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Huron County, Ohio

A county in Ohio, ranked 45 of 88 by population.

CountyFIPS 39077

Within Ohio
Huron County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Norwalk, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
58,250
-237 (-0.4%) since 2020
Land area
492.2
square miles. A further 0.7% of the total area is water
Population density
118
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Norwalk
Seat of county government.
Established
1815
210 years ago
Largest city
Norwalk city
Population 17,191.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Huron County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Huron County, Ohio from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 644 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Huron County ranks

Position among the 88 counties of Ohio, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn OhioNationally
Population58,25045th of 88915th of 3,144
Land area492.2 sq mi27th of 882,113th of 3,144
Population density118 per sq mi45th of 88803rd of 3,144
Median household income$67,87844th of 881,353rd of 3,143

Full data for Huron County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population58,250Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202058,487Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?58,562Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area492.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area495.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?118 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$67,878American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$166,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households23,490American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units25,597American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-14
625 births, 639 deaths
Net migration
+33
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 7 areas bordering Huron County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Erie CountyOhio26 mi73,296
Seneca CountyOhio18 mi54,522
Richland CountyOhio15 mi124,893
Lorain CountyOhio15 mi323,219
Ashland CountyOhio10 mi52,523
Crawford CountyOhio5.5 mi41,896
Sandusky CountyOhio2.4 mi58,655

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 88 counties of Ohio

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.