Population

Columbus Metropolitan Statisitical Area
Population and Growth

County and Area Population

County

1950

1960

1970

1980

1990

2000

2007(e)

Delaware

30,278

36,107

42,908

53,840

66,929

109,989

160,865

Fairfield

52,130

63,912

73,301

93,678

103,461

122,759

141,318

Franklin

503,410

682,962

833,249

869,109

961,437

1,068,978

1,118,107

Licking

70,645

90,242

107,799

120,981

128,300

145,491

156,985

Madison

22,300

26,454

28,318

33,004

37,068

40,213

41,499

Morrow

17,168

19,405

21,348

26,480

27,749

31,628

34,520

Pickaway

29,352

35,855

40,071

43,662

48,255

52,727

53,809

Union

20,687

22,853

23,786

29,536

31,969

40,909

47,234

Columbus MSA

745,970

977,790

1,170,780

1,270,290

1,405,168

1,612,694

1,754,337

State of Ohio

7,946,627

9,706,397

10,652,017

10,797,630

10,847,115

11,353,140

11,466,917

Annualized Growth Rates, Preceding Period

Delaware

1.24

1.78

1.74

2.3

2.2

5.09

5.38

Fairfield

0.73

2.06

1.38

2.48

1

1.72

1.96

Franklin

2.62

3.1

2.01

0.42

1.01

1.07

0.62

Licking

1.27

2.48

1.79

1.16

0.59

1.27

1.05

Madison

0.22

1.72

0.68

1.54

1.17

0.82

0.44

Morrow

0.93

1.23

0.96

2.18

0.47

1.32

1.21

Pickaway

0.51

2.02

1.12

0.86

1.01

0.89

0.28

Union

0.33

1

0.4

2.19

0.79

2.5

2

Columbus MSA

2.01

2.74

1.82

0.82

1.01

1.39

1.17

State of Ohio

1.41

2.02

0.93

0.14

0.05

0.46

0.14

Percentage of Total Population in Each County

Delaware

4.06

3.69

3.66

4.24

4.76

6.82

9.17

Fairfield

6.99

6.54

6.26

7.37

7.36

7.61

8.06

Franklin

67.48

69.85

71.17

68.42

68.42

66.29

63.73

Licking

9.47

9.23

9.21

9.52

9.13

9.02

8.95

Madison

2.99

2.71

2.42

2.6

2.64

2.49

2.37

Morrow

2.3

1.98

1.82

2.08

1.97

1.96

1.97

Pickaway

3.93

3.67

3.42

3.44

3.43

3.27

3.07

Union

2.77

2.34

2.03

2.33

2.28

2.54

2.69

Columbus MSA

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

Percentage of Total Ohio Population in Columbus MSA

9.39

10.07

10.99

11.76

12.95

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