Thread: OH: A Look at Ohio Facts and Figures

Published Saturday | March 1, 2008
A Look at Ohio Facts and Figures
By The Associated Press
The Associated Press


(AP) - A look at Ohio's demographics and how its numbers compare with those of the United States:

- Percentage of population change, 2000-2007: Ohio, 1; U.S., 7.2

- Median age: Ohio, 37.6; U.S., 36.4

- Percentage of women: Ohio, 51.2; U.S., 50.7

- Percentage of whites: Ohio, 82.9; U.S., 66.4

- Percentage of blacks: Ohio, 12; U.S., 12.8

- Percentage of Hispanics or Latinos: Ohio, 2.3; U.S., 14.8

- Median household income: Ohio, $44,532; U.S., $48,451

- Percentage of foreign born: Ohio, 3.6; U.S., 12.5

- Percentage of population below poverty: Ohio, 13.3; U.S., 13.3

- Percentage of population with a Bachelor's degree or higher (age 25+): Ohio, 23; U.S., 27

- Median home value: Ohio, $135,200; U.S., $185,200

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A look the state's manufacturing employment in context of trade:

- Between 1995 and 2006, 71,242 Ohio workers lost their jobs due to trade, including workers who were affected specifically by NAFTA. The number was roughly 7 percent of total manufacturing employment in 1995.

- Between 2004 and 2006, 4,964 Ohio workers lost their jobs because of production moving to Mexico and Canada. That's roughly six-tenths of 1 percent of total manufacturing employment in 2004.

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Net jobs lost because of changes in trade related to NAFTA, 1993-2004:

- Ohio: 49,886

- U.S.: 1,015,290

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau; Trade Adjustment Assistance report data used in a report by Policy Matters Ohio, a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide research institute; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; Economic Policy Institute paper, "Revisiting NAFTA," Sept. 28, 2006.
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