Wood County

County

Wood County, Ohio

Ohio · county seat Bowling Green · 134,176 residents (July 2025 estimate) · 28 ZIP codes · 42 cities, villages and townships

134,176 people (July 2025 estimate), +1.5% since the 2020 census; life expectancy 77.4 years; median household income $77,522 (2024). The county in numbers

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Wood County, Ohio

Local events in Wood County

654 events in the next 90 days from 19 public calendars. All local events in Wood County

Saturday, October 31

BGSU Women's Tennis at NIU Huskie Indoor Invitational

All day · DeKalb, Ill. · Paid · From Bowling Green State University
Saturday, October 31

10/31 Bird Walk

8 to 9 a.m. · Off Campus at Wintergarden Park · Paid · From Bowling Green State University
Saturday, October 31

Lego Cup Challenge

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. · Wood County, see the posting for the place · From Wood County District Public Library

Checked October 20; the events page is refreshed daily.

Wood County in numbers

The public records that are kept county by county, in 27 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: 134,176; Census Bureau vintage 2025

since the April 2020 census: +1.5%; from 132,243 in the Census Bureau's April 2020 estimates base

births since July 2020: 6,248

deaths since July 2020: 6,469

net migration since July 2020: +2,265; people who moved in, minus people who moved out

net domestic migration, 2025: +846; moved in from elsewhere in the U.S., minus moved out

net international migration, 2025: +211

Wood County has never had more people than it has today.

It is 2.6 times its 1900 size.

USDA rural-urban continuum code 2 of 9 (1 is the most metropolitan): metro - counties in metro areas of 250,000 to 1 million population.

USDA ERS county typology (2015 codes): a metro county with a manufacturing-dependent economy, with none of the ERS distress flags.

Wood County population by census year (Census Bureau)
Year	People	Source
1820	733	first census that counted the county
1850	9,157	decennial census
1900	51,555	decennial census
1950	59,605	decennial census
1970	89,722	decennial census
1990	113,269	decennial census
2000	121,072	Census Bureau estimates base, April 1
2010	125,488	decennial census
2020	132,243	Census Bureau estimates base, April 1
2025	134,176	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: 6,638; on tax returns filed from a new county

people moved out: 6,468

net people: +170; moved in, minus moved out

people stayed put: 100,994

income that moved in: $257 million; adjusted gross income on the arrivals' 2023 returns

income that moved out: $275 million; adjusted gross income on the leavers' 2023 returns

Where arriving people came from (IRS returns, 2022 to 2023)
From	People
Lucas, OH	2,435
Hancock, OH	374
Ottawa, OH	227

Where leaving people went (IRS returns, 2022 to 2023)
To	People
Lucas, OH	2,097
Hancock, OH	369
Ottawa, OH	239

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: 11.0%

of children below the poverty line, 2024: 9.7%

median household income, 2024: $77,522

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: 3.4%; 4.9% a year earlier

people in the labor force, July 2026: 68,474

looking for work: 2,305

average weekly wage, first quarter of 2026: $1,216; +5.6% on the year

jobs covered by unemployment insurance: 74,763; -0.8% on the year

establishments: 3,505

Largest private sectors, first quarter of 2026 (BLS QCEW)
Sector	Jobs	Average weekly wage
manufacturing	14,009	$1,650
transportation and warehousing	10,441	$913
restaurants and hotels	7,483	$360

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): $8.3 billion; +9.0% since 2019

GDP in 2024 dollars: $10.7 billion; current dollars, before adjusting for inflation

personal income per person, 2024: $62,600; 20th of Ohio's 88 counties

change in income per person since 2019: +31.8%; 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: 200; 183 closed

net workplaces, 2019 to 2023: +27; openings minus closings

applications to start a business, 2025: 1,300; +82% since 2019

businesses with no employees, 2023: 8,754; +19% 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.

Workplaces opened and closed, average per year
Years	Opened	Closed	Net
1978 to 1989	215	177	+38
the 1990s	224	192	+32
the 2000s	230	224	+6
the 2010s	180	182	-2
2020 to 2023	193	180	+13

Workplaces opened and closed, 2019 to 2023
Year	Opened	Closed	Net
2019	164	188	-24
2020	151	196	-45
2021	195	166	+29
2022	225	175	+50
2023	200	183	+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: $172 million; $1,301 a resident

in federal grants, fiscal 2025: $162 million; $1,222 a resident

in federal loans and loan guarantees: $98,997

in direct federal payments to people and organizations: $821 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: 77.4 years; Ohio 75.2

years of life lost before 75, per 100,000 (premature death): 6,562.5; Ohio 9,740

population health group among U.S. counties: 2 of 10; 1 is healthiest

community conditions group among U.S. counties: 3 of 10; 1 is best

of children in poverty: 9.3%; Ohio 17.5%

uninsured: 5.5%; Ohio 7.1%

No community water system in the county had a health-based drinking water violation in the rankings' reporting year.

County Health Rankings 2025: Wood County and Ohio
Measure	Wood County	Ohio
Life expectancy at birth (years)	77.4	75.2
Years of potential life lost before 75, per 100,000 (premature death)	6,562.5	9,740
Adults in fair or poor health	16.1%	17.9%
Uninsured	5.5%	7.1%
Children in poverty	9.3%	17.5%
Median household income	$73,906	$67,873
Income inequality (80th to 20th percentile household income ratio)	4.6	4.6
Households with severe housing problems	12.0%	12.7%
People per primary care physician	1,472	1,328
People per mental health provider	448	286
People per dentist	3,060	1,535
Preventable hospital stays per 100,000 Medicare enrollees	3,182	3,033
Medicare enrollees with a flu vaccination	54%	51%
Injury deaths per 100,000	60.6	100.7
Suicides per 100,000	13.0	14.7
Child deaths per 100,000 (under 18)	38.3	59.2
Infant deaths per 1,000 live births	5.6	7.0
Teen births per 1,000 females 15 to 19	7.7	17.4
Average daily fine-particle pollution (PM2.5, µg/m³)	8.3	7.8
Any drinking water violation in the county	No
Population used by the rankings	132,650
Population health group (1 to 10 among U.S. counties; 1 is healthiest)	2
Community conditions group (1 to 10 among U.S. counties; 1 is best)	3

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: 463.4; 95% confidence interval 447.7 to 479.4 · Ohio 472.9 · U.S. 448.6

cases a year: 707

incidence trend: stable

cancer deaths a year per 100,000, age-adjusted, 2019 to 2023: 169.1; Ohio 160.3 · U.S. 145.4

cancer deaths a year: 265

death-rate trend: falling; -0.7% a year

Cancer incidence by site, 2018 to 2022 (NCI State Cancer Profiles)
Site	Per 100,000	Ohio	Cases a year	Trend
Lung	50.1	63.6	82	falling
Colorectal	37.6	38.4	55	falling
Female breast	130.8	133.0	101	stable
Prostate	129.4	120.8	101	stable
Leukemia	14.7	13.0	20	stable
Bladder	17.5	21.8	28	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 September 2025: 12; CDC provisional count

deaths per 100,000 residents: 9.0; Ohio 20.8 in the 12 months ending December 2025

deaths a year earlier: 12

highest 12-month total since 2020: 34; 12 months ending April 2021

The county count has been suppressed (1 to 9 deaths) in every month after September 2025.

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: 27,293; 20% of residents

aged 65 or over: 24,890

younger people with disabilities: 2,403

chose a Medicare Advantage plan: 52.2%

also on Medicaid: 10.4%

with Part D drug coverage: 86.6%

enrollment since 2020: +11.7%; 24,440 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: 101; NOAA Storm Events log

injury: 1

in reported damage: $594,700

largest hail: 1 in; March 27, 2016

strongest measured gust: 74 mph; June 22, 2017

The costliest event was river and street flooding on June 2, 2019, $175,000 in damage. The Portage River came within 0.3 feet of major flood stage at the Woodville gauge at 2 PM on June 3rd. Roads southwest of Pemberville were closed, and water sp…

Severe weather reports by kind, 2016 to 2026 (NOAA Storm Events)
Kind	Reports
damaging thunderstorm wind	74
hail	19
river and street flooding	5
lightning strikes	2

Zone-wide advisories by kind, 2016 to 2026 (NOAA Storm Events)
Kind	Reports
high wind	6
winter storms	5
extreme cold	2

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: 15

severe thunderstorm warnings: 171

flash flood warnings: 6

winter storm or blizzard warnings: 7

warnings, watches and advisories in all: 817

National Weather Service products for Wood County since 2015 (Iowa Environmental Mesonet archive)
Product	Count
Tornado Warning	15
Tornado Watch	11
Severe Thunderstorm Warning	171
Flash Flood Warning	6
Flood Warning	69
Areal Flood Warning	14
Areal Flood Advisory	51
Winter Storm Warning	7
Winter Weather Advisory	64
Excessive Heat Warning	4
Heat Advisory	31
Extreme Cold Warning	2
Wind Chill Warning	4
Snow Squall Warning	1

Tornado warnings by year
Year	Warnings
2015	2
2016	4
2019	3
2024	3
2026	3

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: 90

of them severe or worse: 35; most recently 13 weeks in 2026

weeks at least abnormally dry since 2020: 157

of all weeks since 2000 in drought: 12%

The worst reading since 2000 was extreme drought in March 2026.

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: 51.7 °F; 49.2 °F in 1901 to 1930 · 49.9 °F in 1951 to 1980

change since 1901 to 1930: +2.6 °F

warmest year since 1895: 2024; 55.1 °F

precipitation in the average year, 1996 to 2025: 35.5 in; 34.1 in 1901 to 1930 (+4.2%)

wettest year since 1895: 2011; 51.2 inches

average temperature, 2025: 51.8 °F; 30.0 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 2012: 3; FEMA grants, program years 2012 to 2020

total project worth: $383,992; $338,366 federal

Largest: Advanced Assistance for Rossford, $221,000 (fiscal 2020).

Mitigation projects by type since 2012 (OpenFEMA)
Project type	Projects
Advanced Assistance	1
Other Equipment Purchase and Installation	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 quality this year

The EPA's daily county air quality index for 2026 so far: how many days were good, moderate or worse, and the year's peak.

good air days in 2026 so far: 59; of 61 days indexed through April 30, 2026

moderate days: 2

days unhealthy for sensitive groups or worse: 0

peak air quality index: 54; Ozone, April 30, 2026

Source: EPA daily county AQI file for 2026 (January to the file's latest date) · EPA air data files · 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: 20 in a million; EPA AirToxScreen 2020

Mostly formaldehyde (15.5 in a million) and carbon tetrachloride (3 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): 11.0

people served by public water systems, 2015: 88,300; 17 gallons a person a day used at home

people supplying their own water at home, 2015: 41,400

The U.S. Geological Survey's 2015 county estimate, which also counts small wells (million gallons a day)
Use	Million gallons a day
All uses	11.0
Public water systems	5.2
Power plants (thermoelectric)	0.0
Industry (own supply)	0.0
Irrigation	0.3
Mining	2.2
Livestock	0.2
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: 97.3%

Source: Ohio Department of Health county fluoridation profiles (DataOhio) · ODH fluoridation report (DataOhio) · EPA SDWIS search · About this topic

Firefighting foam (PFAS)

PFAS-based aqueous film-forming foam registered in the county with Ohio EPA, which is collecting it for disposal so it is never sprayed again.

fire departments or other holders registered: 6

of PFAS-based AFFF foam registered with Ohio EPA: 280 gal

in sealed containers: 150 gal

in opened containers: 130 gal

Source: Ohio EPA AFFF firefighting-foam inventory · Ohio EPA PFAS · About this topic

Road salt grants

H2Ohio pays for brine makers, calibrated spreaders and covered salt barns so less chloride reaches streams and wells.

H2Ohio chloride-reduction grants awarded in the county: 3

Source: Ohio EPA H2Ohio chloride reduction grants · Ohio EPA chloride reduction grants · 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: 1,151; 217 acres to a farm on average

acres in farms: 250,260; 234,540 acres of cropland

of the county's land is cropland: 59.0%

farm products sold, 2022: $283 million; 28% from livestock, poultry and their products

Crops and livestock, 2022 Census of Agriculture
Crop or animal	Acres or head
Corn for grain (acres harvested)	73,685
Soybeans (acres harvested)	123,437
Irrigated land (acres)	977
Cattle and calves	7,960
Hogs and pigs	10,712
Egg-laying chickens	—
Broilers and other meat chickens	276
Turkeys	170

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: 303,511 kg; USGS estimate (preliminary, high estimate)

per square mile of land: 488.7 kg; 20th of Ohio's 88 counties, most per square mile first

atrazine: 51,873 kg

glyphosate: 120,507 kg

compounds with an estimate: 148

Largest pesticides by amount applied, 2018 (USGS, kilograms)
Compound	Kilograms
glyphosate	120,507
atrazine	51,873
metolachlor	30,827
acetochlor	21,188
2,4-D	20,519

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: 108; FRA Form 54

derailments: 73

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: 40,612; snapshot of July 15, 2025

Wood County Auditor, parcel extract as published on the county Engineer's ArcGIS Online parcel layer, with the Engineer's address points and the auditor's taxing-district table (no dwelling characteristics).

Office: Wood County Auditor (Matthew Oestreich, One Courthouse Square, Bowling Green OH 43402, (419) 354-9150, auditor@woodcountyohio.gov; public search on Schneider Beacon) and the Wood County Engineer's Office GIS (ArcGIS Online organisation WoodEngineer, services.arcgis.com/uCMcDQQnwrXjpTHr; Wood County Public Geospatial Library hub), which publishes the auditor's extract joined to the tax-parcel fabric.

These are full appraisal records: every house's year built, value and sales history opens from its ZIP page.

Source: Wood County Auditor, parcel extract as published on the county Engineer's ArcGIS Online parcel layer, with the Engineer's address points and the auditor's taxing-district table (no dwelling characteristics), snapshot 2025-07-15 · Wood County Auditor (Matthew Oestreich · 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: 3; 2 in the worst tenth of the 88

of the 85 counties with anything flagged: 68th worst; environment, health

losing ground on Ohio: 1; the gap to the state is widening

peer group the engine compares it against: metro

"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.

Wood County has Ohio's highest average weekly wage in agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting: $1,270 (2024). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Wood County is among Ohio's ten highest for share 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher (36.5%, 2024) and among the ten lowest for share of adults who smoke (12.7%, 2025), two measures that move in opposite directions across the state (rank correlation -0.83 with population held fixed). Sources: U.S. Census Bureau; CDC.

Wood County is among Ohio's ten lowest for share of adults with arthritis (26.6%, 2025) and among the ten lowest for population, age 65 and over per 10,000 residents (1,605.5, 2022), two measures that move together across the state (rank correlation 0.77 with population held fixed). Sources: CDC; Ohio Department of Health.

Wood County is among Ohio's ten highest for share 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher (36.5%, 2024) and among the ten lowest for share of adults in fair or poor health (16.6%, 2025), two measures that move in opposite directions across the state (rank correlation -0.81 with population held fixed). Sources: U.S. Census Bureau; CDC.

Wood County is among Ohio's ten highest for share 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher (36.5%, 2024) and among the ten lowest for share of adults with no leisure-time physical activity (22.9%, 2025), two measures that move in opposite directions across the state (rank correlation -0.81 with population held fixed). Sources: U.S. Census Bureau; CDC.

Wood County is among Ohio's ten lowest for share of adults with chronic kidney disease (2.8%, 2023) and among the ten lowest for population, age 65 and over per 10,000 residents (1,605.5, 2022), two measures that move together across the state (rank correlation 0.71 with population held fixed). Sources: CDC; Ohio Department of Health.

Wood County is among Ohio's ten highest for share 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher (36.5%, 2024) and among the ten lowest for share of adults with COPD (6.6%, 2025), two measures that move in opposite directions across the state (rank correlation -0.79 with population held fixed). Sources: U.S. Census Bureau; CDC.

Across Ohio, share of adults screened for cholesterol and votes cast for U.S. Senate per 10,000 residents move together. Wood County is an exception: its votes cast for U.S. Senate per 10,000 residents is 5,019.3 (2024), far higher than the statewide pattern predicts from its share of adults screened for cholesterol of 84.4% (2025). Sources: CDC; OpenElections.

Measures where Wood County stands out, worst first
Measure	Latest	Ohio median	Rank, worst first	Change
TRI off-site transfers per 10,000 residents	318,207.8 pounds per 10,000 residents (2024)	120,393.1	19th of 86	318,207.8 from 269,479.4 since 2015 · losing ground on Ohio
Share of adults with high blood pressure taking medicine for it (crude)	77.4% (2025)	80.0%	6th of 88
Share of adults who binge drink (crude)	18.3% (2025)	16.3%	4th of 88

Source: Cracked Buckeye inference engine (scripts/inference) over the county-year panel, run 2026-09-21 · What moves with what across Ohio

Places

The 42 cities, villages and townships whose residents live mostly in Wood County, with the population of each.

Cities 4

Townships 17

ZIP codes

The 28 ZIP codes whose residents live mostly in Wood County, largest first. Each links to its own page; the water system column links to the utility serving most of its residents.

ZIP codes of Wood County: residents (2020 census), the water system serving most residents, radon, home value, school district and flood exposure
ZIP	Name	Residents	Water system	Radon	Home value	School district	Flood
43551	Perrysburg	43,235	Perrysburg City 59% Lake Erie	4.7 pCi/L average radon	Median home $311,100	Perrysburg Exempted Village 5 stars overall	2.1% of residents in the 1% floodplain
43402	Bowling Green	31,459	Bowling Green City 79% Inland rivers	3.8 pCi/L average radon	Median home $243,100	Bowling Green City 4.5 stars overall	0.4% of residents in the 1% floodplain
43619	Northwood	7,454	Northwestern W and SD - Oregon Wtln 200 77% Lake Erie	4.8 pCi/L average radon	Median home $182,000	Northwood Local 4 stars overall	0.2% of residents in the 1% floodplain
43460	Rossford	6,230	Northwestern W and SD - Toledo Svc Area 8% Mostly private wells	5.1 pCi/L average radon	Median home $174,000	Rossford Exempted Village 3.5 stars overall	0.0% of residents in the 1% floodplain
43465	Walbridge	5,599	Northwestern W and SD - Toledo Svc Area 95% Lake Erie	5.5 pCi/L average radon	Median home $172,800	Lake Local 3.5 stars overall	11% of residents in the 1% floodplain
43403	Bowling Green	5,422	Bowling Green City 100% Inland rivers	6.1 pCi/L average radon	No Census data	Bowling Green City 4.5 stars overall	0.0% of residents in the 1% floodplain
45872	North Baltimore	4,120	North Baltimore Village 83% Inland rivers	6.2 pCi/L average radon	Median home $127,700	North Baltimore Local 3.5 stars overall	0.7% of residents in the 1% floodplain
43450	Pemberville	3,454	Pemberville Village 38% Groundwater (wells)	6.0 pCi/L average radon	Median home $239,700	Eastwood Local 4.5 stars overall	7.3% of residents in the 1% floodplain
43447	Lake Township and Millbury	3,343	Northwestern W and SD - Oregon Wtln 200 71% Lake Erie	4.5 pCi/L average radon	Median home $218,600	Lake Local 3.5 stars overall	4.5% of residents in the 1% floodplain
43522	Providence Township and Grand Rapids	3,249	Grand Rapids Village 28% Mostly private wells	3.4 pCi/L average radon	Median home $219,000	Otsego Local 4 stars overall	6.0% of residents in the 1% floodplain
43569	Weston	2,628	Northwestern W and SD - Weston 49% Mostly private wells	3.0 pCi/L average radon	Median home $159,400	Otsego Local 4 stars overall	1.5% of residents in the 1% floodplain
43466	Montgomery Township and Wayne	2,141	Wayne Village 39% Mostly private wells	7.1 pCi/L average radon	Median home $177,400	Elmwood Local 3 stars overall	2.0% of residents in the 1% floodplain
43443	Luckey	1,856	Northwestern W and SD - Toledo Svc Area 97% Lake Erie	5.6 pCi/L average radon	Median home $207,100	Eastwood Local 4.5 stars overall	1.4% of residents in the 1% floodplain
43406	Bradner	1,740	Bradner Village 56% Groundwater (wells)	4.1 pCi/L average radon	Median home $161,200	Lakota Local 3.5 stars overall	1.0% of residents in the 1% floodplain
43457	Rising Sun and Risingsun	1,443	no mapped system	2.8 pCi/L average radon	Median home $153,800	Lakota Local 3.5 stars overall	1.7% of residents in the 1% floodplain
43413	Cygnet	1,430	no mapped system	5.1 pCi/L average radon	Median home $139,700	Elmwood Local 3 stars overall	5.5% of residents in the 1% floodplain
44817	Bloomdale	1,370	no mapped system	2.5 pCi/L average radon	Median home $159,900	Elmwood Local 3 stars overall	2.0% of residents in the 1% floodplain
43525	Haskins	1,191	no mapped system	4.5 pCi/L average radon	Median home $241,300	Otsego Local 4 stars overall	0.0% of residents in the 1% floodplain
43451	Portage Township and Portage	1,126	Northwestern W and SD - Portage 24% Mostly private wells	3.6 pCi/L average radon	Median home $207,400	Bowling Green City 4.5 stars overall	12% of residents in the 1% floodplain
43462	Liberty Township and Rudolph	1,096	no mapped system	5.3 pCi/L average radon	Median home $166,800	Bowling Green City 4.5 stars overall	10% of residents in the 1% floodplain
43511	Milton Township and Custar	856	no mapped system	5.6 pCi/L average radon	Median home $171,700	Bowling Green City 4.5 stars overall	2.3% of residents in the 1% floodplain
43437	Jerry City	447	no mapped system	Too few radon tests	Median home $136,300	Elmwood Local 3 stars overall	0.0% of residents in the 1% floodplain
43565	Tontogany	349	Tontogany Village 100% Inland rivers	8.1 pCi/L average radon	Median home $158,600	Otsego Local 4 stars overall	0.0% of residents in the 1% floodplain
43463	Troy Township and Stony Ridge	253	Northwestern W and SD - Toledo Svc Area 100% Lake Erie	Too few radon tests	Median home $104,900	Eastwood Local 4.5 stars overall	0.0% of residents in the 1% floodplain
43529	Hoytville	220	no mapped system	Too few radon tests	Median home $86,900	McComb Local 3.5 stars overall	0.0% of residents in the 1% floodplain
43541	Milton Center	137	no mapped system	Too few radon tests	Median home $59,200	Bowling Green City 4.5 stars overall	0.0% of residents in the 1% floodplain
43467	West Millgrove	131	no mapped system	Too few radon tests	Median home $94,200	Elmwood Local 3 stars overall	0.0% of residents in the 1% floodplain
43414	Middleton Township and Dunbridge	73	no mapped system	Too few radon tests	No Census data	Eastwood Local 4.5 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 Wood County. Every ZIP code in the table above links to its page, and each page opens the map at that ZIP.

Historic places: 21 National Register listings in Wood 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.

Highest radon

43565Tontogany8.1 pCi/L
43466Montgomery Township and Wayne7.1 pCi/L
45872North Baltimore6.2 pCi/L
43403Bowling Green6.1 pCi/L
43450Pemberville6.0 pCi/L

Most snow

43551Perrysburg37.4 in a year
43522Providence Township and Grand Rapids37.4 in a year
43460Rossford37.4 in a year
45872North Baltimore23 in a year
44817Bloomdale23 in a year

Highest home values

43551Perrysburg$311,100
43402Bowling Green$243,100
43525Haskins$241,300
43450Pemberville$239,700
43522Providence Township and Grand Rapids$219,000

Best school stars

43551Perrysburg5.0 stars
43541Milton Center4.5 stars
43511Milton Township and Custar4.5 stars
43463Troy Township and Stony Ridge4.5 stars
43462Liberty Township and Rudolph4.5 stars

Local government

Who holds office in Wood County, how its elections and ballot issues came out, and the state auditor's record.

Turnout

Election	Registered	Ballots cast	Turnout
2026-05-05 primary	8,424	7,888	93.6%
2025-11-04 general	87,393	29,302	33.5%
2025-05-06 primary	91,586	17,621	19.2%
2024-11-05 general	90,695	68,446	75.5%
2023-11-07 general	91,947	95,592	104.0%
2023-08-08 special	91,553	36,772	40.2%
2022-11-08 general	92,293	49,132	53.2%

Who holds office

Office	Name	Party	Term ends	Contact
County Commissioner	Doris I Herringshaw	Republican	2026-12-31	(419) 354-9100 · commissioners@woodcountyohio.gov 1 COURTHOUSE SQ, BOWLING GREEN, OH 43402 · website
County Commissioner	Craig Allen Lahote	Republican	2029-01-01	(419) 354-9100 · commissioners@woodcountyohio.gov 1 COURTHOUSE SQ, BOWLING GREEN, OH 43402 · website
County Commissioner	Theodore H Bowlus	Republican	2029-01-02	(419) 354-9100 · commissioners@woodcountyohio.gov 1 COURTHOUSE SQ, BOWLING GREEN, OH 43402 · website
County Auditor	Matthew R Oestreich	Republican	2027-03-07	(866) 860-4140 · auditor@woodcountyohio.gov 1 COURTHOUSE SQ, BOWLING GREEN, OH 43402 · website
Clerk of Courts	Douglas Frank Cubberley	Republican	2029-01-05	(419) 354-9280 · clerkofcourts@woodcountyohio.gov 1 COURTHOUSE SQ, BOWLING GREEN, OH 43402 · website
Coroner	Douglas William Hess	Republican	2028-12-31	(419) 352-1452 17322 NEEDLES RD, N BALTIMORE, OH 45872
County Engineer	John M Musteric	Republican	2028-12-31	(419) 354-9060 · jmusteric@woodcountyohio.gov 1 COURTHOUSE SQ, BOWLING GREEN, OH 43402 · website
Recorder	Connor James Rose	Republican	2029-01-05	(419) 354-9140 1 COURTHOUSE SQ, BOWLING GREEN, OH 43402 · website
Prosecuting Attorney	Paul Andrew Dobson	Republican	2028-12-31	(419) 354-9250 · pdobson@woodcountyohio.gov 1 COURTHOUSE SQ, BOWLING GREEN, OH 43402 · website
Sheriff	Mark George Wasylyshyn	Republican	2028-12-31	(419) 354-9137 · mwasylyshyn@woodcountyohio.gov 1960 E GYPSY LANE RD, BOWLING GREEN, OH 43402 · website
County Treasurer	Jane Spoerl	Republican	2029-08-31	(419) 354-9130 · jspoerl@woodcountyohio.gov 1 COURTHOUSE SQ, BOWLING GREEN, OH 43402 · website

Roster as of 2026-01-05: county board of elections.

Ballot issues

Date	Issue	For	Against	Result
2024-11-05	Issue: Local Liquor Option - Whistle Stop	478	122	Passed (79.67% for)
2023-11-07	Issue: Sunday Sales - Pub 51 - PCT 371	394	141	Passed (73.64% for)
2022-11-08	Issue: Village Pub Sunday Sales	374	98	Passed (79.24% for)
2020-11-03	Issue: LOCAL LIQUOR OPTION WEEKDAY SALE NINJA HABACHI (PCT 104)	710	121	Passed (85.44% for)
2020-11-03	Issue: LOCAL LIQUOR OPTION SUNDAY SALES NINJA NABACHI (PCT 104)	659	175	Passed (79.02% for)
2020-11-03	Issue: LOCAL LIQUOR OPTION SUNDAY SALES INSIDE THE FIVE (PCT 700)	430	85	Passed (83.5% for)

Elections for office

Date	Office	Candidates and votes
2026-05-05	State Central Committee Women (REP) REP	Beth A. Deck 2,125, 29.63%; Jill Stinebaugh 5,046, 70.37%
2026-05-05	State Central Committee Women (DEM) DEM	Susan Mulligan 3,867, 58.41%; Margaret Mary Murray 2,753, 41.59%
2026-05-05	State Central Committee Man (REP) REP	John C. Adams 4,425, 61.89%; Timothy Brentlinger 2,725, 38.11%
2026-05-05	State Central Committee Man (DEM) DEM	Thomas H. Galloway 3,370, 50.07%; Chris Redfern 3,361, 49.93%
2026-05-05	State Central Committee 9th District (LIB) LIB	Zach Hall 35, 50.0%; Tom Pruss 35, 50.0%
2026-05-05	State Central Committee 5th District (LIB) LIB	Carl E. Fryman II 97, 100.0%
2026-05-05	Local Liquor Option - PCT 893	Yes 138, 66.35%; No 70, 33.65%
2026-05-05	Local Liquor Option - PCT 700	Yes 104, 80.0%; No 26, 20.0%
2026-05-05	Local Liquor Option - PCT 300	Yes 122, 82.99%; No 25, 17.01%
2026-05-05	Commissioner Term Commencing 1/1/27 (REP) REP	Doris Herringshaw 7,518, 100.0%
2026-05-05	Commissioner Term Commencing 1/1/27 (DEM) DEM	Brenna Reynolds 6,994, 100.0%
2026-05-05	Central Committee 999 (DEM) DEM	Brittney Klockowski 89, 100.0%
2026-05-05	Central Committee 960 (REP) REP	Mark Wasylyshyn 126, 100.0%
2026-05-05	Central Committee 940 (REP) REP	Cindy A. Hofner 242, 100.0%
2026-05-05	Central Committee 940 (DEM) DEM	Jeremiah Cutcher (WRITE-IN) 2, 100.0%
2026-05-05	Central Committee 900 (DEM) DEM	Donna Westrick 54, 100.0%
2026-05-05	Central Committee 893 (REP) REP	Charles McKnight 68, 100.0%
2026-05-05	Central Committee 892 (DEM) DEM	Martin Perez 78, 100.0%
2026-05-05	Central Committee 890 (DEM) DEM	Zachary Schmidt 64, 100.0%
2026-05-05	Central Committee 870 (DEM) DEM	Joe Minarcin, Jr. 65, 100.0%
2026-05-05	Central Committee 840 (DEM) DEM	Rachel Tinney 92, 100.0%
2026-05-05	Central Committee 830 (REP) REP	Edward L. Schimmel 62, 100.0%
2026-05-05	Central Committee 811 (DEM) DEM	Cathleen Stoner 96, 100.0%
2026-05-05	Central Committee 810 (REP) REP	Tim Schneider 63, 100.0%
2026-05-05	Central Committee 770 (REP) REP	Brian M. King 107, 100.0%

Winners in bold. Results from the county board of elections' official canvass unless marked.

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 / 1 / 16; 2021 0 / 1 / 16; 2022 0 / 2 / 15; 2023 0 / 2 / 15; 2024 0 / 1 / 16; 2025 0 / 1 / 16.
1 unresolved finding for recovery on the Auditor of State's list.
Financial Audit, 2025, released 2026-07-16
Financial Audit, 2024, released 2025-09-25
Financial Audit, 2023, released 2024-09-10

Townships and villages without a page of their own

Jackson Township: 4 of 4 money issues passed since 2019

Money issues on the ballot since 2019: 4 of 4 passed.

Ballot issues

Date	Issue	For	Against	Result
2025-11-04	Issue: Jackson Township Renewal 0.75 mill Fire (0.75 mills, renewal)	74	23	Passed (76.29% for)
2025-11-04	Issue: Jackson Township Renewal 2 mills Ambulance (2.0 mills, renewal)	79	18	Passed (81.44% for)
2023-11-07	Issue: Jackson Township - Fire	185	56	Passed (76.76% for)
2022-11-08	Issue: Jackson Twp - Renwal 3 mills - Roads (3.0 mills)	184	80	Passed (69.7% for)
2021-11-02	Issue: Jackson Township Renewal 0.75 Mill (0.75 mills, renewal)	110	9	Passed (92.44% for)
2019-11-05	Issue: Renewal - Fire -0.75 mill for JACKSON TWP, Wood County (0.75 mills, renewal)	104	24	Passed (81.25% for)

Elections for office

Date	Office	Candidates and votes
2025-11-04	Trustee	Gregory A. Panning 72, 48.65%; Adam William Ziegler 76, 51.35%
2023-11-07	Trustee	Matthew Sheeks 142, 61.21%; Bradley A. Stott 90, 38.79%
2023-11-07	Fiscal Officer	Jane Phillips 211, 100.0%

Winners in bold. Results from the county board of elections' official canvass unless marked.

Auditor of State record

No fiscal caution, watch or emergency on the Auditor of State's lists.
Agreed Upon Procedures, 2022 to 2023, released 2024-09-24

Perry Township: 2 of 2 money issues passed since 2019

Money issues on the ballot since 2019: 2 of 2 passed; of those asking for new or higher taxes, 1 of 1.

Ballot issues

Date	Issue	For	Against	Result
2023-11-07	Issue: Perry Township - Fire	428	163	Passed (72.42% for)
2021-11-02	Issue: Perry Township Renewal 2 Mills (2.0 mills, renewal)	274	61	Passed (81.79% for)
2019-11-05	Issue: Add'l - 0.5 mill - Emergency Medical Services for PERRY TWP, Wood County (0.5 mills, additional)	218	111	Passed (66.26% for)

Elections for office

Date	Office	Candidates and votes
2025-11-04	Trustee	Eric J. Burns 134, 49.26%; Anthony W. Thompson 138, 50.74%
2023-11-07	Trustee	Write-in 48, 100.0%; Chad Wonderly (WRITE-IN) 48, 100.0%
2023-11-07	Fiscal Officer	Jane Stearns 485, 100.0%

Winners in bold. Results from the county board of elections' official canvass unless marked.

Village of North Balitmore: 0 of 1 money issues passed since 2024

Money issues on the ballot since 2024: 0 of 1 passed.

Ballot issues

Date	Issue	For	Against	Result
2024-11-05	Issue: North Balitmore Village - Income Tax	568	735	Failed (43.59% for)

Village of Risingsun: 2 of 4 money issues passed since 2019

Money issues on the ballot since 2019: 2 of 4 passed.

Ballot issues

Date	Issue	For	Against	Result
2025-11-04	Issue: Risingsun Village Renewal 2 mills Street & Roads (2.0 mills, renewal)	58	43	Passed (57.43% for)
2021-11-02	Issue: Risingsun Village Renewal 6.3 Mills (6.3 mills, renewal)	58	28	Passed (67.44% for)
2019-11-05	Issue: 2% Income Tax for RISINGSUN VILLAGE, Wood County	46	93	Failed (33.09% for)
2019-11-05	Issue: Renewal - Fire & Medical Protection -1.8 mills for RISINGSUN VILLAGE, Wood County (1.8 mills, renewal)	68	73	Failed (48.23% for)

Elections for office

Date	Office	Candidates and votes
2025-11-04	Mayor (Unexpired Term Ending 12-31-2027)	John David Dierksheide 64, 63.37%; David Feahr 37, 36.63%
2025-11-04	Council	Earl W. Morse 62, 29.52%; Juanieta Annette-Lynn Rodriguez 70, 33.33%; Timothy K. Woodruff 78, 37.14%

Winners in bold. Results from the county board of elections' official canvass unless marked.

Auditor of State record

Fiscal emergency: declared 2020-06-18, still in effect. source
Financial Audit, 2023 to 2024, released 2026-03-19
Special Audit, 2021 to 2023, released 2026-03-03

School districts

Anthony Wayne Local School

Ballot issues

Date	Issue	For	Against	Result
2022-11-08	Issue: Anthony Wayne Local School - Tax Levy	369	233	Passed (61.3% for)

Anthony Wayne Schools: 0 of 1 money issues passed since 2023

Money issues on the ballot since 2023: 0 of 1 passed; of those asking for new or higher taxes, 0 of 1.

Ballot issues

Date	Issue	For	Against	Result
2024-03-19	Issue: Anthony Wayne Schools - Current Expenses	165	212	Failed (43.77% for)
2023-11-07	Issue: Anthony Wayne Schools - Bond	240	348	Failed (40.82% for)
2023-11-07	Issue: Anthony Wayne Schools	219	375	Failed (36.87% for)

Bowling Green City 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 2026-03-31
Financial Audit, 2023 to 2024, released 2025-03-27
STRS Examination, 2023 to 2024, released 2024-11-07
SERS Examination, 2023 to 2024, released 2024-11-07

Bowling Green City Schools: 0 of 2 money issues passed since 2019

Money issues on the ballot since 2019: 0 of 2 passed; of those asking for new or higher taxes, 0 of 2.

Ballot issues

Date	Issue	For	Against	Result
2022-11-08	Issue: Bowling Green City Schools - Bond & Income - Perm. Improvements	5,193	5,577	Failed (48.22% for)
2019-11-05	Issue: SD -Income Tax & Bond Issue $20,000,000, 1.6 mills for BOWLING GREEN SD, Wood County (1.6 mills)	3,987	4,019	Failed (49.8% for)

Bowling Green Schools

Ballot issues

Date	Issue	For	Against	Result
2023-11-07	Issue: Bowling Green Schools	6,566	4,550	Passed (59.07% for)

Eastwood Local 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 2025-07-10

Eastwood Local Schools: 1 of 1 money issues passed since 2025

Money issues on the ballot since 2025: 1 of 1 passed.

Ballot issues

Date	Issue	For	Against	Result
2025-11-04	Issue: Eastwood Local Schools Renewal 1 percent Income Tax Current Expenses	1,223	648	Passed (65.37% for)

Eastwood Schools

Ballot issues

Date	Issue	For	Against	Result
2023-11-07	Issue: Eastwood Schools	2,193	1,298	Passed (62.82% for)

Elmwood Local 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 2025-03-27

Elmwood Schools

Ballot issues

Date	Issue	For	Against	Result
2023-11-07	Issue: Elmwood Schools - .5	1,148	866	Passed (57.0% for)
2023-11-07	Issue: Elmwood Schools - .75	1,062	954	Passed (52.68% for)

Gibsonburg Village Schools: 0 of 1 money issues passed since 2022

Money issues on the ballot since 2022: 0 of 1 passed.

Ballot issues

Date	Issue	For	Against	Result
2022-11-08	Issue: Gibsonburg Village Schools - Income Tax 1 percent - Current Expenses	8	12	Failed (40.0% for)

Lake 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 2026-03-31
Financial Audit, 2023 to 2024, released 2025-06-24

North Baltimore Local School District

Auditor of State record

No fiscal caution, watch or emergency on the Auditor of State's lists.
Financial Audit, 2023 to 2025, released 2026-07-07
Financial Audit, 2022 to 2023, released 2024-10-03

Northwood 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 2026-03-26
Financial Audit, 2023 to 2024, released 2025-05-13

Otsego 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 2026-06-16
Financial Audit, 2023 to 2024, released 2025-07-15
Financial Audit, 2022 to 2023, released 2024-07-16

Otsego Schools: 2 of 2 money issues passed since 2024

Money issues on the ballot since 2024: 2 of 2 passed.

Ballot issues

Date	Issue	For	Against	Result
2026-05-05	Issue: Otsego Schools - Income Tax	1,136	905	Passed (55.66% for)
2024-03-19	Issue: Otsego Schools - Income Tax	1,276	1,201	Passed (51.51% for)
2023-11-07	Issue: Otsego Schools	1,661	1,807	Failed (47.9% for)

Patrick Henry Schools: 1 of 1 money issues passed since 2025

Money issues on the ballot since 2025: 1 of 1 passed.

Ballot issues

Date	Issue	For	Against	Result
2025-11-04	Issue: Patrick Henry Schools Renewal 2.38 mills Emergency (2.38 mills, renewal)	11	9	Passed (55.0% for)

Perrysburg Exempted Village 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 2026-05-12
Financial Audit, 2023 to 2024, released 2025-02-20

Perrysburg Schools: 1 of 2 money issues passed since 2024

Money issues on the ballot since 2024: 1 of 2 passed; of those asking for new or higher taxes, 1 of 2.

Ballot issues

Date	Issue	For	Against	Result
2025-11-04	Issue: Perrysburg Schools Additional 7.83 mills Emergency (7.83 mills, additional)	7,901	3,992	Passed (66.43% for)
2024-03-19	Issue: Perrysburg Schools - Bond Issue	3,668	4,967	Failed (42.48% for)
2023-11-07	Issue: Perrysburg Schools	5,901	7,471	Failed (44.13% for)

Rossford Exempted School

Elections for office

Date	Office	Candidates and votes
2025-11-04	Board	Dawn R. Burks 1,350, 34.42%; Lori Frymire 1,307, 33.32%; Jacquelyn Huffman 1,265, 32.25%

Winners in bold. Results from the county board of elections' official canvass unless marked.

Rossford Exempted Village 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 2026-06-11
Financial Audit, 2023 to 2024, released 2025-06-12

Courts, districts and other bodies

Henry Township Fire District

Ballot issues

Date	Issue	For	Against	Result
2023-11-07	Issue: Henry Township Fire District - Fire	171	72	Passed (70.37% for)
2023-11-07	Issue: Henry Township Fire District - EMS	126	117	Passed (51.85% for)

Henry Township Road District: 1 of 1 money issues passed since 2019

Money issues on the ballot since 2019: 1 of 1 passed.

Ballot issues

Date	Issue	For	Against	Result
2023-11-07	Issue: Henry Township Road District	166	77	Passed (68.31% for)
2019-11-05	Issue: Road District- Renewal 1 mill - Road for HENRY TWP ROAD DIST, Wood County (1.0 mills, renewal)	88	38	Passed (69.84% for)

Henry Twp. Road District

Ballot issues

Date	Issue	For	Against	Result
2024-11-05	Issue: Henry Twp. Road District	207	144	Passed (58.97% for)

Lake Township Road District: 1 of 2 money issues passed since 2021

Money issues on the ballot since 2021: 1 of 2 passed; of those asking for new or higher taxes, 0 of 1.

Ballot issues

Date	Issue	For	Against	Result
2025-11-04	Issue: Lake Township Road District Additional 2 mills Streets (2.0 mills, additional)	406	575	Failed (41.39% for)
2021-11-02	Issue: Lake Township Road District Renewal 1 Mill (1.0 mills, renewal)	962	404	Passed (70.42% for)

Lake Twp. Road District Levy: 1 of 1 money issues passed since 2026

Money issues on the ballot since 2026: 1 of 1 passed.

Ballot issues

Date	Issue	For	Against	Result
2026-05-05	Issue: Lake Twp. Road District Levy - Renewal	534	339	Passed (61.17% for)

Mid County Amb Dist: 1 of 1 money issues passed since 2022

Money issues on the ballot since 2022: 1 of 1 passed.

Ballot issues

Date	Issue	For	Against	Result
2022-11-08	Issue: Mid County Amb Dist - Renewal 4.5 mills - EMS (4.5 mills, renewal)	1,418	557	Passed (71.8% for)

Mid-County Ambulance: 1 of 1 money issues passed since 2025

Money issues on the ballot since 2025: 1 of 1 passed.

Ballot issues

Date	Issue	For	Against	Result
2025-11-04	Issue: Mid-County Ambulance Renewal 4.5 mills (4.5 mills, renewal)	724	275	Passed (72.47% for)

Middleton Township Road District

Ballot issues

Date	Issue	For	Against	Result
2023-11-07	Issue: Middleton Township Road District	1,502	593	Passed (71.69% for)

Northwest Wood Ambulance

Ballot issues

Date	Issue	For	Against	Result
2023-11-07	Issue: Northwest Wood Ambulance	1,054	550	Passed (65.71% for)

Northwest Wood Ambulance District Levy: 1 of 1 money issues passed since 2026

Money issues on the ballot since 2026: 1 of 1 passed.

Ballot issues

Date	Issue	For	Against	Result
2026-05-05	Issue: Northwest Wood Ambulance District Levy - Renewal	605	365	Passed (62.37% for)

Seneca County Health District: 1 of 1 money issues passed since 2025

Money issues on the ballot since 2025: 1 of 1 passed.

Ballot issues

Date	Issue	For	Against	Result
2025-11-04	Issue: Seneca County Health District Renewal 0.3 mill Emergency (0.3 mills, renewal)	98	41	Passed (70.5% for)

South East Amb Dist: 1 of 1 money issues passed since 2022

Money issues on the ballot since 2022: 1 of 1 passed.

Ballot issues

Date	Issue	For	Against	Result
2022-11-08	Issue: South East Amb Dist - Renewal 6.5 mills - EMS (6.5 mills, renewal)	903	397	Passed (69.46% for)

How Wood County began

Wood County was erected by the Ohio General Assembly on February 12, 1820, one of fourteen counties the legislature carved that day from land bought from Ohio's Native nations, and organized for county business on April 12, 1820 at Maumee. It was named for Colonel Eleazer D. Wood, the West Point-trained engineer who planned and helped build Fort Meigs on General William Henry Harrison's staff in the War of 1812 and was later killed at Fort Erie in 1814. Most of the county lay inside the Great Black Swamp, a forest so wet that fewer than 10,000 people lived there as late as 1850; systematic ditching from the 1850s through the 1880s drained it into some of the flattest, most productive farmland in Ohio, and in the mid-1880s the discovery of natural gas and oil under that same farmland touched off a boom that briefly made Bowling Green a boomtown of gas-lit streets and oil derricks. Perrysburg, built beside the rebuilt earthworks of Fort Meigs, served as county seat from 1822 until an 1866-1870 fight remembered locally as the "Ten Years' War" moved the courthouse to the more central town of Bowling Green, which remains the seat today.

Perrysburg served as county seat from the county's organization until 1868-1870, when a fight local historians called the "Ten Years' War" moved the courthouse to Bowling Green. A petition to allow a vote on removal passed the legislature over the objection of the Perrysburg-area representative in the winter of 1865-66; the October 9, 1866 election was won by Bowling Green backers 2,454 to 2,176, but a recount and a legal contest (Powers v. Reed) dragged the question through the courts until the Ohio Supreme Court dismissed the last appeal on August 30, 1869. Bowling Green broke ground on a new courthouse in June 1868 and laid its cornerstone that July 4; county offices formally moved into the finished building in April 1870, and an 1875 attempt to reopen the question and move the seat back to Perrysburg lost by 4,826 to 4,555 votes with Perrysburg's own vote thrown out.

Researched 2026-09-25 · archive.org · archive.org · archive.org · en.wikipedia.org. The full history, with photographs, is on the pages of the county's places.

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Politics

How Wood County has voted for president since 1852, turnout since 1996, and what is on its 2026 ballot.

Presidential election results by margin, WoodWood's presidential margin has run from 1852 to 2024; bar height is the winning margin, color the winning party.Source: Wikipedia · as of 2026-09-18 · Download this chart

The numbers behind this figure, as a table

Presidential election results by margin, Wood
Year	Winner	Party	Margin	Matched Ohio's winner	Matched the nation
1852	Franklin Pierce	D	8.4 points	matched	matched
1856	John C. Frémont	R	16.0 points	matched	missed
1860	Abraham Lincoln	R	20.3 points	matched	matched
1864	Abraham Lincoln	NU	27.2 points	matched	matched
1868	Ulysses S. Grant	R	22.0 points	matched	matched
1872	Ulysses S. Grant	R	22.4 points	matched	matched
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes	R	11.4 points	matched	matched
1880	James A. Garfield	R	10.9 points	matched	matched
1884	James G. Blaine	R	9.3 points	matched	missed
1888	Benjamin Harrison	R	7.6 points	matched	matched
1892	Benjamin Harrison	R	5.2 points	matched	missed
1896	William McKinley	R	4.5 points	matched	matched
1900	William McKinley	R	10.6 points	matched	matched
1904	Theodore Roosevelt	R	29.7 points	matched	matched
1908	William Howard Taft	R	2.3 points	matched	matched
1912	Woodrow Wilson	D	13.3 points	matched	matched
1916	Woodrow Wilson	D	6.9 points	matched	matched
1920	Warren G. Harding	R	41.0 points	matched	matched
1924	Calvin Coolidge	R	45.2 points	matched	matched
1928	Herbert Hoover	R	53.6 points	matched	matched
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	D	3.4 points	matched	matched
1936	Alf Landon	R	1.9 points	missed	missed
1940	Wendell Willkie	R	27.3 points	missed	missed
1944	Thomas E. Dewey	R	33.2 points	matched	missed
1948	Thomas E. Dewey	R	15.1 points	missed	missed
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower	R	30.6 points	matched	matched
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower	R	32.6 points	matched	matched
1960	Richard Nixon	R	28.3 points	matched	missed
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson	D	14.6 points	matched	matched
1968	Richard Nixon	R	17.5 points	matched	matched
1972	Richard Nixon	R	21.3 points	matched	matched
1976	Gerald Ford	R	6.5 points	missed	missed
1980	Ronald Reagan	R	21.7 points	matched	matched
1984	Ronald Reagan	R	30.1 points	matched	matched
1988	George H.W. Bush	R	16.6 points	matched	matched
1992	Bill Clinton	D	0.3 points	matched	matched
1996	Bill Clinton	D	5.4 points	matched	matched
2000	George W. Bush	R	9.2 points	matched	matched
2004	George W. Bush	R	6.6 points	matched	matched
2008	Barack Obama	D	7.1 points	matched	matched
2012	Barack Obama	D	4.8 points	matched	matched
2016	Donald Trump	R	8.0 points	matched	matched
2020	Donald J Trump	R	7.6 points	matched	missed
2024	Donald J Trump	R	10.2 points	matched	matched

Every presidential election in Wood 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.

Voter turnout in Wood County, 1996-2024
Year	Registered	Ballots cast	Turnout
1996	73,447	50,242	68.41%
2000	84,715	52,832	62.36%
2004	90,688	64,103	70.69%
2008	101,891	65,604	64.39%
2012	108,014	64,342	59.57%
2016	93,751	65,551	69.92%
2020	93,149	68,103	73.11%
2024	90,669	68,446	75.49%

On the 2026 ballot in Wood County:

Local questions and issues on Wood County's November 2026 ballot
Jurisdiction	Type	Question	Millage or amount	Length
South East Ambulance District	Tax Levy (Additional)	Authorizes an additional 3-mill property tax levy for the ambulance & EMS of South East Ambulance District for 5 years, beginning in 2026.	3 mills	5 years
Perry Township	Tax Levy (Renewal)	Renews a 2-mill property tax levy for the fire protection of Perry Township for 3 years, beginning in 2027.	2 mills	3 years
Perrysburg Township	Tax Levy (Additional)	Authorizes an additional 3.5-mill property tax levy for the fire protection & EMS of Perrysburg Township for 5 years, beginning in 2026.	3.5 mills	5 years
Jackson Township	Tax Levy (Renewal)	Renews a 3-mill property tax levy for the streets, roads & bridges of Jackson Township for 5 years, beginning in 2027.	3 mills	5 years
Middleton Township Road District	Tax Levy (Renewal)	Renews a 2-mill property tax levy for the streets, roads & bridges of Middleton Township Road District for 3 years, beginning in 2026.	2 mills	3 years
Lake Township Road District	Tax Levy (Additional)	Authorizes an additional 2-mill property tax levy for the streets, roads & bridges of Lake Township Road District for 5 years, beginning in 2026.	2 mills	5 years
Risingsun Village	Tax Levy (Additional)	Authorizes an additional 0.5-mill property tax levy to maintain & improve parks of Risingsun Village for 5 years, beginning in 2027.	0.5 mills	5 years
Risingsun Village	Tax Levy (Renewal)	Renews a 6.3-mill property tax levy for the current expenses of Risingsun Village for 5 years, beginning in 2027.	6.3 mills	5 years
Milton Township	Tax Levy (Renewal)	Renews a 2.5-mill property tax levy for the streets, roads & bridges of Milton Township for 5 years, beginning in 2026.	2.5 mills	5 years
Risingsun Village	Tax Levy (Renewal)	Renews a 1.3-mill property tax levy for the current expenses of Risingsun Village for 4 years, beginning in 2027.	1.3 mills	4 years
Freedom Township	Tax Levy (Renewal)	Renews a 3-mill property tax levy for the fire protection & EMS of Freedom Township for 3 years, beginning in 2026.	3 mills	3 years
Bowling Green City	Tax Levy (Renewal/Increase)	Renews and increases a 2.95-mill property tax levy for the parks & recreation of Bowling Green City for 5 years, beginning in 2026.	2.95 mills	5 years
Wood County Library District	Tax Levy (Renewal)	Renews a 0.8-mill property tax levy for the current expenses of Wood County Library District for 6 years, beginning in 2027.	0.8 mills	6 years
Wood County	Tax Levy (Renewal)	Renews a 1-mill property tax levy for the provide & maintain senior citizens services or facilities of Wood County for 5 years, beginning in 2026.	1 mills	5 years
Lake Local School District	Income Tax (Additional)	Authorizes an additional 1% income tax for the current expenses of Lake Local School District for a continuing period of time, beginning in 2027.	—	—
Center Township	Tax Levy (Renewal)	Renews a 1.2-mill property tax levy for the fire protection & EMS of Center Township for 4 years, beginning in 2026.	1.2 mills	4 years
Grand Rapids Village	Tax Levy (Renewal)	Renews a 2-mill property tax levy for the streets of Grand Rapids Village for 5 years, beginning in 2027.	2 mills	5 years
Eastwood Local School District	Combination (Additional)	Authorizes $54,965,000 in bonds and a 0.5% income tax for: Current expenses; construct, furnish, equip,renovate, rehab, remodel, add to & improve school buildings & facilities of Eastwood Local School District for 28 years / 37 years, beginning January 1, 2027.	$54,965,000,	28 years
Webster Township	Tax Levy (Renewal)	Renews a 3.1-mill property tax levy for the EMS of Webster Township for 3 years, beginning in 2027.	3.1 mills	3 years
Lake Township East - Woodbury Market Inc Precinct	Liquor Option	Local liquor option on Sunday sales, in Lake Township East - Woodbury Market Inc Precinct.	—	—
North Baltimore Local School District	Tax Levy (Renewal)	Renews a 1% property tax levy for the current expenses of North Baltimore Local School District for 5 years, beginning January 1, 2028.	—	5 years
Perrysburg B - Pinky Blinders LLC Precinct	Liquor Option	Local liquor option on Sunday sales, in Perrysburg B - Pinky Blinders LLC Precinct.	—	—
North Baltimore Village	Miscellaneous	Miscellaneous, for Shall the village adopt an ordinance authorizing the North Baltimore Festival Organization to hold festivals, parades, and other special events within the corporation limits?.	—	—

What's on my ballot · Election 2026

Sources for the presidential results and turnout above

Data from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0:

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 Wood County sits

Three measures this atlas holds, set against how all 88 counties voted for president. Wood County is the marked dot on each.

This is a pattern across counties, not a fact about any voter.

White-alone share and the presidential voteAcross Ohio's 88 counties the 2024 Republican presidential margin runs higher where a larger share of residents is white alone (Spearman rho 0.82; partial rho 0.56 with log population held fixed; 0.81 without Cuyahoga and Franklin; n = 88).Source: U.S. Census Bureau · as of 2026-09 · Download this chart

The numbers behind this figure, as a table

White-alone share and the presidential vote
County	Share white alone, 2024	Presidential margin, 2024 (R minus D, points)
Adams	96.4%	R+66.1
Allen	80.0%	R+44.5
Ashland	94.7%	R+50.4
Ashtabula	88.6%	R+28.6
Athens	89.7%	D+10.8
Auglaize	94.6%	R+65.1
Belmont	90.9%	R+47.6
Brown	95.2%	R+61.8
Butler	75.8%	R+26.5
Carroll	94.6%	R+55.2
Champaign	92.0%	R+51.2
Clark	82.4%	R+29.8
Clermont	91.6%	R+36.1
Clinton	92.1%	R+55.1
Columbiana	92.6%	R+49.4
Coshocton	94.7%	R+52.6
Crawford	95.1%	R+53.4
Cuyahoga	57.7%	D+31.7
Darke	95.1%	R+65.8
Defiance	86.7%	R+40.2
Delaware	79.9%	R+6.7
Erie	80.8%	R+14.3
Fairfield	81.5%	R+24.3
Fayette	91.2%	R+55.6
Franklin	59.0%	D+28.7
Fulton	89.2%	R+42.8
Gallia	92.9%	R+59.8
Geauga	93.2%	R+24.3
Greene	82.0%	R+20.0
Guernsey	93.8%	R+52.4
Hamilton	63.2%	D+15.0
Hancock	88.7%	R+38.9
Hardin	93.0%	R+55.2
Harrison	94.3%	R+55.7
Henry	90.4%	R+47.1
Highland	95.2%	R+63.7
Hocking	94.9%	R+44.6
Holmes	97.9%	R+69.7
Huron	91.7%	R+44.4
Jackson	95.7%	R+58.4
Jefferson	89.4%	R+44.4
Knox	93.6%	R+45.3
Lake	85.5%	R+14.5
Lawrence	94.0%	R+50.9
Licking	85.7%	R+30.3
Logan	91.9%	R+56.7
Lorain	78.0%	R+5.8
Lucas	68.2%	D+12.7
Madison	86.7%	R+44.1
Mahoning	74.9%	R+9.5
Marion	87.0%	R+41.7
Medina	92.0%	R+25.0
Meigs	96.2%	R+57.4
Mercer	94.9%	R+67.2
Miami	90.4%	R+45.5
Monroe	95.3%	R+60.3
Montgomery	68.4%	D+0.5
Morgan	90.5%	R+53.6
Morrow	94.0%	R+56.2
Muskingum	90.8%	R+44.3
Noble	92.2%	R+65.1
Ottawa	92.0%	R+25.3
Paulding	90.8%	R+56.8
Perry	95.8%	R+54.9
Pickaway	91.1%	R+49.0
Pike	94.9%	R+54.0
Portage	86.5%	R+15.7
Preble	95.5%	R+59.6
Putnam	92.1%	R+69.4
Richland	84.6%	R+42.7
Ross	88.7%	R+39.7
Sandusky	84.4%	R+31.1
Scioto	92.9%	R+48.2
Seneca	89.6%	R+37.9
Shelby	92.0%	R+65.3
Stark	84.5%	R+22.1
Summit	74.0%	D+7.0
Trumbull	85.2%	R+16.9
Tuscarawas	93.5%	R+43.6
Union	85.2%	R+29.9
Van Wert	93.0%	R+59.0
Vinton	96.0%	R+59.0
Warren	82.7%	R+31.8
Washington	93.9%	R+44.1
Wayne	93.3%	R+39.6
Williams	91.7%	R+48.7
Wood	87.1%	R+10.3
Wyandot	94.6%	R+51.6

Wood County sits higher than 27 of the 88 counties measured on share white alone. White-alone share and the presidential vote

Bachelor's-degree share and the presidential voteAcross Ohio's 88 counties the 2024 Republican presidential margin runs lower where a larger share of adults holds a bachelor's degree (Spearman rho -0.72; partial rho -0.29 with log population held fixed; -0.70 without Cuyahoga and Franklin; n = 88).Source: U.S. Census Bureau · as of 2026-09 · Download this chart

The numbers behind this figure, as a table

Bachelor's-degree share and the presidential vote
County	Share 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher, 2024	Presidential margin, 2024 (R minus D, points)
Adams	14.9%	R+66.1
Allen	20.1%	R+44.5
Ashland	22.6%	R+50.4
Ashtabula	16.1%	R+28.6
Athens	34.9%	D+10.8
Auglaize	21.6%	R+65.1
Belmont	18.9%	R+47.6
Brown	15.7%	R+61.8
Butler	32.8%	R+26.5
Carroll	16.1%	R+55.2
Champaign	19.0%	R+51.2
Clark	20.2%	R+29.8
Clermont	31.6%	R+36.1
Clinton	19.3%	R+55.1
Columbiana	17.1%	R+49.4
Coshocton	16.7%	R+52.6
Crawford	17.2%	R+53.4
Cuyahoga	36.5%	D+31.7
Darke	16.5%	R+65.8
Defiance	19.0%	R+40.2
Delaware	59.4%	R+6.7
Erie	29.0%	R+14.3
Fairfield	32.3%	R+24.3
Fayette	14.4%	R+55.6
Franklin	42.1%	D+28.7
Fulton	20.2%	R+42.8
Gallia	20.5%	R+59.8
Geauga	40.9%	R+24.3
Greene	41.7%	R+20.0
Guernsey	15.6%	R+52.4
Hamilton	41.8%	D+15.0
Hancock	30.3%	R+38.9
Hardin	19.5%	R+55.2
Harrison	11.5%	R+55.7
Henry	19.5%	R+47.1
Highland	16.3%	R+63.7
Hocking	13.5%	R+44.6
Holmes	11.1%	R+69.7
Huron	16.7%	R+44.4
Jackson	15.9%	R+58.4
Jefferson	20.3%	R+44.4
Knox	24.7%	R+45.3
Lake	31.6%	R+14.5
Lawrence	18.5%	R+50.9
Licking	29.3%	R+30.3
Logan	18.7%	R+56.7
Lorain	28.5%	R+5.8
Lucas	29.4%	D+12.7
Madison	24.2%	R+44.1
Mahoning	27.0%	R+9.5
Marion	14.7%	R+41.7
Medina	36.2%	R+25.0
Meigs	12.2%	R+57.4
Mercer	21.9%	R+67.2
Miami	26.8%	R+45.5
Monroe	12.1%	R+60.3
Montgomery	31.3%	D+0.5
Morgan	14.4%	R+53.6
Morrow	19.4%	R+56.2
Muskingum	20.6%	R+44.3
Noble	15.7%	R+65.1
Ottawa	29.5%	R+25.3
Paulding	16.9%	R+56.8
Perry	16.2%	R+54.9
Pickaway	21.7%	R+49.0
Pike	16.3%	R+54.0
Portage	32.5%	R+15.7
Preble	18.5%	R+59.6
Putnam	26.4%	R+69.4
Richland	17.9%	R+42.7
Ross	17.4%	R+39.7
Sandusky	18.4%	R+31.1
Scioto	18.2%	R+48.2
Seneca	20.6%	R+37.9
Shelby	21.4%	R+65.3
Stark	25.9%	R+22.1
Summit	35.8%	D+7.0
Trumbull	20.9%	R+16.9
Tuscarawas	19.8%	R+43.6
Union	39.2%	R+29.9
Van Wert	17.1%	R+59.0
Vinton	13.4%	R+59.0
Warren	45.6%	R+31.8
Washington	21.9%	R+44.1
Wayne	25.1%	R+39.6
Williams	13.7%	R+48.7
Wood	36.5%	R+10.3
Wyandot	19.6%	R+51.6

Wood County sits higher than 79 of the 88 counties measured on share 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher. Bachelor's-degree share and the presidential vote

Adult smoking and the presidential voteAcross Ohio's 88 counties the 2024 Republican presidential margin runs higher where a larger share of adults smokes (Spearman rho 0.56; partial rho 0.22 with log population held fixed; 0.54 without Cuyahoga and Franklin; n = 88).Source: University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute / RWJF · as of 2026-09 · Download this chart

The numbers behind this figure, as a table

Adult smoking and the presidential vote
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

Wood County sits higher than 6 of the 88 counties measured on adult smoking (County Health Rankings). Adult smoking and the presidential vote

Every published insight

Rain and snow

How much has actually fallen on Wood County, day by day, from 1871 to now. Daily totals, not averages.

rain, last 30 days: 1.61 in; 2026-09-29 to 2026-10-28

rain so far in 2026: 33.5 in; 3.4 in above normal for the date

snow so far in 2026: 15.2 in; a normal year brings 24.8 in

a normal year: 34.9 in; average of 30 years, 1991-2020

The last twelve months
Month	Rain (in)	Snow (in)	Days counted
October 2026	1.60	—	28
September 2026	3.27	—	30
August 2026	4.79	—	31
July 2026	5.24	—	31
June 2026	3.92	—	30
May 2026	2.70	—	31
April 2026	6.16	—	30
March 2026	4.01	0.0	31
February 2026	0.41	1.7	28
January 2026	1.32	13.5	31
December 2025	1.64	5.9	31
November 2025	1.63	5.0	30

On the record, 1871–2026
Wettest year	1950 — 50.3 in
Driest year	1963 — 21.8 in
Snowiest year	2014 — 68.7 in
Wettest day on record	22 July 1927 — 4.38 in
Heaviest snowfall in a day	28 February 1900 — 12.99 in
Deepest snow on the ground	9 February 1982 — 17.99 in

83% of these days are measurements from a gauge inside Wood County; the rest are estimated from the nearest gauges around it.

56,914 days of records, 1871-01-01 to 2026-10-28. 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 Wood 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: 3,307; everything Ohio EPA files under this county

private households: 528; 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:

OMEGA JV2 BOWLING GREEN GENERATING STATION (air pollution, latest Apr 2, 2026)
OPPIDAN BOWLING GREEN DATA CENTER (wastewater and stormwater discharge, latest Feb 4, 2025)
AMAZON.COM SERVICES, LLC - PCW1 (radiological safety, hazardous waste, latest Sep 24, 2024)
HATTON SUBSTATION - HANCOCK WOOD ELECTRIC (wastewater and stormwater discharge, latest Jun 5, 2023)
BELLARD SUBSTATION (wastewater and stormwater discharge, latest Oct 18, 2022)
FIRSTENERGY - LEMOYNE SUBSTATION (wastewater and stormwater discharge, latest Jul 10, 2018)
AWS, INC. (sewer and water-line construction, latest Mar 10, 1989)

What kind of permits
Program	Facilities and sites
Sewer and water-line construction	1,385
Wastewater and stormwater discharge	828
Hazardous waste	222
Air pollution	190
Public drinking water	180
Spills and emergencies	122
State sewer loans	82
Wetland and stream fill	71
State water loans	63
Contaminated-site cleanup	32
Landfills	31
Cessation Of Regulated Operations	16
18 smaller programs

The latest filings
Date	Facility or site	What
Oct 9, 2026	WOOD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS	Landfills inspection
Oct 9, 2026	FIRST SOLAR INC	Air pollution permit
Oct 8, 2026	WOOD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS	Landfills report
Oct 8, 2026	THE DELONG COMPANY INC	Air pollution permit
Oct 8, 2026	PILKINGTON NORTH AMERICA INC	Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
Oct 8, 2026	HIRZEL FARMS	Composting inspection
Oct 8, 2026	STONECO INC LIME CITY PLANT	Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
Oct 8, 2026	JEHM ENTERPRISES LLC	Construction-debris landfills inspection
Oct 7, 2026	NSG GLASS NORTH AMERICA INC	Air pollution permit
Oct 7, 2026	WOOD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS	Landfills inspection
Oct 7, 2026	HARBOR TOWN SOUTH PHASE 1	Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
Oct 7, 2026	TOUSSAINT SPRINGS SUBDIVISION NO 1&2	Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
Oct 6, 2026	PERRYSBURG SQUARE	Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
Oct 6, 2026	PEMBERVILLE VILLAGE WATER PWS	Public drinking water notice of violation
Oct 6, 2026	AMP BOWLING GREEN PEAKING PLANT	Air pollution permit
Oct 6, 2026	TOLEDO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT	Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
Oct 5, 2026	PASCHAL BIHN & SONS EXCAVATING LLC	Wastewater and stormwater discharge notice of violation
Oct 2, 2026	FIRST SOLAR INC	Air pollution letter
Oct 2, 2026	WOOD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS	Landfills report
Oct 2, 2026	BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY	Air pollution permit
Oct 2, 2026	CSX TRANSPORTATION INC WALBRIDGE YARD	Air pollution permit
Oct 2, 2026	CSX TRANSPORTATION INC - STANLEY YARD	Air pollution permit
Oct 2, 2026	TROY ENERGY LLC	Air pollution permit
Oct 2, 2026	AMP BOWLING GREEN PEAKING PLANT	Air pollution permit
Oct 2, 2026	BLOOMDALE WWTP	Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit

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.

Quick answers

What is the county seat of Wood County, Ohio?

Bowling Green is the county seat of Wood County, Ohio. Perrysburg served as county seat from the county's organization until 1868-1870, when a fight local historians called the "Ten Years' War" moved the courthouse to Bowling Green. Source

When was Wood County, Ohio established?

Wood County was established on April 1, 1820. Source

What is the population of Wood County, Ohio?

Wood County had 134,176 residents (July 2025 estimate).

How did Wood County, Ohio vote in the 2024 presidential election?

In the November 5, 2024 presidential election, Wood County voters cast 67,586 votes for president: Kamala D Harris (D) 44.4%, Chase Oliver (L) 0.6%, Donald J Trump (R) 54.6%. Donald J Trump carried the county. Source

How did Wood County get its name?

Wood County was named for Colonel Eleazer D. Source

How many cities, villages and townships are in Wood County, Ohio?

Wood County has 42 cities, villages and townships, and 28 ZIP codes reach into it.

Notable people from Wood County

Ohioans tied to this place, each with a sourced profile. All notable Ohioans

History from Wood County

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