Demographics of Wood County, Ohio

Wood County, Ohio had 134,176 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +1,930 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.

Wood County, in four figures

134,176
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; +1.5%
Change since July 2020: +1,930 people.; 36.2 ±0.3
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $74,216 ±$2,456
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.

Wood County, Ohio's population grew 1.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Wood 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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Wood County, Ohio's population grew 1.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Wood 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	132,246	100.0	100.0
2021	130,178	98.4	100.2
2022	131,600	99.5	100.7
2023	132,509	100.2	101.6
2024	133,072	100.6	102.5
2025	134,176	101.5	103.1

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Population of Wood 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	132,246	+3	−50	+1	+6
2021	130,178	−2,068	−189	+74	−1,842
2022	131,600	+1,422	−103	+259	+1,251
2023	132,509	+909	−22	+220	+720
2024	133,072	+563	+46	+295	+231
2025	134,176	+1,104	+47	+211	+846

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 36.2 ±0.3: for men 35.6 ±0.3 and for women 36.8 ±0.5. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Wood County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Ohio	United States
Under 5	6,544 ±169	5.0% ±0.1	5.7% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	20,175 ±658	15.3% ±0.5	16.3% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	21,416 ±1,084	16.2% ±0.8	8.9% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	31,887 ±722	24.1% ±0.5	25.7% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	30,002 ±738	22.7% ±0.6	25.1% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	22,040 ±802	16.7% ±0.6	18.3% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $74,216 ±$2,456, and income per person $42,918 ±$1,294, 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 Wood County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Ohio	United States
Under $25,000	8,576 ±742	15.8% ±1.4	16.3% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	9,628 ±801	17.7% ±1.5	19.1% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	9,176 ±762	16.9% ±1.4	16.9% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	6,879 ±661	12.7% ±1.2	13.1% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	9,554 ±621	17.6% ±1.1	17.1% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	5,113 ±501	9.4% ±0.9	8.3% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	5,331 ±557	9.8% ±1.0	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 Wood County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Ohio	United States
All ages	15,401 ±1,203	12.2% ±1.0	13.3% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	2,522 ±427	9.7% ±1.6	17.8% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	10,351 ±961	14.7% ±1.3	12.7% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	2,528 ±403	8.7% ±1.4	10.6% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Wood County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Wood County	Ohio	United States
Housing units	57,649 ±113	5,292,391 ±464	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	94.1% ±0.8	91.9% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	5.9% ±0.8	8.1% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	64.4% ±1.3	67.2% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	35.6% ±1.4	32.8% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$227,600 ±$4,674	$214,800 ±$742	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$972 ±$25	$1,034 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1978 ±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 Wood County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Ohio	United States
Hispanic or Latino	8,677 ±0	6.6% ±<0.1	4.8% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	112,891 ±396	85.5% ±0.3	75.8% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	2,736 ±396	2.1% ±0.3	12.0% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	2,775 ±162	2.1% ±0.1	2.5% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	160 ±53	0.1% ±<0.1	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	33 to 215	< 0.1% to 0.2%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	75 to 367	0.1% to 0.3%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	4,480 ±564	3.4% ±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 Wood County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Ohio	United States
Born in the state	104,467 ±1,171	79.1% ±0.9	74.6% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	21,952 ±1,165	16.6% ±0.9	19.2% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	681 ±230	0.5% ±0.2	1.0% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	4,964 ±559	3.8% ±0.4	5.2% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	2,550 ±446	1.9% ±0.3	2.8% ±<0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	2,414 ±482	1.8% ±0.4	2.5% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Wood County among the counties of Ohio

22nd of 88 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Ohio page.

Counties of Ohio near Wood County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Medina County	185,025	+1.3%
Greene County	174,322	+3.7%
Fairfield County	169,752	+6.5%
Portage County	163,404	+1.0%
Clark County	135,340	−0.4%
Wood County	134,176	+1.5%
Richland County	124,893	−0.1%
Wayne County	116,758	−0.1%
Miami County	112,634	+3.4%
Allen County	100,881	−1.2%
Columbiana County	99,377	−2.2%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 20 Counties by population growth in Ohio
No. 22 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