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Stark County, Ohio

A county in Ohio, ranked 8 of 88 by population.

CountyFIPS 39151

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

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Population
373,771
-705 (-0.2%) since 2020
Land area
574.9
square miles. A further 0.9% of the total area is water
Population density
650
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Canton
Seat of county government.
Established
1808
217 years ago
Largest city
Canton city
Population 69,001.

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 Stark 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 Stark 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 680 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 Stark 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
Population373,7718th of 88208th of 3,144
Land area574.9 sq mi11th of 881,729th of 3,144
Population density650 per sq mi10th of 88222nd of 3,144
Median household income$67,93442nd of 881,344th of 3,143

Full data for Stark County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population373,771Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020374,476Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?374,814Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area574.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area5.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area580.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?650 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$67,934American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$186,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households155,955American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units167,949American 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
-623
3,996 births, 4,619 deaths
Net migration
+1,145
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 8 areas bordering Stark 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
Tuscarawas CountyOhio20 mi92,373
Summit CountyOhio19 mi538,376
Carroll CountyOhio17 mi26,475
Wayne CountyOhio17 mi116,758
Portage CountyOhio16 mi163,404
Columbiana CountyOhio12 mi99,377
Mahoning CountyOhio6.0 mi224,706
Holmes CountyOhio2.3 mi44,970

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.