Central Ohio Profile

Columbus Region Quick Facts

• Eight-county region
• 28 cities and villages with 4,000+ population
• Metropolitan area spans 4,000 square miles
• 1.8 million people in the region
• 1.1 million people in Franklin County
• Annual growth rate of 1.1%
• Third-fastest major metropolitan statistical area (MSA) growth in the Midwest
• 27 colleges and universities
• 125,000 college students
• Home to 15 Fortune 1,000 headquarters

City of Columbus Quick Facts

• State capital
• Ohio’s largest city (769,332)
• United State’s 16th largest city.