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Summit County, Ohio

A county in Ohio, ranked 5 of 88 by population.

CountyFIPS 39153

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

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Population
538,376
-1,457 (-0.3%) since 2020
Land area
412.7
square miles. A further 1.7% of the total area is water
Population density
1,305
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Akron
Seat of county government.
Established
1840
185 years ago
Largest city
Akron city
Population 189,691.

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 Summit 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 Summit 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 445 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 Summit 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
Population538,3765th of 88139th of 3,144
Land area412.7 sq mi59th of 882,450th of 3,144
Population density1,305 per sq mi4th of 88123rd of 3,144
Median household income$71,62235th of 881,076th of 3,143

Full data for Summit County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population538,376Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020539,833Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?540,429Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area412.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area7.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area420 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?1,305 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$71,622American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$208,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households231,267American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units247,924American 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
-889
5,279 births, 6,168 deaths
Net migration
+2,295
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 Summit 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
Portage CountyOhio25 mi163,404
Cuyahoga CountyOhio25 mi1,232,925
Medina CountyOhio20 mi185,025
Stark CountyOhio19 mi373,771
Wayne CountyOhio7.3 mi116,758
Geauga CountyOhioa single point95,676

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.