Dayton, Ohio

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The 2000 Census showed that Dayton had a population of 166,179 people^<1>. This represents 1.46% of the total population of Ohio, making it the state's 6th 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
3	Cincinnati	S	45 mi [72.4 km]	333,336	0.62% increase
4	Toledo	N	135 mi [217.3 km]	293,201	6.51% decrease
5	Akron	NE	167 mi [268.8 km]	207,510	4.41% decrease
-6-	Dayton			154,200	7.21% decrease
7	Parma	NE	171 mi [275.2 km]	77,947	9% decrease
8	Youngstown	NE	208 mi [334.7 km]	72,925	11.1% decrease
9	Canton	NE	165 mi [265.5 km]	78,362	3.02% decrease

Dayton had 77,321 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Dayton has an area^<4> of 55.8 square miles [144.5 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Dayton had a 2000 population density of 2,979 people per square mile [1,150 people/km²], making it the state's 86th most densely populated area.

Montgomery County

The city of Dayton is located in Montgomery County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 558,516 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 166,179 people, Dayton contained 29.75% of the Montgomery County total.

In addition, where the community of Dayton has a population density of 2,979 people per square mile [1,150 people/km²], Montgomery County averages 1,209 people per square mile [467.1 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Dayton and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Dayton. 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 Dayton. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Dayton, it also contains a comparison between Dayton and the state of Ohio.

Click here for the Dayton QuickFact (QF-3921000).

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

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Kettering	QF-3940040	SE	5 mi [8.05 km]	53,708	6.6% decrease
	Beavercreek	QF-3904720	E	7 mi [11.27 km]	39,909	5.07% increase
	Huber Heights	QF-3936610	NE	8 mi [12.87 km]	37,148	2.78% decrease
	Fairborn	QF-3925914	E	9 mi [14.48 km]	32,366	0.98% increase
	Middletown	QF-3949840	SW	20 mi [32.19 km]	51,422	0.35% decrease
	Springfield	QF-3974118	NE	23 mi [37.01 km]	62,269	4.73% decrease

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

A Census Quickfact is available for Montgomery County (QF-39113).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Montgomery County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Butler	QF-39017	SW	360,765	8.12% increase
	Clark	QF-39023	NE	139,859	3.32% decrease
	Darke	QF-39037	NW	52,027	2.37% decrease
	Greene	QF-39057	E	159,190	7.41% increase
	Miami	QF-39109	N	101,085	2.13% increase
	Preble	QF-39135	W	41,643	1.69% decrease
	Warren	QF-39165	S	207,353	29.04% increase

Miscellaneous Information

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

Dayton 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 Dayton.

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) Dayton. 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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