Ohio · Census place 3961000

Parma, Ohio

Parma is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio with an estimated 79,350 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 7th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
79,350
#7 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
-2.0%
-1,612 people
Land area
20.0 sq mi
+ 0.05 sq mi water
Density
3,964 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Parma. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbus.

Parma population, 2020 to 2024

Parma lost 1,612 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.0%. In the latest year it moved by +40. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 217th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Parma is 5.7 times that size.

81.0k202080.2k202179.5k202279.3k202379.4k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 81,121. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Parma covers 20.02 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 3,964 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Parma is denser than the typical town.

What county Parma is in

All of Parma's residents live in Cuyahoga County, which had 1,240,594 residents in 2024. Parma holds 6.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Parma

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Parma by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 44129, 44130, 44134. 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 Parma is

The Census internal point of Parma is at 41.383600, -81.728600. Columbus, the capital, is 118.7 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cleveland, OH (365,379 people), 7.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.383600, -81.728600
DMS
41°23'0.96"N 81°43'42.96"W
UTM
17N 439080.1E 4581597.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
86HW97MC+CH

Daylight in Parma

At 41.38° N, Parma gets about 15 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 59 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Parma

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Parma Heights, 1.7 miles away, with 20,524 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Parma, OH?

79,350 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 1,612 (2.0%) from 80,962 in July 2020.

What county is Parma in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Parma?

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 44129, 44130, 44134.

How far is Parma from Columbus?

118.7 miles (191.1 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Parma.

What is the nearest larger city to Parma?

Cleveland, OH, with 365,379 residents, 7.0 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.