Montgomery County, home to Dayton, ranked sixth with 1,442 similar arrests, and Hamilton County ranked ninth with 1,139 arrests.
The top county for OVI arrests by state troopers was Franklin County with 3,080 apprehensions, the patrol said.
The other counties in the top 10 are Lucas, Stark, Lorain, Mahoning, Portage and Trumball.
The patrol said through November, state troopers made 22,925 OVI arrests throughout Ohio.