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State Fact Sheets: Ohio

• Population, Income, Food Insecurity, Education, and Employment
• Federal Funds
• Organic Agriculture
• Farm Characteristics
• Farm Financial Indicators
• Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties
• About the State Fact Sheets

Data updated January 17, 2012

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Population, Income, Food Insecurity, Education, and Employment

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Population
Year
1980	2,103,199	8,694,404	10,797,603
1990	2,104,959	8,742,156	10,847,115
2000	2,212,334	9,140,806	11,353,140
2010	2,237,079	9,299,425	11,536,504
More information on Ohio population • County-level Population Data • Rural Population and Migration Briefing Room • Contact John Cromartie, 202-694-5421.

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Income
Per-capita income (2009 dollars)
2008	29,509	37,309	35,809
2009	29,532	36,802	35,408
Percent change	0.1	-1.4	-1.1

Earnings per job (2009 dollars)
2008	36,919	46,935	45,288
2009	37,336	47,042	45,462
Percent change	1.1	0.2	0.4

Poverty rate (percent)
1979	11.0	10.1	10.3
1989	14.0	12.2	12.5
1999	11.0	10.5	10.6
2010 (latest model-based estimates)	16.1	15.7	15.8
More information on Ohio poverty rates • County-level Poverty Data • Rural Income, Poverty, and Welfare Briefing Room • See important notes about decennial and model-based intercensal poverty estimates • Contact Tracey Farrigan, 202-694-5489

	2002-04 Avg.	2005-07 Avg.	2008-10 Avg.
Household-level Food Insecurity and Very Low Food Security
Percent of households
Food insecure	11.4	12.2	16.4
Very low food security	3.4	4.5	6.6
More information on Food Insecurity • Food Security in the United States Briefing Room • Definitions of Food Insecurity and Very Low Food Security • Comparisons of prevalence rates of food insecurity between States must take account of the margins of error, which are sizeable for many States. Margins of error are published along with State prevalence rates in each year’s Household Food Security in the United States report. • Contact Alisha Coleman-Jensen, 202-694-5456.

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Education (Persons 25 and older)
Percent not completing high school
1980 (Census)	36.7	32.2	33.0
1990 (Census)	28.1	23.5	24.3
2000 (Census)	20.0	16.3	17.0
2006-2010 (ACS)	15.3	11.9	12.6

Percent completing high school only
1980 (Census)	45.0	39.5	40.5
1990 (Census)	44.0	34.5	36.3
2000 (Census)	45.6	33.8	36.1
2006-2010 (ACS)	45.5	33.5	35.8

Percent completing some college
1980 (Census)	9.8	13.6	12.8
1990 (Census)	17.8	23.4	22.4
2000 (Census)	22.2	26.6	25.8
2006-2010 (ACS)	25.1	28.0	27.4

Percent completing college
1980 (Census)	9.0	14.8	13.7
1990 (Census)	10.1	18.6	17.0
2000 (Census)	12.2	23.2	21.1
2006-2010 (ACS)	14.1	26.5	24.1
More information on Ohio education • County-level Education Data • Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room • Contact Alexander Marré, 202-694-5338

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Employment
Total number of jobs
2008	1,109,290	5,633,079	6,742,369
2009	1,051,629	5,410,646	6,462,275

Percent employment change
2007-2008	-2.4	-0.7	-1.0
2008-2009	-5.4	-4.0	-4.2
2009-2010	-0.2	-0.7	-0.6

Unemployment rate (percent)
2009	11.9	9.7	10.1
2010	11.4	9.8	10.1
More information on Ohio unemployment rates • County-level Unemployment and Median Household Income Data • Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room • Contact Lorin Kusmin, 202-694-5429

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Federal Funds, FY 2010
Federal funding, dollars per person
All Federal funds	8,014	9,849	9,493

Federal funding by purpose (function codes)
Agriculture and natural resources	157	30	54
Community resources	668	1,215	1,109
Defense and space	157	939	788
Human resources	165	164	164
Income security	6,115	6,241	6,216
National functions	753	1,260	1,162

Federal funding by type of payments (object codes)
Grants	1,431	1,596	1,564
Direct loans	279	287	285
Guaranteed/insured loans	609	1,126	1,026
Retirement/disability payments	3,041	3,036	3,037
Other direct payments to individuals	1,952	2,176	2,132
Direct payments, not to individuals	138	65	79
Procurement contracts	289	880	765
Salaries and wages	276	684	605
Total does not include Statewide funds undistributed at the county level. More information on Federal Funds • Program Function and Object Code Definitions • Federal Funds and Development Policy Briefing Room • Federal Funds Data • Contact Richard Reeder, 202-694-5360

* The terms “rural” and “urban” here refer to data for nonmetro and metro areas, a county-level classification defined by the Office of Management and Budget. We use the June 2003 version of nonmetro and metro areas because it reflects conditions at the beginning of the decade. See Measuring Rurality: What is Rural? for a discussion of differences between metro-nonmetro categories and the Census Bureau’s rural-urban classification.

More information on socioeconomic conditions • Rural Emphasis Page • Contact Tim Parker, 202-694-5435.

Organic Agriculture

	2006	2007	2008

Number of certified operations	281	355	419
Crops (acres)	32,695	35,425	43,024
Pasture & rangeland (acres)	5,015	12,639	9,925
Total acres	37,710	48,065	52,949
More information on organic agriculture • Organic Production Data • Organic Agriculture Briefing Room • Contact Catherine Greene, 202-694-5541.

Farm Characteristics

	1997	2002	2007
1997, 2002 and 2007 Census of Agriculture

Approximate total land area (acres)	26,209,661	26,206,957	26,149,825
Total farmland (acres)	14,738,028	14,583,435	13,956,563
Percent of total land area	56.2	55.6	53.4

Cropland (acres)	11,673,050	11,424,499	10,832,772
Percent of total farmland	79.2	78.3	77.6
Percent in pasture	8.0	6.1	3.2
Percent irrigated	0.3	0.3	0.3

Harvested Cropland (acres)	10,070,813	10,041,416	9,991,007

Woodland (acres)	1,723,728	1,686,207	1,473,638
Percent of total farmland	11.7	11.6	10.6
Percent in pasture	22.1	20.1	18.9

Pastureland (acres)	638,618	796,078	1,046,728
Percent of total farmland	4.3	5.5	7.5

Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. (acres)	702,632	676,651	603,425
Percent of total farmland	4.8	4.6	4.3

Conservation practices
Farmland in conservation or wetlands reserve programs (acres)	404,531	365,636	385,442

Average farm size (acres)	187	187	184

Farms by size (percent)
1 to 99 acres	54.6	58.7	61.6
100 to 499 acres	36.6	32.3	29.5
500 to 999 acres	5.8	5.5	5.3
1000 to 1,999 acres	2.3	2.7	2.7
2,000 or more acres	0.6	0.8	0.9

Farms by sales (percent)
Less than $9,999	53.1	60.0	56.3
$10,000 to $49,999	25.4	21.8	20.5
$50,000 to $99,999	7.9	6.8	7.3
$100,000 to $499,999	11.8	9.9	11.8
More than $500,000	1.8	1.5	4.1

Tenure of farmers
Full owner (farms)	48,953	52,168	51,174
Percent of total	62.2	67.1	67.5

Part owner (farms)	22,773	20,863	20,629
Percent of total	28.9	26.8	27.2

Tenant owner (farms)	7,011	4,766	4,058
Percent of total	8.9	6.1	5.3

Farm organization
Individuals/family, sole proprietorship (farms)	69,123	70,890	66,382
Percent of total	87.8	91.1	87.5

Family-held corporations (farms)	1,976	1,689	2,749
Percent of total	2.5	2.2	3.6

Partnerships (farms)	6,986	4,549	5,737
Percent of total	8.9	5.8	7.6

Non-family corporations (farms)	193	154	207
Percent of total	0.2	0.2	0.3

Others - cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. (farms)	459	515	786
Percent of total	0.6	0.7	1.0

Characteristics of principal farm operators
Average operator age (years)	52.5	53.8	55.7
Percent with farming as their primary occupation	42.2	55.9	43.1
Men	72,822	70,137	66,734
Women	5,915	7,660	9,127

More information on farm characteristics • Census of Agriculture • Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.

Farm Financial Indicators

	2009	2010
Farm income and value added data

Number of farms	74,900	74,700

	Thousands $
Final crop output	5,189,779	5,062,603
+ Final animal output	2,262,270	2,704,705
+ Services and forestry	1,346,342	1,045,645
= Final agricultural sector output	8,798,391	8,812,953

- Intermediate consumption outlays	4,546,771	4,549,149
+ Net government transactions	-8,152	80,953
= Gross value added	4,243,468	4,344,757

- Capital consumption	1,132,474	1,154,554

= Net value added	3,110,994	3,190,203

- Factor payments	1,060,152	1,031,617
Employee compensation (total hired labor)	446,120	337,867
Net rent received by nonoperator landlords	234,709	330,520
Real estate and nonreal estate interest	379,323	363,230

= Net farm income	2,050,842	2,158,587

More information on farm income • Farm Income Data • Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room • Contact Timothy Park, 202-694-5446.

Farm balance sheet

• Estimation of State-level Balance Sheets has been suspended. See the Farm Balance Sheet data page for more information.

Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties

	Value of receipts thousand $	Percent of state total farm receipts	Percent of US value
Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2010
1. Soybeans	2,269,806	28.8	6.8
2. Corn	1,908,888	24.2	4.3
3. Dairy products	932,720	11.8	3.0
4. Hogs	580,673	7.4	3.2
5. Chicken eggs	427,071	5.4	6.6

All commodities	7,884,539		2.5

More information on Ohio's top agriculture commodities • Leading commodities by cash receipts in Excel. • Other cash receipts data. • Contact Ted Covey, 202-694-5344.

	Rank among states	Value million $
Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2010
1. Soybeans and products	6	1,461.6
2. Feed grains and products	9	475.2
3. Wheat and products	11	292.0
4. Other	12	96.6
5. Poultry and products	18	76.9

Total export value	14	2,661.6

More information on agricultural exports • State Export Data • Agricultural Trade Briefing Room • Contact Nora Brooks, 202-694-5211.

	Percent of state total receipts	Thousands $
Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 2007
1. Mercer County	7.6	535,189
2. Darke County	6.8	479,752
3. Wayne County	3.5	247,258
4. Hardin County	2.6	181,824
5. Licking County	2.2	155,695

State total		7,070,212

More information on agricultural sales • Census of Agriculture • Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.

Data Sources

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, county data, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Current Population Survey, Food Security Supplements , 2002-2010, Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce.
Regional Economic Information System, April 2011, Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce.
1980, 1990, 2000, 2010 Census of Population, Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce.
2006-2010 American Community Survey, Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce.
Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce, Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Organic data, USDA, Economic Research Service, based on information from USDA-accredited State and private organic certifiers.
Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room, Economic Research Service, USDA.
Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States (FATUS), Economic Research Service, USDA.
Census of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA.

Prepared by Economic Research Service, USDA, Washington, DC.

For more information, contact: Tim Parker

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Updated date: January 17, 2012