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Pickaway County, Ohio

A county in Ohio, ranked 42 of 88 by population.

CountyFIPS 39129

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

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Population
62,978
+4,319 (+7.4%) since 2020
Land area
501.3
square miles. A further 1.0% of the total area is water
Population density
126
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Circleville
Seat of county government.
Established
1810
215 years ago
Largest city
Circleville city
Population 14,634.

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 Pickaway 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 Pickaway 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 683 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 Pickaway 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
Population62,97842nd of 88867th of 3,144
Land area501.3 sq mi25th of 882,075th of 3,144
Population density126 per sq mi39th of 88771st of 3,144
Median household income$74,04025th of 88906th of 3,143

Full data for Pickaway County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population62,978Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202058,659Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?58,544Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area501.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area5.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area506.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?126 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$74,040American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$256,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households21,899American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units22,981American 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
-11
625 births, 636 deaths
Net migration
+790
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 Pickaway 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
Ross CountyOhio32 mi76,429
Franklin CountyOhio22 mi1,361,536
Fairfield CountyOhio22 mi169,752
Fayette CountyOhio12 mi28,552
Madison CountyOhio8.1 mi46,985
Hocking CountyOhio6.0 mi27,512

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.