Lucas County, Ohio

A county in Ohio, ranked 6 of 88 by population.

CountyFIPS 39095

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

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Population
423,347
-7,484 (-1.7%) since 2020
Land area
339.7
square miles. A further 43.0% of the total area is water
Population density
1,246
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Toledo
Seat of county government.
Established
1835
190 years ago
Largest city
Toledo city
Population 263,423.

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 Lucas 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 Lucas 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 487 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 Lucas 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
Population423,3476th of 88182nd of 3,144
Land area339.7 sq mi85th of 882,714th of 3,144
Population density1,246 per sq mi5th of 88128th of 3,144
Median household income$62,22461st of 881,873rd of 3,143

Full data for Lucas County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population423,347Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020430,831Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?431,266Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area339.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area256.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area595.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?1,246 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$62,224American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$163,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age38.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households183,243American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units200,998American 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
-109
4,543 births, 4,652 deaths
Net migration
-812
More people moved out than moved in.

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

The 6 areas bordering Lucas 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
Monroe CountyMichigan40 mi156,004
Wood CountyOhio32 mi134,176
Ottawa CountyOhio30 mi39,481
Fulton CountyOhio16 mi41,853
Lenawee CountyMichigan6.1 mi97,779
Henry CountyOhio5.0 mi27,598

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.