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Fayette County, Ohio

A county in Ohio, ranked 75 of 88 by population.

CountyFIPS 39047

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

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Population
28,552
-417 (-1.4%) since 2020
Land area
406.4
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
70.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Washington Court House
Seat of county government.
Established
1810
215 years ago
Largest city
Washington Court House city
Population 14,375.

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 Fayette 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 Fayette 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 764 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 Fayette 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
Population28,55275th of 881,491st of 3,144
Land area406.4 sq mi71st of 882,494th of 3,144
Population density70.3 per sq mi72nd of 881,180th of 3,144
Median household income$63,27556th of 881,770th of 3,143

Full data for Fayette County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population28,552Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202028,969Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?28,942Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area406.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.65 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area407 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?70.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$63,275American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$170,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households11,582American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units12,725American 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
-111
302 births, 413 deaths
Net migration
-46
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Fayette 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
Madison CountyOhio21 mi46,985
Clinton CountyOhio16 mi42,301
Pickaway CountyOhio12 mi62,978
Highland CountyOhio12 mi43,823
Greene CountyOhio12 mi174,322
Ross CountyOhio11 mi76,429

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.