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Columbus (/ k ə ˈ l ʌ m b ə s /, kə-LUM-bəs) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Ohio.With a 2020 census population of 905,748, [10] it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest (after Chicago), and the third-most populous U.S. state capital (after Phoenix, Arizona and Austin, Texas).
Pickaway County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,539. [2] Its county seat is Circleville. [3] Its name derives from the Pekowi band of Shawnee Indians, who inhabited the area. (See List of Ohio county name etymologies.) Pickaway County is part of the Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area.
At the 2020 census, the MSA had a population of 2,138,926, making it 32nd-most populous in the United States and the second largest in Ohio, behind the Cincinnati metropolitan area. [4] The metro area, also known as Central Ohio or Greater Columbus, is one of the largest and fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the Midwestern United States. [5]
Columbus grew once again in 2023, according to U.S. Census data, marking another year of growth for one of the nation's largest cities. According to U.S. Census data, the population of Columbus ...
An 1899 chromolithograph from the Werner Company of Akron, Ohio titled Custer Massacre at Big Horn, Montana – 25 June 1876. While epidemic disease was a leading factor of the population decline of the American Indigenous peoples after 1492, there were other contributing factors, all of them related to European contact and colonization.
The population density was 85.8 inhabitants per square mile (33.1/km 2). There were 14,155 housing units at an average density of 34.9 units per square mile (13.5 units/km 2). [14] The racial makeup of the county was 97.7% white, 0.3% Asian, 0.1% American Indian, 0.2% from other races, and 1.3% from two or more races.
The population density was 121.1 inhabitants per square mile (46.8/km 2). There were 19,429 housing units at an average density of 45.0 per square mile (17.4/km 2). [50] The racial makeup of the county was 92.9% white, 2.7% Asian, 2.4% black or African American, 0.2% American Indian, 0.3% from other races, and 1.4% from two or more races.
The population peaked at 50,000 about 40 years ago, has fallen to 41,529 and may fall to 32,000, based on Ohio's projections. Many other rural Ohio counties share a similar story and the good-old ...