Geography of Ohio - Major Cities

Major Cities

See also: List of cities in Ohio
Rank City 2010 Population 2010 Metro Population
1 Columbus 787,033 1,836,540
2 Cleveland 396,815 2,077,240
3 Cincinnati 296,943 2,130,151
4 Toledo 287,208 651,429
5 Akron 199,110 703,200
6 Dayton 141,527 841,502
7 Parma 81,601 1
8 Canton 73,007 404,422
9 Youngstown 66,982 565,773
10 Lorain 64,097 1
11 Hamilton 62,477 2
12 Springfield 60,608 133,333
13 Kettering 56,163 4
14 Elyria 54,533 1
15 Lakewood 52,131 1
16 Cuyahoga Falls 49,652 5
17 Euclid 48,920 1
18 Middletown 48,694 2
19 Mansfield 47,821 124,475
20 Newark 47,573 3
1Cleveland Metro, 2Cincinnati Metro, 3Columbus Metro, 4Dayton Metro, 5Akron Metro

Columbus (home of The Ohio State University, Franklin University, Capital University, and Ohio Dominican University) is the capital of Ohio, near the geographic center of the state.

Other Ohio cities functioning as centers of United States metropolitan areas include:

  • Akron (home of University of Akron and Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company)
  • Canton (home of Pro Football Hall of Fame, Malone University, and The Timken Company)
  • Cincinnati (home of University of Cincinnati, Xavier University, Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Procter & Gamble, Kroger, Macy's Inc., Chiquita Brands International, and Fifth Third Bank)
  • Cleveland (home of Cleveland State University, Playhouse Square Center, The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Orchestra, Case Western Reserve University, The Cleveland Clinic, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Forest City Enterprises, and University Hospitals)
  • Dayton (home of University of Dayton, Dayton Ballet, Wright State University, Premier Health Partners, and National Museum of the United States Air Force)
  • Lima (home of University of Northwestern Ohio)
  • Mansfield (home of North Central State College and Mansfield Motorsports Park)
  • Sandusky (home of Cedar Point, and Kalahari Resort and Convention Center)
  • Springfield (home of Wittenberg University)
  • Steubenville (home of Franciscan University of Steubenville)
  • Toledo (home of The University of Toledo, The Toledo Museum of Art, Owens Corning, and Owens-Illinois)
  • Youngstown (home of Youngstown State University and Butler Institute of American Art).

Note: The Cincinnati metropolitan area extends into Kentucky and Indiana, the Steubenville metropolitan area extends into West Virginia, and the Youngstown metropolitan area extends into Pennsylvania.

Ohio cities that function as centers of United States micropolitan areas include:

  • Ashland (home of Ashland University)
  • Ashtabula
  • Athens (home of Ohio University)
  • Bellefontaine
  • Bucyrus
  • Cambridge
  • Celina
  • Chillicothe (home of Ohio University-Chillicothe)
  • Coshocton
  • Defiance (home of Defiance College)
  • East Liverpool-Salem
  • Findlay (home of The University of Findlay)
  • Fremont
  • Greenville
  • Marion (home of Marion Popcorn Festival)
  • Mount Vernon (home of Mount Vernon Nazarene University)
  • New Philadelphia-Dover
  • Norwalk (home of the NHRA venue Summit Motorsports Park, headquarters of the International Hot Rod Association, and pioneer automobile company Fisher Body)
  • Oxford (home of Miami University)
  • Portsmouth (home of Shawnee State University)
  • Sidney
  • Tiffin (home of Heidelberg College and Tiffin University)
  • Urbana (home of Urbana University)
  • Van Wert
  • Wapakoneta (birthplace of Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong)
  • Washington Court House
  • Wilmington (home of Wilmington College)
  • Wooster (home of The College of Wooster)
  • Zanesville (home of Zane State College).

Read more about this topic:  Geography Of Ohio

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