COLUMBUS – The population of Columbus moved ahead of Indianapolis last and the city is now the nation’s 14th largest.
According to data released by the U.S. Census Bureau, Columbus gained 73,057 new residents since 2010, a 9.3 percent increase that brought its total population to 860,090. Cincinnati was the only other major Ohio city to gain population during that period.
In fact, the five cities with the largest population gains since 2020 are in central Ohio.
Largest net population growth in Ohio (2010-2016)
1. Columbus +73,057 (9.3%) — 860,090
2. Hilliard +6,470 (22.8%) — 34,905
3. Grove City +4,146 (11.7%) — 39,721
4. Delaware +3,890 (11.2% — 38,643
5. Dublin +3,817 (9.1%) — 45,568
-Source: U.S. Census Bureau
New Albany, which saw its population grow by 34.1 percent, or 2,636 residents, to 10,360 was the state’s fastest-growing city in terms of percentage growth, followed by Hilliard’s 22.8 percent.
More recently, Grandview Heights has taken its turn in the limelight, enjoying the greatest growth rate among all Franklin County cities last year, according to a report in The Columbus Dispatch. The suburb’s population increased by about 5 percent and is now home to 7,628 people.
The second-fastest and third-fastest growing cities in Franklin County in 2016 were New Albany (4.6 percent) and Hilliard (3.7).
Every other Franklin County city, village and township grew between 1 and 1.3 percent in 2016.
All of Franklin County grew by 1.1 percent, or 14,249 people, for a total of 1,264,518. The county’s population has grown by 101, 104 residents, or 8.7 percent, since the 2010 census.