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Wood County, Ohio

A county in Ohio, ranked 22 of 88 by population.

CountyFIPS 39173

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

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Population
134,176
+1,930 (+1.5%) since 2020
Land area
617.2
square miles. A further 0.5% of the total area is water
Population density
217
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Bowling Green
Seat of county government.
Established
1820
205 years ago
Largest city
Bowling Green city
Population 31,182.

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 Wood 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 Wood 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 640 by 800 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 Wood 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
Population134,17622nd of 88494th of 3,144
Land area617.2 sq mi7th of 881,566th of 3,144
Population density217 per sq mi27th of 88542nd of 3,144
Median household income$74,21624th of 88892nd of 3,143

Full data for Wood County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population134,176Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020132,246Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?132,243Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area617.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area620.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?217 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$74,216American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$227,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age36.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households54,257American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units57,649American 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
+47
1,268 births, 1,221 deaths
Net migration
+1,057
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 Wood 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
Lucas CountyOhio32 mi423,347
Hancock CountyOhio24 mi75,034
Henry CountyOhio17 mi27,598
Sandusky CountyOhio17 mi58,655
Ottawa CountyOhio8.2 mi39,481
Seneca CountyOhio6.0 mi54,522
Putnam CountyOhioa single point34,380

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.