Ohio · 526 places

Cities and towns in Ohio

Short answer

Ohio has 526 incorporated places of 1,000 or more people, home to 7,543,929 residents in 2024. Columbus is the largest with 933,263.
Places 1,000+
526
5,000+
254
Share of state
63%

Where the places are

Each dot is a place of 1,000+, sized by population. The median place of 5,000+ is New Franklin with 13,859 people, and the smallest in that group is Whitehouse with 5,083. 106 of the 254 places of 5,000+ grew between July 2020 and July 2024. 47 places cross a county line.

Largest places in Ohio

  1. 01Columbus933,263
  2. 02Cleveland365,379
  3. 03Cincinnati314,915
  4. 04Toledo265,638
  5. 05Akron189,664
  6. 06Dayton136,346
  7. 07Parma79,350
  8. 08Canton69,211
  9. 09Lorain65,751
  10. 10Hamilton63,953
  11. 11Youngstown59,123
  12. 12Springfield58,138
  13. 13Kettering57,028
  14. 14Elyria53,604
  15. 15Middletown52,291
  16. 16Newark51,424
  17. 17Cuyahoga Falls50,979
  18. 18Lakewood49,517
  19. 19Dublin49,456
  20. 20Euclid48,421
July 1, 2024 estimates, Census Vintage 2024.

Fastest growth among places of 5,000+: Sunbury (+44.3%), Obetz (+32.3%), Marysville (+13.9%). Largest decline: Bexley (-8.0%).

All 526 places, A to Z

Places under 5,000 people have short profile pages that search engines do not index. Figures are July 1, 2024 estimates.

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Questions people ask

How many cities and towns are in Ohio?

The Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates list 526 incorporated places of 1,000 or more people in Ohio, and 254 of 5,000 or more. Smaller towns and census-designated places are not counted here.

What is the largest city in Ohio?

Columbus, with 933,263 residents on July 1, 2024.

Which Ohio town grew fastest since 2020?

Among places of 5,000+, Sunbury grew fastest from July 2020 to July 2024, +44.3%, to 9,705.

What share of Ohio lives in incorporated places?

63%: 7,543,929 of the state's 11,883,304 residents live in the 526 places listed. The rest live in smaller towns, census-designated places or unincorporated land.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 population estimates, 2024 Gazetteer land area and internal points, SAIPE 2023 median household income.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.