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Wayne County, Ohio

A county in Ohio, ranked 24 of 88 by population.

CountyFIPS 39169

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

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Population
116,758
-141 (-0.1%) since 2020
Land area
555
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
210
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Wooster
Seat of county government.
Established
1808
217 years ago
Largest city
Wooster city
Population 27,115.

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 Wayne 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 Wayne 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 722 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 Wayne 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
Population116,75824th of 88551st of 3,144
Land area555 sq mi14th of 881,872nd of 3,144
Population density210 per sq mi28th of 88546th of 3,144
Median household income$73,57428th of 88944th of 3,143

Full data for Wayne County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population116,758Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020116,899Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?116,866Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area555 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area557 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?210 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$73,574American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$222,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age38.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households44,365American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units46,954American 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
+103
1,387 births, 1,284 deaths
Net migration
+74
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 Wayne 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
Holmes CountyOhio25 mi44,970
Medina CountyOhio23 mi185,025
Ashland CountyOhio22 mi52,523
Stark CountyOhio17 mi373,771
Summit CountyOhio7.3 mi538,376

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.