Ohio: county data, all 88 of them.
Every Ohio county has a data page built from federal sources, each figure carrying its publisher and period. What this page does not carry is the Ohio statutory framework, and the reason is below rather than hidden.
- Counties
- 88
- Population
- 11,810,293
- Land area
- 40,855 sq mi
- Establishments
- 253,934
- Combined county GDP
- $923.14 bn
- SBA approvals recorded
- 24,716
Read this first
This is a county directory, not a state guide.
The county pages below are complete. They carry demographics, growth and migration, economic output, employment and wages, business establishments by industry, the construction pipeline, the SBA lending record including charge off rates, geography and hazard. Every figure names its publisher and the period it describes.
What is missing is the Ohio legal and regulatory frame: how zoning and land development codes work in this state, what the entitlement path looks like, which agencies permit what, and which statutes override local codes. That material requires a research pack for Ohio, and no such pack exists yet.
Why there is no state guide here
You cannot write Ohio zoning law from a population table. Everything on the county pages is derived from federal datasets that cover all counties equally; statutory analysis is not, and generating it anyway would produce confident text about the law that nothing behind it supports.
Florida and California have research packs and therefore have full state guides. The remaining eight, including this one, do not. That is stated rather than papered over.
Counties
All 88 Ohio county-equivalents.
| Geography | Population | Median income | Establishments | County GDP | SBA approvals | Land area, sq mi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | 27,540 | $50,264 | 421 | $1.07 bn | 19 | 584 |
| Allen County | 101,348 | $64,038 | 2,239 | $11.17 bn | 113 | 402 |
| Ashland County | 52,256 | $69,860 | 1,021 | $2.45 bn | 99 | 423 |
| Ashtabula County | 97,167 | $57,728 | 1,843 | $4.40 bn | 263 | 702 |
| Athens County | 61,737 | $56,001 | 1,030 | $2.75 bn | 31 | 504 |
| Auglaize County | 46,125 | $78,660 | 992 | $3.73 bn | 40 | 401 |
| Belmont County | 65,473 | $57,017 | 1,379 | $3.54 bn | 102 | 532 |
| Brown County | 43,845 | $71,270 | 561 | $1.21 bn | 41 | 490 |
| Butler County | 392,876 | $81,590 | 7,537 | $29.84 bn | 754 | 467 |
| Carroll County | 26,659 | $64,835 | 464 | $1.82 bn | 61 | 395 |
| Champaign County | 38,804 | $75,556 | 566 | $1.68 bn | 32 | 429 |
| Clark County | 135,158 | $63,132 | 2,196 | $6.09 bn | 135 | 397 |
| Clermont County | 211,181 | $85,510 | 3,773 | $10.61 bn | 494 | 452 |
| Clinton County | 42,012 | $70,407 | 712 | $3.13 bn | 54 | 409 |
| Columbiana County | 100,704 | $58,180 | 1,907 | $4.81 bn | 232 | 532 |
| Coshocton County | 36,744 | $55,577 | 618 | $1.66 bn | 21 | 564 |
| Crawford County | 41,711 | $58,044 | 779 | $1.76 bn | 37 | 402 |
| Cuyahoga County | 1,245,873 | $64,468 | 31,496 | $135.91 bn | 2,974 | 457 |
| Darke County | 51,594 | $64,486 | 1,117 | $3.39 bn | 29 | 598 |
| Defiance County | 38,343 | $73,064 | 813 | $2.16 bn | 70 | 411 |
| Delaware County | 226,834 | $133,540 | 5,365 | $19.13 bn | 750 | 443 |
| Erie County | 74,581 | $71,993 | 1,802 | $5.36 bn | 130 | 252 |
| Fairfield County | 163,453 | $90,966 | 2,846 | $6.85 bn | 323 | 504 |
| Fayette County | 28,876 | $63,275 | 594 | $2.26 bn | 40 | 406 |
| Franklin County | 1,333,048 | $75,176 | 30,700 | $141.97 bn | 3,499 | 532 |
| Fulton County | 42,240 | $72,864 | 924 | $2.61 bn | 80 | 405 |
| Gallia County | 29,068 | $56,830 | 572 | $2.34 bn | 9 | 467 |
| Geauga County | 95,481 | $107,860 | 2,816 | $6.13 bn | 327 | 400 |
| Greene County | 169,688 | $87,309 | 3,266 | $14.73 bn | 205 | 414 |
| Guernsey County | 38,223 | $58,478 | 828 | $3.69 bn | 84 | 522 |
| Hamilton County | 830,774 | $72,470 | 21,087 | $107.28 bn | 1,823 | 406 |
| Hancock County | 74,866 | $73,141 | 1,691 | $7.32 bn | 129 | 531 |
| Hardin County | 30,475 | $62,484 | 421 | $1.37 bn | 31 | 470 |
| Harrison County | 14,306 | $54,414 | 254 | $1.58 bn | 23 | 402 |
| Henry County | 27,567 | $80,099 | 557 | $1.58 bn | 42 | 416 |
| Highland County | 43,517 | $65,785 | 733 | $1.89 bn | 26 | 553 |
| Hocking County | 27,799 | $62,960 | 501 | $842.6 m | 20 | 421 |
| Holmes County | 44,418 | $76,140 | 1,413 | $3.81 bn | 43 | 423 |
| Huron County | 58,319 | $67,878 | 1,105 | $2.99 bn | 57 | 491 |
| Jackson County | 32,650 | $57,106 | 596 | $1.31 bn | 5 | 420 |
| Jefferson County | 64,518 | $59,055 | 1,163 | $4.36 bn | 110 | 408 |
| Knox County | 63,142 | $73,878 | 1,121 | $3.09 bn | 59 | 525 |
| Lake County | 232,216 | $80,925 | 5,504 | $15.72 bn | 705 | 227 |
| Lawrence County | 56,819 | $58,325 | 774 | $2.19 bn | 26 | 453 |
| Licking County | 181,837 | $84,426 | 3,277 | $11.12 bn | 467 | 683 |
| Logan County | 46,089 | $71,551 | 872 | $2.77 bn | 76 | 458 |
| Lorain County | 317,129 | $73,347 | 5,664 | $15.03 bn | 712 | 491 |
| Lucas County | 428,018 | $62,224 | 9,282 | $33.40 bn | 800 | 341 |
| Madison County | 44,423 | $87,045 | 723 | $2.97 bn | 158 | 466 |
| Mahoning County | 226,491 | $56,942 | 5,391 | $12.62 bn | 541 | 412 |
| Marion County | 65,020 | $59,371 | 1,051 | $3.60 bn | 54 | 404 |
| Medina County | 183,660 | $94,968 | 4,127 | $10.41 bn | 622 | 421 |
| Meigs County | 21,896 | $46,873 | 300 | $506.8 m | 7 | 430 |
| Mercer County | 42,484 | $76,782 | 1,050 | $4.00 bn | 38 | 462 |
| Miami County | 110,296 | $76,817 | 2,176 | $6.18 bn | 235 | 407 |
| Monroe County | 13,227 | $60,134 | 244 | $1.19 bn | 1 | 456 |
| Montgomery County | 536,096 | $66,139 | 10,930 | $40.10 bn | 904 | 462 |
| Morgan County | 13,651 | $59,351 | 168 | $516.1 m | 8 | 416 |
| Morrow County | 35,404 | $75,283 | 456 | $909.9 m | 31 | 406 |
| Muskingum County | 86,411 | $60,780 | 1,737 | $5.13 bn | 237 | 665 |
| Noble County | 14,282 | $56,098 | 226 | $579.6 m | 11 | 398 |
| Ottawa County | 39,994 | $76,101 | 1,026 | $2.60 bn | 95 | 255 |
| Paulding County | 18,791 | $67,731 | 309 | $790.0 m | 4 | 416 |
| Perry County | 35,535 | $67,460 | 455 | $937.2 m | 33 | 408 |
| Pickaway County | 60,131 | $74,040 | 856 | $2.58 bn | 86 | 501 |
| Pike County | 27,044 | $52,736 | 423 | $1.60 bn | 10 | 440 |
| Portage County | 161,956 | $75,766 | 3,051 | $8.79 bn | 407 | 487 |
| Preble County | 40,765 | $69,223 | 671 | $1.56 bn | 32 | 424 |
| Putnam County | 34,314 | $84,928 | 734 | $1.69 bn | 35 | 483 |
| Richland County | 125,099 | $59,509 | 2,616 | $6.00 bn | 164 | 495 |
| Ross County | 76,492 | $61,303 | 1,245 | $3.87 bn | 63 | 689 |
| Sandusky County | 58,778 | $62,295 | 1,250 | $4.10 bn | 86 | 408 |
| Scioto County | 72,627 | $50,609 | 1,240 | $3.48 bn | 35 | 610 |
| Seneca County | 54,770 | $66,025 | 1,053 | $2.75 bn | 84 | 551 |
| Shelby County | 47,929 | $73,978 | 989 | $4.07 bn | 55 | 408 |
| Stark County | 373,713 | $67,934 | 8,181 | $23.16 bn | 948 | 575 |
| Summit County | 537,864 | $71,622 | 13,309 | $40.35 bn | 1,545 | 413 |
| Trumbull County | 200,929 | $56,435 | 3,800 | $9.69 bn | 402 | 618 |
| Tuscarawas County | 92,385 | $65,044 | 2,098 | $5.34 bn | 191 | 568 |
| Union County | 67,324 | $112,322 | 1,240 | $6.20 bn | 115 | 432 |
| Van Wert County | 28,826 | $67,917 | 522 | $1.73 bn | 18 | 409 |
| Vinton County | 12,630 | $55,336 | 142 | $513.5 m | 4 | 412 |
| Warren County | 250,008 | $110,132 | 4,826 | $18.76 bn | 570 | 401 |
| Washington County | 58,978 | $63,603 | 1,378 | $4.76 bn | 62 | 632 |
| Wayne County | 116,588 | $73,574 | 2,583 | $8.95 bn | 199 | 555 |
| Williams County | 36,719 | $61,048 | 802 | $2.19 bn | 64 | 421 |
| Wood County | 132,064 | $74,216 | 2,862 | $10.69 bn | 321 | 617 |
| Wyandot County | 21,598 | $69,768 | 502 | $1.41 bn | 39 | 407 |
The register
Every source behind these 88 pages.
| Source | Period covered | Licence |
|---|---|---|
| US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates | 2020-2024 5-year | US Census Bureau, public domain |
| US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2024 | Vintage 2024, estimates 2020 to 2024 | US Census Bureau, public domain |
| US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2 | CAGDP2, through 2024 | US Bureau of Economic Analysis, public domain |
| US EPA, Map of Radon Zones, county spreadsheet | 2024-05 publication, EPA 402/A-16/001 | US EPA, public domain |
| FEMA OpenFEMA, NFIP Community Status Book | Community Status Book, as retrieved | FEMA OpenFEMA, public domain |
| US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release | FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30 | FOIA release, public domain |
| US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release | FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30 | FOIA release, public domain |
| US Census Bureau county boundary geometry, TIGER, adjacency computed from shared boundary vertices | TIGER county boundaries | US Census Bureau, public domain |
| US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns | 2023 | US Census Bureau, public domain |
| US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages | 2024 annual averages | US BLS, public domain |
| US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey | 2024 annual | US Census Bureau, public domain |
| US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows | 2021 to 2022 filing years | IRS SOI, public domain |