Friday, February 13, 2026

Question: What were Ohio’s three biggest cities 150 years ago?

Answer: The top three cities were Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Toledo. Although Columbus is currently Ohio’s largest city, 150 years ago it ranked only No. 4, with a population of 31,274.

Notably, Cincinnati’s population of 216,239 was just 27,000 shy of the combined total population of the state’s other nine largest cities.