Ohio · Census place 3972424
Sidney, Ohio
Sidney is a city in Shelby County, Ohio with an estimated 20,392 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 84th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 20,392
- #84 of 526 in Ohio
- Change since 2020
- -0.8%
- -158 people
- Land area
- 12.0 sq mi
- + 0.13 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,704 / sq mi
- State median 2,000
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Sidney population, 2020 to 2024
Sidney lost 158 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +72. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 147th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Sidney is 1.5 times that size.
Sidney covers 11.97 square miles of land and 0.13 of water, for 1,704 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Sidney is less dense than the typical town.
What county Sidney is in
All of Sidney's residents live in Shelby County, which had 47,952 residents in 2024. Sidney holds 42.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Sidney
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sidney by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 45365. 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 Sidney is
The Census internal point of Sidney is at 40.289500, -84.166700. Columbus, the capital, is 65.6 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Piqua, OH (20,940 people), 10.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Dayton, OH, 34.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.289500, -84.166700
- DMS
- 40°17'22.20"N 84°10'0.12"W
- UTM
- 16N 740841.5E 4463742.1N
- Geohash
- dphjhwrxm
- Plus code
- 86GQ7RQM+R8
Daylight in Sidney
At 40.29° N, Sidney gets about 15 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 18 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Sidney
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Anna, 7.3 miles away, with 1,465 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Sidney, OH?
20,392 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 158 (0.8%) from 20,550 in July 2020.
What county is Sidney in?
Shelby County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Sidney?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 45365.
How far is Sidney from Columbus?
65.6 miles (105.6 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Sidney.
What is the nearest larger city to Sidney?
Piqua, OH, with 20,940 residents, 10.6 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.