Census means Ohio has 3 more cities

COLUMBUS (AP) — Results of the 2010 U.S. Census mean Ohio now has 247 cities — three more than it had 10 years ago.

Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted says a community is classified as a city when it has a population of 5,000 or more. Smaller municipalities are proclaimed villages.

A review of census data by Husted’s office finds that while Ohio has had a net gain in cities, the number of villages has held steady at 691.

In a news release today, the secretary notes that three villages keep that designation even though census tallies put them over 5,000. Ada, Granville and Grafton have been disqualified from city status because their totals include college students and prison inmates who don’t count in the official population.