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Medina County, Ohio

A county in Ohio, ranked 17 of 88 by population.

CountyFIPS 39103

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

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Population
185,025
+2,389 (+1.3%) since 2020
Land area
421.5
square miles. A further 0.4% of the total area is water
Population density
439
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Medina
Seat of county government.
Established
1812
213 years ago
Largest city
Brunswick city
Population 35,114.

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 Medina 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 Medina 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 647 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 Medina 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
Population185,02517th of 88380th of 3,144
Land area421.5 sq mi51st of 882,402nd of 3,144
Population density439 per sq mi15th of 88322nd of 3,144
Median household income$94,9685th of 88224th of 3,143

Full data for Medina County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population185,025Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020182,636Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?182,472Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area421.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area423.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?439 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$94,968American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$287,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households73,086American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units76,202American 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
-126
1,628 births, 1,754 deaths
Net migration
+870
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 5 areas bordering Medina 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
Lorain CountyOhio30 mi323,219
Wayne CountyOhio23 mi116,758
Summit CountyOhio20 mi538,376
Cuyahoga CountyOhio10 mi1,232,925
Ashland CountyOhio7.2 mi52,523

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.