2022 population: 116,559 ( 2,039 from 2010 , 330 from 2020)
Land area: 554.8 square miles
Population density: 210.1 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	108,722	93.28%	0.3%
Black:	1,839	1.58%	8.9%
Indian:	181	0.16%	19.1%
Asian:	1,306	1.12%	47.4%
2+ races:	1,881	1.61%	30.9%
Hispanic:	2,630	2.26%	46.1%

Total non-White:	7,837	6.72%	29.1%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	3,142	13.4
Deaths:	3,296	14.1
Net Migration:	-364	-1.6
Net Immigration:	188	0.8

Change in White population:	272	0.2
Change in Non-White pop.:	1,767	1.5

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
114,520
108,450	94.70%
1,689	1.47%
152	0.13%
886	0.77%
1,437	1.25%
1,800	1.57%
6,070	5.30%

2000
111,564
107,151	96.04%
1,723	1.54%
164	0.15%
745	0.67%
866	0.78%
837	0.75%
4,413	3.96%

1990
101,461
98,661	97.24%
1,687	1.66%
143	0.14%
492	0.48%
n/a
478	0.47%
2,800	2.76%

1980
97,408
95,310	97.85%
1,191	1.22%
0	0.00%
382	0.39%
n/a
497	0.51%
2,098	2.15%

1970
87,123
85,226	97.82%
1,367	1.57%
48	0.06%
72	0.08%
n/a
373	0.43%
1,897	2.18%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
14,936	13.4
8,951	8.0
-3,465	-3.1
896	0.8

1,299	1.2
1,657	1.5

Number	Rate
1990's
16,033	15.8
8,929	8.8
2,804	2.8
338	0.3

8,490	8.4
1,613	1.6

Number	Rate
1980's
16,277	16.7
7,596	7.8
-4,460	-4.6
n/a

3,351	3.4
702	0.7

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
473	0.5
n/a

10,084	11.6
201	0.2

Age, Family & Household Data for Wayne 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
38.8
27,976	24.0%
88,583	76.0%
21,271	18.2%

44,206
2.54

30,002	67.9%
24,603	82.0%
1,701	5.7%
14,204	32.1%

2010
Number	Percent
38.3
29,145	25.4%
85,375	74.6%
16,687	14.6%

42,638
2.61

30,070	70.5%
24,329	80.9%
2,237	7.4%
12,568	29.5%

2000
Number	Percent
35.4
30,626	27.5%
80,938	72.5%
13,634	12.2%

40,486
2.67

29,742	73.5%
25,087	84.3%
1,982	6.7%
10,744	26.5%

1990
Number	Percent
32.0
28,848	28.4%
72,613	71.6%
11,752	11.6%

35,646
2.76

27,082	76.0%
23,320	86.1%
1,828	6.7%
8,564	24.0%

1980
Number	Percent
28.4
29,507	30.3%
67,901	69.7%
9,301	9.5%

32,181
2.92

25,525	79.3%
22,702	88.9%
1,309	5.1%
6,656	20.7%

2022 Housing Data for Wayne County, OH

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	1,268	2.9%
$10,000 to $14,999	1,670	3.8%
$15,000 to $19,999	1,652	3.7%
$20,000 to $24,999	1,517	3.4%
$25,000 to $29,999	1,930	4.4%
$30,000 to $34,999	1,788	4.0%
$35,000 to $39,999	1,839	4.2%
$40,000 to $44,999	1,577	3.6%
$45,000 to $49,999	1,856	4.2%
$50,000 to $59,999	3,848	8.7%
$60,000 to $74,999	4,729	10.7%
$75,000 to $99,999	7,193	16.3%
$100,000 to $124,999	5,133	11.6%
$125,000 to $149,999	3,082	7.0%
$150,000 to $199,999	2,716	6.1%
$200,000 or more	2,408	5.4%

Median Household Income	70,320
Per Capita Income	32,908

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	95
Compared to U.S.	84

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	2,016	4.6%
Public Assistance	723	1.6%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	3,905	8.8%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	49,957	72.5%
Unemployed	1,838	2.7%
In Armed Forces	8	0.0%

Total Labor Force	51,803	75.2%
Not in Labor Force	17,108	24.8%

Real Unemployment Rate		27.5%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	22,782	16,042	58.7%
Non-Profit	1,451	3,199	31.2%
Self-Employed	3,810	1,400	73.1%

Local Government	1,815	2,423	42.8%
State Government	627	984	38.9%
Federal Government	211	199	51.5%

Total Private + Self	26,592	17,442	60.4%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	4,104	6,805	37.6%
Total	30,696	24,247	55.9%

Pct. Govt.	11.4%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	6,806	12.4%
Sales and Office Occupations	10,621	19.3%
Professional, Technical	10,799	19.6%
Service Occupations	8,138	14.8%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	759	1.4%
All others	18,734	34.0%

White Collar		51.2%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	13,103	23.8%
Health care and social assistance	6,971	12.7%
Retail trade	6,275	11.4%
Educational services	5,322	9.7%
Construction	4,498	8.2%
Accommodation and food services	2,986	5.4%
Other services	2,331	4.2%
Transportation and warehousing	2,090	3.8%
Professional, scientific, technical	2,060	3.7%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	1,733	3.1%
Finance and insurance	1,723	3.1%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	1,484	2.7%
Wholesale trade	1,348	2.4%
Public administration	1,253	2.3%
Real estate and rental and leasing	475	0.9%
Information	441	0.8%
Utilities	379	0.7%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	367	0.7%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	167	0.3%
Management	92	0.2%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	1,222	1.05%
Puerto Rican	557	0.48%
Cuban	103	0.09%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	254	0.22%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	162	0.14%
Honduran	38	0.03%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	42	0.04%
Salvadoran	12	0.01%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	237	0.20%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	151	0.13%
Ecuadorian	42	0.04%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	8	0.01%
Uruguayan	36	0.03%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	134	0.11%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Chinese	209	0.18%
Indian	141	0.12%
Cambodian	139	0.12%
Filipino	123	0.11%
Laotian	89	0.08%
Korean	50	0.04%
Indonesian	24	0.02%
Vietnamese	21	0.02%
Mongolian	10	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	94,832	86.7%
German, other Germanic	10,984	10.0%
Spanish	1,642	1.5%
Other Indo-European	822	0.8%
Other Asian	372	0.3%
French, Haitian, Cajun	183	0.2%
Other	123	0.1%
Arabic	91	0.1%
Tagalog	74	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	31,624	27.1%
English	12,361	10.6%
Irish	11,369	9.7%
American	7,770	6.7%
Swiss	6,575	5.6%
Italian	5,086	4.4%
French	2,755	2.4%
Polish	2,504	2.1%
Pennsylvania German	2,458	2.1%
Scottish	2,287	2.0%
European	2,208	1.9%
Dutch	2,006	1.7%
Hungarian	1,678	1.4%
Scotch-Irish	1,086	0.9%
Welsh	750	0.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	115,017	98.6%
Not a citizen	1,663	1.4%

Native	113,964	97.7%
Foreign-born	2,716	2.3%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
6,291	8.2%	4,082	5.3%	29,973	39.1%	17,897	23.3%	11,090	14.5%	7,337	9.6%
Average years of education: 13.0

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	6,291	8.2%
9-12 Years	4,082	5.3%
H.S. Grad or GED	29,973	39.1%
Some College	17,897	23.3%
Bach. Degree	11,090	14.5%
Grad Degree	7,337	9.6%
Average years of education: 13.0

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	52,590	49,986	2,604	5.0%	5.8%
1991	52,063	49,028	3,035	5.8%	6.5%
1992	52,128	48,704	3,424	6.6%	7.4%
1993	53,633	50,979	2,654	4.9%	6.7%
1994	54,498	52,299	2,199	4.0%	5.7%
1995	56,806	54,700	2,106	3.7%	4.9%
1996	57,197	54,538	2,659	4.6%	5.0%
1997	57,594	55,000	2,594	4.5%	4.6%
1998	56,492	54,425	2,067	3.7%	4.3%
1999	57,217	54,996	2,221	3.9%	4.3%

2000	58,739	56,623	2,116	3.6%	4.1%
2001	59,681	57,312	2,369	4.0%	4.4%
2002	59,635	56,594	3,041	5.1%	5.8%
2003	59,999	56,849	3,150	5.3%	6.2%
2004	60,016	56,686	3,330	5.5%	6.3%
2005	60,929	57,829	3,100	5.1%	5.9%
2006	60,393	57,596	2,797	4.6%	5.4%
2007	60,649	57,710	2,939	4.8%	5.6%
2008	59,957	56,491	3,466	5.8%	6.6%
2009	57,946	52,125	5,821	10.0%	10.2%

2010	60,232	54,612	5,620	9.3%	10.3%
2011	59,028	54,508	4,520	7.7%	8.8%
2012	59,078	55,467	3,611	6.1%	7.4%
2013	59,284	55,600	3,684	6.2%	7.5%
2014	59,683	56,913	2,770	4.6%	5.8%
2015	60,189	57,793	2,396	4.0%	5.0%
2016	61,460	58,995	2,465	4.0%	5.0%
2017	61,884	59,473	2,411	3.9%	5.0%
2018	61,259	59,054	2,205	3.6%	4.5%
2019	62,425	60,382	2,043	3.3%	4.2%

2020	60,568	57,008	3,560	5.9%	8.1%
2021	60,037	57,848	2,189	3.6%	5.1%
2022	59,887	57,993	1,894	3.2%	4.0%
2023	60,740	59,030	1,710	2.8%	3.5%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	46,649
Median Value	$189,800

Occupied	44,206	94.8%
Vacant	2,443	5.2%

Owned	33,300	75.3%
Rented	10,906	24.7%
Median Rent	$824

Single-Family Units	36,767	78.8%
Detached	35,172	75.4%
Attached	1,595	3.4%
Buldings with 5+ Units	3,067	6.6%
Mobile Homes	3,161	6.8%

Wayne County, OH

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Wayne County, OH

2022 Housing Data for Wayne County, OH

2022 Income & Employment Data for Wayne County, OH

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Wayne County, OH

Historical Labor Force Data for Wayne County, OH