Ohio · Census place 3927048

Findlay, Ohio

Findlay is a city in Hancock County, Ohio with an estimated 40,343 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 32nd largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
40,343
#32 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
+0.2%
+66 people
Land area
19.7 sq mi
+ 0.13 sq mi water
Density
2,052 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Findlay. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbus.

Findlay population, 2020 to 2024

Findlay added 66 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +46. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 95th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Findlay is 2.9 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 40,297. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Findlay covers 19.66 square miles of land and 0.13 of water, for 2,052 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Findlay is close to the typical town.

What county Findlay is in

All of Findlay's residents live in Hancock County, which had 75,016 residents in 2024. Findlay holds 53.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Findlay

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Findlay by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 45840. 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 Findlay is

The Census internal point of Findlay is at 41.047400, -83.638100. Columbus, the capital, is 82.1 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Toledo, OH (265,638 people), 42.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.047400, -83.638100
DMS
41°02'50.64"N 83°38'17.16"W
UTM
17N 278279.9E 4547372.2N
Geohash
dpk98b2w7
Plus code
86HR29W6+XQ

Daylight in Findlay

At 41.05° N, Findlay gets about 15 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Findlay

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is McComb, 8.9 miles away, with 1,541 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Findlay, OH?

40,343 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 66 (0.2%) from 40,277 in July 2020.

What county is Findlay in?

Hancock County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Findlay?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 45840.

How far is Findlay from Columbus?

82.1 miles (132.2 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Findlay.

What is the nearest larger city to Findlay?

Toledo, OH, with 265,638 residents, 42.7 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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