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Hocking County, Ohio

A county in Ohio, ranked 78 of 88 by population.

CountyFIPS 39073

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

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Population
27,512
-528 (-1.9%) since 2020
Land area
421.3
square miles. A further 0.5% of the total area is water
Population density
65.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Logan
Seat of county government.
Established
1818
207 years ago
Largest city
Logan city
Population 7,164.

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 Hocking 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 Hocking 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 557 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 Hocking 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
Population27,51278th of 881,529th of 3,144
Land area421.3 sq mi52nd of 882,404th of 3,144
Population density65.3 per sq mi76th of 881,240th of 3,144
Median household income$62,96058th of 881,801st of 3,143

Full data for Hocking County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population27,512Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202028,040Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?28,050Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area421.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area423.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?65.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$62,960American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$186,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households11,568American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units13,013American 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
-78
267 births, 345 deaths
Net migration
+131
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 Hocking 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
Vinton CountyOhio27 mi12,645
Fairfield CountyOhio27 mi169,752
Athens CountyOhio18 mi63,197
Perry CountyOhio18 mi35,918
Ross CountyOhio6.9 mi76,429
Pickaway CountyOhio6.0 mi62,978

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.