Ohio · Census place 3907972
Bowling Green, Ohio
Bowling Green is a city in Wood County, Ohio with an estimated 30,463 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 49th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 30,463
- #49 of 526 in Ohio
- Change since 2020
- -1.1%
- -326 people
- Land area
- 13.1 sq mi
- + 0.05 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,331 / sq mi
- State median 2,000
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Bowling Green population, 2020 to 2024
Bowling Green lost 326 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.1%. In the latest year it moved by +53. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 167th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Bowling Green is 2.2 times that size.
Bowling Green covers 13.07 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 2,331 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Bowling Green is denser than the typical town.
What county Bowling Green is in
All of Bowling Green's residents live in Wood County, which had 133,077 residents in 2024. Bowling Green holds 22.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Bowling Green
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Bowling Green by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 43402, 43403. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Bowling Green is
The Census internal point of Bowling Green is at 41.377700, -83.649600. Columbus, the capital, is 103.6 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Toledo, OH (265,638 people), 20.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.377700, -83.649600
- DMS
- 41°22'39.72"N 83°38'58.56"W
- UTM
- 17N 278431.4E 4584074.5N
- Geohash
- dpke2s84x
- Plus code
- 86HR99H2+35
Daylight in Bowling Green
At 41.38° N, Bowling Green gets about 15 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 59 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Bowling Green
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Haskins, 6.7 miles away, with 1,256 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Bowling Green, OH?
30,463 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 326 (1.1%) from 30,789 in July 2020.
What county is Bowling Green in?
Wood County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Bowling Green?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 43402, 43403.
How far is Bowling Green from Columbus?
103.6 miles (166.7 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Bowling Green.
What is the nearest larger city to Bowling Green?
Toledo, OH, with 265,638 residents, 20.1 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.