Ohio · Census place 3961252

Paulding, Ohio

Paulding is a village in Paulding County, Ohio with an estimated 3,532 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 305th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,532
#305 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
-0.4%
-15 people
Land area
2.4 sq mi
+ 0.10 sq mi water
Density
1,472 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Paulding. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbus.

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Paulding population, 2020 to 2024

Paulding lost 15 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +4.

3,54720203,56620213,53920223,52820233,5322024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,547. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Paulding covers 2.40 square miles of land and 0.10 of water, for 1,472 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Paulding is less dense than the typical town.

What county Paulding is in

All of Paulding's residents live in Paulding County, which had 18,755 residents in 2024. Paulding holds 18.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Paulding

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Paulding by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 45879. 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 Paulding is

The Census internal point of Paulding is at 41.142700, -84.582700. Columbus, the capital, is 116.4 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Defiance, OH (17,180 people), 14.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fort Wayne, IN, 29.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.142700, -84.582700
DMS
41°08'33.72"N 84°34'57.72"W
UTM
16N 702867.7E 4557414.8N
Geohash
dp7f53bc8
Plus code
86HQ4CV8+3W

Daylight in Paulding

At 41.14° N, Paulding gets about 15 h 09 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Paulding

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Antwerp, 8.4 miles away, with 1,686 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Paulding, OH?

3,532 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 15 (0.4%) from 3,547 in July 2020.

What county is Paulding in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Paulding?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 45879.

How far is Paulding from Columbus?

116.4 miles (187.3 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Paulding.

What is the nearest larger city to Paulding?

Defiance, OH, with 17,180 residents, 14.8 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.