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Demographics of Delaware County, Ohio

Delaware County, Ohio had 242,032 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +26,851 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Delaware County, in four figures

242,032
Population
July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.
+12.5%
Change since July 2020
+26,851 people.
40.1 ±0.4
Median age
ACS 2020–⁠2024.
$133,540 ±$2,345
Median household income
ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year's change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from elsewhere in the country, with the Bureau's small residual. The 2020 row's components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.

Delaware County, Ohio's population grew 12.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Delaware County, Ohio's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

U.S. Census Bureau — Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change

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Delaware County, Ohio's population grew 12.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Delaware County, Ohio's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1PopulationIndexUnited States
2020215,181100.0100.0
2021221,342102.9100.2
2022226,809105.4100.7
2023232,079107.9101.6
2024236,863110.1102.5
2025242,032112.5103.1

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Population of Delaware County, Ohio on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1PopulationChange
2020215,181+1,040
2021221,342+6,161
2022226,809+5,467
2023232,079+5,270
2024236,863+4,784
2025242,032+5,169

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 40.1 ±0.4: for men 39.9 ±0.4 and for women 40.5 ±0.4. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Delaware County by age, ACS 2020–2024
AgePeopleShare
Under 512,622 ±245.6% ±<0.1
5 to 1743,642 ±1,00119.2% ±0.4
18 to 2418,461 ±8488.1% ±0.4
25 to 4456,940 ±1,17225.1% ±0.5
45 to 6461,004 ±1,12226.9% ±0.5
65 and over34,165 ±1,12015.1% ±0.5

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $133,540 ±$2,345, and income per person $61,395 ±$1,461, in 2024 dollars. The median is $71,389 ±$321 in Ohio and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Delaware County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household incomeHouseholdsShare
Under $25,0005,239 ±6816.4% ±0.8
$25,000 to $49,9997,161 ±6258.7% ±0.8
$50,000 to $74,9999,305 ±76211.3% ±0.9
$75,000 to $99,9997,862 ±6309.6% ±0.8
$100,000 to $149,99916,452 ±1,10120.0% ±1.3
$150,000 to $199,99912,744 ±87415.5% ±1.1
$200,000 or more23,524 ±1,06028.6% ±1.3

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Delaware County by age, ACS 2020–2024
AgeBelow povertyRate
All ages10,466 ±1,3434.7% ±0.6
Under 182,814 ±6205.1% ±1.1
18 to 595,497 ±7634.5% ±0.6
60 and over2,155 ±4444.7% ±1.0

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Delaware County, ACS 2020–2024
MeasureDelaware CountyOhio
Housing units86,269 ±935,292,391 ±464
Occupied95.4% ±0.691.9% ±0.2
Vacant4.6% ±0.68.1% ±0.2
Owner occupied78.5% ±1.267.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied21.5% ±1.432.8% ±0.2
Median home value$445,500 ±$4,990$214,800 ±$742
Median gross rent$1,492 ±$47$1,034 ±$5
Median year built2000 ±11970 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Delaware County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
OriginPeopleShare
Hispanic or Latino7,899 ±03.5% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic179,540 ±84279.2% ±0.4
Black alone, not Hispanic9,834 ±5244.3% ±0.2
Asian alone, not Hispanic19,472 ±5708.6% ±0.3
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic42 to 148< 0.1% to 0.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic0 to 600% to < 0.1%
Some other race alone, not Hispanic928 ±3970.4% ±0.2
Two or more races, not Hispanic9,038 ±1,0294.0% ±0.5

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Delaware County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
BornPeopleShare
Born in the state151,251 ±1,90266.7% ±0.8
Born in another state51,929 ±1,63622.9% ±0.7
Born a citizen outside the states1,563 ±3800.7% ±0.2
Born abroad22,091 ±1,1429.7% ±0.5
Naturalized citizens11,041 ±1,0154.9% ±0.4
Not citizens11,050 ±9674.9% ±0.4

Delaware County among the counties of Ohio

11th of 88 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Ohio page.

Counties of Ohio near Delaware County in population, July 2025
CountyJuly 2025Change since 2020
Lucas County423,347−1.7%
Butler County400,128+2.4%
Stark County373,771−0.2%
Lorain County323,219+3.1%
Warren County257,181+5.7%
Delaware County242,032+12.5%
Lake County232,217−0.1%
Mahoning County224,706−1.4%
Clermont County216,977+3.9%
Trumbull County198,972−1.3%
Licking County185,564+3.8%

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