The 2020 U.S. Census data that was released today (Aug. 12) shows Wood County grew by 5.4 percent since the 2010 national headcount, bringing its population to 132,248.
That outpaces Ohio’s modest 2.3 percent growth, bringing its population to 11,799, 448, an increase of 262,944 people. Wood County also experienced the most robust growth in Northwest Ohio.
Wood County was one of only 33 counties among the state’s 88 that did not see a decline in population. Delaware County experienced the greatest growth, 24 percent. Harrison County in the eastern part of the state saw the greatest decline, minus-8.7 percent.
The population of the United States grew 7.4 percent to 331,449,281, an increase of 22,703,743.
According to the census, that population is older and more diverse. The number of those age 18 and younger declined. And for the first time, those identifying as white has dropped below 60 percent of the population, to 57.8 percent.
