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Meigs County, Ohio

A county in Ohio, ranked 81 of 88 by population.

CountyFIPS 39105

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

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Population
21,587
-581 (-2.6%) since 2020
Land area
430.1
square miles. A further 0.7% of the total area is water
Population density
50.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Pomeroy
Seat of county government.
Established
1819
206 years ago
Largest city
Middleport village
Population 2,103.

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 Meigs 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 Meigs 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 610 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 Meigs 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
Population21,58781st of 881,745th of 3,144
Land area430.1 sq mi46th of 882,366th of 3,144
Population density50.2 per sq mi81st of 881,473rd of 3,144
Median household income$46,87388th of 882,900th of 3,143

Full data for Meigs County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population21,587Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202022,168Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?22,214Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area430.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area433 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?50.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$46,873American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$119,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households9,102American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units10,675American 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
-120
199 births, 319 deaths
Net migration
+148
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 Meigs 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 CountyWest Virginia29 mi27,450
Athens CountyOhio28 mi63,197
Mason CountyWest Virginia23 mi24,707
Gallia CountyOhio16 mi29,072
Vinton CountyOhio14 mi12,645
Wood CountyWest Virginia6.5 mi82,385

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.