Athens, OH Micro Area
The Athens, OH micro area is one county in Ohio: Athens County. About 63,197 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 1.2% more than in April 2020.
- Population, July 2025
- 63,197 1.2% more than in April 2020
- Type
- Micropolitan statistical area
- County
- Athens County
- Land area
- 504 sq mi (1,304 km²)
- Time zone
- Eastern TimeUTC-05:00 in January; UTC-04:00 in July
- State
- Ohio
- Combined statistical area
- Columbus-Marion-Zanesville, OH
- CBSA code
- 11900
The county in the Athens, OH micro area
| County | Role | Population, July 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Athens County | Central | 63,197 |
A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of 10,000 to 49,999 people. This area has no outlying counties: no neighboring county sends enough commuters to join it. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.
Principal city
- Athens23,396 people
OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.
Part of the Columbus-Marion-Zanesville, OH combined statistical area
OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other 8 areas in this one, largest first:
- Columbus, OH Metro Area2,242,028 people
- Zanesville, OH Micro Area87,014 people
- Chillicothe, OH Micro Area76,429 people
- Marion, OH Micro Area65,115 people
- Mount Vernon, OH Micro Area64,002 people
- Bellefontaine, OH Micro Area46,302 people
- Cambridge, OH Micro Area38,379 people
- Washington Court House, OH Micro Area28,552 people
Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first
Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.
- Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area30 mi east
- Marietta, OH Micro Area36 mi east
- Columbus, OH Metro Area66 mi northwest
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