Ohio · Census place 3947754

Marion, Ohio

Marion is a city in Marion County, Ohio with an estimated 35,576 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 39th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
35,576
#39 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
-1.3%
-477 people
Land area
13.0 sq mi
+ 0.09 sq mi water
Density
2,745 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Marion. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbus.

Marion population, 2020 to 2024

Marion lost 477 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.3%. In the latest year it moved by +11. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 184th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Marion is 2.6 times that size.

36.1k202036.0k202135.3k202235.6k202335.6k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 36,053. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Marion covers 12.96 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 2,745 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Marion is denser than the typical town.

What county Marion is in

All of Marion's residents live in Marion County, which had 64,976 residents in 2024. Marion holds 54.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Marion

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Marion by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 43302. 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 Marion is

The Census internal point of Marion is at 40.596700, -83.123200. Columbus, the capital, is 44.3 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Delaware, OH (46,521 people), 21.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, OH, 42.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.596700, -83.123200
DMS
40°35'48.12"N 83°07'23.52"W
UTM
17N 320345.3E 4496155.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
86GRHVWG+MP

Daylight in Marion

At 40.60° N, Marion gets about 15 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Marion

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Prospect, 10.4 miles away, with 1,057 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Marion, OH?

35,576 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 477 (1.3%) from 36,053 in July 2020.

What county is Marion in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Marion?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 43302.

How far is Marion from Columbus?

44.3 miles (71.3 km) in a straight line, heading S from Marion.

What is the nearest larger city to Marion?

Delaware, OH, with 46,521 residents, 21.6 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.