Bellefontaine, OH Micro Area

The Bellefontaine, OH micro area is one county in Ohio: Logan County. About 46,302 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 0.3% more than in April 2020.

Logan County, centralBellefontaine
Logan County in Ohio
Population, July 2025
46,302 0.3% more than in April 2020
Type
Micropolitan statistical area
County
Logan County
Land area
459 sq mi (1,188 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
13340

The county in the Bellefontaine, OH micro area

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025
Logan CountyCentral46,302

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

  1. Bellefontaine13,807 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:

  1. Columbus, OH Metro Area2,242,028 people
  2. Zanesville, OH Micro Area87,014 people
  3. Chillicothe, OH Micro Area76,429 people
  4. Marion, OH Micro Area65,115 people
  5. Mount Vernon, OH Micro Area64,002 people
  6. Athens, OH Micro Area63,197 people
  7. Cambridge, OH Micro Area38,379 people
  8. 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.

  1. Urbana, OH Micro Area18 mi south
  2. Sidney, OH Micro Area22 mi west
  3. Wapakoneta, OH Micro Area27 mi northwest
  4. Columbus, OH Metro Area49 mi southeast

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