Population: Wikipedia
Headline: Governing, 10/2/2025
Alan Greenblatt reports:
Central Ohio is completely flat, leveled by a massive glacier some 20,000 years ago. Starting out from the state Capitol in Columbus, you can walk for many miles in any direction without gaining any noticeable elevation. The weather is humid year-round, leading to muggy summers and cold, often gray winters. “It’s not our mountains, our beaches or the ocean that’s driving success,” says Jason Hall, who leads the Columbus Partnership, a membership organization of the region’s leading corporate CEOs.
Despite its apparent lack of advantages, Columbus has quietly emerged as one of the great American success stories of the 21st century. Since 2000, the city’s population has grown by 28 percent, with even stronger growth in the suburbs. Last year, the metropolitan area’s population gain was 38 percent higher than the national average, on pace with metros such as Nashville and Raleigh. Such growth is practically unheard of in the contemporary Midwest. Over the past 25 years, both Cincinnati and Cleveland, by comparison, have continued their decadeslong slides.
Map of Columbus metro area
Aerial view of Columbus when it still ranked behind Cleveland and Cincinnati in population.
From Retiring Guy's postcard collection
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