	20,028	-0.7%
87	Oregon, OH	19,823	-0.5%
88	Miamisburg, OH	19,801	-0.5%
89	Broadview Heights, OH	19,743	-0.8%
90	Oxford, OH	19,637	-14.7%
91	Springboro, OH	19,305	+0.9%
92	Twinsburg, OH	19,243	-0%
93	Sylvania, OH	19,020	0%
94	Ashland, OH	18,898	-1.7%
95	Norwood, OH	18,849	-0.8%
96	Niles, OH	18,399	-0.1%
97	Berea, OH	18,379	-0.7%
98	Brook Park, OH	18,372	-1%
99	Steubenville, OH	18,310	+1%
99	Tallmadge, OH	18,310	-0.4%
101	Pataskala, OH	18,080	+0.9%
102	Tiffin, OH	17,974	-0.3%
103	Ashtabula, OH	17,856	-0.6%
104	North Canton, OH	17,796	-0.2%
105	Portsmouth, OH	17,756	-2.4%
106	New Philadelphia, OH	17,592	-0.5%
107	Streetsboro, OH	17,553	+1.4%
108	Eastlake, OH	17,526	-0.6%
109	Aurora, OH	17,309	+0.3%
110	Fairview Park, OH	17,084	-1.1%
111	Norwalk, OH	17,000	-0.2%
112	Defiance, OH	16,989	-0.4%
113	Mount Vernon, OH	16,964	-0.6%
114	Bay Village, OH	16,015	-0.7%
115	Fremont, OH	15,842	-0.4%
116	Middleburg Heights, OH	15,817	-1.1%
117	Monroe, OH	15,449	0%
118	Vandalia, OH	15,046	-0.3%
119	Worthington, OH	14,558	-1.5%
120	Powell, OH	14,545	+2%
121	Washington Court House, OH	14,402	-0.2%
122	Willowick, OH	14,206	-0.2%
123	Bellefontaine, OH	14,115	0%
124	Circleville, OH	14,098	+1.1%
125	Sharonville, OH	14,010	-0.6%
126	Beachwood, OH	13,880	-1%
127	New Franklin, OH	13,819	-0.3%
128	Lyndhurst, OH	13,815	-1.4%
129	Maumee, OH	13,786	-0.5%
130	Warrensville Heights, OH	13,594	-1.1%
131	East Cleveland, OH	13,568	-1.2%
132	Brecksville, OH	13,524	-0.6%
133	Blue Ash, OH	13,385	-0.1%
134	Englewood, OH	13,370	-0.6%
135	Marietta, OH	13,316	-0.3%
136	Trenton, OH	13,309	+1.9%
137	Clayton, OH	13,275	-0.1%
138	University Heights, OH	13,219	-4.9%
139	Loveland, OH	13,208	-0.6%
140	Dover, OH	13,088	-0.6%
141	Bexley, OH	13,072	-6%
142	Fostoria, OH	13,055	+0.1%
143	West Carrollton, OH	13,008	-0.5%
144	Bedford, OH	12,986	-1%
145	Harrison, OH	12,898	+2.1%
146	Amherst, OH	12,859	+0.8%
147	Greenville, OH	12,688	-0.9%
148	Wilmington, OH	12,675	+0.1%
149	Wickliffe, OH	12,646	-0.3%
150	Conneaut, OH	12,340	+0.4%
151	Macedonia, OH	12,226	+0.5%
152	Salem, OH	11,842	-0.4%
153	Franklin, OH	11,665	-0.1%
154	Seven Hills, OH	11,638	-0.7%
155	Norton, OH	11,603	-0.4%
156	Bucyrus, OH	11,582	-0.8%
157	Ravenna, OH	11,261	-0.3%
158	Brooklyn, OH	11,213	-1%
159	New Albany, OH	11,204	+0.2%
160	Urbana, OH	11,188	+0.1%
161	Van Wert, OH	11,087	-0.3%
162	Coshocton, OH	11,022	-0.1%
163	Springdale, OH	10,931	-0.7%
164	Celina, OH	10,903	-0.3%
165	Bedford Heights, OH	10,889	-1%
166	Montgomery, OH	10,787	-0.5%
167	Vermilion, OH	10,667	-0%
168	Richmond Heights, OH	10,629	-1.4%
169	Heath, OH	10,571	+1%
170	Reading, OH	10,511	-0.8%
171	Ironton, OH	10,419	-1.5%
172	London, OH	10,390	+1.2%
173	Galion, OH	10,374	-0.7%
174	Tipp City, OH	10,307	+0.1%
175	Cambridge, OH	10,074	-0.4%
176	Canal Winchester, OH	9,450	+2.8%

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Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). Norway: Statistics Norway, 1 January. United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. United Kingdom regions and local authorities: Office for National Statistics estimates for 30 June. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

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U.S. Census Bureau. Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals) (Cities in Ohio by population, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/

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Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals), Cities in Ohio by population, 2021. U.S. Census Bureau, 14 May 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/ohio-cities?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals). Cities in Ohio by population, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/ohio-cities?period=2021.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals), Cities in Ohio by population, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/ohio-cities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals): Cities in Ohio by population, 2021}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/ohio-cities?period=2021. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Columbus, OH, with 902,800 in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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