Chillicothe, Ohio

Chillicothe population, 2020 to 2024

Chillicothe lost 272 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.2%. In the latest year it moved by -84. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 177th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Chillicothe is 1.6 times that size.

Chillicothe covers 10.50 square miles of land and 0.17 of water, for 2,073 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Chillicothe is close to the typical town.

What county Chillicothe is in

All of Chillicothe's residents live in Ross County, which had 76,046 residents in 2024. Chillicothe holds 28.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Chillicothe

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Chillicothe by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 45601. 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 Chillicothe is

The Census internal point of Chillicothe is at 39.340500, -82.996100. Columbus, the capital, is 42.9 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lancaster, OH (41,671 people), 33.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, OH, 44.4 miles away.

Daylight in Chillicothe

At 39.34° N, Chillicothe gets about 14 h 57 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 24 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 33 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Chillicothe

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Kingston, 10.2 miles away, with 1,236 people.