Van Wert, OH Micro Area

The Van Wert, OH micro area is one county in Ohio: Van Wert County. About 29,013 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 0.3% more than in April 2020.

Van Wert County, centralVan Wert
Van Wert County in Ohio
Population, July 2025
29,013 0.3% more than in April 2020
Type
Micropolitan statistical area
County
Van Wert County
Land area
409 sq mi (1,060 km²)
Time zone
Eastern TimeUTC-05:00 in January; UTC-04:00 in July
State
Ohio
Combined statistical area
Lima-Van Wert-Celina, OH
CBSA code
46780

The county in the Van Wert, OH micro area

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025
Van Wert CountyCentral29,013

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. Van Wert10,790 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 Lima-Van Wert-Celina, OH combined statistical area

OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other 3 areas in this one, largest first:

  1. Lima, OH Metro Area100,881 people
  2. Wapakoneta, OH Micro Area45,909 people
  3. Celina, OH Micro Area42,737 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. Decatur, IN Micro Area18 mi west
  2. Celina, OH Micro Area21 mi south
  3. Lima, OH Metro Area26 mi east
  4. Wapakoneta, OH Micro Area29 mi southeast
  5. Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area33 mi northwest

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