Compare Ohio sheriff department costs
Sheriff department cost and staffing across all 88 counties. Click a column header to sort. Hover a column header to see what it measures. Data as of 2026-09-26.
| County | Population | Budget | $/resident | Sworn / 100k res | Custody / 100k res | Beds / 100k res |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | 27,509 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Allen County | 102,087 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ashland County | 52,522 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ashtabula County | 97,666 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Athens County | 61,276 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Auglaize County | 46,263 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Belmont County | 66,554 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Brown County | 43,715 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Butler County | 388,327 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Carroll County | 26,761 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Champaign County | 38,715 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Clark County | 135,877 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Clermont County | 208,851 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Clinton County | 42,077 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Columbiana County | 101,723 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Coshocton County | 36,629 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Crawford County | 41,861 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cuyahoga County | 1,256,620 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Darke County | 51,751 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Defiance County | 38,300 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Delaware County | 216,074 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erie County | 75,299 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fairfield County | 159,371 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fayette County | 28,901 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Franklin County | 1,318,149 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fulton County | 42,602 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gallia County | 29,276 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Geauga County | 95,455 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Greene County | 167,567 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Guernsey County | 38,409 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hamilton County | 827,671 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hancock County | 75,072 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hardin County | 30,622 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Harrison County | 14,528 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Henry County | 27,601 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Highland County | 43,285 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hocking County | 28,104 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Holmes County | 44,273 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Huron County | 58,518 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jackson County | 32,563 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jefferson County | 65,280 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Knox County | 62,657 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lake County | 232,236 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lawrence County | 57,994 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Licking County | 178,844 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Logan County | 46,098 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lorain County | 313,101 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lucas County | 430,014 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Madison County | 43,961 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mahoning County | 227,979 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Marion County | 65,366 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Medina County | 182,347 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Meigs County | 22,242 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mercer County | 42,321 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Miami County | 108,818 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Monroe County | 13,401 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Montgomery County | 536,121 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Morgan County | 13,851 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Morrow County | 35,049 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Muskingum County | 86,393 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Noble County | 14,216 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ottawa County | 40,367 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Paulding County | 18,827 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Perry County | 35,451 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pickaway County | 58,809 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pike County | 27,151 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Portage County | 161,217 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Preble County | 40,929 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Putnam County | 34,400 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Richland County | 125,008 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ross County | 76,957 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sandusky County | 58,885 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scioto County | 73,716 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Seneca County | 55,062 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Shelby County | 48,145 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stark County | 374,199 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Summit County | 539,361 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Trumbull County | 201,749 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuscarawas County | 92,840 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Union County | 63,411 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Van Wert County | 28,833 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vinton County | 12,790 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Warren County | 243,189 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Washington County | 59,639 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wayne County | 116,680 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Williams County | 36,973 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wood County | 131,564 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wyandot County | 21,818 | — | — | — | — | — |
A note on data vintages and definitions. Population is the US Census Bureau's 2018-2022 American Community Survey 5-year estimate, loaded for all 88 counties. Sheriff staffing comes from the US Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments Employment survey (March reference period); headcount equals full-time plus part-time positions across function codes 062 (sworn law enforcement), 162 (civilian law enforcement), and 005 (corrections). The Census does not publish true full-time-equivalent figures, and the March reference-period snapshot is not directly comparable to a full annual operating budget. Two counties, Jackson and Shelby, are not separately reported in this dataset and show a dash. Jail capacity has not been loaded; the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction's Bureau of Adult Detention inspects county jails under ORC § 5120.10 and Ohio Administrative Code Chapter 5120:1-8, but per-facility rated capacity is not published as a downloadable dataset, so the jail column shows a dash for every county. Sheriff department budget data has not been loaded for Ohio; the budget column shows a dash. Sheriff names were collected from the Ohio Attorney General's Law Enforcement Directory and machine-verified against that source in July 2026; all 88 counties are named, none vacant.