Lima, Ohio

Lima population, 2020 to 2024

Lima lost 793 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.2%. In the latest year it moved by -55. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 230th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Lima is 2.5 times that size.

Lima covers 13.62 square miles of land and 0.19 of water, for 2,547 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Lima is denser than the typical town.

What county Lima is in

All of Lima's residents live in Allen County, which had 100,866 residents in 2024. Lima holds 34.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lima

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Lima by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 45801, 45804, 45805. 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 Lima is

The Census internal point of Lima is at 40.740700, -84.112100. Columbus, the capital, is 79.5 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Findlay, OH (40,343 people), 32.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fort Wayne, IN, 58.9 miles away.

Daylight in Lima

At 40.74° N, Lima gets about 15 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lima

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Elida, 5.6 miles away, with 1,904 people.