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Van Wert County, Ohio

A county in Ohio, ranked 74 of 88 by population.

CountyFIPS 39161

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

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Population
29,013
+91 (+0.3%) since 2020
Land area
409.2
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
70.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Van Wert
Seat of county government.
Established
1820
205 years ago
Largest city
Van Wert city
Population 11,200.

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 Van Wert 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 Van Wert 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 708 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 Van Wert 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
Population29,01374th of 881,477th of 3,144
Land area409.2 sq mi63rd of 882,469th of 3,144
Population density70.9 per sq mi71st of 881,171st of 3,144
Median household income$67,91743rd of 881,346th of 3,143

Full data for Van Wert County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population29,013Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202028,922Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?28,937Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area409.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area410.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?70.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$67,917American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$152,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households11,549American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units12,573American 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
+59
372 births, 313 deaths
Net migration
+86
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 Van Wert 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
Mercer CountyOhio21 mi42,737
Paulding CountyOhio21 mi18,727
Allen CountyOhio15 mi100,881
Adams CountyIndiana13 mi36,650
Putnam CountyOhio12 mi34,380
Allen CountyIndiana4.6 mi402,329
Auglaize CountyOhio3.1 mi45,909

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.