Demographics of Shelby County, Ohio

Shelby County, Ohio had 48,065 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −93 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.

Shelby County, in four figures

48,065
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −0.2%
Change since July 2020: −93 people.; 40.3 ±0.6
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $73,978 ±$3,615
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.

Shelby County, Ohio's population shrank 0.2% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Shelby 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).

Source: The Census Bureau

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Shelby County, Ohio's population shrank 0.2% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Shelby 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 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	48,158	100.0	100.0
2021	48,035	99.7	100.2
2022	47,690	99.0	100.7
2023	47,786	99.2	101.6
2024	47,952	99.6	102.5
2025	48,065	99.8	103.1

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Population of Shelby County, Ohio on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From abroad	From elsewhere in the country
2020	48,158	−76	+10	0	−86
2021	48,035	−123	−29	+11	−132
2022	47,690	−345	+26	+54	−421
2023	47,786	+96	+71	+69	−33
2024	47,952	+166	+138	+23	+9
2025	48,065	+113	+136	+9	−35

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 40.3 ±0.6: for men 39.6 ±0.6 and for women 41.0 ±0.6. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Shelby County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Ohio	United States
Under 5	3,097 ±61	6.5% ±0.1	5.7% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	8,627 ±383	18.0% ±0.8	16.3% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	4,137 ±375	8.6% ±0.8	8.9% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	10,866 ±465	22.7% ±1.0	25.7% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	12,513 ±477	26.1% ±1.0	25.1% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	8,689 ±499	18.1% ±1.0	18.3% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $73,978 ±$3,615, and income per person $37,984 ±$1,784, 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 Shelby County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Ohio	United States
Under $25,000	2,080 ±336	11.0% ±1.8	16.3% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	3,991 ±475	21.1% ±2.5	19.1% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	3,564 ±442	18.9% ±2.3	16.9% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	2,864 ±411	15.1% ±2.2	13.1% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	3,471 ±385	18.4% ±2.0	17.1% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	1,572 ±244	8.3% ±1.3	8.3% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	1,364 ±247	7.2% ±1.3	9.1% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

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 Shelby County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Ohio	United States
All ages	5,486 ±938	11.6% ±2.0	13.3% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	1,905 ±371	16.6% ±3.1	17.8% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	2,396 ±475	9.9% ±1.9	12.7% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	1,185 ±285	10.2% ±2.4	10.6% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Shelby County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Shelby County	Ohio	United States
Housing units	20,149 ±65	5,292,391 ±464	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	93.8% ±1.5	91.9% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	6.2% ±1.5	8.1% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	73.7% ±2.6	67.2% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	26.3% ±2.3	32.8% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$208,100 ±$9,546	$214,800 ±$742	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$922 ±$57	$1,034 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1974 ±2	1970 ±1	1980 ±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 Shelby County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Ohio	United States
Hispanic or Latino	835 ±0	1.7% ±<0.1	4.8% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	43,873 ±242	91.5% ±0.5	75.8% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	1,073 ±170	2.2% ±0.4	12.0% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	271 ±113	0.6% ±0.2	2.5% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 30	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 40	0% to 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 421	0% to 0.9%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	1,665 ±199	3.5% ±0.4	4.3% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

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 Shelby County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Ohio	United States
Born in the state	40,618 ±634	84.7% ±1.3	74.6% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	6,352 ±606	13.3% ±1.3	19.2% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	358 ±166	0.7% ±0.3	1.0% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	601 ±214	1.3% ±0.4	5.2% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	339 ±164	0.7% ±0.3	2.8% ±<0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	116 to 408	0.2% to 0.9%	2.5% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

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%.

Shelby County among the counties of Ohio

50th of 88 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Ohio page.

Counties of Ohio near Shelby County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Huron County	58,250	−0.4%
Lawrence County	55,710	−4.2%
Seneca County	54,522	−1.0%
Ashland County	52,523	+0.1%
Darke County	51,520	−0.7%
Shelby County	48,065	−0.2%
Madison County	46,985	+7.1%
Logan County	46,302	+0.4%
Auglaize County	45,909	−1.2%
Holmes County	44,970	+1.7%
Brown County	44,397	+1.6%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 47 Counties by population growth in Ohio
No. 50 Counties by population in Ohio

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026