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Portage County, Ohio

A county in Ohio, ranked 20 of 88 by population.

CountyFIPS 39133

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

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Population
163,404
+1,551 (+1.0%) since 2020
Land area
487.5
square miles. A further 3.3% of the total area is water
Population density
335
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Ravenna
Seat of county government.
Established
1807
218 years ago
Largest city
Kent city
Population 27,737.

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 Portage 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 Portage 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 669 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 Portage 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
Population163,40420th of 88430th of 3,144
Land area487.5 sq mi30th of 882,131st of 3,144
Population density335 per sq mi19th of 88396th of 3,144
Median household income$75,76620th of 88792nd of 3,143

Full data for Portage County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population163,404Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020161,853Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?161,800Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area487.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area16.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area504.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?335 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$75,766American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$227,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households65,249American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units71,325American 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
-412
1,318 births, 1,730 deaths
Net migration
+595
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 Portage 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
Summit CountyOhio25 mi538,376
Geauga CountyOhio20 mi95,676
Stark CountyOhio16 mi373,771
Trumbull CountyOhio15 mi198,972
Mahoning CountyOhio15 mi224,706
Cuyahoga CountyOhioa single point1,232,925

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.