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Licking County, Ohio

A county in Ohio, ranked 16 of 88 by population.

CountyFIPS 39089

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

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Population
185,564
+6,778 (+3.8%) since 2020
Land area
682.4
square miles. A further 0.7% of the total area is water
Population density
272
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Newark
Seat of county government.
Established
1808
217 years ago
Largest city
Newark city
Population 51,473.

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 Licking 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 Licking 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 652 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 Licking 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
Population185,56416th of 88379th of 3,144
Land area682.4 sq mi3rd of 881,372nd of 3,144
Population density272 per sq mi23rd of 88473rd of 3,144
Median household income$84,42611th of 88440th of 3,143

Full data for Licking County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population185,564Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020178,786Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?178,501Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area682.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area687.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?272 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$84,426American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$275,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households68,620American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units73,273American 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
-15
1,845 births, 1,860 deaths
Net migration
+1,246
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 Licking 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
Knox CountyOhio31 mi64,002
Muskingum CountyOhio19 mi87,014
Fairfield CountyOhio17 mi169,752
Franklin CountyOhio13 mi1,361,536
Perry CountyOhio13 mi35,918
Delaware CountyOhio10 mi242,032
Coshocton CountyOhio5.7 mi37,188

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.