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Vinton County, Ohio

The least populous of Ohio's 88 counties.

CountyFIPS 39163

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

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Population
12,645
-158 (-1.2%) since 2020
Land area
412.4
square miles. A further 0.6% of the total area is water
Population density
30.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
McArthur
Seat of county government.
Established
1850
175 years ago
Largest city
McArthur village
Population 1,764.

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 Vinton 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 Vinton 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 761 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 Vinton 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
Population12,64588th of 882,241st of 3,144
Land area412.4 sq mi60th of 882,453rd of 3,144
Population density30.7 per sq mi87th of 881,904th of 3,144
Median household income$55,33683rd of 882,451st of 3,143

Full data for Vinton County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population12,645Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202012,803Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?12,804Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area412.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area415 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?30.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$55,336American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$150,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households5,328American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units5,935American 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
-21
159 births, 180 deaths
Net migration
+111
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 6 areas bordering Vinton 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
Jackson CountyOhio29 mi32,817
Hocking CountyOhio27 mi27,512
Athens CountyOhio14 mi63,197
Meigs CountyOhio14 mi21,587
Ross CountyOhio11 mi76,429
Gallia CountyOhio6.1 mi29,072

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.