Cities in Ohio by population

Columbus, OH had the highest population of 176 cities in 2024, at 930,700. Canal Winchester, OH had the lowest, at 9,979. The median was 19,722 and the figure for Ohio was 11.86 million. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest930,700Columbus, OH

Lowest9,979Canal Winchester, OH

Median19,722176 cities

Ohio11,860,621History

Top 40 cities, 2024

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	2024 persons	Change on 2023
1	Columbus, OH	930,700	+1.2%
2	Cleveland, OH	363,336	+0.1%
3	Cincinnati, OH	314,855	+0.7%
4	Toledo, OH	264,385	-0.3%
5	Akron, OH	189,332	+0.2%
6	Dayton, OH	136,224	+0.2%
7	Parma, OH	78,801	-0.3%
8	Canton, OH	69,125	-0.1%
9	Lorain, OH	65,476	+0.3%
10	Hamilton, OH	64,138	+0.8%
11	Youngstown, OH	58,779	-0.5%
12	Springfield, OH	58,615	+0.6%
13	Kettering, OH	57,221	+0.2%
14	Elyria, OH	53,350	+0.6%
15	Middletown, OH	52,097	+0.5%
16	Newark, OH	51,204	+0.5%
17	Cuyahoga Falls, OH	50,825	+0.1%
18	Dublin, OH	49,259	+0.2%
19	Lakewood, OH	49,245	-0.4%
20	Euclid, OH	48,103	-0.3%
21	Beavercreek, OH	47,810	+1.3%
22	Mansfield, OH	47,581	+0.2%
23	Mentor, OH	47,005	+0.3%
24	Strongsville, OH	45,519	-0.1%
25	Delaware, OH	45,459	+1%
26	Fairfield, OH	44,798	+0.3%
27	Grove City, OH	43,886	+1.9%
28	Cleveland Heights, OH	43,815	-0.4%
29	Huber Heights, OH	43,651	+0.5%
30	Reynoldsburg, OH	42,773	+3.2%
31	Lancaster, OH	41,753	+0.6%
32	Findlay, OH	40,140	-0%
33	Hilliard, OH	38,668	+3.1%
34	Warren, OH	38,573	-0.2%
35	Westerville, OH	38,371	+0.1%
36	North Ridgeville, OH	37,434	+0.8%
37	Upper Arlington, OH	36,059	+0.2%
38	Mason, OH	35,901	+0.2%
39	Marion, OH	35,506	-0%
40	Gahanna, OH	35,505	+0.1%
41	Brunswick, OH	35,102	+0.1%
42	Fairborn, OH	34,997	+0.7%
43	Lima, OH	34,807	0%
44	Stow, OH	33,953	+0.1%
45	Westlake, OH	33,828	-0.2%
46	Massillon, OH	32,071	+0.6%
47	North Olmsted, OH	31,492	-0.2%
48	North Royalton, OH	31,022	-0.1%
49	Bowling Green, OH	30,700	+1.3%
50	Marysville, OH	29,470	+3.4%
51	Garfield Heights, OH	28,902	-0.3%
52	Shaker Heights, OH	28,566	-0.3%
53	Kent, OH	27,598	0%
54	Green, OH	27,448	+0.3%
55	Troy, OH	27,139	+0.9%
56	Wooster, OH	26,997	-0.3%
57	Avon Lake, OH	26,218	+1.2%
58	Xenia, OH	26,005	+0.9%
59	Pickerington, OH	25,863	+2.3%
60	Medina, OH	25,720	-0.6%
61	Avon, OH	25,444	+0.3%
62	Perrysburg, OH	25,283	+0.2%
63	Centerville, OH	25,067	+0.3%
64	Athens, OH	25,023	+1.5%
65	Zanesville, OH	24,860	+0.8%
66	Wadsworth, OH	24,717	+0.1%
67	Barberton, OH	24,577	-0.1%
68	Riverside, OH	24,564	+0.4%
69	Willoughby, OH	24,193	+0.1%
70	Sandusky, OH	24,166	-0.4%
71	Solon, OH	23,728	+0.1%
72	Trotwood, OH	23,063	+0.4%
73	Hudson, OH	23,005	+0.2%
74	Maple Heights, OH	22,967	-0.3%
75	Oxford, OH	22,429	+0.2%
76	Lebanon, OH	21,870	+0.5%
77	Chillicothe, OH	21,789	-0.4%
78	Alliance, OH	21,444	-0.3%
79	Rocky River, OH	21,359	+0.5%
80	South Euclid, OH	21,257	-0.2%
81	Piqua, OH	20,926	+0.8%
82	Painesville, OH	20,654	+0.2%
83	Sidney, OH	20,421	+0.4%
84	Parma Heights, OH	20,391	-0.2%
85	Miamisburg, OH	20,263	+2%
86	Forest Park, OH	20,045	+0.6%
87	Whitehall, OH	19,898	+0.1%
88	Broadview Heights, OH	19,734	+0.2%
89	Mayfield Heights, OH	19,709	-0.4%
90	Oregon, OH	19,661	-0.2%
91	Springboro, OH	19,548	+0.1%
92	Norwood, OH	19,449	+1.5%
93	Twinsburg, OH	18,957	-0.1%
94	Sylvania, OH	18,875	-0.6%
95	Ashland, OH	18,744	+0.4%
96	Tallmadge, OH	18,469	+0.4%
97	Pataskala, OH	18,442	+0.6%
98	Niles, OH	18,214	-0.2%
99	Brook Park, OH	18,059	-0.2%
100	Steubenville, OH	18,010	-0.3%
101	Berea, OH	17,914	-0%
102	Aurora, OH	17,890	+1.1%
103	Tiffin, OH	17,816	-0.1%
104	Streetsboro, OH	17,771	+0.1%
105	North Canton, OH	17,674	+0.2%
106	Ashtabula, OH	17,527	-0.5%
107	Portsmouth, OH	17,453	-0.4%
108	New Philadelphia, OH	17,414	-0.3%
109	Eastlake, OH	17,403	+0.2%
110	Mount Vernon, OH	17,223	+2.4%
111	Norwalk, OH	17,190	+0.4%
112	Powell, OH	17,186	+12%
113	Defiance, OH	17,033	+0.2%
114	Fairview Park, OH	16,806	-0.3%
115	Bay Village, OH	15,824	-0%
116	Monroe, OH	15,797	+1%
117	Fremont, OH	15,777	-0.3%
118	Middleburg Heights, OH	15,598	-0.2%
119	Vandalia, OH	14,951	+0.4%
120	Worthington, OH	14,615	+0.1%
121	Circleville, OH	14,478	+1.5%
122	Washington Court House, OH	14,404	+0.2%
123	Willowick, OH	14,174	+0.2%
124	Bellefontaine, OH	14,102	+0.1%
125	Trenton, OH	14,046	+1.6%
126	Sharonville, OH	13,999	+0.3%
127	Brecksville, OH	13,872	+0.3%
128	New Franklin, OH	13,824	+0.2%
129	Beachwood, OH	13,674	0%
130	Blue Ash, OH	13,622	+1.2%
131	Harrison, OH	13,596	+1.2%
132	Lyndhurst, OH	13,586	-0.3%
133	Maumee, OH	13,574	-0.4%
134	Warrensville Heights, OH	13,381	-0.3%
135	Clayton, OH	13,324	+0.4%
136	Englewood, OH	13,299	+0.2%
137	East Cleveland, OH	13,280	-0.3%
138	Loveland, OH	13,271	+0.6%
139	University Heights, OH	13,230	-0.1%
140	Marietta, OH	13,104	-0.1%
141	Amherst, OH	13,008	+0.6%
142	Fostoria, OH	12,996	-0.3%
143	Dover, OH	12,951	-0.1%
144	West Carrollton, OH	12,909	+0.1%
145	Bexley, OH	12,772	-0.9%
146	Bedford, OH	12,767	-0.3%
147	Wilmington, OH	12,677	+0.6%
148	Greenville, OH	12,655	+0.2%
149	Wickliffe, OH	12,624	-0%
150	Conneaut, OH	12,241	-0.3%
151	Macedonia, OH	12,123	+0.7%
152	New Albany, OH	11,723	+1.4%
153	Salem, OH	11,683	-0.3%
154	Franklin, OH	11,680	-0%
155	Bucyrus, OH	11,530	+0.1%
156	Seven Hills, OH	11,492	-0.4%
157	Norton, OH	11,411	-0.1%
158	Ravenna, OH	11,181	-0.2%
159	Springdale, OH	11,152	+0.4%
160	Van Wert, OH	11,118	+0.9%
161	Urbana, OH	11,114	-0.2%
162	Coshocton, OH	11,113	+0.3%
163	Brooklyn, OH	11,046	0%
164	Montgomery, OH	10,915	+0.8%
165	Celina, OH	10,909	+0.4%
166	Heath, OH	10,777	+0.5%
167	London, OH	10,722	+1.9%
168	Bedford Heights, OH	10,720	-0.2%
169	Vermilion, OH	10,714	+0.2%
170	Tipp City, OH	10,575	+0.9%
171	Reading, OH	10,496	+0.5%
172	Richmond Heights, OH	10,478	-0.5%
173	Galion, OH	10,286	+0.3%
174	Ironton, OH	10,176	-0.2%
175	Cambridge, OH	10,050	+0.6%
176	Canal Winchester, OH	9,979	+2.1%

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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, 2024) [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, 2024. 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=2024. 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, 2024. 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=2024.

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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, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/ohio-cities?period=2024 (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, 2024}},
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  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=2024. 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 930,700 in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Canal Winchester, OH, with 9,979 in 2024.

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