2022 population: 161,745 ( 326 from 2010 , 45 from 2020)
Land area: 487.4 square miles
Population density: 331.9 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	142,111	87.86%	3.7%
Black:	8,335	5.15%	26.1%
Indian:	303	0.19%	10.6%
Asian:	3,719	2.30%	60.6%
2+ races:	3,633	2.25%	46.9%
Hispanic:	3,644	2.25%	75.8%

Total non-White:	19,634	12.14%	41.3%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	2,978	9.2
Deaths:	4,142	12.8
Net Migration:	679	2.1
Net Immigration:	380	1.2

Change in White population:	-5,416	-3.4
Change in Non-White pop.:	5,742	3.6

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
161,419
147,527	91.39%
6,611	4.10%
274	0.17%
2,316	1.43%
2,473	1.53%
2,073	1.28%
13,892	8.61%

2000
152,061
142,825	93.93%
4,812	3.16%
260	0.17%
1,252	0.82%
1,692	1.11%
1,093	0.72%
9,236	6.07%

1990
142,585
136,350	95.63%
3,784	2.65%
300	0.21%
1,209	0.85%
n/a
942	0.66%
6,235	4.37%

1980
135,856
130,709	96.21%
3,450	2.54%
85	0.06%
894	0.66%
n/a
610	0.45%
5,147	3.79%

1970
125,868
122,332	97.19%
2,668	2.12%
57	0.05%
251	0.20%
n/a
466	0.37%
3,536	2.81%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
15,359	10.1
10,910	7.2
1,010	0.7
989	0.7

4,702	3.1
4,656	3.1

Number	Rate
1990's
18,470	13.0
10,127	7.1
1,735	1.2
538	0.4

6,475	4.5
3,001	2.1

Number	Rate
1980's
19,265	14.2
8,816	6.5
-3,448	-2.5
n/a

5,641	4.2
1,088	0.8

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-3,143	-2.5
n/a

8,377	6.7
1,611	1.3

Age, Family & Household Data for Portage County, OH

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
39.1
29,538	18.3%
132,207	81.7%
27,897	17.2%

63,588
2.42

39,685	62.4%
30,295	76.3%
3,288	8.3%
23,903	37.6%

2010
Number	Percent
37.4
33,678	20.9%
127,741	79.1%
20,819	12.9%

62,222
2.47

40,757	65.5%
31,165	76.5%
3,867	9.5%
21,465	34.5%

2000
Number	Percent
34.4
36,009	23.7%
116,052	76.3%
16,705	11.0%

56,415
2.56

39,413	69.9%
31,615	80.2%
3,402	8.6%
17,002	30.1%

1990
Number	Percent
30.0
35,168	24.7%
107,417	75.3%
13,330	9.3%

49,359
2.71

36,044	73.0%
29,995	83.2%
2,791	7.7%
13,315	27.0%

1980
Number	Percent
26.5
39,326	28.9%
96,530	71.1%
9,667	7.1%

44,321
2.92

34,109	77.0%
29,681	87.0%
2,102	6.2%
10,212	23.0%

2022 Housing Data for Portage County, OH

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	3,250	5.1%
$10,000 to $14,999	2,540	4.0%
$15,000 to $19,999	1,954	3.1%
$20,000 to $24,999	3,070	4.8%
$25,000 to $29,999	2,852	4.5%
$30,000 to $34,999	2,608	4.1%
$35,000 to $39,999	2,208	3.5%
$40,000 to $44,999	2,356	3.7%
$45,000 to $49,999	2,213	3.5%
$50,000 to $59,999	4,607	7.2%
$60,000 to $74,999	5,995	9.4%
$75,000 to $99,999	8,312	13.1%
$100,000 to $124,999	6,415	10.1%
$125,000 to $149,999	4,815	7.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	5,220	8.2%
$200,000 or more	5,173	8.1%

Median Household Income	69,796
Per Capita Income	37,771

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	103
Compared to U.S.	90

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	2,428	3.8%
Public Assistance	1,334	2.1%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	7,127	11.2%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	77,031	73.0%
Unemployed	4,610	4.4%
In Armed Forces	83	0.1%

Total Labor Force	81,724	77.4%
Not in Labor Force	23,846	22.6%

Real Unemployment Rate		27.0%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	32,757	28,694	53.3%
Non-Profit	1,669	3,378	33.1%
Self-Employed	4,506	2,283	66.4%

Local Government	2,710	3,912	40.9%
State Government	1,169	1,511	43.6%
Federal Government	325	378	46.2%

Total Private + Self	37,263	30,977	54.6%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	5,873	9,179	39.0%
Total	43,136	40,156	51.8%

Pct. Govt.	12.0%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	11,904	14.3%
Sales and Office Occupations	16,123	19.3%
Professional, Technical	18,388	22.0%
Service Occupations	15,268	18.3%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	146	0.2%
All others	21,769	26.1%

White Collar		55.6%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	13,131	15.7%
Health care and social assistance	10,591	12.7%
Retail trade	10,004	12.0%
Educational services	9,536	11.4%
Accommodation and food services	6,936	8.3%
Construction	5,805	7.0%
Professional, scientific, technical	4,574	5.5%
Other services	3,743	4.5%
Transportation and warehousing	3,429	4.1%
Finance and insurance	3,248	3.9%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	3,026	3.6%
Public administration	2,359	2.8%
Wholesale trade	1,870	2.2%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	1,218	1.5%
Information	1,028	1.2%
Real estate and rental and leasing	953	1.1%
Utilities	804	1.0%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	751	0.9%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	378	0.5%
Management	68	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	1,787	1.11%
Puerto Rican	666	0.41%
Cuban	208	0.13%
Dominican	61	0.04%

Total Central American	214	0.13%
Costa Rican	8	0.00%
Guatemalan	30	0.02%
Honduran	114	0.07%
Nicaraguan	49	0.03%
Panamanian	13	0.01%
Salvadoran	0	0.00%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	97	0.06%
Argentinean	16	0.01%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	81	0.05%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	0	0.00%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	294	0.18%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	841	0.52%
Chinese	549	0.34%
Filipino	393	0.24%
Taiwanese	290	0.18%
Vietnamese	212	0.13%
Japanese	149	0.09%
Korean	146	0.09%
Bhutanese	86	0.05%
Cambodian	38	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	147,785	95.9%
Other Indo-European	1,292	0.8%
Spanish	1,177	0.8%
German, other Germanic	915	0.6%
Arabic	874	0.6%
Chinese	685	0.4%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	348	0.2%
Other	330	0.2%
Other Asian	328	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	42,057	26.1%
Irish	23,026	14.3%
English	17,969	11.1%
Italian	15,139	9.4%
American	12,569	7.8%
Polish	8,333	5.2%
Hungarian	4,592	2.8%
Dutch	3,261	2.0%
French	3,016	1.9%
Scottish	2,899	1.8%
European	2,673	1.7%
Slovak	2,297	1.4%
Czech	2,106	1.3%
Welsh	1,726	1.1%
Scotch-Irish	1,335	0.8%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	158,541	98.3%
Not a citizen	2,676	1.7%

Native	156,200	96.9%
Foreign-born	5,017	3.1%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
1,997	1.9%	5,581	5.3%	38,280	36.0%	26,677	25.1%	19,883	18.7%	13,839	13.0%
Average years of education: 13.7

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	1,997	1.9%
9-12 Years	5,581	5.3%
H.S. Grad or GED	38,280	36.0%
Some College	26,677	25.1%
Bach. Degree	19,883	18.7%
Grad Degree	13,839	13.0%
Average years of education: 13.7

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	75,604	71,568	4,036	5.3%	5.8%
1991	76,178	71,666	4,512	5.9%	6.5%
1992	78,447	72,854	5,593	7.1%	7.4%
1993	78,773	74,038	4,735	6.0%	6.7%
1994	80,292	76,001	4,291	5.3%	5.7%
1995	81,182	77,625	3,557	4.4%	4.9%
1996	82,906	78,987	3,919	4.7%	5.0%
1997	82,610	79,037	3,573	4.3%	4.6%
1998	82,008	78,553	3,455	4.2%	4.3%
1999	83,022	79,407	3,615	4.4%	4.3%

2000	84,524	80,970	3,554	4.2%	4.1%
2001	84,845	81,147	3,698	4.4%	4.4%
2002	84,867	80,086	4,781	5.6%	5.8%
2003	86,582	81,399	5,183	6.0%	6.2%
2004	87,428	82,146	5,282	6.0%	6.3%
2005	89,192	84,045	5,147	5.8%	5.9%
2006	90,760	86,095	4,665	5.1%	5.4%
2007	92,879	87,918	4,961	5.3%	5.6%
2008	93,712	87,763	5,949	6.3%	6.6%
2009	92,038	82,700	9,338	10.1%	10.2%

2010	90,869	81,455	9,414	10.4%	10.3%
2011	89,145	81,246	7,899	8.9%	8.8%
2012	88,000	81,596	6,404	7.3%	7.4%
2013	87,651	80,915	6,736	7.7%	7.5%
2014	87,056	81,956	5,100	5.9%	5.8%
2015	87,111	82,825	4,286	4.9%	5.0%
2016	87,472	83,048	4,424	5.1%	5.0%
2017	87,775	83,363	4,412	5.0%	5.0%
2018	87,176	83,205	3,971	4.6%	4.5%
2019	87,755	84,014	3,741	4.3%	4.2%

2020	85,783	79,554	6,229	7.3%	8.1%
2021	84,702	80,677	4,025	4.8%	5.1%
2022	84,528	81,276	3,252	3.8%	4.0%
2023	86,020	83,050	2,970	3.5%	3.5%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	70,692
Median Value	$197,100

Occupied	63,588	90.0%
Vacant	7,104	10.0%

Owned	44,931	70.7%
Rented	18,657	29.3%
Median Rent	$990

Single-Family Units	50,510	71.5%
Detached	46,027	65.1%
Attached	4,483	6.3%
Buldings with 5+ Units	10,673	15.1%
Mobile Homes	4,524	6.4%

Portage County, OH

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Portage County, OH

2022 Housing Data for Portage County, OH

2022 Income & Employment Data for Portage County, OH

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Portage County, OH

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Portage County, OH

Historical Labor Force Data for Portage County, OH