Ohio · Census place 3938500

Jefferson, Ohio

Jefferson is a village in Ashtabula County, Ohio with an estimated 3,188 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 324th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,188
#324 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
-0.9%
-30 people
Land area
2.5 sq mi
Density
1,280 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Jefferson. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbus.

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Jefferson population, 2020 to 2024

Jefferson lost 30 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.9%. In the latest year it moved by -4.

3,21820203,21020213,19320223,19220233,1882024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,219. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Jefferson covers 2.49 square miles of land, for 1,280 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Jefferson is less dense than the typical town.

What county Jefferson is in

All of Jefferson's residents live in Ashtabula County, which had 96,906 residents in 2024. Jefferson holds 3.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Jefferson

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Jefferson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 44047. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Jefferson is

The Census internal point of Jefferson is at 41.738400, -80.768800. Columbus, the capital, is 169.3 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ashtabula, OH (17,775 people), 9.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cleveland, OH, 50.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.738400, -80.768800
DMS
41°44'18.24"N 80°46'7.68"W
UTM
17N 519225.7E 4620757.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
86HXP6QJ+9F

Daylight in Jefferson

At 41.74° N, Jefferson gets about 15 h 13 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 09 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 04 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Jefferson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Roaming Shores, 7.5 miles away, with 1,571 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Jefferson, OH?

3,188 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 30 (0.9%) from 3,218 in July 2020.

What county is Jefferson in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Jefferson?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 44047.

How far is Jefferson from Columbus?

169.3 miles (272.5 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Jefferson.

What is the nearest larger city to Jefferson?

Ashtabula, OH, with 17,775 residents, 9.9 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.