County
Perry County, Ohio
Ohio · county seat New Lexington · 35,918 residents (July 2025 estimate) · 11 ZIP codes · 26 cities, villages and townships
35,918 people (July 2025 estimate), +1.4% since the 2020 census; life expectancy 73.4 years; median household income $68,322 (2024). The county in numbers
Local events in Perry County
22 events in the next 90 days from 7 public calendars. All local events in Perry County
Checked October 20; the events page is refreshed daily.
Perry County in numbers
The public records that are kept county by county, in 24 blocks. Every figure names its source; a tile's small line gives the comparison or the date.
Population
How many people live here, how the count has moved since 2020 and since 1900, and how the USDA classes the county.
- residents, July 2025 estimate
- 35,918
- Census Bureau vintage 2025
- since the April 2020 census
- +1.4%
- from 35,416 in the Census Bureau's April 2020 estimates base
- births since July 2020
- 2,054
- deaths since July 2020
- 2,278
- net migration since July 2020
- +687
- people who moved in, minus people who moved out
- net domestic migration, 2025
- +227
- moved in from elsewhere in the U.S., minus moved out
- net international migration, 2025
- +3
Perry County peaked at 36,098 people in 1920.
It is 1.1 times its 1900 size.
USDA rural-urban continuum code 1 of 9 (1 is the most metropolitan): metro - counties in metro areas of 1 million population or more.
USDA ERS county typology (2015 codes): a metro county with a nonspecialized economy, with none of the ERS distress flags.
| Year | People | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1820 | 8,429 | first census that counted the county |
| 1850 | 20,775 | decennial census |
| 1900 | 31,841 | decennial census |
| 1950 | 28,999 | decennial census |
| 1970 | 27,434 | decennial census |
| 1990 | 31,557 | decennial census |
| 2000 | 34,052 | Census Bureau estimates base, April 1 |
| 2010 | 36,058 | decennial census |
| 2020 | 35,416 | Census Bureau estimates base, April 1 |
| 2025 | 35,918 | July estimate |
Source: Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (vintage 2025, join_popest.py); decennial counts 1900-1990 from 'Population of States and Counties of the United States 1790-1990', 2000/2010 from intercensal files; USDA ERS Rural-Urban Continuum Codes, 2023; USDA ERS county typology codes, 2015 edition · Census population estimates · USDA ERS county codes · USDA ERS county typology · About this topic
Moving in and out
People on tax returns that changed county between the returns filed in 2022 and 2023, counted by the IRS.
- people moved in, 2022 to 2023
- 1,657
- on tax returns filed from a new county
- people moved out
- 1,442
- net people
- +215
- moved in, minus moved out
- people stayed put
- 27,267
- income that moved in
- $50 million
- adjusted gross income on the arrivals' 2023 returns
- income that moved out
- $40 million
- adjusted gross income on the leavers' 2023 returns
| From | People |
|---|---|
| Fairfield, OH | 388 |
| Licking, OH | 303 |
| Muskingum, OH | 241 |
| To | People |
|---|---|
| Muskingum, OH | 301 |
| Fairfield, OH | 281 |
| Licking, OH | 258 |
Source: IRS Statistics of Income county-to-county migration flows, 2022-2023 · IRS migration data · About this topic
Income and poverty
The Census Bureau's 2024 small-area estimates for the county.
- of residents below the poverty line, 2024
- 13.7%
- of children below the poverty line, 2024
- 17.4%
- median household income, 2024
- $68,322
Source: Census SAIPE 2024 county estimates · Census SAIPE · About this topic
Jobs and wages
Unemployment in the latest month and what employers in the county pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- unemployment rate, July 2026
- 3.8%
- 5.4% a year earlier
- people in the labor force, July 2026
- 15,870
- looking for work
- 598
- average weekly wage, first quarter of 2026
- $1,018
- +1.9% on the year
- jobs covered by unemployment insurance
- 6,137
- -0.7% on the year
- establishments
- 590
| Sector | Jobs | Average weekly wage |
|---|---|---|
| manufacturing | 732 | $1,312 |
| retail | 732 | $550 |
| restaurants and hotels | 552 | $305 |
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics; BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2026 Q1 · BLS local unemployment · BLS QCEW · About this topic
The county economy
What the county produces and earns, from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
- real GDP, 2024 (2017 dollars)
- $698 million
- -5.3% since 2019
- GDP in 2024 dollars
- $937 million
- current dollars, before adjusting for inflation
- personal income per person, 2024
- $51,367
- 67th of Ohio's 88 counties
- change in income per person since 2019
- +30.4%
- before inflation
Source: BEA regional accounts: county GDP (CAGDP1), per capita personal income (CAINC1), 2024 · BEA county GDP · About this topic
Businesses opening and closing
How many workplaces with employees opened and closed each year since 1978, how many people applied to start a business, and how many businesses run with no employees at all.
- workplaces opened in 2023
- 48
- 31 closed
- net workplaces, 2019 to 2023
- +26
- openings minus closings
- applications to start a business, 2025
- 340
- +139% since 2019
- businesses with no employees, 2023
- 2,188
- +4% since 2012
A workplace here is one location with paid employees: a chain with five stores is five. An application to start a business is a request for a federal employer number, not an opening, and most applicants never hire anyone.
| Years | Opened | Closed | Net |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 to 1989 | 42 | 38 | +4 |
| the 1990s | 37 | 36 | +2 |
| the 2000s | 36 | 39 | -3 |
| the 2010s | 29 | 27 | +2 |
| 2020 to 2023 | 39 | 34 | +5 |
| Year | Opened | Closed | Net |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 34 | 28 | +6 |
| 2020 | 33 | 38 | -5 |
| 2021 | 41 | 27 | +14 |
| 2022 | 33 | 39 | -6 |
| 2023 | 48 | 31 | +17 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau: Business Dynamics Statistics 1978-2023; Business Formation Statistics, county business applications 2005-2025; Nonemployer Statistics 2012-2023 · Census Business Dynamics Statistics · Census Business Formation Statistics, counties · Census Nonemployer Statistics · About this topic
Federal money
What the federal government obligated to the county in fiscal 2025, by county of performance; Social Security, Medicare and most benefits are not counted.
- in federal contracts performed in the county, fiscal 2025
- $457,184
- $13 a resident
- in federal grants, fiscal 2025
- $30 million
- $840 a resident
- in federal loans and loan guarantees
- -$14,809
- in direct federal payments to people and organizations
- $222 million
Source: USAspending federal awards by county of performance, fiscal 2025 · USAspending · About this topic
Health rankings
County Health Rankings 2025 measures for the county, with the Ohio figure alongside.
- life expectancy at birth
- 73.4 years
- Ohio 75.2
- years of life lost before 75, per 100,000 (premature death)
- 11,570.8
- Ohio 9,740
- population health group among U.S. counties
- 6 of 10
- 1 is healthiest
- community conditions group among U.S. counties
- 6 of 10
- 1 is best
- of children in poverty
- 18.2%
- Ohio 17.5%
- uninsured
- 7.7%
- Ohio 7.1%
No community water system in the county had a health-based drinking water violation in the rankings' reporting year.
| Measure | Perry County | Ohio |
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy at birth (years) | 73.4 | 75.2 |
| Years of potential life lost before 75, per 100,000 (premature death) | 11,570.8 | 9,740 |
| Adults in fair or poor health | 21.0% | 17.9% |
| Uninsured | 7.7% | 7.1% |
| Children in poverty | 18.2% | 17.5% |
| Median household income | $62,677 | $67,873 |
| Income inequality (80th to 20th percentile household income ratio) | 4.8 | 4.6 |
| Households with severe housing problems | 11.1% | 12.7% |
| People per primary care physician | 3,546 | 1,328 |
| People per mental health provider | 539 | 286 |
| People per dentist | 2,957 | 1,535 |
| Preventable hospital stays per 100,000 Medicare enrollees | 3,128 | 3,033 |
| Medicare enrollees with a flu vaccination | 46% | 51% |
| Injury deaths per 100,000 | 117.7 | 100.7 |
| Suicides per 100,000 | 20.6 | 14.7 |
| Child deaths per 100,000 (under 18) | 54.9 | 59.2 |
| Infant deaths per 1,000 live births | 7.0 | |
| Teen births per 1,000 females 15 to 19 | 24.1 | 17.4 |
| Average daily fine-particle pollution (PM2.5, µg/m³) | 7.5 | 7.8 |
| Any drinking water violation in the county | No | |
| Population used by the rankings | 35,551 | |
| Population health group (1 to 10 among U.S. counties; 1 is healthiest) | 6 | |
| Community conditions group (1 to 10 among U.S. counties; 1 is best) | 6 |
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute) · County Health Rankings · About this topic
Cancer
New cancers and cancer deaths per 100,000 people, age-adjusted, from the National Cancer Institute's State Cancer Profiles.
- new cancers a year per 100,000 people, age-adjusted, 2018 to 2022
- 505.0
- 95% confidence interval 475.5 to 536.0 · Ohio 472.9 · U.S. 448.6
- cases a year
- 238
- incidence trend
- stable
- cancer deaths a year per 100,000, age-adjusted, 2019 to 2023
- 196.9
- Ohio 160.3 · U.S. 145.4
- cancer deaths a year
- 92
- death-rate trend
- stable
| Site | Per 100,000 | Ohio | Cases a year | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lung | 87.2 | 63.6 | 44 | stable |
| Colorectal | 46.6 | 38.4 | 21 | stable |
| Female breast | 118.3 | 133.0 | 28 | stable |
| Prostate | 111.9 | 120.8 | 29 | stable |
| Leukemia | 10.8 | 13.0 | 5 | stable |
| Bladder | 21.2 | 21.8 | 10 | stable |
Source: NCI State Cancer Profiles, county incidence 2018-2022 and mortality 2019-2023 · NCI cancer profiles · About this topic
Drug overdoses
Provisional overdose death counts by county from the CDC, 12 months at a time.
- overdose deaths in the 12 months ending December 2024
- 11
- CDC provisional count
- deaths per 100,000 residents
- 30.9
- Ohio 20.8 in the 12 months ending December 2025
- deaths a year earlier
- 15
- highest 12-month total since 2020
- 28
- 12 months ending October 2021
The county count has been suppressed (1 to 9 deaths) in every month after December 2024.
Source: CDC NCHS provisional county drug overdose deaths, 12-month-ending counts; CDC VSRR for the Ohio row · CDC overdose data · About this topic
Medicare
Who in the county is on Medicare and how they are covered, from CMS enrollment counts.
- people on Medicare, 2025
- 8,808
- 25% of residents
- aged 65 or over
- 7,453
- younger people with disabilities
- 1,355
- chose a Medicare Advantage plan
- 56.6%
- also on Medicaid
- 18.7%
- with Part D drug coverage
- 81.8%
- enrollment since 2020
- +14.2%
- 7,710 enrollees then
Source: CMS Medicare Monthly Enrollment by county, 2025 · CMS Medicare Monthly Enrollment · About this topic
Severe weather
Hail, wind, flooding and tornado reports logged for the county in NOAA's Storm Events database.
- severe weather reports, 2016 to 2026
- 168
- NOAA Storm Events log
- in reported damage
- $676,800
- largest hail
- 1.75 in
- July 10, 2017
The costliest event was river and street flooding on July 13, 2017, $100,000 in damage. Heavy rainfall on the morning of the 13th lead to flash flooding across northern Perry County. As runoff from this rain worked its way through the water system,…
| Kind | Reports |
|---|---|
| damaging thunderstorm wind | 107 |
| flash floods | 28 |
| hail | 19 |
| river and street flooding | 10 |
| Kind | Reports |
|---|---|
| winter weather | 15 |
| strong wind | 11 |
| heavy snow | 9 |
Source: NOAA Storm Events database, 2016-2026 · NOAA storm events · About this topic
Weather warnings
Every warning, watch and advisory the National Weather Service has issued for the county since 2015.
- tornado warnings since 2015
- 6
- severe thunderstorm warnings
- 145
- flash flood warnings
- 56
- winter storm or blizzard warnings
- 17
- warnings, watches and advisories in all
- 767
| Product | Count |
|---|---|
| Tornado Warning | 6 |
| Tornado Watch | 18 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 145 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 56 |
| Areal Flood Warning | 38 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 17 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 62 |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 5 |
| Heat Advisory | 26 |
| Extreme Cold Warning | 1 |
| Wind Chill Warning | 3 |
| Year | Warnings |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 |
Source: National Weather Service warnings/watches/advisories, Iowa Environmental Mesonet VTEC archive, since 2015 · IEM warning archive · About this topic
Drought
How often the U.S. Drought Monitor has put the county in drought since 2000.
- weeks in moderate drought or worse since 2020
- 29
- of them severe or worse
- 15
- most recently 15 weeks in 2024
- weeks at least abnormally dry since 2020
- 81
- of all weeks since 2000 in drought
- 5%
The worst reading since 2000 was exceptional drought in November 2024.
As of September 1, 2026: no drought.
Source: U.S. Drought Monitor weekly county statistics, 2000-2026 · U.S. Drought Monitor · About this topic
The long-run climate
Average temperature and precipitation over the whole county since 1895, from NOAA's county climate series; only complete years count.
- average year, 1996 to 2025
- 52.2 °F
- 50.7 °F in 1901 to 1930 · 50.5 °F in 1951 to 1980
- change since 1901 to 1930
- +1.6 °F
- warmest year since 1895
- 2024
- 55.1 °F
- precipitation in the average year, 1996 to 2025
- 43.5 in
- 39.8 in 1901 to 1930 (+9.3%)
- wettest year since 1895
- 2018
- 57.6 inches
- average temperature, 2025
- 52.3 °F
- 43.7 inches of precipitation
Source: NOAA nClimDiv county monthly temperature and precipitation, 1895-2026 (climdiv-tmpccy / climdiv-pcpncy) · NOAA climate at a glance · About this topic
Hazard mitigation
FEMA-funded projects in the county that reduce future flood, storm and other losses: buyouts, plans, studies and equipment.
- hazard mitigation projects since 1998
- 6
- FEMA grants, program years 1998 to 2015
- total project worth
- $1 million
- $479,688 federal
- properties covered
- 42
Largest: Acquisition of Private Real Property (Structures and Land) - Riverine for Village Of Corning, $1 million (fiscal 1998).
| Project type | Projects |
|---|---|
| Acquisition of Private Real Property (Structures and Land) - Riverine | 3 |
| Local Multihazard Mitigation Plan | 1 |
| Warning Systems (as a Component of a Planned, Adopted, and Exercised Risk Reduction Plan) | 1 |
Source: OpenFEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance projects, v4 API · OpenFEMA · About this topic
Air toxics
The EPA's modeled lifetime cancer risk from outdoor air toxics across the county.
- lifetime cancer risk from outdoor air toxics
- 30 in a million
- EPA AirToxScreen 2020
Mostly formaldehyde (17.2 in a million) and carbon tetrachloride (2.9 in a million).
Source: EPA AirToxScreen 2020 · EPA AirToxScreen · About this topic
Water use
The 2015 figures are the U.S. Geological Survey's last county estimate, made a different way; the two are not a trend.
- million gallons of fresh water withdrawn a day, 2015 (USGS estimate)
- 1.6
- people served by public water systems, 2015
- 29,000
- 27 gallons a person a day used at home
- people supplying their own water at home, 2015
- 7,000
| Use | Million gallons a day |
|---|---|
| All uses | 1.6 |
| Public water systems | 1.0 |
| Power plants (thermoelectric) | 0.0 |
| Industry (own supply) | 0.0 |
| Irrigation | 0.0 |
| Mining | 0.0 |
| Livestock | 0.1 |
| Fish farms (aquaculture) | 0.0 |
Source: USGS 2015 county water-use census (Dieter and others 2018) · ODNR Water Withdrawal Atlas (archived copy) · USGS county water use 2015 · About this topic
Fluoridated water
The share of county residents on community water whose water is fluoridated, from the Ohio Department of Health.
- of residents on community water receive fluoridated water
- 88.4%
Source: Ohio Department of Health county fluoridation profiles (DataOhio) · ODH fluoridation report (DataOhio) · EPA SDWIS search · About this topic
Farms
The county's farms in the 2022 Census of Agriculture. A dash means NASS published no figure: withheld to protect individual farms, or none reported.
- farms, 2022
- 696
- 110 acres to a farm on average
- acres in farms
- 76,325
- 43,486 acres of cropland
- of the county's land is cropland
- 16.5%
- farm products sold, 2022
- $33 million
- 29% from livestock, poultry and their products
| Crop or animal | Acres or head |
|---|---|
| Corn for grain (acres harvested) | 12,908 |
| Soybeans (acres harvested) | 13,422 |
| Irrigated land (acres) | 85 |
| Cattle and calves | 7,414 |
| Hogs and pigs | 12,245 |
| Egg-laying chickens | 3,191 |
| Broilers and other meat chickens | 800 |
| Turkeys | 151 |
Source: USDA NASS 2022 Census of Agriculture county totals (Quick Stats bulk file) · USDA Census of Agriculture · NASS 2022 county profile · About this topic
Farm pesticides
Pesticides applied on the county's farms in 2018 as estimated by the U.S. Geological Survey, in kilograms of active ingredient.
- of pesticide active ingredient used on farms, 2018
- 51,325 kg
- USGS estimate (preliminary, high estimate)
- per square mile of land
- 124.3 kg
- 56th of Ohio's 88 counties, most per square mile first
- atrazine
- 7,954 kg
- glyphosate
- 11,979 kg
- compounds with an estimate
- 99
| Compound | Kilograms |
|---|---|
| glyphosate | 11,979 |
| atrazine | 7,954 |
| acetochlor | 5,952 |
| metolachlor | 5,225 |
| simazine | 2,923 |
Source: USGS preliminary county agricultural pesticide-use estimates, 2018 (high estimate) · USGS county pesticide-use estimates, 2018 · About this topic
Rail accidents
Accidents railroads reported to the Federal Railroad Administration in the county since 2010. Yard mishaps at walking speed dominate; main-line derailments are the rare, dangerous ones.
- rail equipment accidents since 2010
- 1
- FRA Form 54
- derailments
- 0
Source: FRA Form 54 rail equipment accident reports, county fallback for railAccidentLine() · FRA rail equipment accidents (Form 54) · About this topic
House records
Where the house-by-house records on this county's ZIP pages come from, and how current they are.
- parcel records placed on the map
- 15,407
- snapshot of September 10, 2026
Perry County Auditor CAMA web extract (ARC 3rd Party Extract layout) with Perry County Engineer's Office parcels and address points.
Office: Perry County Auditor, New Lexington OH (CAMA vendor Pivot Point, Appraisal Research Corporation); parcel polygons and address points by the Perry County Engineer's Office (PCEO).
These are full appraisal records: every house's year built, value and sales history opens from its ZIP page.
Values note: 2026 reappraisal values as of the extract; the 2025 bill was figured on the 2025 values.
Source: Perry County Auditor CAMA web extract (ARC 3rd Party Extract layout) with Perry County Engineer's Office parcels and address points, snapshot 2026-09-10 · Perry County Auditor · About this topic
What stands out
Where this county sits among Ohio's 88 on the measures the atlas tracks, and the sentences the inference engine built from them. Rankings and associations only: nothing here says one measure causes another, and a county-level pattern is not a fact about anyone who lives here.
- measures flagged for this county
- 9
- 6 in the worst tenth of the 88
- of the 85 counties with anything flagged
- 31st worst
- economy, health, safety
- losing ground on Ohio
- 4
- the gap to the state is widening
- peer group the engine compares it against
- metro
- Appalachian county
"Losing ground on Ohio" compares trends, not levels: a county can be losing ground while its own number improves, if the rest of the state improved faster over the same years.
Perry County has Ohio's highest average weekly wage in construction: $2,360 (2024). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Perry County's violent crime rate rose from 25.4 per 100,000 in 2013 to 115.2 per 100,000 in 2019, a change of +353%, the 1st steepest rise among the 85 Ohio counties with the data. Source: University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute / RWJF.
Perry County's fatal traffic crashes rose from 3 crashes in 2013 to 11 crashes in 2024, a change of +267%, the 1st steepest rise among the 88 Ohio counties with the data. Source: NHTSA.
Perry County's average weekly wage in construction rose from $872 in 2015 to $2,360 in 2024, a change of +171%, the 2nd steepest rise among the 88 Ohio counties with the data. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Perry County's minority status/language vulnerability percentile rose from 5.4% in 2010 to 11.8% in 2022, a change of +117%, the 2nd steepest rise among the 88 Ohio counties with the data. Source: ATSDR/CDC.
Perry County's TRI off-site transfers fell from 433,250 pounds in 2015 to 45,800 pounds in 2024, a change of -89%, the 3rd steepest fall among the 85 Ohio counties with the data. Source: U.S. EPA.
Perry County's average weekly wage in construction is $2,360 (2024), well above what Ohio counties of similar size, ruralness, region and income report; it ranks 1st of 88. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Perry County is among Ohio's ten lowest for real GDP, all industries per resident ($19,569, 2024) and among the ten lowest for total annual wages, all industries per resident ($9,103, 2024), two measures that move together across the state (rank correlation 0.77 with population held fixed). Sources: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
| Measure | Latest | Ohio median | Rank, worst first | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fatal traffic crashes per 10,000 residents | 3.1 per 10,000 residents (2024) | 1.0 | 3rd of 88 | 3.1 from 0.8 since 2013 · losing ground on Ohio |
| Dentists per 1,000 residents | 0.2 per 1,000 residents (2019) | 0.4 | 10th of 88 | 0.2 from 0.2 since 2012 · losing ground on Ohio |
| Annual payroll, all industries (CBP) per resident | $4,669 (2023) | $15,708 | 2nd of 88 | $4,669 from $3,146 since 2014 |
| Teen birth rate, ages 15-19 | 27.1 births per 1,000 females 15-19 (2020) | 20.2 | 14th of 88 | 27.1 from 41.1 since 2011 · losing ground on Ohio |
| Paid employees, all industries (CBP) per 10,000 residents | 1,258.7 per 10,000 residents (2023) | 3,206.1 | 2nd of 88 | 1,258.7 from 1,046.0 since 2014 |
| Establishments, all industries (CBP) per 10,000 residents | 127.9 per 10,000 residents (2023) | 190.4 | 3rd of 88 | 127.9 from 116.6 since 2014 |
| Population 25+ with a bachelor's degree or more | 6.9% (2000) | 12.5% | 2nd of 88 | |
| Share of men 65 and over up to date on preventive care (crude) | 36.0% (2023) | 41.5% | 5th of 88 | |
| Violent crime rate (County Health Rankings) | 115.2 per 100,000 (2019) | 114.8 | 42nd of 84 | 115.2 from 25.4 since 2013 · losing ground on Ohio |
Source: Cracked Buckeye inference engine (scripts/inference) over the county-year panel, run 2026-09-21 · What moves with what across Ohio
Places
The 26 cities, villages and townships whose residents live mostly in Perry County, with the population of each.
Villages 11
Townships 15
- Thorn Township3,429
- Reading Township2,862
- Hopewell Township2,420
- Pike Township2,344
- Jackson Township2,033
- Bowling Green Township1,807
- Harrison Township1,756
- Clayton Township1,565
- Bearfield Township1,465
- Madison Township1,367
- Pleasant Township847
- Monroe Township838
- York Township753
- Salt Lick Township443
- Coal Township285
ZIP codes
The 11 ZIP codes whose residents live mostly in Perry County, largest first. Each links to its own page; the water system column links to the utility serving most of its residents.
| ZIP | Name | Residents | Water system | Radon | Home value | School district | Flood |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43076 | Thorn Township and Thornville | 9,145 | Thornville, Village Of 11% Mostly private wells |
7.3 pCi/L average radon | Median home $300,500 | Northern Local 3.5 stars overall | 0.6% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
| 43764 | New Lexington | 8,177 | New Lexington 56% Reservoirs & inland lakes |
5.3 pCi/L average radon | Median home $153,200 | New Lexington City 3 stars overall | 8.7% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
| 43731 | Crooksville | 5,200 | Crooksville 52% Groundwater (wells) |
3.6 pCi/L average radon | Median home $113,000 | Crooksville Exempted Village 2.5 stars overall | 7.6% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
| 43783 | Reading Township and Somerset | 4,743 | Somerset Village Of 31% Mostly private wells |
9.8 pCi/L average radon | Median home $248,100 | Northern Local 3.5 stars overall | 0.0% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
| 43748 | Jackson Township and Junction City | 2,711 | Junction City 26% Mostly private wells |
3.3 pCi/L average radon | Median home $206,200 | New Lexington City 3 stars overall | 2.8% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
| 43739 | Hopewell Township and Glenford | 2,380 | Glenford Village 4% Mostly private wells |
9.0 pCi/L average radon | Median home $288,900 | Northern Local 3.5 stars overall | 12% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
| 43730 | Monroe Township and Corning | 2,277 | Corning, Village Of 16% Mostly private wells |
Too few radon tests | Median home $172,900 | Southern Local 3.5 stars overall | 2.0% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
| 43760 | Madison Township and Mount Perry | 1,949 | Maysville Regional Water 2% Mostly private wells |
6.3 pCi/L average radon | Median home $275,700 | Northern Local 3.5 stars overall | 1.9% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
| 43766 | New Straitsville | 1,492 | New Straitsville, Village Of 43% Mostly private wells |
Too few radon tests | Median home $108,800 | Southern Local 3.5 stars overall | 2.9% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
| 43782 | Shawnee | 727 | Shawnee, Village Of 51% Groundwater (wells) |
Too few radon tests | Median home $77,800 | Southern Local 3.5 stars overall | 1.9% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
| 43761 | Pleasant Township and Moxahala | 54 | Southern Perry Co-mainesville 15% Mostly private wells |
Too few radon tests | No Census data | Southern Local 3.5 stars overall | 0.0% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
Source: residents: 2020 Census (POP100, ZCTA) · water systems: EPA SDWIS + service-area-boundary join · radon: Ohio Department of Health radon test results by ZIP since 2010 · home value: Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year by ZCTA (housing/commute tables) · school districts: Ohio school district boundaries (OGRIP via ODOT) · flood: FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer.
On the map
Open the map fitted to Perry County. Every ZIP code in the table above links to its page, and each page opens the map at that ZIP.
Historic places: 11 National Register listings in Perry County. See every one on the map, each with its record and its National Park Service file.
Rankings within the county
The county's ZIP codes ranked by what the map measures; each heading links to the topic's page.
Local government
Who holds office in Perry County, how its elections and ballot issues came out, and the state auditor's record.
Who holds office
| Office | Name | Party | Term ends | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auditor | Derek Householder | (740) 342-2074 · derek.householder@perrycountyohio.net 212 S. Main Street, New Lexington, Ohio 43764 · website | ||
| Commissioner | Ben Carpenter | (740) 342-2045 · perryco@perrycountyohio.gov 212 South Main Street, New Lexington, Ohio 43764 | ||
| Commissioner | Scott Owen | (740) 342-2045 · perryco@perrycountyohio.gov 212 South Main Street, New Lexington, Ohio 43764 | ||
| Commissioner | Chase Bennett | (740) 342-2045 · perryco@perrycountyohio.gov 212 South Main Street, New Lexington, Ohio 43764 | ||
| Coroner | Dr. Jeffrey VanMeter, M.D. | (740) 743-1352 400 South Columbus Street, Somerset, Ohio 43783 | ||
| Engineer | Kenton Cannon | (740) 342-2191 · kentcannon@perrycountyengineer.com 2645 Old Somerset Road, New Lexington, Ohio 43764 · website | ||
| Treasurer | Theresa Moore | (740) 342-1235 · treasurer@perrycountyohio.net 212 S. Main Street, Upper Level, New Lexington, Ohio 43764 · website | ||
| Clerk of Courts | Wes Harlan | (740) 342-1022 105 North Main Street, New Lexington, Ohio 43764 · website | ||
| Recorder | Debi Pingle | (740) 342-2494 · pcrecorder@perrycountyohio.gov 212 S. Main Street, New Lexington, Ohio 43764 | ||
| Prosecutor | T. J. Rugg | (740) 342-4582 111 North High Street, New Lexington, Ohio 43764 | ||
| Sheriff | William R. Barker | (740) 342-4123 121 West Brown Street - Suite B, New Lexington, Ohio 43764 · website |
Roster as of 2026-09-17: county board of elections.
Auditor of State record
- No fiscal caution, watch or emergency on the Auditor of State's lists.
- Financial Health Indicators (the Auditor of State's 17 measures; critical / cautionary / positive): 2020 0 / 0 / 15; 2021 1 / 0 / 14; 2022 0 / 2 / 13; 2023 0 / 1 / 14; 2024 1 / 1 / 13; 2025 1 / 2 / 11.
- 1 unresolved finding for recovery on the Auditor of State's list.
- Financial Audit, 2024, released 2026-01-27
- OPERS Examination, 2024, released 2025-04-15
- Financial Audit, 2023, released 2025-02-04
- Financial Audit, 2022, released 2024-08-13
Townships and villages without a page of their own
Monday Creek Township
Auditor of State record
- No fiscal caution, watch or emergency on the Auditor of State's lists.
- Basic Audit, 2023 to 2024, released 2025-08-26
School districts
Crooksville Exempted Village School District
Auditor of State record
- No fiscal caution, watch or emergency on the Auditor of State's lists.
- Financial Audit, 2023 to 2024, released 2025-06-03
- Financial Audit, 2022 to 2023, released 2024-11-19
New Lexington Local School District
Auditor of State record
- No fiscal caution, watch or emergency on the Auditor of State's lists.
- Financial Audit, 2024 to 2025, released 2026-09-08
- Financial Audit, 2023 to 2024, released 2024-11-14
Northern Local School District
Auditor of State record
- No fiscal caution, watch or emergency on the Auditor of State's lists.
- Financial Audit, 2024 to 2025, released 2026-09-08
- Special Audit, 2017 to 2024, released 2026-07-09
- Financial Audit, 2023 to 2024, released 2025-03-04
Southern Local School District
Auditor of State record
- No fiscal caution, watch or emergency on the Auditor of State's lists.
- Financial Audit, 2024 to 2025, released 2026-05-28
- Financial Audit, 2023 to 2024, released 2025-01-07
Courts, districts and other bodies
Perry County
Who holds office
| Office | Name | Party | Term ends | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Judge, Common Pleas Court | Tina Boyer | (740) 342-1204 · pccpc@perrycountyohio.net 212 South Main Street, New Lexington, Ohio 43764 · website | ||
| Judge, Municipal Court | Drew Cannon | (740) 342-3156 121 West Brown Street East Entrance, New Lexington, Ohio 43764 · website | ||
| Judge, Probate & Juvenile Court | Luann Cooperrider | (740) 342-1118 105 North Main Street, New Lexington, Ohio 43764 · website |
Roster as of 2026-09-17: county board of elections.
How Perry County began
Perry County was organized by the Ohio General Assembly on March 1, 1818, from parts of Fairfield, Washington and Muskingum counties, Ohio's fifty-fifth county, and named for Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry in commemoration of his victory over the British fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie on September 10, 1813. Somerset served as the first county seat, but New Lexington, more central and served by the railroad, waged a decades-long "county seat war" that state law, elections and two Ohio Supreme Court decisions finally settled in New Lexington's favor in early 1857. The land had been Shawnee, Wyandot and Delaware hunting ground crossed by well-worn trails before the Treaty of Greenville of 1795 opened it to settlement, and the county's own soil holds well over a hundred prehistoric mounds, earthworks and village sites, among them the hilltop Stone Fort at Glenford, one of the best-preserved hilltop enclosures in Ohio. But Perry County's defining story is coal: the Sunday Creek and Hocking valleys running through its northern and western townships became the heart of the "Little Cities of Black Diamonds," a belt of boomtowns -- Shawnee, New Straitsville, Corning, Buckingham, Rendville and others -- built on the Great Vein of bituminous coal between the 1870s and the 1920s, and the scene of a bitter 1884 strike whose sabotage lit an underground fire that, by most local accounts, still smolders beneath the hills today.
Somerset was Perry County's first seat of justice after the 1818 organization, but New Lexington, more centrally located and later reached by rail, spent decades contesting the designation in what local histories call the "county seat war." The dispute ran through the 1850s, resolved only after three state laws, several elections and two Ohio Supreme Court decisions, and county offices moved from Somerset to New Lexington in early 1857. New Lexington's present courthouse, the county's fifth, was built in 1887 to a Richardsonian Romanesque design by architect Joseph W. Yost at a cost of $143,000, with a two-part clock tower rising about 40 feet; it and its jail were listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 8, 1981. The building underwent a major restoration, including roof and foundation repair and asbestos remediation, from 2023 to 2025.
Researched 2026-09-19 · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org. The full history, with photographs, is on the pages of the county's places.
Videos about Perry County
Short videos we made from the old maps and records. All videos
Politics
How Perry County has voted for president since 1852, turnout since 1996, and what is on its 2026 ballot.
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Year | Winner | Party | Margin | Matched Ohio's winner | Matched the nation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1852 | Franklin Pierce | D | 20.8 points | matched | matched |
| 1856 | James Buchanan | D | 12.4 points | missed | matched |
| 1860 | Stephen A. Douglas | D | 9.4 points | missed | missed |
| 1864 | George B. McClellan | D | 1.0 points | missed | missed |
| 1868 | Horatio Seymour | D | 7.0 points | missed | missed |
| 1872 | Horace Greeley | LR | 6.5 points | missed | missed |
| 1876 | Samuel J. Tilden | D | 14.0 points | missed | missed |
| 1880 | Winfield Scott Hancock | D | 8.2 points | missed | missed |
| 1884 | James G. Blaine | R | 1.6 points | matched | missed |
| 1888 | Benjamin Harrison | R | 0.8 points | matched | matched |
| 1892 | Grover Cleveland | D | 1.0 points | missed | matched |
| 1896 | William Jennings Bryan | D | 1.5 points | missed | missed |
| 1900 | William McKinley | R | 7.3 points | matched | matched |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt | R | 25.2 points | matched | matched |
| 1908 | William Howard Taft | R | 4.8 points | matched | matched |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson | D | 11.5 points | matched | matched |
| 1916 | Charles Evans Hughes | R | 1.1 points | missed | missed |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding | R | 12.6 points | matched | matched |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge | R | 29.8 points | matched | matched |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover | R | 29.4 points | matched | matched |
| 1932 | Herbert Hoover | R | 3.7 points | missed | missed |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | D | 10.7 points | matched | matched |
| 1940 | Wendell Willkie | R | 10.9 points | missed | missed |
| 1944 | Thomas E. Dewey | R | 18.5 points | matched | missed |
| 1948 | Thomas E. Dewey | R | 3.9 points | missed | missed |
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | R | 16.9 points | matched | matched |
| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | R | 29.1 points | matched | matched |
| 1960 | Richard Nixon | R | 19.2 points | matched | missed |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson | D | 33.5 points | matched | matched |
| 1968 | Richard Nixon | R | 0.0 points | matched | matched |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon | R | 27.6 points | matched | matched |
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter | D | 5.2 points | matched | matched |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan | R | 12.6 points | matched | matched |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan | R | 30.9 points | matched | matched |
| 1988 | George H.W. Bush | R | 13.6 points | matched | matched |
| 1992 | Bill Clinton | D | 1.9 points | matched | matched |
| 1996 | Bill Clinton | D | 9.8 points | matched | matched |
| 2000 | George W. Bush | R | 4.2 points | matched | matched |
| 2004 | George W. Bush | R | 3.9 points | matched | matched |
| 2008 | John McCain | R | 3.0 points | missed | missed |
| 2012 | Mitt Romney | R | 4.0 points | missed | missed |
| 2016 | Donald Trump | R | 40.6 points | matched | matched |
| 2020 | Donald J Trump | R | 49.5 points | matched | missed |
| 2024 | Donald J Trump | R | 54.5 points | matched | matched |
Every presidential election in Perry County, year by year: its record with Ohio and the nation, closest and widest results, biggest swings, and where it has ranked among the 88.
| Year | Registered | Ballots cast | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 19,656 | 12,753 | 64.88% |
| 2000 | 18,102 | 13,147 | 72.63% |
| 2004 | 23,480 | 15,472 | 65.89% |
| 2008 | 22,780 | 15,636 | 68.64% |
| 2012 | 24,415 | 15,223 | 62.35% |
| 2016 | 22,087 | 15,337 | 69.44% |
| 2020 | 22,541 | 16,840 | 74.71% |
| 2024 | 22,901 | 17,215 | 75.17% |
On the 2026 ballot in Perry County:
- Attorney General of Ohio
- Auditor of State of Ohio
- Governor of Ohio
- Justice of the Supreme Court (Full term commencing 1-1-2027)
- Justice of the Supreme Court (Full term commencing 1-2-2027)
- Secretary of State of Ohio
- Treasurer of State of Ohio
- U.S. Senator from Ohio
- Ohio State Representative, District 69
- Ohio State Representative, District 92
- Ohio State Senator, District 17
- U.S. Representative, Ohio's 12th District
- U.S. Representative, Ohio's 2nd District
| Jurisdiction | Type | Question | Millage or amount | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Township | Tax Levy (Renewal) | Renews a 2-mill property tax levy for the fire protection & EMS of Madison Township for 5 years, beginning in 2027. | 2 mills | 5 years |
| Shawnee Village | Tax Levy (Renewal) | Renews a 3-mill property tax levy for the current expenses of Shawnee Village for 5 years, beginning in 2026. | 3 mills | 5 years |
| Coal Township | Tax Levy (Renewal) | Renews a 1-mill property tax levy for the current expenses of Coal Township for 5 years, beginning in 2026. | 1 mills | 5 years |
| Coal Township | Tax Levy (Renewal) | Renews a 2-mill property tax levy to maintain & operate cemeteries of Coal Township for 5 years, beginning in 2026. | 2 mills | 5 years |
| Coal Township | Tax Levy (Renewal) | Renews a 2-mill property tax levy for the roads & bridges of Coal Township for 5 years, beginning in 2026. | 2 mills | 5 years |
| Madison Township | Tax Levy (Additional) | Authorizes an additional 1-mill property tax levy for the streets, roads & bridges of Madison Township for 5 years, beginning in 2026. | 1 mills | 5 years |
| Crooksville Village | Tax Levy (Renewal) | Renews a 2-mill property tax levy to operate municipal park & swimming pool of Crooksville Village for 5 years, beginning in 2027. | 2 mills | 5 years |
| Crooksville Village | Tax Levy (Renewal) | Renews a 3-mill property tax levy for the parks & recreation of Crooksville Village for 5 years, beginning in 2027. | 3 mills | 5 years |
| Bearfield Township | Tax Levy (Renewal) | Renews a 1-mill property tax levy to maintain & operate cemeteries of Bearfield Township for 5 years, beginning in 2027. | 1 mills | 5 years |
| Corning Village | Tax Levy (Renewal) | Renews a 5-mill property tax levy for the police protection of Corning Village for 5 years, beginning in 2026. | 5 mills | 5 years |
| Thorn Township | Tax Levy (Renewal) | Renews a 3-mill property tax levy for the fire protection & EMS of Thorn Township for 5 years, beginning in 2027. | 3 mills | 5 years |
| Reading Township | Tax Levy (Renewal) | Renews a 1-mill property tax levy for the roads & bridges of Reading Township for 5 years, beginning in 2028. | 1 mills | 5 years |
| Perry County | Tax Levy (Renewal) | Renews a 1-mill property tax levy to maintain & operate county home of Perry County for 5 years, beginning in 2026. | 1 mills | 5 years |
| Shawnee Village | Tax Levy (Renewal) | Renews a 2-mill property tax levy for the current expenses of Shawnee Village for 5 years, beginning in 2026. | 2 mills | 5 years |
| Shawnee Village | Tax Levy (Renewal) | Renews a 2-mill property tax levy to maintain & operate cemeteries of Shawnee Village for 5 years, beginning in 2026. | 2 mills | 5 years |
| Junction City Village | Tax Levy (Renewal) | Renews a 5-mill property tax levy for the current expenses of Junction City Village for 5 years, beginning in 2027. | 5 mills | 5 years |
| New Lexington Village | Tax Levy (Renewal) | Renews a 1-mill property tax levy to maintain & operate New Lexington Parks & Recreation of New Lexington Village for a continuing period of time, beginning in 2027. | 1 mills | — |
| Saltlick Township | Tax Levy (Additional) | Authorizes an additional 0.5-mill property tax levy for the current expenses of Saltlick Township for 5 years, beginning in 2027. | 0.5 mills | 5 years |
| Somerset Village | Tax Levy (Additional) | Authorizes an additional 2.1-mill property tax levy for the current expenses of Somerset Village for 5 years, beginning in 2026. | 2.1 mills | 5 years |
| Somerset Village | Tax Levy (Renewal) | Renews a 6.5-mill property tax levy for the police protection of Somerset Village for 5 years, beginning in 2026. | 6.5 mills | 5 years |
| Roseville Village | Tax Levy (Renewal) | Renews a 4-mill property tax levy for the current expenses of Roseville Village for 5 years, beginning in 2027. | 4 mills | 5 years |
| Harrison South - Quick Stop 93 LLC Precinct | Liquor Option | Local liquor option on Sunday sales, in Harrison South - Quick Stop 93 LLC Precinct. | — | — |
What's on my ballot · Election 2026
Sources for the presidential results and turnout above
Data from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0:
- 1852: 1852 United States presidential election in Ohio
- 1856: 1856 United States presidential election in Ohio
- 1860: 1860 United States presidential election in Ohio
- 1864: 1864 United States presidential election in Ohio
- 1868: 1868 United States presidential election in Ohio
- 1872: 1872 United States presidential election in Ohio
- 1876: 1876 United States presidential election in Ohio
- 1880: 1880 United States presidential election in Ohio
- 1884: 1884 United States presidential election in Ohio
- 1888: 1888 United States presidential election in Ohio
- 1892: 1892 United States presidential election in Ohio
- 1896: 1896 United States presidential election in Ohio
- 1900: 1900 United States presidential election in Ohio
- 1904: 1904 United States presidential election in Ohio
- 1908: 1908 United States presidential election in Ohio
- 1912: 1912 United States presidential election in Ohio
- 1916: 1916 United States presidential election in Ohio
- 1920: 1920 United States presidential election in Ohio
- 1924: 1924 United States presidential election in Ohio
- 1928: 1928 United States presidential election in Ohio
- 1932: 1932 United States presidential election in Ohio
- 1936: 1936 United States presidential election in Ohio
- 1940: 1940 United States presidential election in Ohio
- 1944: 1944 United States presidential election in Ohio
- 1948: 1948 United States presidential election in Ohio
- 1952: 1952 United States presidential election in Ohio
- 1956: 1956 United States presidential election in Ohio
- 1960: 1960 United States presidential election in Ohio
- 1964: 1964 United States presidential election in Ohio
- 1968: 1968 United States presidential election in Ohio
- 1972: 1972 United States presidential election in Ohio
- 1976: 1976 United States presidential election in Ohio
- 1980: 1980 United States presidential election in Ohio
- Ohio Secretary of State: oh_1984_general_president_county.xlsx -- Ohio Secretary of State Past Election Results portal
- MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL), Harvard Dataverse: County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2024 (V20)
All 44 presidential elections 1852-2024 present. Turnout 1996-2024 per the ruling's storage section (county-level turnout before 1996 is confirmed absent from the OH SOS portal per A/sources/CITATIONS.md; not this task's scope to invent from elsewhere).
Where Perry County sits
Three measures this atlas holds, set against how all 88 counties voted for president. Perry County is the marked dot on each.
This is a pattern across counties, not a fact about any voter.
Perry County sits higher than 83 of the 88 counties measured on share white alone. White-alone share and the presidential vote
Perry County sits higher than 17 of the 88 counties measured on share 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher. Bachelor's-degree share and the presidential vote
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| County | Adult smoking (County Health Rankings, 2024) | Presidential margin, 2024 (R minus D, points) |
|---|---|---|
| Adams | 24.8% | R+66.1 |
| Allen | 21.9% | R+44.5 |
| Ashland | 21.1% | R+50.4 |
| Ashtabula | 26.8% | R+28.6 |
| Athens | 21.0% | D+10.8 |
| Auglaize | 18.8% | R+65.1 |
| Belmont | 22.2% | R+47.6 |
| Brown | 24.3% | R+61.8 |
| Butler | 18.1% | R+26.5 |
| Carroll | 22.5% | R+55.2 |
| Champaign | 21.3% | R+51.2 |
| Clark | 21.9% | R+29.8 |
| Clermont | 19.7% | R+36.1 |
| Clinton | 21.9% | R+55.1 |
| Columbiana | 22.5% | R+49.4 |
| Coshocton | 25.1% | R+52.6 |
| Crawford | 23.1% | R+53.4 |
| Cuyahoga | 18.7% | D+31.7 |
| Darke | 21.6% | R+65.8 |
| Defiance | 19.4% | R+40.2 |
| Delaware | 11.1% | R+6.7 |
| Erie | 20.1% | R+14.3 |
| Fairfield | 18.1% | R+24.3 |
| Fayette | 24.4% | R+55.6 |
| Franklin | 17.0% | D+28.7 |
| Fulton | 19.3% | R+42.8 |
| Gallia | 23.1% | R+59.8 |
| Geauga | 16.4% | R+24.3 |
| Greene | 15.9% | R+20.0 |
| Guernsey | 23.9% | R+52.4 |
| Hamilton | 17.2% | D+15.0 |
| Hancock | 19.2% | R+38.9 |
| Hardin | 23.1% | R+55.2 |
| Harrison | 23.2% | R+55.7 |
| Henry | 19.8% | R+47.1 |
| Highland | 24.7% | R+63.7 |
| Hocking | 24.4% | R+44.6 |
| Holmes | 26.8% | R+69.7 |
| Huron | 21.6% | R+44.4 |
| Jackson | 24.6% | R+58.4 |
| Jefferson | 24.1% | R+44.4 |
| Knox | 20.5% | R+45.3 |
| Lake | 17.2% | R+14.5 |
| Lawrence | 24.1% | R+50.9 |
| Licking | 17.8% | R+30.3 |
| Logan | 21.1% | R+56.7 |
| Lorain | 19.4% | R+5.8 |
| Lucas | 19.7% | D+12.7 |
| Madison | 20.8% | R+44.1 |
| Mahoning | 21.4% | R+9.5 |
| Marion | 24.1% | R+41.7 |
| Medina | 16.1% | R+25.0 |
| Meigs | 27.4% | R+57.4 |
| Mercer | 18.9% | R+67.2 |
| Miami | 18.3% | R+45.5 |
| Monroe | 23.6% | R+60.3 |
| Montgomery | 18.7% | D+0.5 |
| Morgan | 26.4% | R+53.6 |
| Morrow | 21.5% | R+56.2 |
| Muskingum | 21.5% | R+44.3 |
| Noble | 24.5% | R+65.1 |
| Ottawa | 18.9% | R+25.3 |
| Paulding | 21.8% | R+56.8 |
| Perry | 24.5% | R+54.9 |
| Pickaway | 21.2% | R+49.0 |
| Pike | 27.2% | R+54.0 |
| Portage | 19.0% | R+15.7 |
| Preble | 20.6% | R+59.6 |
| Putnam | 17.3% | R+69.4 |
| Richland | 23.5% | R+42.7 |
| Ross | 23.1% | R+39.7 |
| Sandusky | 20.8% | R+31.1 |
| Scioto | 27.4% | R+48.2 |
| Seneca | 21.6% | R+37.9 |
| Shelby | 21.4% | R+65.3 |
| Stark | 21.3% | R+22.1 |
| Summit | 19.3% | D+7.0 |
| Trumbull | 22.6% | R+16.9 |
| Tuscarawas | 22.5% | R+43.6 |
| Union | 15.0% | R+29.9 |
| Van Wert | 21.0% | R+59.0 |
| Vinton | 27.7% | R+59.0 |
| Warren | 14.4% | R+31.8 |
| Washington | 23.2% | R+44.1 |
| Wayne | 20.9% | R+39.6 |
| Williams | 21.2% | R+48.7 |
| Wood | 16.6% | R+10.3 |
| Wyandot | 19.8% | R+51.6 |
Perry County sits higher than 75 of the 88 counties measured on adult smoking (County Health Rankings). Adult smoking and the presidential vote
Rain and snow
How much has actually fallen on Perry County, day by day, from 1887 to now. Daily totals, not averages.
- rain, last 30 days
- 1.83 in
- 2026-09-30 to 2026-10-29
- rain so far in 2026
- 50.4 in
- 13.6 in above normal for the date
- snow so far in 2026
- 16.9 in
- a normal year brings 17.1 in
- a normal year
- 43.2 in
- average of 30 years, 1991-2020
| Month | Rain (in) | Snow (in) | Days counted |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 1.83 | — | 29 |
| September 2026 | 8.66 | — | 30 |
| August 2026 | 15.40 | — | 31 |
| July 2026 | 3.21 | — | 31 |
| June 2026 | 2.88 | — | 30 |
| May 2026 | 6.25 | — | 31 |
| April 2026 | 2.88 | — | 30 |
| March 2026 | 6.63 | 4.2 | 31 |
| February 2026 | 1.04 | 1.8 | 28 |
| January 2026 | 1.56 | 10.9 | 31 |
| December 2025 | 1.67 | 7.7 | 31 |
| November 2025 | 2.65 | 0.2 | 30 |
| Wettest year | 2018 — 57.3 in |
|---|---|
| Driest year | 1930 — 21.8 in |
| Snowiest year | 1960 — 55.7 in |
| Wettest day on record | 9 September 2004 — 5.20 in |
| Heaviest snowfall in a day | 14 January 1968 — 20.00 in |
| Deepest snow on the ground | 14 January 1968 — 22.99 in |
79% of these days are measurements from a gauge inside Perry County; the rest are estimated from the nearest gauges around it.
49,721 days of records, 1887-08-01 to 2026-10-29. Source: NOAA NCEI GHCN-Daily, 3,240 gauges in and around Ohio. A day is "gauged" when a gauge standing inside the boundary reported it, and the value is the mean of those gauges. Otherwise it is interpolated by inverse distance from every gauge reporting within 50 miles. Nothing is carried forward, back-filled or smoothed. Against NOAA nClimDiv county monthly precipitation over 136,848 complete county-months (checked 2026-10-31): correlation 0.9515, median absolute difference 0.217 in a month. Built 2026-10-31 from the Cracked Buckeye precipitation archive. Snow is the softer number — snowfall is measured by hand with a ruler, no agency publishes a gridded county snowfall series, and blowing snow defeats every observer.
Environmental permits and filings
What Ohio EPA has on file for Perry County: permits, inspections, violations, cleanups and the state loans behind sewer and water work. Every line links to the agency's own document.
- facilities and sites on file
- 786
- everything Ohio EPA files under this county
- private households
- 88
- counted, not named: permits filed under a person's name
Data centers, power and big tech here. Ohio EPA files that name a data-center company, a power plant or substation, or a large technology firm:
- CLOUSE SUBSTATION (wastewater and stormwater discharge, latest Aug 18, 2017)
| Program | Facilities and sites |
|---|---|
| Sewer and water-line construction | 217 |
| Wastewater and stormwater discharge | 162 |
| Public drinking water | 62 |
| Hazardous waste | 60 |
| Wetland and stream fill | 56 |
| Air pollution | 48 |
| State water loans | 30 |
| Contaminated-site cleanup | 23 |
| Scrap tires | 22 |
| State sewer loans | 21 |
| Site assessment | 17 |
| Voluntary cleanup | 16 |
| 13 smaller programs |
| Date | Facility or site | What |
|---|---|---|
| NORTHERN PERRY CO.WATER #2 PWS | Public drinking water compliance letter | |
| GLENFORD WWTP | Wastewater and stormwater discharge notice of violation | |
| PER-13-1967 (PID 95461) | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| GLENFORD WWTP | Wastewater and stormwater discharge report | |
| VCP REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS LLC PROJECT | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| PERRY COUNTY GENERAL HEALTH DISTRICT | Health District Partners director's approval | |
| COOPER STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE INC, NEW LEXINGTON | Voluntary cleanup technical help | |
| TUNNEL HILL RECLAMATION LLC | Landfills plan | |
| CORNING VILLAGE | Public drinking water notice of violation | |
| PERRY COUNTY GENERAL HEALTH DISTRICT | Health District Partners director's approval | |
| LEMPCO INDUSTRIES INC | Underground injection wells violation resolved | |
| GLENFORD VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water compliance letter | |
| NEW STRAITSVILLE, VILLAGE OF PWS | Public drinking water compliance letter | |
| LEMPCO INDUSTRIES INC | Underground injection wells violation resolved | |
| NEW STRAITSVILLE, VILLAGE OF PWS | Public drinking water compliance letter | |
| IM COORDINATION A-2475-3 THE MELVIN STONE CO | Wetland and stream fill permit | |
| LEMPCO INDUSTRIES INC | Underground injection wells notice of violation | |
| TUNNEL HILL RECLAMATION LLC | Landfills report | |
| VILLAGE OF CROOKSVILLE | Wastewater and stormwater discharge monitoring results | |
| SUBURBAN LANDFILL INC | Landfills inspection | |
| VILLAGE OF THORNVILLE PWS | Public drinking water compliance letter | |
| TUNNEL HILL RECLAMATION LLC | Landfills director's approval | |
| SUBURBAN LANDFILL INC | Landfills report | |
| TUNNELL HILL RECLAMATION LLC | Wastewater and stormwater discharge report | |
| VILLAGE OF THORNVILLE PWS | Public drinking water compliance letter |
Source: Ohio EPA eDocument portal (edocpub.epa.ohio.gov), indexed 2026-10-14. Facilities are placed on the map from Ohio EPA's own map layers, EPA's Facility Registry, coordinates written in the filings, or a geocoded street address. A permit filed under a private person's name (most are household septic systems) is counted but never named, placed or linked; licenses for individual workers and open-burning notices are left out entirely.
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What is the county seat of Perry County, Ohio?
New Lexington is the county seat of Perry County, Ohio. Somerset was Perry County's first seat of justice after the 1818 organization, but New Lexington, more centrally located and later reached by rail, spent decades contesting the designation in what local histories call the "county seat war." The dispute ran through the 1850s, resolved only after three state laws, several elections and two Ohio Supreme Court decisions, and county offices moved from Somerset to New Lexington in early 1857. Source
When was Perry County, Ohio established?
Perry County was established on March 1, 1818. Source
What is the population of Perry County, Ohio?
Perry County had 35,918 residents (July 2025 estimate).
How did Perry County, Ohio vote in the 2024 presidential election?
In the November 5, 2024 presidential election, Perry County voters cast 16,992 votes for president: Kamala D Harris (D) 22.4%, Chase Oliver (L) 0.3%, Donald J Trump (R) 76.9%. Donald J Trump carried the county. Source
How did Perry County get its name?
Perry County was named for Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry of the United States Navy, commemorating his decisive victory over the British fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie on September 10, 1813, one of the turning points of the War of 1812 ("We have met the enemy and they are ours"). Source
How many cities, villages and townships are in Perry County, Ohio?
Perry County has 26 cities, villages and townships, and 11 ZIP codes reach into it.
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