Cincinnati, Ohio

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The 2000 Census showed that Cincinnati had a population of 331,285 people^<1>. This represents 2.92% of the total population of Ohio, making it the state's 3rd most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
1	Columbus	NE	99 mi [159.3 km]	754,885	6.1% increase
2	Cleveland	NE	220 mi [354.1 km]	433,748	9.33% decrease
-3-	Cincinnati			333,336	0.62% increase
4	Toledo	N	180 mi [289.7 km]	293,201	6.51% decrease
5	Akron	NE	206 mi [331.5 km]	207,510	4.41% decrease
6	Dayton	N	45 mi [72.4 km]	154,200	7.21% decrease
7	Parma	NE	213 mi [342.8 km]	77,947	9% decrease

Cincinnati had 166,012 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Cincinnati has a total area of 79.6 square miles [206.1 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 78 square miles [201.9 km²]1.6 square miles [4.14 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Cincinnati had a 2000 population density of 4,249 people per square mile [1,640 people/km²], making it the state's 29th most densely populated area.

Hamilton County

The city of Cincinnati is located in Hamilton County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 844,290 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 331,285 people, Cincinnati contained 39.24% of the Hamilton County total.

In addition, where the community of Cincinnati has a population density of 4,249 people per square mile [1,640 people/km²], Hamilton County averages 2,072 people per square mile [800 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Hamilton County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Cincinnati and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Cincinnati. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Cincinnati. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Cincinnati, it also contains a comparison between Cincinnati and the state of Ohio.

Click here for the Cincinnati QuickFact (QF-3915000).

The following communities are nearby Cincinnati and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Delhi	QF-3921490	SW	6 mi [9.66 km]
	Covington (KY)	QF-2117848	S	7 mi [11.27 km]	43,235	0.31% decrease
	Fairfield	QF-3925970	N	13 mi [20.92 km]	42,384	0.68% increase
	Hamilton	QF-3933012	N	17 mi [27.36 km]	62,477	2.94% increase
	Middletown	QF-3949840	N	25 mi [40.23 km]	51,422	0.35% decrease

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Cincinnati.

A Census Quickfact is available for Hamilton County (QF-39061).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Hamilton County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Butler	QF-39017	N	360,765	8.12% increase
	Warren	QF-39165	NE	207,353	29.04% increase
	Clermont	QF-39025	SE	195,385	9.38% increase
	Boone (KY)	QF-21015	SW	115,231	32.45% increase
	Kenton (KY)	QF-21117	S	157,629	3.92% increase
	Campbell (KY)	QF-21037	S	87,038	1.83% decrease
	Dearborn (IN)	QF-18029	W	49,985	7.85% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Cincinnati:

Cincinnati is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and in Division #3 (the East North-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Cincinnati.

The Commemorative Quarter for Ohio<6>

Search for Local Businesses

People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Cincinnati. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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