Paulding County, Ohio
County seat: Paulding · Population 18,727 (2025) · 416 sq mi
Paulding County is the 83rd most populous of Ohio's 88 counties, with 18,727 people (2025 estimate). Its county seat is Paulding. The map shows its 11 cities and towns and the 4 neighboring counties.
Paulding County facts
- County seat
- Paulding
- Population (2025 estimate)
- 18,727 −0.4% since 2020
- Land area
- 416 sq mi 56th largest of 88
- Water area
- 2 sq mi
- Population density
- 45 per sq mi
- Established
- 1820
- Named after
- John Paulding American militiaman (1758-1818)
- Largest city
- Paulding 3,517
- Median household income
- $67,731
- Cities and towns
- 11
- ZIP codes
- 15
- Time zone
- Eastern
- FIPS code
- 39125
Cities and towns in Paulding County
Paulding County has 11 incorporated cities, towns and villages. Populations count the people living inside Paulding County; cities that cross a county line also list the other counties.
| Name | Type | Population 2025 | Also in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paulding (county seat) | Village | 3,517 | |
| Antwerp | Village | 1,679 | |
| Payne | Village | 1,188 | |
| Oakwood | Village | 536 | |
| Grover Hill | Village | 379 | |
| Melrose | Village | 226 | |
| Latty | Village | 162 | |
| Haviland | Village | 158 | |
| Cecil | Village | 144 | |
| Broughton | Village | 109 | |
| Scott | Village | 101 | Van Wert County |
ZIP codes in Paulding County
15 ZIP codes reach into Paulding County. ZIP codes ignore county lines, so some also cover a neighboring county.
- 43512 also Defiance and Henry counties
- 43526 also Defiance County
- 45813 also Defiance County
- 45821 also Defiance County
- 45827 also Putnam County
- 45831 also Putnam and Defiance counties
- 45832 also Van Wert County
- 45849 also Van Wert and Putnam counties
- 45851
- 45855
- 45861
- 45873 also Putnam County
- 45879
- 45880
- 45886 also Van Wert County
Population of Paulding County, 2020–2025
Paulding County shrank by 77 people (−0.4%) between April 2020 and July 2025: 109 more deaths than births and a net gain of 28 people from migration.
| Year (July 1) | Population |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 18,809 |
| 2021 | 18,903 |
| 2022 | 18,760 |
| 2023 | 18,703 |
| 2024 | 18,757 |
| 2025 | 18,727 |
Neighboring counties
- Defiance County north · 38,292 people
- Van Wert County south · 29,013 people
- Allen County, Indiana west · 402,329 people
- Putnam County east · 34,380 people
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Sources
- Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files (1:500,000).
- Population: Census Bureau county and city estimates, Vintage 2025. CDP populations: American Community Survey 2020–2024.
- Places and ZIP codes: Census Bureau 2026 Gazetteer and 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Area relationship files.
- County seat, founding year and name origin: Wikidata (CC0), checked against state sources.
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