Ohio · Census place 3984742

Whitehall, Ohio

Whitehall is a city in Franklin County, Ohio with an estimated 19,940 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 87th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
19,940
#87 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
-0.8%
-163 people
Land area
5.3 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
3,769 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Whitehall. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbus.

Whitehall population, 2020 to 2024

Whitehall lost 163 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +41. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 149th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Whitehall is 1.4 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 20,127. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Whitehall covers 5.29 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 3,769 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Whitehall is denser than the typical town.

What county Whitehall is in

All of Whitehall's residents live in Franklin County, which had 1,356,303 residents in 2024. Whitehall holds 1.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Whitehall

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Whitehall by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 43213. 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 Whitehall is

The Census internal point of Whitehall is at 39.969000, -82.883900. Columbus, the capital, is 6.2 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Gahanna, OH (35,544 people), 4.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, OH, 5.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.969000, -82.883900
DMS
39°58'8.40"N 82°53'2.04"W
UTM
17N 339113.0E 4426015.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
86FVX498+JC

Daylight in Whitehall

At 39.97° N, Whitehall gets about 15 h 01 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 41 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Whitehall

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Bexley, 2.7 miles away, with 12,793 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Whitehall, OH?

19,940 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 163 (0.8%) from 20,103 in July 2020.

What county is Whitehall in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Whitehall?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 43213.

How far is Whitehall from Columbus?

6.2 miles (10.0 km) in a straight line, heading W from Whitehall.

What is the nearest larger city to Whitehall?

Gahanna, OH, with 35,544 residents, 4.7 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.