State of Poverty 2012 Final

OHIO ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY ACTION AGE NCIES
Poverty
DISPELLING MYTHS & PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS
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The Ohio Association of Community Action Agencies

Philip E. Cole, Executive Director 50 West Broad Street, Suite 1616 Columbus, OH 43215 phone: 614-224-8500 fax: 614-224-2587 www.oacaa.org The Ohio Association of Community Action Agencies (OACAA) exists to support and strengthen the network of Community Action Agencies that serve the needs of low-income people in all of Ohios 88 counties. Fifty locally-governed, private non-profit Community Action Agencies make up the network, which administers over $480,000 in resources aimed at eliminating the problems of poverty in Ohios communities. The agencies employ more than 6,000 people and provide services to over 800,000 Ohioans. Programs include Head Start, home heating assistance, weatherization, food pantries, emergency shelters, affordable housing, transportation, meals, health clinics, and much more. The holistic approach of Community Action helps thousands of Ohioans become self-sufficient every year.
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Ohio Association of Community Action Agencies
Poverty
Dispelling myths and preconceived notions
State of
More than 1.8 million people in Ohio live in poverty.

Its a hard number to picture. So imagine this:
The number of Ohioans now in poverty would fill the Ohio State University football stadium more than 17 times.
Think of all those seats. Now think of each seat filled with 17 people: your neighbors, your friends, and the people you see in the voting line. The people who ticket you at a football game and the ones who check out your library books. Teachers in day care centers and the children your kids giggle with on the playground. Then think of yourself. Most of us are one catastrophe away from poverty, even if weve done all the right things like serve our country or complete our education. Poverty affects every neighborhood from inner city blocks to rural towns and farms to the streets of the suburbs. It hits our very youngest Ohioans and our oldest citizens. One in three Americans will experience poverty at some time during his or her life. This report packs in a lot of data. The next dozen pages give you an overview of some of the Ohio people and places affected by poverty. The appendix contains information about each county in the state and provides the background detail for the facts we share. Find more information on our website at www.oacaa.org. Youll find out in this report that poverty happens everywhere in Ohio. But youll also learn about a few programs from local Community Action Agencies and other organizations that can make a real difference in Ohios communities. With supportive programs, the Ohio economy grows and businesses and people prosper because individuals and families are selfsufficient.
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Defining Poverty
The federal government defines the Federal Poverty Level each year. Created in 1965, the FPL calculations are based on the common food budgets of different household compositions (based on the number of adults in the home and the children and their ages).
1 in 6 Ohioans lives below the federal poverty level thats almost 2 million people.
Table 1, Table 4
Most programs rely on the federal definition of poverty to make decisions. But some economists argue that those standards dont reflect recent changes in the lives and necessities of Americans.
Many advocates urge the use of the Self-Sufficiency Standard as a measure of poverty. Selfsufficiency is the amount of income a household needs to adequately meet its basic needs without public or private assistance. This standard also takes into account an areas cost of living.
Table 2, Table 4
Asset Poverty is another measure used to gauge poverty. This means a households net worth is low enough that it cannot survive at the poverty level for three months if it loses its income. These households lack economic security.
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Ohio Poverty
Table 6, Table 7
Ohios statewide poverty rate exceeds the overall national rate of 15.9%.
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Between 2000 and 2010, the number of people living below the poverty line in suburban counties increased by 69.9%a larger growth than in other counties.
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Ohio Poverty
Table 8
Wages for Ohios richest 10% increased by $3.99 per hour in the last 22 years. At the same time, wages for Ohios poorest workers decreased by 71 per hour, and wages for middle-income workers decreased by $1.34 per hour.
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State of Poverty 2012
Rising Costs
Table 2, Table 3
Basic needs dont include luxuries like going to the movies, eating out, or owning extra vehicles. Nor do they include contributions to the savings accounts that might provide a cushion for any unexpected expenses.
Table 18
In the last decade, costs of necessities rose by varying amounts, but Ohios median hourly wage did not keep pace.
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Wages
Nearly 1 in 6 Ohioans lives in poverty. For a family of four, thats a household income of about $1,900 a month. Although $1,900 may sound like a livable wage, it fails to cover the costs of the basic necessities.
ebbie is a single mother of two young children, ages 3 and 6, in Georgetown, Ohio. She has a good job at a local restaurant, but she still struggles to support her family.
As part of the program, Debbie also enrolled in the Finance Fitness program and completed Adams/Browns three-day personal
Debbie didnt own a car, which forced her WORKING to rely on others to Table 16 help run errands or take her children to school activities. She caught a ride to work financial literacy and consumer every day, but that meant she education training. Armed with the could not work extra hours to tools and knowledge she gained after earn more money for her bills or she completed these requirements, to save for a car of her own. Debbie purchased a used van for her family. Debbie enrolled in the By-Car program at Adams/Brown Now Debbie can rest assured that Counties Economic Opportunities she can get to and from work as Inc., her local Community Action needed, she can work extra hours to Agency. The By-Car program is a earn more money, and she can take matched savings fund: for every her family to and from enriching $1 a participant saves toward the activities. purchase of a used vehicle, the program contributes $2.
In Ohio, 42.3% of people living below the federal poverty line are working either OHIO POVERTY part time or full time. 100,159 individuals in poverty in Ohio work full time.
More than 115,000 Ohio single women with children worked full or part time, yet their wages did not pull them out of poverty.
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Higher Education
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1 in 12 Ohioans in poverty has a bachelors degree or higher. Even Ohioans who do the right thing by earning a college degree can find themselves faced with poverty because of circumstances beyond their control, such as a job loss, an illness, or an accident.
rank and Jennifer worked hard to provide for their two children. Frank had a good teaching position, but his job was eliminated, and the only work he could find was as a part time pizza delivery worker. Jennifer worked irregular hours demonstrating products in retail outlets. But their dramatic reduction in income meant they fell behind in their mortgage payments. The couple turned to the Community Action Partnership of the Greater Dayton Area for help and met with housing counselor Vicki Rish. They came into the program at just the right time, Ms. Rish explained. Previously, his part time employment delivering pizzas meant that they couldnt get mortgage assistance. The program changes allowed them to get mortgage payment assistance and rescue payment funds. Rescue payments brought their mortgage up to date, and assistance payments will help for
up to 12 months or until their job status changes for the better. Under the old rules, if you were unemployed and returned to work, 76,907 Ohioans age 25 and older with a OHIO POVERTY bachelors degree or higher are in poverty.
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UNCERTAINTY
even part time, you lost your benefit, explained Rish. Under the new rules, you are considered underemployed and that made Frank and Jennifer eligible to receive mortgage payment assistance. With the help of Community Action Agencies such as CAPGDA, families can stay in their homes while they look for work. That stabilizes families, neighborhoods, and communities in economic downturns. Thanks to the program, the couple has some peace of mind as they go through this difficult period in their lives. They dont have to worry about losing their home any more.
Veterans
Despite their service, many Ohio veterans lack access to good jobs and a comfortable living and struggle to make ends meet.
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avid, a Navy veteran of the first Gulf War, found himself homeless after losing his job and going through a divorce. He was staying at a homeless shelter, where he could not bring his two children to visit, when he turned to WSOS Community Action for help. WSOS is one of six pilot Community Action Agencies in Ohio participating in the Ohio Vocation, Education, Training & Services (Ohio V.E.T.S.) program that offers education and training to assist veterans in finding meaningful employment at a living wage, and providing them and their families with other supportive services to help them attain self-sufficiency. David had a background in manufacturing and through the Ohio VETS program, WSOS was able to help him
find a good job at an auto parts manufacturing plant. Hes doing fantastic, Ken Sayre, veterans family advocate with WSOS, said. We have set him up to succeed. He was very motivated; he just needed to be led down the right path. WSOS also set David up with shortterm housing. Through that program, David will receive assistance with the rent for a short time, until he is financially ready to take over the payments. Now that David is in a stable environment, he is able to see his kids again, Ken explained. It was so great to see the look on his face when they were reunited. Now David has a good job and home and is with his familyall things he fought for when he served his country.
More than
are veterans.
of all homeless Ohioans

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Children
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Nearly one out of every four Ohio children lives in poverty.
CHILDREN
OHIO CONNECTION
From 1999 to 2010, the number of children in poverty grew by 232,199 children. But in 2010, there were actually 189,158 fewer children overall than in 1999.
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Table 24
Almost one in three Ohio children under age 6 lives in poverty.
Children
Providing Ohios low-income children with tools to help them excel is a crucial first step in improving their lives.
hen Tristans parents brought him to Kno-HoCo-Ashland Community Action Commission for Head Start a free preschool class offered to low-income childrenhe was three years old and the staff was unable to understand one word that he tried to speak. Tristan was given the National Reporting System Assessment Test, a standardized assessment for Head Start students. The test, instituted by the federal government, demonstrates whether a young child can recognize certain words, identify letters, recognize geometric shapes, and solve simple addition and subtraction problems. Tristan failed the picture naming test because the staff could not understand him. Kno-Ho-CoAshland had him tested and he qualified for speech therapy. Tristans speech therapy began right away; by the middle of his first year, the staff began to understand him and realized he was an intelligent little guy. He continued with his speech therapy for that school year and the next one. At
that time he was old enough for kindergarten, but his parents decided to keep him in Head Start for another year. Tristan excelled in his third year of Head Start, learning every letter and their sounds and counting to 100. He was ready to move on to kindergarten. After the first parent-teacher conference for kindergarten, Tristans mom came back to tell the Head Start staff what his teacher had said. The teacher had told her that in all her years of teaching, she had never had a student so well prepared to start kindergarten. She also said that he was at the top of his class in all subjects and was reading at a very high level. Tristans mom told the teacher that it was thanks to his Head Start teachers at Kno-Ho-Co-Ashland Community Action Commission. Community programs such as Head Start provide low-income children like Tristan with a firm foundation for primary school, forming the groundwork for their successful completion of the education that prepares them for productive lives.
Children make up more than one third of Ohioans who live in poverty.
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Appendix:
Tables and Figures
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Appendix: Tables and Figures

Defining Poverty
Table 1. Federal poverty thresholds in dollars, 2011 .............................................................................. 12 Table 2. Items included in the self-sufficiency standard for Ohio, 2011 .................................................. 12 Table 3. Self-sufficiency standard, Miami County, 2011 ......................................................................... 13 Table 4. Income to poverty ratio by age group in Ohio, 2011 ................................................................. 13 Table 5. State rank by asset poverty rate, 2009 ...................................................................................... 14
Ohio Poverty
Figure 1. Poverty rate trends for Ohio and United States, 19812011 .................................................... 15 Table 6. Poverty rates for Ohio and United States, 19812011 .............................................................. 15 Table 7. State rank by poverty rate, 2011............................................................................................... 16 Table 8. Change in poverty in Ohio, 19992011 ..................................................................................... 16
Ohio Counties
Table 9. Population, poverty rates, and economic need data, Ohio counties ......................................... 17 Table 10. Ohio counties by type ............................................................................................................. 32 Table 11. Change in poverty in Ohio counties by county type, 20002010 ............................................. 35
Ohio Cities
Table 12. Change in persons in poverty in Ohio's 10 largest cities, 19992011 ....................................... 36
Ohioans in Poverty
Figure 2. Poverty by race/ethnicity, Ohio, 2011 ..................................................................................... 37 Table 13. Poverty by race/ethnicity and age in Ohio, 2011..................................................................... 38 Figure 3. Poverty by family type, Ohio, 2011 .......................................................................................... 38 Table 14. Poverty by race/ethnicity and family type, Ohio, 2011............................................................ 39
Wealth, Wages, and Rising Costs

Table 15. Distribution of income compared with distribution of wealth, United States, 2010 ................ 40 Figure 4. Changes in Ohio wages by income percentiles, 19792000 ..................................................... 40 Table 16. Work experience of Ohio persons 16 years and older living below federal poverty level, 2011 ............................................................................................ 41 Table 17. Work experience by family type, 2011 .................................................................................... 41 Figure 5. Ohio working families with incomes below federal poverty level, 2011 ................................... 42 Table 18. Rising costs of goods and services vs. growth in Ohio median hourly wage, 20002011 ......... 42
Education and Higher Education

Table 19. Poverty by educational attainment (ages 25 and older) in Ohio, 2011 .................................... 43 Figure 6. Poverty by educational attainment (ages 25 and older) in Ohio, 2011 ..................................... 43 Table 20. Average hourly wage for young workers, 19892011 ............................................................. 44 Table 21. Change in average college debt school year 20002001 to school year 20092010 in the United States ................................................................................................................. 44
Veterans
Table 22. Poverty among veterans and non-veterans 18 years and over, 2011 ...................................... 45 Table 23. Veteran homelessness in Ohio, 2011 ...................................................................................... 45
Children
Table 24. Income to poverty ratio by age group in Ohio, 2011 ............................................................... 46 Table 25. Change in the number of children in poverty in Ohio, 19992011 .......................................... 46
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Defining Poverty
Table 1. Federal poverty thresholds in dollars, 2011
Household size 0
One personunder age 65 Age 65 and over Two peopleunder age 65 Age 65 and over Three people Four people Five people Six people Seven people Eight people Nine people or more 11,702 10,788 15,063 13,596 17,595 23,201 27,979 32,181 37,029 41,414 49,818 15,504 15,446 18,106 23,581 28,386 32,309 37,260 41,779 50,059 18,123 22,811 27,517 31,643 36,463 41,027 49,393 22,891 26,844 31,005 35,907 40,368 48,835 26,434 30,056 34,872 39,433 47,917 29,494 33,665 38,247 46,654 32,340 37,011 45,512 36,697 45,229 43,487
Number of related children under age 18 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8+
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Many federal and state programs use the federal poverty level (FPL) as a guide for determining who receives benefits or support. The federal poverty guidelines are based on the number of adults and related children in a household. The FPL is calculated every year for the entire country.
Table 2. Items included in the Self-Sufficiency Standard for Ohio, 2011
Cost Housing Child care Food What is included in each budget item
Yes: Rent and utilities No: Cable Yes: Full time family day care for infants, full time center care for preschoolers, and before and after school care for school-age children No: After school programs for teenagers, extracurricular activities, babysitting when not at work Yes: Food for home preparation No: Take-out, fast-food, or restaurant meals Yes: The cost of owning a car (per adult)insurance, gas, oil, registration, etc.or public transportation when adequate. The car or public transit is used only for commuting to and from work and day care plus a weekly shopping trip No: Non-essential travel, vacations, etc. Yes: Employer-sponsored health insurance and out-of-pocket costs No: Health savings account, gym memberships, individual health insurance Yes: Federal and state income tax and tax credits, payroll taxes, and state and local sales taxes No: Itemized deductions, tax preparation fees (property, gasoline, and sales tax are included in housing, transportation, and miscellaneous costs, respectively) Yes: Clothing, shoes, paper products, diapers, nonprescription medicines, cleaning products, household items, personal hygiene items, and telephone service No: Recreation, entertainment, savings, emergencies, debt repayment, pets, education/training, gifts, broadband/internet, student loan repayment
Transportation
Health care Taxes
Miscellaneous
Source: Diana M. Pearce. The Self-Sufficiency Standard for Ohio 2011. Prepared for the Ohio Association of Community Action Agencies. Seattle, WA: University of Washington School of Social Work, May 2011, Table 1.
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Defining Poverty, continued
The Self-Sufficiency Standard for Ohio 2011 defines the amount of income necessary to meet the basic needs of specific family types in each Ohio county. The Standard calculates the costs of six basic needs and includes the impact of taxes and tax credits. It assumes the full costs of each need, without help from public subsidies (e.g., public housing, Medicaid, or child care assistance) or private/informal assistance (e.g., unpaid babysitting by a relative or friend, food from food banks, or shared housing). The Standard is a conservative measure. That is, it only provides the minimum to meet daily needs, and does not include any allowance for long-term needs (such as savings or college tuition), credit card or other debt repayment, purchases of major items (such as a car or refrigerator), or emergency expenses. It is a bare bones budget that provides the minimum income, not the average, to meet each basic need. Costs are set at a minimally adequate level to be self-sufficient, with no extras. For example, the food budget has no take-out or restaurant food, not even a pizza.
Excerpted from Pearce, pp. 12
Table 3. Self-sufficiency standard, Miami County, 2011

Expense Housing Child care Food Transportation Health care Misc. Taxes Monthly cost $691 $644 $718 $442 $478 $297 $114
Source:www.selfsufficiencystandard.org, Ohio data sheet, Table 55
Notes: Figures represent the self-sufficiency amounts for each expenditure for a family of two adults and two school-age children. Miami County, Ohio, was chosen because it is near the middle of the range from most to least expensive rates of self-sufficiency for this family type; that is, 44 Ohio counties were more expensive and 43 counties were less expensive. Taxes were calculated as total tax burden ($453) minus tax credits ($62, Earned Income Tax Credit; $110, child care tax credit; $167, child tax credit).
Table 4. Income to poverty ratio by age group in Ohio, 2011

Under age 6 Total Under .50 (FPL) Under 1.00 (FPL) Under 2.00 (below selfsufficiency) 845,830 125,781 249,530 426,919 % 7.5% 14.9% 29.5% 50.5% Under age 18 2,649,180 306,512 640,884 1,204,451 % 23.6% 11.6% 24.2% 45.5% Age 1864 7,005,215 511,352 1,082,781 2,230,804 % 62.4% 7.3% 15.5% 31.8% age 65 1,579,676 32,758 122,135 498,542 % 14.1% 2.1% 7.7% 31.6% Total all ages 11,234,071 850,622 1,845,800 3,933,797 % 100.0% 7.6% 16.4% 35.0%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey
In 2011, more than 1.8 million Ohioans were in poverty. 3,933,797 Ohioans had incomes below the self-sufficiency level (which is roughly less than 200% FPL) in 2011. 850,622 persons had incomes less than half the federal poverty level for their family typethese Ohioans are in extreme poverty.
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Defining Poverty, continued
Table 5. State rank by asset poverty rate, 2009
State Percentage in asset poverty Rank State Percentage in asset poverty Rank
Vermont Hawaii West Virginia Delaware North Dakota New Hampshire Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia Wyoming Alaska South Dakota Rhode Island Utah Wisconsin Kansas Minnesota Iowa Washington Nebraska Louisiana Alabama Maine Missouri Idaho
15.70% 18.70% 18.7% 19.8% 20.0% 20.10% 20.2% 20.6% 20.9% 20.9% 21.7% 21.70% 21.8% 22.0% 22.0% 22.2% 22.5% 22.9% 23.2% 23.5% 23.6% 24.1% 24.1% 24.3% 24.8%
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Connecticut South Carolina Arkansas Tennessee Michigan Montana New Jersey Indiana Illinois Massachusetts Oklahoma Florida Ohio Kentucky North Carolina Texas Oregon Colorado New Mexico Georgia California Mississippi Arizona New York Nevada
24.9% 25.1% 25.6% 25.8% 25.9% 26.1% 26.1% 26.2% 26.4% 26.4% 26.9% 27.2% 27.3% 27.5% 27.6% 27.7% 28.2% 28.9% 29.4% 30.8% 30.9% 31.9% 33.9% 35.5% 45.2%
26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
Source: Survey of Income and Program Participation, 2008 Panel, Wave 4. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, 2009. Data calculated by the Bay Area Council Economic Institute.
Asset poverty means that a household does not have sufficient net worth to subsist at the federal poverty level for three months in the absence of income (in 2009, 27.3% or more than one in four Ohio households were in asset poverty, according to the Corporation for Enterprise Development). Assets include a familys home, vehicles, businesses owned, and material goods that can be sold for money to live on. Ohio is ranked 38 out of all 50 states and the District of Columbia for its high rate of asset poverty. The 2012 Assets & Opportunity Scorecard also shows that 44% of Ohio households are liquid asset poor. Liquid asset poverty is a more realistic picture of the resources families have to meet emergency needs because it excludes assets such as a home, car, or business that are not easily converted to cash (scorecard.assetsandopportunity.org/2012/state/oh)
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Ohio Poverty
Figure 1. Poverty rate trends for Ohio and United States, 19812011
17.0 16.0 15.0
Poverty rate (%)
14.0 13.0 12.0 11.0 10.0 9.0 Ohio U.S.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (19812005) and American Community Survey 20062011)
Table 6. Poverty rates for Ohio and United States, 19812011

Year
1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Ohio
12.7 12.8 13.4 13.5 12.8 12.8 12.7 12.4 10.6 11.5 13.4 12.5 13.0 14.1 11.5 12.7
U.S.
14.0 15.0 15.2 14.4 14.0 13.6 13.5 13.0 12.8 13.5 14.2 14.8 15.1 14.5 13.8 13.7
Year
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Ohio
11.0 11.2 12.0 10.0 10.5 9.8 10.9 11.6 12.3 13.3 13.1 13.4 15.2 15.8 16.4
U.S.
13.3 12.7 11.9 11.3 11.7 12.1 12.5 12.7 12.6 13.3 13.0 13.2 14.3 15.3 15.9
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (19812005) and American Community Survey 20062011)
Ohios poverty rate has generally been lower than the U.S. rate. However, in 2006, Ohio matched the nationwide rate; in 2007 and beyond, Ohios poverty rate has been higher than the U.S. rate. In 2011, the poverty rates for both the United States and Ohio reached their highest points of the last 30 years.
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Ohio Poverty, continued
Table 7. State rank by poverty rate, 2011
Total population
1,279,118 5,685,412 8,646,606 706,860 3,471,802 554,314 601,236 7,854,282 6,367,148 882,353 5,222,556 1,338,543 660,473 2,963,602 5,554,349 1,789,275 5,002,128 2,771,344 12,328,566 2,786,855 6,687,073 794,872 1,291,650 1,009,941 974,025 12,566,914
State
New Hampshire Maryland New Jersey Alaska Connecticut Wyoming Vermont Virginia Massachusetts Delaware Minnesota Hawaii North Dakota Iowa Wisconsin Nebraska Colorado Utah Pennsylvania Kansas Washington South Dakota Maine Rhode Island Montana Illinois
Below poverty level

112,715 571,887 897,376 73,905 377,856 62,629 69,075 905,914 738,514 104,831 621,970 161,290 80,882 378,864 725,797 234,710 674,195 374,859 1,695,996 383,467 929,258 110,681 182,448 148,819 144,054 1,879,965
Poverty rate
8.8% 10.1% 10.4% 10.5% 10.9% 11.3% 11.5% 11.5% 11.6% 11.9% 11.9% 12.0% 12.2% 12.8% 13.1% 13.1% 13.5% 13.5% 13.8% 13.8% 13.9% 13.9% 14.1% 14.7% 14.8% 15.0%
Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
State
Missouri Nevada New York Indiana Ohio Idaho California Florida Oklahoma Oregon Michigan North Carolina Tennessee Texas West Virginia South Carolina Arizona Alabama Georgia Kentucky Arkansas Louisiana New Mexico Mississippi
Total population
5,831,530 2,684,536 18,954,044 6,318,942 11,234,071 1,550,082 36,941,931 18,652,057 3,678,924 3,794,213 9,656,260 9,406,091 6,246,380 25,071,125 1,802,655 4,538,298 6,336,449 4,687,363 9,550,271 4,238,283 2,856,663 4,445,400 2,042,530 2,884,215
Below poverty level

920,118 426,741 3,027,342 1,011,017 1,845,800 255,027 6,118,803 3,173,456 633,298 662,283 1,693,294 1,680,963 1,142,299 4,628,758 334,885 856,938 1,203,501 892,483 1,827,743 811,277 555,876 908,375 439,914 650,524
Poverty rate
15.8% 15.9% 16.0% 16.0% 16.4% 16.5% 16.6% 17.0% 17.2% 17.5% 17.5% 17.9% 18.3% 18.5% 18.6% 18.9% 19.0% 19.0% 19.1% 19.1% 19.5% 20.4% 21.5% 22.6%
Rank 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
Table 8. Change in poverty in Ohio, 19992011

1999 Population for whom poverty status is determined Persons below the poverty level 11,046,987 1,170,698 2005 11,117,437 1,450,650 2011 11,234,071 1,845,800 Change 19992011 187,084 675,102 % change 1999 2011 1.7% 57.7%
Source: U.S. Decennial Census, 2000; American Community Survey, 2005, 2011
Although the Ohio population has increased by 187,084 personsonly 1.7% since 1999, the number of persons in Ohio who live below the poverty level has increased by 675,102 personsa 57.7% increase since 1999.
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Ohio Counties
Table 9. Population, poverty rates, and economic need data, Ohio counties
Ohio Population and population change 1 Total population 2011 2 Population living in group quarters 2 Minority population (%) 1 Population change 20022011 1 Percentage change (%) Poverty rates, historic and recent In 1969 (%) In 1979 (%) 3 In 1989 (%) 3 In 1999 (%) 4 In 2009 (%) 4 In 2010 (%) 4 Poverty count in 2010 Poverty rates, 5-year averages 2 Overall (%) 2 Male (%) 2 Female (%) 2 Under age 5 (%) 2 Under age 18 (%) 2 Age 65 and over (%) 2 White, non-Hispanic (%) 2 Black/African American (%) 2 Asian (%) 2 Hispanic or Latino (%) 2 < 50% FPL, i.e., severe poverty (%) 2 < 200% FPL, i.e., below self-sufficiency (%) Other measures of economic need
3 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 2 2 9 9 3
Adams 28,456 326 2.8 369 1.3
Allen 106,094 4236 17.2 -4,490 -4.2
Ashland 53,153 2932 3.3 2,142 4.0
Ashtabula 101,345 3184 9.0 -2,402 -2.3
Athens 64,769 10028 8.8 396 0.6
11,544,951 306063 18.4 143,522 1.3
10.0 10.3 12.5 10.6 15.2 15.8 1,779,032 14.2 12.8 15.5 25.0 20.2 8.3 11.0 31.4 12.1 26.8 6.5 31.8 397,000 6.8 1,756,386 2,068,876 666,342 23,186 17.0 529,745 40.9 71,556 14.0
31.6 24.7 28.5 17.4 21.4 22.8 6,428 23.0 22.1 23.8 36.3 30.0 16.8 22.5 43.9 14.1 9.0 48.4 1,200 10.0 7,244 9,000 5,876 1,943 47.4 978 42.9 95 7.4
8.8 10.5 12.7 12.1 18.8 18.7 18,766 16.3 15.0 17.6 31.3 25.1 6.8 12.1 40.5 30.0 28.4 8.1 34.3 3,600 7.1 15,746 19,903 6,921 2,359 18.9 4,677 43.8 472 10.5
8.4 8.8 11.3 9.5 16.7 15.6 7,943 15.6 14.8 16.3 30.7 26.6 7.9 15.1 24.1 55.8 20.9 5.2 36.1 1,800 6.9 6,036 7,991 2,026 1,486 15.8 1,547 41.7 249 11.3
9.6 9.1 16.1 12.1 17.5 16.1 15,771 15.7 14.3 17.0 27.8 21.7 9.2 14.0 42.5 21.5 34.8 8.1 39.3 4,000 8.4 19,850 23,220 7,568 2,286 18.9 3,997 42.3 708 15.4
20.0 21.6 28.7 27.4 34.7 24.8 13,710 30.3 30.9 29.8 39.1 29.6 9.2 29.2 52.4 39.7 44.4 16.8 51.1 2,100 8.0 10,662 11,425 5,120 2,126 18.8 5,081 59.9 147 5.6
Unemployed persons, August 2012 Unemployment rate SNAP recipients Medicaid eligible persons LI-HEAP recipients Uninsured working-age (18-64) persons Uninsured rate for working-age (%) Renters paying 35%+ of income on rent Cost-burdened renter households (%) Foreclosure filings Foreclosure rate per 1000 units
Sources: (1) U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Population Estimates; (2) U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), 5-year estimates for 20062010; (3) U.S. Census Bureau, Decennial Census; (4) U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Population Estimates (SAIPE); (5) Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Ohio LMI, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS), August 2012; (6) Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Ohio LMI, Public Assistance Monthly Statistics (PAMS), state fiscal year 2011; (7) Ohio Department of Development, Office of Community Services, LI-HEAP program year 2011; (8) Ohio Department of Health, Ohio Family Health Survey 2008; (9) Policy Matters Ohio, Home Insecurity: Foreclosures and Housing in 2012 (2011 filings) Notes: The first column identifies the source of the data by number. For (2), 5-year estimates, rather than 1-year estimates, are used in this appendix for full data availability across Ohios 88 counties. For county poverty rates by race or Hispanic ethnicity, data are suppressed here if the denominator is fewer than 250 individuals. For (4), State of Ohio numbers represent ACS 1-year estimates. For (5) unemployment rates are not seasonally adjusted.
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Ohio Counties, continued
Table 9. Population, poverty rates, and economic need data, Ohio counties, continued
Augl a i ze Population and population change 1 Total popul a tion 2011 2 Popul a tion l i vi ng i n group qua rters 2 Mi nori ty popul a tion (%) 1 Popul a tion cha nge 20022011 1 Percentage cha nge (%) Poverty rates, historic and recent In 1969 (%) In 1979 (%) 3 In 1989 (%) 3 In 1999 (%) 4 In 2009 (%) 4 In 2010 (%) 4 Poverty count i n 2010 Poverty rates, 5-year averages 2 Overa l l (%) 2 Ma l e (%) 2 Fema l e (%) 2 Under a ge 5 (%) 2 Under a ge 18 (%) 2 Age 65 a nd over (%) 2 Whi te, non-Hi s pa ni c (%) 2 Bl a ck/Afri ca n Ameri ca n (%) 2 As i a n (%) 2 Hi s pa ni c or La tino (%) 2 < 50% FPL, i .e., s evere poverty (%) 2 < 200% FPL, i .e., bel ow s el f-s uffi ci ency (%) Other measures of economic need
3 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 2 2 9 9 3
Bel mont 70,151 4831 6.3 -2,071 -3.0
Brown 44,687 368 2.8 1,062 2.5
Butler 369,999 14669 14.7 28,271 8.4
Ca rrol l 28,782 632 2.5 -515 -1.8
Cha mpa i gn 39,795 424 5.6 220 0.6
45,838 723 2.8 -71 -0.2
7.3 6.5 6.3 6.2 8.5 9.4 4,260 7.2 6.1 8.3 14.1 9.5 4.6 6.9 63.9 1.1 12.1 3.0 24.3 1,400 5.2 4,477 6,269 2,053 972 12.0 1,260 33.7 216 11.1
12.8 9.3 17.4 14.6 16.8 16.3 10,809 15.2 12.7 17.6 28.9 24.4 9.1 14.4 28.3 5.0 42.8 5.9 36.9 2,500 7.3 10,257 13,443 5,573 2,105 21.9 2,094 32.6 205 6.3
17.7 15.0 14.2 11.6 13.0 13.0 5,744 12.4 11.3 13.5 24.9 18.2 8.4 12.3 2.9 0.0 8.8 5.3 32.8 1,800 7.9 7,620 9,948 4,238 1,195 18.3 1,016 35.4 294 15.5
9.2 9.8 10.6 8.7 13.2 13.5 48,197 12.8 11.4 14.1 19.9 16.1 6.8 11.3 23.3 9.3 21.0 6.4 28.3 12,800 6.6 45,844 56,624 11,759 3,500 12.4 15,728 42.8 2,544 17.3
12.6 9.9 11.7 11.4 13.5 16.6 4,701 12.6 10.8 14.4 18.3 18.7 7.1 12.3 33.1 0.0 6.4 4.7 34.7 1,000 6.9 4,139 5,368 2,607 1,139 22.1 703 38.7 132 9.7
9.0 9.9 8.8 7.6 10.2 13.1 5,132 12.9 11.0 14.7 26.4 18.4 6.3 12.0 21.7 0.0 27.7 5.2 28.9 1,400 7.4 5,142 6,695 2,710 1,342 18.7 1,257 37.9 224 13.4
Unempl oyed pers ons , Augus t 2012 Unempl oyment ra te SNAP reci pi ents Medi ca i d el i gi bl e pers ons LI-HEAP reci pi ents Uni ns ured worki ng-a ge (18-64) pers ons Uni ns ured ra te for worki ng-a ge (%) Renters pa yi ng 35%+ of i ncome on rent Cos t-burdened renter hous ehol ds (%) Forecl os ure fi l i ngs Forecl os ure ra te per 1000 uni ts
Sources: (1) U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Population Estimates; (2) U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), 5-year estimates for 20062010; (3) U.S. Census Bureau, Decennial Census; (4) U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Population Estimates (SAIPE); (5) Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Ohio LMI, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS), August 2012; (6) Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Ohio LMI, Public Assistance Monthly Statistics (PAMS), state fiscal year 2011; (7) Ohio Department of Development, Office of Community Services, LI-HEAP program year 2011; (8) Ohio Department of Health, Ohio Family Health Survey 2008; (9) Policy Matters Ohio, Home Insecurity: Foreclosures and Housing in 2012 (2011 filings) Notes: The first column identifies the source of the data by number. For (2), 5-year estimates, rather than 1-year estimates, are used in this appendix for full data availability across Ohios 88 counties. For county poverty rates by race or Hispanic ethnicity, data are suppressed here if the denominator is fewer than 250 individuals. For (4), State of Ohio numbers represent ACS 1-year estimates. For (5) Unemployment rates are not seasonally adjusted.
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Cl a rk Population and population change 1 Total popul a tion 2011 2 Popul a tion l i vi ng i n group qua rters 2 Mi nori ty popul a tion (%) 1 Popul a tion cha nge 20022011 1 Percentage cha nge (%) Poverty rates, historic and recent In 1969 (%) In 1979 (%) 3 In 1989 (%) 3 In 1999 (%) 4 In 2009 (%) 4 In 2010 (%) 4 Poverty count i n 2010 Poverty rates, 5-year averages 2 Overa l l (%) 2 Ma l e (%) 2 Fema l e (%) 2 Under a ge 5 (%) 2 Under a ge 18 (%) 2 Age 65 a nd over (%) 2 Whi te, non-Hi s pa ni c (%) 2 Bl a ck/Afri ca n Ameri ca n (%) 2 As i a n (%) 2 Hi s pa ni c or La tino (%) 2 < 50% FPL, i .e., s evere poverty (%) 2 < 200% FPL, i .e., bel ow s el f-s uffi ci ency (%) Other measures of economic need
3 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 2 2 9 9 3
Cl ermont 199,139 1633 5.0 17,480 9.6
Cl i nton 41,927 916 6.2 1,677 4.1
Col umbi a na 107,570 4162 5.0 -4,056 -3.7
Cos hocton 36,955 210 3.4 -1,101 -3.0
Cra wford 43,389 578 3.4 -3,786 -8.2
137,691 3018 14.2 -5,648 -3.9
9.6 11.6 13.4 10.7 16.3 20.0 26,991 15.9 14.3 17.4 30.8 24.5 7.4 13.5 30.4 6.6 31.6 7.3 36.1 4,900 7.2 26,974 31,733 8,796 2,906 20.1 6,355 41.6 881 14.3
8.3 8.1 8.7 7.1 10.4 9.6 18,790 9.3 8.5 10.0 15.3 12.6 5.5 8.9 16.9 12.2 13.5 4.3 23.6 6,700 6.2 20,845 28,447 6,778 2,634 15.5 5,500 35.2 1,153 14.4
13.2 11.2 12.3 8.6 11.9 15.7 6,392 14.0 13.5 14.5 28.3 18.6 7.9 12.5 30.3 0.4 58.3 6.2 34.0 1,700 9.8 6,976 8,800 4,162 1,661 21.1 1,748 39.1 264 14.6
10.0 9.6 15.9 11.5 16.4 17.7 18,389 16.0 14.8 17.1 30.7 25.6 6.4 15.5 25.5 0.0 31.2 6.7 37.9 3,900 7.6 17,482 21,091 8,740 2,816 25.6 3,956 43 534 11.3
14.4 10.2 13.2 9.1 14.6 20.4 7,409 17.0 14.8 19.2 36.1 26.0 8.3 16.7 11.0 90.7 13.3 7.9 40.3 1,500 9.2 6,649 7,635 3,607 1,237 19.7 1,194 35.9 317 19.1
9.2 10.4 11.6 10.4 14.9 16.5 7,088 13.0 11.2 14.7 34.5 21.3 6.2 12.9 7.4 0.0 24.3 5.9 35.8 1,600 8.0 7,946 9,567 3,753 1,904 31.1 1,390 31.2 262 12.9
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Cuya hoga Population and population change 1 Total popul a tion 2011 2 Popul a tion l i vi ng i n group qua rters 2 Mi nori ty popul a tion (%) 1 Popul a tion cha nge 20022011 1 Percentage cha nge (%) Poverty rates, historic and recent In 1969 (%) In 1979 (%) 3 In 1989 (%) 3 In 1999 (%) 4 In 2009 (%) 4 In 2010 (%) 4 Poverty count i n 2010 Poverty rates, 5-year averages 2 Overa l l (%) 2 Ma l e (%) 2 Fema l e (%) 2 Under a ge 5 (%) 2 Under a ge 18 (%) 2 Age 65 a nd over (%) 2 Whi te, non-Hi s pa ni c (%) 2 Bl a ck/Afri ca n Ameri ca n (%) 2 As i a n (%) 2 Hi s pa ni c or La tino (%) 2 < 50% FPL, i .e., s evere poverty (%) 2 < 200% FPL, i .e., bel ow s el f-s uffi ci ency (%) Other measures of economic need
3 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 2 2 9 9 3
Da rke 52,809 629 2.9 -1,306 -2.5
Defi a nce 38,884 667 11.8 -1,271 -3.3
Del a wa re 178,341 2915 11.2 56,535 44.5
Eri e 76,751 1736 14.6 -2,693 -3.4
Fa i rfi el d 147,066 2414 10.3 19,081 14.8
1,270,294 28758 37.8 -119,770 -8.7
9.9 11.5 13.8 13.1 18.9 18.2 227,716 16.4 14.8 17.8 28.3 24.7 10.9 8.9 30.4 12.2 29.5 7.6 34.2 46,800 7.3 260,658 268,277 90,950 8,401 17.6 82,333 43.7 11,544 18.5
9.7 9.0 9.0 8.0 11.9 12.1 6,342 10.6 8.9 12.3 14.3 14.5 8.1 10.3 15.7 10.6 26.2 4.2 31.2 1,600 6.1 5,210 7,412 2,945 1,716 21.3 1,298 31.9 198 8.7
8.7 7.1 8.8 5.6 11.9 11.5 4,397 12.7 11.2 14.1 27.0 18.0 7.1 11.7 22.4 7.1 24.0 5.3 31.4 1,300 6.8 5,195 6,919 2,601 1,171 14.3 1,112 39.7 191 11.4
7.8 6.7 5.7 3.8 5.1 5.8 10,037 4.6 4.2 4.9 5.0 4.8 5.4 4.5 8.3 1.8 8.3 2.1 13.0 4,600 4.9 8,197 10,795 2,682 2,085 7.6 2,921 30.2 886 13.8
7.9 8.0 9.0 8.3 14.6 14.9 11,220 12.5 11.0 13.9 23.4 17.1 8.5 10.3 26.9 4.3 19.9 4.9 29.6 2,500 5.5 11,592 13,215 4,874 1,841 17.8 3,286 41.7 444 11.7
10.8 7.2 8.8 5.9 11.8 11.2 16,062 10.4 9.3 11.5 16.4 14.7 6.7 9.9 13.6 5.4 18.0 4.5 25.3 4,500 6.0 18,688 22,342 7,846 2,123 10.2 4,802 39 795 13.7
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Fa yette Population and population change 1 Total popul a tion 2011 2 Popul a tion l i vi ng i n group qua rters 2 Mi nori ty popul a tion (%) 1 Popul a tion cha nge 20022011 1 Percentage cha nge (%) Poverty rates, historic and recent In 1969 (%) In 1979 (%) 3 In 1989 (%) 3 In 1999 (%) 4 In 2009 (%) 4 In 2010 (%) 4 Poverty count i n 2010 Poverty rates, 5-year averages 2 Overa l l (%) 2 Ma l e (%) 2 Fema l e (%) 2 Under a ge 5 (%) 2 Under a ge 18 (%) 2 Age 65 a nd over (%) 2 Whi te, non-Hi s pa ni c (%) 2 Bl a ck/Afri ca n Ameri ca n (%) 2 As i a n (%) 2 Hi s pa ni c or La tino (%) 2 < 50% FPL, i .e., s evere poverty (%) 2 < 200% FPL, i .e., bel ow s el f-s uffi ci ency (%) Other measures of economic need
3 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 2 2 9 9 3
Fra nkl i n 1,178,799 22405 31.6 90,692 8.3
Ful ton 42,510 374 9.1 -52 -0.1
Ga l l i a 30,970 1020 5.7 -182 -0.6
Gea uga 93,228 1722 3.7 6,596 7.1
Greene 162,846 9631 14.3 11,028 7.3
28,985 409 5.9 -3 0.0
16.1 14.4 16.2 10.1 20.3 16.2 4,607 17.4 17.1 17.7 34.4 22.6 9.6 18.1 5.1 0.0 5.5 6.0 37.6 1,100 6.9 5,466 6,958 2,530 911 20.2 1,289 35.4 181 14.3
10.7 12.3 13.0 11.6 18.4 18.8 213,899 17.0 16.0 18.0 27.0 23.0 9.4 12.0 30.6 15.1 28.7 9.0 33.8 37,700 6.0 198,835 235,648 54,357 8,073 18.9 73,479 40 7,834 15.0
6.2 8.1 6.2 5.4 9.1 10.9 4,581 10.5 9.4 11.5 19.0 14.4 5.4 9.3 15.4 0.0 24.3 4.5 29.2 1,500 6.7 3,994 5,990 2,124 827 7.5 905 32.7 222 12.8
22.8 14.9 22.5 18.1 20.9 18.2 5,463 21.3 19.5 23.0 38.7 30.7 14.9 20.6 44.5 0.0 27.8 8.2 44.6 1,100 8.4 6,915 8,146 3,647 955 20.9 1,310 51.8 100 7.2
5.9 4.7 5.6 4.6 7.9 7.8 7,207 7.6 6.6 8.6 13.6 10.8 6.4 7.3 28.0 2.5 14.4 3.2 21.9 2,700 5.3 3,859 5,915 2,148 1,839 10.7 1,493 36.6 463 12.8
7.4 7.9 9.5 8.5 12.3 13.1 20,032 11.4 10.2 12.6 20.6 15.3 5.1 9.7 35.6 6.5 10.2 5.7 24.1 5,300 6.7 13,589 18,875 4,994 1,972 7.8 8,011 44.2 765 11.4
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Guerns ey Population and population change 1 Total popul a tion 2011 2 Popul a tion l i vi ng i n group qua rters 2 Mi nori ty popul a tion (%) 1 Popul a tion cha nge 20022011 1 Percentage cha nge (%) Poverty rates, historic and recent In 1969 (%) In 1979 (%) 3 In 1989 (%) 3 In 1999 (%) 4 In 2009 (%) 4 In 2010 (%) 4 Poverty count i n 2010 Poverty rates, 5-year averages 2 Overa l l (%) 2 Ma l e (%) 2 Fema l e (%) 2 Under a ge 5 (%) 2 Under a ge 18 (%) 2 Age 65 a nd over (%) 2 Whi te, non-Hi s pa ni c (%) 2 Bl a ck/Afri ca n Ameri ca n (%) 2 As i a n (%) 2 Hi s pa ni c or La tino (%) 2 < 50% FPL, i .e., s evere poverty (%) 2 < 200% FPL, i .e., bel ow s el f-s uffi ci ency (%) Other measures of economic need
3 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 2 2 9 9 3
Ha mi l ton 800,362 17679 31.6 4,482 0.5
Ha ncock 75,056 1936 9.0 2,713 3.7
Ha rdi n 32,020 2248 3.8 -180 -0.6
Ha rri s on 15,850 205 4.1 -459 -2.9
Henry 28,064 741 8.1 -694 -2.4
39,927 276 4.6 -1,069 -2.6
14.7 12.6 17.5 16.0 20.5 19.1 7,551 17.3 14.9 19.6 33.4 26.7 9.5 16.9 27.9 4.3 0.0 8.2 38.2 1,400 7.4 8,101 10,063 5,297 1,702 27.6 1,611 41.4 198 10.3
11.2 11.3 13.3 11.8 15.2 18.5 144,741 15.4 13.8 16.8 28.9 22.9 9.0 8.6 31.6 12.1 34.7 7.3 30.9 28,100 6.8 130,662 149,185 28,052 6,521 16.4 49,756 41.7 5,834 15.4
7.2 6.5 7.3 7.5 11.0 11.9 8,671 11.4 10.2 12.4 22.5 15.2 5.7 9.9 37.6 7.3 30.2 5.0 29.7 2,200 5.6 7,622 10,404 3,952 1,812 17.1 3,079 38 336 10.2
14.5 12.9 16.4 13.2 16.2 17.2 5,102 16.2 16.2 16.2 24.9 18.5 6.0 15.7 26.3 6.4 36.9 9.0 35.5 1,000 7.0 3,753 5,427 2,052 303 5.6 1,367 44.1 172 13.1
17.3 11.0 19.7 13.3 17.7 17.8 2,765 18.4 16.4 20.4 34.4 26.3 12.6 17.5 28.6 53.8 30.0 5.5 37.6 600 8.0 2,838 3,434 2,010 908 33.3 572 46.1 56 6.9
7.9 5.7 7.0 7.0 10.8 12.9 3,572 10.6 9.6 11.6 18.0 13.5 5.9 9.6 23.1 0.0 21.5 4.4 29.1 1,000 6.5 2,715 4,100 1,639 797 11.1 551 27.7 111 9.3
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Hi ghl a nd Population and population change 1 Total popul a tion 2011 2 Popul a tion l i vi ng i n group qua rters 2 Mi nori ty popul a tion (%) 1 Popul a tion cha nge 20022011 1 Percentage cha nge (%) Poverty rates, historic and recent In 1969 (%) In 1979 (%) 3 In 1989 (%) 3 In 1999 (%) 4 In 2009 (%) 4 In 2010 (%) 4 Poverty count i n 2010 Poverty rates, 5-year averages 2 Overa l l (%) 2 Ma l e (%) 2 Fema l e (%) 2 Under a ge 5 (%) 2 Under a ge 18 (%) 2 Age 65 a nd over (%) 2 Whi te, non-Hi s pa ni c (%) 2 Bl a ck/Afri ca n Ameri ca n (%) 2 As i a n (%) 2 Hi s pa ni c or La tino (%) 2 < 50% FPL, i .e., s evere poverty (%) 2 < 200% FPL, i .e., bel ow s el f-s uffi ci ency (%) Other measures of economic need
3 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 2 2 9 9 3
Hocki ng 29,394 793 2.8 471 1.7
Hol mes 42,746 841 1.7 2,329 5.8
Huron 59,496 830 8.0 -94 -0.2
Ja cks on 33,186 181 3.2 797 2.4
Jeffers on 68,828 2651 8.7 -5,912 -8.2
Knox 61,275 3368 3.7 4,767 8.5
43,433 491 3.9 721 1.7
18.7 15.0 16.5 11.8 16.5 18.6 7,972 16.2 14.8 17.5 27.9 22.2 12.7 14.9 48.4 0.0 40.5 6.6 40.7 1,700 9.3 9,122 10,707 5,221 1,660 25.4 1,532 39.6 262 13.7
18.2 12.4 15.7 13.5 16.8 16.2 4,635 15.3 13.1 17.5 31.9 20.7 10.8 15.1 7.7 14.0 16.7 5.6 37.8 1,000 7.2 5,921 7,053 3,518 1,106 18.0 915 37.1 152 11.5
20.2 18.2 17.2 12.9 15.0 16.5 6,858 13.3 12.0 14.6 23.5 18.9 6.9 13.3 16.1 0.0 18.5 5.0 42.0 900 4.5 2,041 3,958 1,267 1,607 26.9 596 29 105 7.8
8.5 7.5 9.5 8.5 12.4 14.0 8,202 14.5 13.0 16.0 27.3 23.3 7.0 12.7 19.8 12.2 45.9 6.0 34.3 2,200 8.0 9,036 11,475 5,141 2,150 28.4 1,979 37.8 303 12.1
24.6 16.6 24.2 16.5 22.9 22.5 7,377 23.3 20.3 26.2 37.5 36.5 11.5 22.9 25.9 0.0 46.8 10.1 48.5 1,200 8.5 7,440 9,471 5,096 1,232 18.8 1,333 37.6 157 10.8
10.7 10.2 17.1 15.1 17.6 18.6 12,532 17.7 15.4 19.8 35.6 29.5 7.7 15.5 42.5 6.1 40.0 9.1 38.3 3,300 10.6 12,287 14,197 7,702 2,145 19.5 2,945 43.5 280 8.5
10.7 11.6 12.5 10.1 13.2 16.5 9,490 13.1 11.9 14.2 23.4 18.8 9.5 12.9 42.9 4.0 11.7 5.9 33.7 1,900 6.5 8,106 10,360 3,525 1,604 16.2 2,136 42.2 421 17.0
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La ke Population and population change 1 Total popul a tion 2011 2 Popul a tion l i vi ng i n group qua rters 2 Mi nori ty popul a tion (%) 1 Popul a tion cha nge 20022011 1 Percentage cha nge (%) Poverty rates, historic and recent In 1969 (%) In 1979 (%) 3 In 1989 (%) 3 In 1999 (%) 4 In 2009 (%) 4 In 2010 (%) 4 Poverty count i n 2010 Poverty rates, 5-year averages 2 Overa l l (%) 2 Ma l e (%) 2 Fema l e (%) 2 Under a ge 5 (%) 2 Under a ge 18 (%) 2 Age 65 a nd over (%) 2 Whi te, non-Hi s pa ni c (%) 2 Bl a ck/Afri ca n Ameri ca n (%) 2 As i a n (%) 2 Hi s pa ni c or La tino (%) 2 < 50% FPL, i .e., s evere poverty (%) 2 < 200% FPL, i .e., bel ow s el f-s uffi ci ency (%) Other measures of economic need
3 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 2 2 9 9 3
La wrence 62,489 1118 4.5 596 1.0
Li cki ng 167,248 3589 7.1 12,215 8.2
Loga n 45,688 873 5.2 311 0.7
Lora i n 301,614 10097 19.3 18,442 6.4
Luca s 440,005 8469 28.1 1,679 0.4
229,885 2754 8.5 6,255 2.7
4.3 4.0 4.9 5.1 8.2 9.6 21,826 8.1 7.4 8.7 17.5 13.0 4.4 6.4 25.7 1.5 35.2 3.9 22.3 7,800 6.0 21,221 25,208 6,962 3,346 14.2 7,715 37.7 1,609 16.0
20.2 15.2 23.5 18.9 19.6 21.4 13,149 19.4 18.1 20.7 36.9 28.0 11.9 19.3 22.1 0.0 0.0 6.8 42.6 2,100 7.4 13,967 16,961 8,030 1,916 23.6 1,996 35.9 216 7.8
10.9 8.1 10.5 7.5 11.7 12.4 20,190 11.1 10.0 12.2 22.0 15.7 6.5 10.3 22.3 3.1 18.8 4.5 27.4 5,200 6.1 20,993 26,367 7,238 2,755 12.9 5,386 36.7 983 14.4
12.7 11.1 10.5 9.3 14.0 16.9 7,644 14.8 12.8 16.7 34.5 25.3 7.1 13.8 24.4 5.7 36.7 5.1 33.9 1,500 6.6 7,305 8,359 3,691 1,652 19.2 1,718 38.7 278 12.0
7.5 8.4 11.5 9.0 14.4 14.3 41,612 13.1 11.9 14.3 26.3 20.5 8.0 8.9 39.8 3.5 30.5 6.1 28.8 11,200 7.1 41,431 49,061 12,611 3,752 15.9 11,280 41.7 1,742 13.9
9.8 11.5 15.3 13.9 18.7 19.8 85,269 18.0 16.3 19.6 30.7 25.4 8.7 12.0 37.4 16.7 28.6 8.7 37.0 15,900 7.6 90,386 101,310 30,895 4,851 19.5 26,065 44.9 3,237 16.0
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Ma di s on Population and population change 1 Total popul a tion 2011 2 Popul a tion l i vi ng i n group qua rters 2 Mi nori ty popul a tion (%) 1 Popul a tion cha nge 20022011 1 Percentage cha nge (%) Poverty rates, historic and recent In 1969 (%) In 1979 (%) 3 In 1989 (%) 3 In 1999 (%) 4 In 2009 (%) 4 In 2010 (%) 4 Poverty count i n 2010 Poverty rates, 5-year averages 2 Overa l l (%) 2 Ma l e (%) 2 Fema l e (%) 2 Under a ge 5 (%) 2 Under a ge 18 (%) 2 Age 65 a nd over (%) 2 Whi te, non-Hi s pa ni c (%) 2 Bl a ck/Afri ca n Ameri ca n (%) 2 As i a n (%) 2 Hi s pa ni c or La tino (%) 2 < 50% FPL, i .e., s evere poverty (%) 2 < 200% FPL, i .e., bel ow s el f-s uffi ci ency (%) Other measures of economic need
3 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 2 2 9 9 3
Ma honi ng 237,270 6538 22.0 -21,320 -8.5
Ma ri on 66,212 5668 9.9 -844 -1.3
Medi na 173,262 1161 5.0 20,429 12.9
Mei gs 23,680 0 2.7 -275 -1.2
Mercer 40,838 327 3.0 -253 -0.6
43,401 5476 9.8 2,418 6.0
11.2 9.7 8.4 7.8 14.2 15.0 5,726 11.7 12.1 11.3 19.9 16.1 6.1 10.2 46.1 12.3 45.7 5.3 29.6 1,300 6.3 5,152 6,275 2,461 1,183 16.0 1,200 31.2 146 9.2
9.2 11.0 15.9 12.5 18.3 17.1 39,360 16.6 14.6 18.4 32.4 25.9 10.0 11.0 39.6 24.4 31.5 6.9 36.0 8,200 7.3 46,566 49,946 19,730 3,066 15.0 11,137 45 1,381 12.3
9.1 10.7 12.7 9.7 17.3 19.3 11,776 17.3 15.5 19.1 36.4 24.6 9.4 16.0 39.5 5.8 29.9 6.4 39.6 2,200 7.5 11,886 13,853 4,576 1,614 16.3 2,841 43 388 14.0
5.2 4.4 5.5 4.6 6.6 7.6 12,951 6.3 5.1 7.4 10.1 8.6 5.6 5.5 34.9 11.8 11.1 2.5 17.9 5,500 5.7 10,432 14,643 4,818 2,555 10.5 4,230 38.4 906 13.4
23.9 16.7 26.0 19.8 20.0 23.5 5,518 20.8 18.3 23.3 44.2 31.9 12.3 20.2 50.8 66.7 58.4 7.9 47.0 1,000 11.1 5,530 6,299 3,017 1,249 29.4 634 45.1 60 5.4
7.7 7.4 6.7 6.4 9.1 9.6 3,857 8.3 7.3 9.3 15.1 8.9 7.7 8.3 0.0 7.4 8.8 2.9 25.2 1,000 4.1 3,224 4,549 1,994 665 8.7 1,033 37.4 117 6.7
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Mi a mi Population and population change 1 Total popul a tion 2011 2 Popul a tion l i vi ng i n group qua rters 2 Mi nori ty popul a tion (%) 1 Popul a tion cha nge 20022011 1 Percentage cha nge (%) Poverty rates, historic and recent In 1969 (%) In 1979 (%) 3 In 1989 (%) 3 In 1999 (%) 4 In 2009 (%) 4 In 2010 (%) 4 Poverty count i n 2010 Poverty rates, 5-year averages 2 Overa l l (%) 2 Ma l e (%) 2 Fema l e (%) 2 Under a ge 5 (%) 2 Under a ge 18 (%) 2 Age 65 a nd over (%) 2 Whi te, non-Hi s pa ni c (%) 2 Bl a ck/Afri ca n Ameri ca n (%) 2 As i a n (%) 2 Hi s pa ni c or La tino (%) 2 < 50% FPL, i .e., s evere poverty (%) 2 < 200% FPL, i .e., bel ow s el f-s uffi ci ency (%) Other measures of economic need
3 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 2 2 9 9 3
Monroe 14,585 180 2.0 -1,148 -7.7
Montgomery 537,602 15030 26.9 -21,262 -3.8
Morga n 15,034 10 6.7 -639 -4.3
Morrow 34,855 529 6.0 2,091 6.4
Mus ki ngum 86,237 1427 7.1 538 0.6
102,857 1262 6.1 2,239 2.3
8.0 7.5 8.4 6.7 11.6 11.9 12,047 9.5 8.4 10.6 15.2 14.0 4.8 9.2 15.9 3.3 2.0 3.9 27.4 3,400 6.5 9,212 13,715 4,666 2,145 15.1 4,057 36.2 543 12.4
18.1 13.5 21.5 13.9 16.6 17.4 2,496 17.3 13.7 20.9 34.9 26.7 12.3 16.5 100.0 0.0 7.5 39.4 500 9.1 2,286 2,903 1,781 1,015 25.7 344 38.8 31 4.1
8.2 11.0 12.6 11.3 16.2 18.0 93,697 15.7 13.9 17.3 29.3 22.7 8.7 11.2 30.9 7.9 23.7 7.4 34.2 19,300 7.6 86,207 103,912 30,617 5,470 17.9 32,161 43.1 3,924 15.4
19.8 14.8 21.2 18.4 19.6 19.6 2,889 19.1 16.6 21.5 27.0 25.2 12.6 18.1 35.3 0.0 67.7 8.3 46.1 600 9.9 2,582 3,516 2,550 1,182 36.4 391 38.4 48 6.1
10.8 10.2 11.1 9.0 12.8 13.7 4,709 10.8 10.8 10.8 13.4 13.9 9.5 11.0 0.0 0.0 23.5 3.5 30.8 1,100 6.4 5,258 6,445 2,791 1,294 18.5 861 40.1 207 14.9
13.9 12.0 14.7 12.9 16.8 17.8 14,964 16.6 15.4 17.8 30.2 24.6 9.3 15.7 26.8 36.4 16.1 6.7 40.3 3,300 8.9 19,606 21,622 9,184 1,748 13.1 3,853 42 425 11.3
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Nobl e Population and population change 1 Total popul a tion 2011 2 Popul a tion l i vi ng i n group qua rters 2 Mi nori ty popul a tion (%) 1 Popul a tion cha nge 20022011 1 Percentage cha nge (%) Poverty rates, historic and recent In 1969 (%) In 1979 (%) 3 In 1989 (%) 3 In 1999 (%) 4 In 2009 (%) 4 In 2010 (%) 4 Poverty count i n 2010 Poverty rates, 5-year averages 2 Overa l l (%) 2 Ma l e (%) 2 Fema l e (%) 2 Under a ge 5 (%) 2 Under a ge 18 (%) 2 Age 65 a nd over (%) 2 Whi te, non-Hi s pa ni c (%) 2 Bl a ck/Afri ca n Ameri ca n (%) 2 As i a n (%) 2 Hi s pa ni c or La tino (%) 2 < 50% FPL, i .e., s evere poverty (%) 2 < 200% FPL, i .e., bel ow s el f-s uffi ci ency (%) Other measures of economic need
3 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 2 2 9 9 3
Ottawa 41,396 342 6.2 -269 -0.7
Pa ul di ng 19,420 118 6.3 -1,379 -7.0
Perry 36,303 136 2.2 1,146 3.3
Pi cka wa y 55,990 5077 6.5 2,764 5.4
Pi ke 28,628 565 3.7 -121 -0.4
14,702 2739 9.4 495 3.6
22.6 13.0 16.4 11.4 18.4 17.3 2,059 14.9 13.7 16.3 26.8 22.9 13.8 14.5 100.0 0.0 4.6 35.0 500 9.2 1,594 2,360 1,519 451 16.5 375 46.1 48 8.0
8.6 6.1 6.6 5.9 10.7 10.2 4,146 9.0 7.8 10.2 11.9 11.9 6.5 8.3 38.2 28.5 16.6 3.7 22.9 1,400 7.1 4,037 5,275 1,732 1,266 15.8 1,226 42 183 6.6
11.7 7.2 9.8 7.7 10.9 13.5 2,610 11.0 9.3 12.6 20.5 17.6 8.9 10.8 36.9 3.3 7.3 4.9 31.8 600 6.4 2,737 3,475 1,505 813 13.9 500 39.4 77 8.8
17.0 12.5 19.1 11.8 17.1 19.1 6,813 18.5 17.2 19.9 32.6 26.4 8.6 18.1 0.0 97.5 18.8 7.2 40.2 1,400 8.5 7,801 9,221 4,441 1,425 26.6 1,306 43.2 214 14.2
13.6 10.9 12.1 9.5 14.2 12.7 6,508 12.4 11.3 13.4 27.1 19.3 6.8 12.4 5.6 13.6 10.0 5.4 29.1 1,700 7.1 8,391 9,569 4,249 1,338 11.7 1,542 35.2 272 13.0
28.1 20.6 26.6 18.6 21.6 26.3 7,401 23.6 21.3 25.9 38.3 32.7 15.2 23.7 22.0 0.0 16.4 9.6 47.4 1,200 12.1 7,606 8,949 5,973 1,654 35.4 1,396 50.9 94 7.6
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Portage Population and population change 1 Total popul a tion 2011 2 Popul a tion l i vi ng i n group qua rters 2 Mi nori ty popul a tion (%) 1 Popul a tion cha nge 20022011 1 Percentage cha nge (%) Poverty rates, historic and recent In 1969 (%) In 1979 (%) 3 In 1989 (%) 3 In 1999 (%) 4 In 2009 (%) 4 In 2010 (%) 4 Poverty count i n 2010 Poverty rates, 5-year averages 2 Overa l l (%) 2 Ma l e (%) 2 Fema l e (%) 2 Under a ge 5 (%) 2 Under a ge 18 (%) 2 Age 65 a nd over (%) 2 Whi te, non-Hi s pa ni c (%) 2 Bl a ck/Afri ca n Ameri ca n (%) 2 As i a n (%) 2 Hi s pa ni c or La tino (%) 2 < 50% FPL, i .e., s evere poverty (%) 2 < 200% FPL, i .e., bel ow s el f-s uffi ci ency (%) Other measures of economic need
3 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 2 2 9 9 3
Prebl e 42,083 491 2.5 -1,441 -3.4
Putna m 34,294 200 6.3 -640 -1.8
Ri chl a nd 123,510 7073 13.2 -5,652 -4.4
Ros s 78,249 6774 9.8 2,753 3.7
Sa ndus ky 60,734 832 13.2 -2,028 -3.3
161,624 7767 8.3 4,397 2.9
9.7 9.4 11.9 9.3 14.3 15.1 23,146 13.5 11.7 15.2 26.8 16.2 4.4 12.4 26.0 22.0 27.1 6.7 29.1 5,500 6.0 16,974 19,679 7,139 2,655 11.6 7,707 43.4 792 11.8
7.7 9.2 10.2 6.1 10.3 12.1 5,022 9.4 8.9 9.9 14.3 13.1 6.8 8.8 63.6 6.4 36.1 4.3 29.6 1,400 7.0 5,257 6,959 2,418 1,217 19.6 1,086 34.7 330 18.4
9.5 6.7 5.8 5.6 7.5 9.0 3,062 7.1 5.8 8.4 13.1 9.8 7.0 5.5 44.4 0.0 34.8 2.8 20.9 1,000 5.2 2,533 3,635 1,617 692 10.2 468 26.6 86 6.3
9.1 9.4 11.3 10.6 14.8 14.7 17,202 12.4 10.2 14.5 21.0 18.9 8.2 11.1 22.4 29.7 21.3 4.7 32.7 4,500 7.7 20,152 24,140 9,258 2,637 18.2 4,407 34.1 717 13.1
15.8 11.7 17.7 12.0 18.3 19.3 13,798 17.3 16.7 17.9 31.1 24.7 8.2 16.4 14.6 17.0 21.2 6.1 37.8 2,700 7.7 16,580 18,309 8,840 2,050 17.6 2,698 42.5 349 10.9
8.8 7.5 9.0 7.5 12.2 12.3 7,355 10.9 9.8 11.9 24.4 15.8 6.5 8.9 31.8 6.7 23.4 5.2 29.8 2,100 6.3 7,079 10,281 2,930 1,421 14.6 1,840 34.9 268 10.2
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Sci oto Population and population change 1 Total popul a tion 2011 2 Popul a tion l i vi ng i n group qua rters 2 Mi nori ty popul a tion (%) 1 Popul a tion cha nge 20022011 1 Percentage cha nge (%) Poverty rates, historic and recent In 1969 (%) In 1979 (%) 3 In 1989 (%) 3 In 1999 (%) 4 In 2009 (%) 4 In 2010 (%) 4 Poverty count i n 2010 Poverty rates, 5-year averages 2 Overa l l (%) 2 Ma l e (%) 2 Fema l e (%) 2 Under a ge 5 (%) 2 Under a ge 18 (%) 2 Age 65 a nd over (%) 2 Whi te, non-Hi s pa ni c (%) 2 Bl a ck/Afri ca n Ameri ca n (%) 2 As i a n (%) 2 Hi s pa ni c or La tino (%) 2 < 50% FPL, i .e., s evere poverty (%) 2 < 200% FPL, i .e., bel ow s el f-s uffi ci ency (%) Other measures of economic need
3 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 2 2 9 9 3
Seneca 56,469 1909 8.3 -2,516 -4.3
Shel by 49,307 672 6.0 451 0.9
Stark 375,087 9020 11.9 -873 -0.2
Summi t 539,832 7811 19.8 -5,487 -1.0
Trumbul l 209,264 3902 11.6 -16,368 -7.4
79,277 3146 6.0 -2,217 -2.8
20.5 17.9 25.8 19.3 23.5 22.2 16,781 20.8 18.9 22.5 33.5 28.4 11.8 20.1 37.9 16.9 40.6 8.9 45.4 3,300 10.4 19,749 23,158 10,424 2,536 27.3 3,575 46.7 273 7.9
8.7 8.5 10.8 9.0 12.5 14.6 7,887 11.9 9.9 14.0 20.0 17.9 8.3 10.7 27.5 45.8 26.0 5.3 34.3 1,900 6.8 8,560 10,312 2,931 1,422 14.5 1,585 31.6 296 12.2
9.2 8.2 7.7 6.7 10.5 12.2 5,921 11.9 9.4 14.5 17.5 18.1 7.5 11.7 7.5 1.5 11.8 4.5 30.8 1,600 6.5 5,358 7,729 3,148 870 8.9 1,544 35.7 274 13.7
7.8 8.5 11.1 9.2 14.8 14.6 53,502 12.7 11.4 14.0 25.9 19.5 6.7 10.1 35.9 8.1 23.9 5.3 31.5 12,800 6.8 56,890 66,196 20,893 4,209 15.4 15,676 38.2 2,124 12.9
8.3 9.4 12.1 9.9 14.8 15.4 82,194 13.8 11.9 15.5 25.1 19.8 8.0 10.0 31.7 17.8 22.3 6.6 29.9 18,500 6.5 83,051 90,534 25,690 5,440 19.6 26,028 41.2 3,658 15.0
7.0 8.1 11.4 10.3 16.0 18.2 37,359 15.4 14.0 16.6 30.7 24.9 8.1 13.0 36.7 31.4 18.7 6.8 35.2 8,400 8.2 32,567 40,435 10,895 3,165 14.2 7,754 39 1,161 12.0
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Tus ca ra wa s Population and population change 1 Total popul a tion 2011 2 Popul a tion l i vi ng i n group qua rters 2 Mi nori ty popul a tion (%) 1 Popul a tion cha nge 20022011 1 Percentage cha nge (%) Poverty rates, historic and recent In 1969 (%) In 1979 (%) 3 In 1989 (%) 3 In 1999 (%) 4 In 2009 (%) 4 In 2010 (%) 4 Poverty count i n 2010 Poverty rates, 5-year averages 2 Overa l l (%) 2 Ma l e (%) 2 Fema l e (%) 2 Under a ge 5 (%) 2 Under a ge 18 (%) 2 Age 65 a nd over (%) 2 Whi te, non-Hi s pa ni c (%) 2 Bl a ck/Afri ca n Ameri ca n (%) 2 As i a n (%) 2 Hi s pa ni c or La tino (%) 2 < 50% FPL, i .e., s evere poverty (%) 2 < 200% FPL, i .e., bel ow s el f-s uffi ci ency (%) Other measures of economic need
3 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 2 2 9 9 3
Uni on 52,764 2956 7.3 7,021 16.4
Va n Wert 28,601 337 4.6 -1,142 -3.9
Vi nton 13,367 132 2.4 195 1.5
Wa rren 214,910 6621 10.2 47,058 26.9
Wa s hi ngton 61,755 1674 3.8 -1,998 -3.2
92,508 1083 3.9 -168 -0.2
11.0 9.0 11.1 9.4 14.1 14.7 13,381 12.8 11.2 14.3 22.0 17.7 10.2 12.0 53.8 0.0 34.5 5.2 34.7 2,900 6.2 13,129 16,346 6,214 2,106 20.6 3,185 38.4 340 8.5
9.1 8.4 7.4 4.6 8.0 8.2 4,064 6.4 5.3 7.5 10.3 7.9 6.2 6.5 0.0 0.8 4.0 3.3 19.2 1,500 5.4 3,966 5,376 2,205 1,451 14.3 1,062 28.4 291 15.2
10.4 6.7 7.1 5.5 8.6 12.5 3,535 8.8 9.0 8.6 11.7 12.7 6.6 8.6 44.6 3.5 10.4 3.7 32.7 1,000 6.8 3,186 4,463 1,787 1,146 16.4 556 31.7 133 10.5
23.5 17.6 23.6 20.0 19.8 21.8 2,891 19.5 18.1 21.0 18.8 25.8 13.3 19.0 100.0 100.0 9.3 46.3 500 9.9 3,804 4,312 2,365 867 32.1 561 55.9 41 6.6
7.2 7.3 6.4 4.2 5.9 5.9 12,316 6.0 4.9 7.0 8.9 7.6 5.2 5.9 6.6 1.4 9.3 2.6 16.1 6,700 6.0 10,378 16,470 4,176 2,635 12.4 4,905 35 1,242 15.7
13.7 9.8 13.7 11.4 13.9 15.7 9,399 15.2 14.4 16.0 30.9 22.5 10.0 14.7 44.5 4.1 20.9 6.4 35.5 2,000 6.1 7,770 11,001 5,040 1,693 18.2 2,344 41.3 152 5.4
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Wa yne Population and population change 1 Total popul a tion 2011 2 Popul a tion l i vi ng i n group qua rters 2 Mi nori ty popul a tion (%) 1 Popul a tion cha nge 20022011 1 Percentage cha nge (%) Poverty rates, historic and recent In 1969 (%) In 1979 (%) 3 In 1989 (%) 3 In 1999 (%) 4 In 2009 (%) 4 In 2010 (%) 4 Poverty count i n 2010 Poverty rates, 5-year averages 2 Overa l l (%) 2 Ma l e (%) 2 Fema l e (%) 2 Under a ge 5 (%) 2 Under a ge 18 (%) 2 Age 65 a nd over (%) 2 Whi te, non-Hi s pa ni c (%) 2 Bl a ck/Afri ca n Ameri ca n (%) 2 As i a n (%) 2 Hi s pa ni c or La tino (%) 2 < 50% FPL, i .e., s evere poverty (%) 2 < 200% FPL, i .e., bel ow s el f-s uffi ci ency (%) Other measures of economic need
3 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 2 2 9 9 3
Wi l l i a ms 37,597 933 5.9 -1,658 -4.3
Wood 126,355 8706 9.3 3,955 3.2
Wya ndot 22,692 276 3.6 -369 -1.6
114,611 2473 5.0 2,137 1.9
8.6 8.9 11.7 8.0 11.2 12.6 14,006 9.9 7.9 11.8 18.0 14.9 6.3 9.2 37.9 15.2 5.6 4.0 31.0 3,300 5.9 12,805 15,768 6,066 2,475 20.9 3,212 33.8 356 7.8
9.5 7.9 7.6 6.0 12.1 12.2 4,461 11.8 9.5 14.0 22.2 17.6 8.6 11.3 28.4 14.4 18.2 4.8 33.7 1,400 7.5 5,398 6,659 2,126 1,588 26.2 1,157 38.2 143 8.6
9.1 10.0 10.6 9.6 13.5 12.8 15,265 12.2 10.8 13.5 11.8 10.5 6.3 11.4 40.5 8.5 17.7 6.0 27.2 4,300 6.6 8,191 12,684 3,335 2,291 13.4 5,483 38.9 610 11.5
10.3 10.2 8.5 5.5 9.9 9.4 2,086 8.2 6.5 9.9 8.2 11.0 8.2 8.0 0.0 7.4 8.9 4.0 28.9 700 6.7 1,876 3,152 1,357 544 13.6 573 27.1 84 8.5
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Table 10. Ohio counties by type
County Adams Allen Ashland Ashtabula Athens Auglaize Belmont Brown Butler Carroll Champaign Clark Clermont Clinton Columbiana Coshocton Crawford Cuyahoga Darke Defiance Delaware Erie Fairfield Fayette Franklin Fulton Gallia Geauga Greene Guernsey Hamilton Hancock Hardin Metro/micro/rural Rural Metropolitan Micropolitan Micropolitan Micropolitan Micropolitan Metropolitan Metropolitan Metropolitan Metropolitan Micropolitan Metropolitan Metropolitan Micropolitan Micropolitan Micropolitan Micropolitan Metropolitan Micropolitan Micropolitan Metropolitan Metropolitan Metropolitan Micropolitan Metropolitan Metropolitan Micropolitan Metropolitan Metropolitan Micropolitan Metropolitan Micropolitan Rural Metro/micro primary city N/A Lima Ashland Ashtabula Athens Wapakoneta Wheeling Cincinnati Cincinnati Canton-Massillon Urbana Springfield Cincinnati Wilmington East Liverpool-Salem Coshocton Bucyrus Cleveland Greenville Defiance Columbus Sandusky Columbus Washington Court House Columbus Toledo Point Pleasant Cleveland Dayton Cambridge Cincinnati Findlay N/A Appalachian/non-Appalachian Appalachian Non-Appalachian Non-Appalachian Appalachian Appalachian Non-Appalachian Appalachian Appalachian Non-Appalachian Appalachian Non-Appalachian Non-Appalachian Appalachian Non-Appalachian Appalachian Appalachian Non-Appalachian Non-Appalachian Non-Appalachian Non-Appalachian Non-Appalachian Non-Appalachian Non-Appalachian Non-Appalachian Non-Appalachian Non-Appalachian Appalachian Non-Appalachian Non-Appalachian Appalachian Non-Appalachian Non-Appalachian Non-Appalachian
Source: Community Research Partners analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data
Notes: Each metropolitan or micropolitan area consists of one or more counties, including the counties containing the core urban area as well as any adjacent counties that have a high degree of social and economic integration (as measured by commuting to work) with the urban core. Metropolitan areas contain a core urban area with 50,000 or more persons. Micropolitan areas contain an urban core of at least 10,000 (but less than 50,000) population. Rural designates those counties that are neither metropolitan nor micropolitan. Appalachian counties are those counties included in the Appalachian Regional Development Act (PL 89-4). The 205,000-square-mile region follows the spine of the Appalachian Mountains from southern New York to northern Mississippi. It includes all of West Virginia and parts of 12 other states: Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. In Ohio, 29 counties are designated as part of the Appalachian region.
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Table 10. Ohio counties by type, continued
County Harrison Henry Highland Hocking Holmes Huron Jackson Jefferson Knox Lake Lawrence Licking Logan Lorain Lucas Madison Mahoning Marion Medina Meigs Mercer Miami Monroe Montgomery Morgan Morrow Muskingum Noble Ottawa Paulding Perry Pickaway Pike Portage Preble Putnam Metro/micro/rural Rural Rural Rural Rural Rural Micropolitan Rural Metropolitan Micropolitan Metropolitan Metropolitan Metropolitan Micropolitan Metropolitan Metropolitan Metropolitan Metropolitan Micropolitan Metropolitan Rural Micropolitan Metropolitan Rural Metropolitan Rural Metropolitan Micropolitan Rural Metropolitan Rural Rural Metropolitan Rural Metropolitan Metropolitan Rural Metro/micro primary city N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Norwalk N/A Wheeling Mount Vernon Cleveland Huntington-Ashland Columbus Bellefontaine Cleveland Toledo Columbus Youngstown Marion Cleveland N/A Celina Dayton N/A Dayton N/A Columbus Zanesville N/A Toledo N/A N/A Columbus N/A Akron Dayton N/A Appalachian/non-Appalachian Appalachian Non-Appalachian Appalachian Appalachian Appalachian Non-Appalachian Appalachian Appalachian Non-Appalachian Non-Appalachian Appalachian Non-Appalachian Non-Appalachian Non-Appalachian Non-Appalachian Non-Appalachian Appalachian Non-Appalachian Non-Appalachian Appalachian Non-Appalachian Non-Appalachian Appalachian Non-Appalachian Appalachian Non-Appalachian Appalachian Appalachian Non-Appalachian Non-Appalachian Appalachian Non-Appalachian Appalachian Non-Appalachian Non-Appalachian Non-Appalachian
Notes: Each metropolitan or micropolitan area consists of one or more counties, including the counties containing the core urban area as well as any adjacent counties that have a high degree of social and economic integration (as measured by commuting to work) with the urban core. Metropolitan areas contain a core urban area with 50,000 or more persons. Micropolitan areas contain an urban core of at least 10,000 (but less than 50,000) population. Rural designates those counties that are neither metropolitan nor micropolitan. Appalachian counties are those counties included in the Appalachian Regional Development Act (PL 89-4)
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Table 10. Ohio counties by type, continued
County Richland Ross Sandusky Scioto Seneca Shelby Stark Summit Trumbull Tuscarawas Union Van Wert Vinton Warren Washington Wayne Williams Wood Wyandot Metro/micro/rural Metropolitan Micropolitan Micropolitan Micropolitan Micropolitan Micropolitan Metropolitan Metropolitan Metropolitan Micropolitan Metropolitan Micropolitan Rural Metropolitan Metropolitan Micropolitan Rural Metropolitan Rural Metro/micro primary city Mansfield Chillicothe Fremont Portsmouth Tiffin Sidney Canton-Massillon Akron Youngstown New Philadelphia-Dover Columbus Van Wert N/A Cincinnati Parkersburg-Marietta Wooster N/A Toledo N/A Appalachian/non-Appalachian Non-Appalachian Appalachian Non-Appalachian Appalachian Non-Appalachian Non-Appalachian Non-Appalachian Non-Appalachian Appalachian Appalachian Non-Appalachian Non-Appalachian Appalachian Non-Appalachian Appalachian Non-Appalachian Non-Appalachian Non-Appalachian Non-Appalachian
Notes: Each metropolitan or micropolitan area consists of one or more counties, including the counties containing the core urban area as well as any adjacent counties that have a high degree of social and economic integration (as measured by commuting to work) with the urban core. Metropolitan areas contain a core urban area with 50,000 or more persons. Micropolitan areas contain an urban core of at least 10,000 (but less than 50,000) population. Rural designates those counties that are neither metropolitan nor micropolitan. Appalachian counties are those counties included in the Appalachian Regional Development Act (PL 89-4).
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Table 11. Change in poverty in Ohio counties by county type, 20002010
Total below poverty line 2000 Total below poverty line 2010 Change 20102000 % change 20002010
Ohio MSA counties Core urban Suburban Non-MSA counties Micropolitan Rural (non-micropolitan) Appalachian counties Metropolitan counties Non-metropolitan counties
1,088,381 862,372 622,159 240,213 226,009 169,016 56,993 245,534 108,916 136,618
1,771,404 1,422,684 1,014,557 408,127 348,717 261,722 86,995 345,162 151,843 193,319
683,023 560,312 392,398 167,914 122,708 92,706 30,002 99,628 42,927 56,701
62.8% 65.0% 63.1% 69.9% 54.3% 54.9% 52.6% 40.6% 39.4% 29.3%
Source: CRP analysis of U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates
Notes: Each metropolitan (MSA) or micropolitan area consists of one or more counties, including the counties containing the core urban area as well as any adjacent counties that have a high degree of social and economic integration (as measured by commuting to work) with the urban core. Core urban counties contain the MSAs core urban area of 50,000 or more persons. Suburban counties are part of the MSA but do not contain the metropolitan areas primary city. Micropolitan areas contain an urban core of at least 10,000 (but less than 50,000) population. Rural designates those counties that are neither metropolitan nor micropolitan. Appalachian counties are those counties included in the Appalachian Regional Development Act (PL 89-4).
Between 2000 and 2010 the number of people living below the poverty line in suburban Ohio counties increased by 167,914 people or 69.9%. This was a larger percentage increase than urban or rural/micropolitan counties. Ohios 12 core urban counties (each contains the primary city of Ohios 12 MSAs) experienced the largest increase in number of people below the poverty line, gaining an additional 392,398 persons between 2000 and 2010. These 12 counties contained 57.3% of Ohios population below the poverty line in 2010.
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Ohio Cities
Table 12. Change in persons in poverty in Ohio's 10 largest cities, 19992011
City Population in poverty 1999 Poverty rate 1999 Population 2011* Population in poverty 2011 Poverty rate 2011 Percentage change 19992011
Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Dayton Lorain Parma Toledo Youngstown
36,975 14,957 69,722 122,479 102,723 35,756 11,582 4,157 54,903 19,127
17.5 19.2 21.9 26.3 14.8 23.0 17.1 4.9 17.9 24.8
192,834 70,889 286,319 383,333 776,593 127,601 63,836 79,605 279,195 61,233
55,764 26,820 84,558 131,430 180,449 45,501 18,233 10,164 84,154 20,328
28.9 37.8 29.5 34.3 23.2 35.7 28.6 12.8 30.1 33.2
50.8 79.3 21.3 7.3 75.7 27.3 57.4 144.5 53.3 6.3
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Decennial Census and American Community Survey
* Persons for whom poverty status is determined
Half of Ohios 10 largest cities had a poverty rate greater than 30%. Of Ohios 10 largest cities, only Parma, with 12.8% of its population in poverty, had a poverty rate lower than 23%.
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Ohioans in Poverty
Figure 2. Poverty by race/ethnicity, Ohio, 2011
1,200,000 40%
35.4
34.9
960,000
32%
30.0
Persons in poverty
720,000
24%
Poverty rate
480,000
16%
12.9
11.6
240,000
8%
0
White (NH) Black Asian Hispanic Two + races
0%
Note: (NH) = non-Hispanic
In 2011, more white, non-Hispanic persons lived in poverty in Ohio than any other race or ethnicity. Ohioans of two or more races had the highest rate of poverty: 35.4% of this population group lived in poverty in 2011. Blacks/African Americans and Hispanics also had high rates of poverty at 34.9% and 30.0%, respectively. Asians had the lowest rate of poverty of these population groups (11.6%).
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Ohioans in Poverty, continued
Table 13. Poverty by race/ethnicity and age in Ohio, 2011
Persons in poverty All age groups Under 5 5 to 17 18 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 54 55 to 64 65 and over Poverty rates All age groups Under 5 5 to 17 18 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 54 55 to 64 65 and over Total 1,845,800 207,813 433,071 282,276 253,323 395,101 152,081 122,135 % 16.4 29.7 22.2 28.7 18.2 12.6 10.1 7.7 White, nonHispanic 1,173,683 107,261 238,086 190,564 163,582 268,785 110,594 94,811 % 12.9 21.5 16.2 25.2 14.8 10.4 8.5 6.7 Black 463,914 59,232 129,380 59,649 61,470 96,631 34,216 23,336 % 34.9 59.5 47.2 40.9 36.1 26.9 22.9 17.7 Asian 22,027 919 3,725 7,408 4,372 3,901 669 1,033 % 11.6 7.5 11.3 41.5 12.0 6.7 3.8 7.1 Hispanic, any race 105,410 18,859 32,845 15,779 16,867 15,485 4,172 1,403 % 30.0 44.9 35.7 37.8 29.4 19.4 18.8 8.7 Two or more races 91,404 24,933 33,952 10,050 9,207 9,540 2,379 1,343 % 35.4 47.2 35.8 40.6 31.9 25.4 23.9 14.2
Figure 3. Poverty by family type, Ohio, 2011

200,000 48%
45.6
150,000
36%
Persons in poverty
Poverty rate
27.4
100,000
24%
50,000
12%
12.0
7.9
2.9
0%
Married couple with Single female with children children Single male with children Other family types
Married couple no children
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Ohioans in Poverty, continued
As Figure 3 shows, married couples with no children had the lowest poverty rate at 2.9%, whereas single females with children had the highest rate of poverty at 45.6%. The poverty rate of single females with children was more than five times greater than the poverty rate among married couples with children.
Table 14. Poverty by race/ethnicity and family type, Ohio, 2011
Persons in poverty All family households Married no children Married with children With children under age 5 Single male with children With children under age 5 Single female with children With children under age 5 Poverty rates All family households Married no children Married with children With children under age 5 Single male with children With children under age 5 Single female with children With children under age 5 Total 350,368 37,310 67,249 33,060 29,915 12,440 183,924 96,905 % 12.0 2.9 7.9 10.2 27.4 33.3 45.6 62.9 White, nonHispanic 226,047 30,980 51,332 24,494 19,763 8,284 102,632 52,293 % 9.2 2.6 6.9 8.9 23.1 29.4 41.0 58.7 Black 94,601 4,172 9,164 4,921 7,292 2,119 65,473 35,016 % 30.3 6.1 17.5 24.2 44.7 42.1 53.3 68.4 Asian 2,644 625 1,293 530 194 172 363 215 % 5.8 3.6 5.5 4.8 37.5 53.9 14.3 29.6 Hispanic, any race 18,263 943 3,985 2,279 1,842 941 10,531 7,277 % 25.8 6.0 15.7 20.7 38.7 36.1 55.7 71.2
In 2011, family households had an overall poverty rate of 12.0%. Families with a black/African American individual as the head of the household had the highest rate of poverty at 30.3%, followed by Hispanic headed families (25.8%) and white, non-Hispanic headed families (9.2%). Families headed by an individual of Asian descent had the lowest poverty rate (5.8%).
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Wealth, Wages, and Rising Costs
Table 15. Distribution of income compared with distribution of wealth, United States, 2010
Distribution of household income Bottom 90% 90th to < 99th percentile Top 1% All 55.5 27.3 17.2 100.0% Distribution of wealth (net worth) 23.3 41.3 35.4 100.0%
Source:Economic Policy Institute, Table 6.1 Distribution of income compared with distribution of wealth, 2010. The State of Working America. Washington, DC: EPI. Accessed Dec. 13, 2012, at http://stateofworkingamerica.org/subjects/wealth/?reader.
In 2010, the top 1% of households received 17.2% of all income in the economy, in addition to holding 35.4% of all wealth. In 2010, the bottom 90% received only 55.5% of all income and held just 23.3% of all wealth.
Figure 4. Changes in Ohio wages by income percentiles, 19792000
Source: Recreated from Policy Matters Ohio, State of Working Ohio 2012, Figure 1. Accessed Dec. 13, 2012, at http://www.policymattersohio.org/productivity-grows-family-income-does-not
Note: Expressed in 2011 dollars
Between 1979 and 2011, wages for Ohioans in the 10th (poorest 10%) and 50th (median) percentile decreased by 8.3% and 8.1%, respectively, whereas incomes for those in the 90th percentile increased by 13.8%. Wages for Ohios richest 10% increased by $3.99 per hour while wages for Ohios poorest and middle-income workers decreased by $0.71 and $1.34 per hour, respectively.
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Wealth, Wages, and Rising Costs, continued
Table 16. Work experience of Ohio persons 16 years and older living below federal poverty level, 2011
Total Worked full time Worked part time Worked Did not work 3,551,133 2,238,168 5,789,301 3,105,201 Number below FPL 100,159 434,105 534,264 729,825 % 2.8% 19.4% 9.2% 23.5% Share of Ohioans 16 years and older below FPL 7.9% 34.3% 42.3% 57.7%
Note: FPL = federal poverty level
42.3% of Ohioans living below the federal poverty level were employed (part or full time), and 7.9% of Ohioans below the poverty level worked full time.
Table 17. Work experience by family type, 2011
Family type Married couple working families Both householder and spouse worked full time, year round 1 worked full time, year round/1 worked part time or part year Both worked part time or part year 1 worked full time, year round/ 1 did not work 1 worked part time or part year/ 1 did not work Neither worked Working families with no spouse present Male worked full time, year round Male worked part time or part year Male did not work Female worked full time, year round Female worked part time or part year Female did not work Note: FPL = federal poverty level Total number Number below FPL Poverty rate Share of all Ohio families below FPL
578,305 488,343 106,281 408,857 192,758 363,420 99,621 43,393 48,164 244,232 159,328 183,225
1,121 7,055 10,141 19,759 29,640 36,843 6,071 14,526 17,760 27,705 87,417 92,330
0.2% 1.4% 9.5% 4.8% 15.4% 10.5% 6.1% 33.5% 36.9% 11.3% 54.9% 50.4%
0.3% 2.0% 2.9% 5.6% 8.5% 10.5% 1.7% 4.1% 5.1% 7.9% 25.0% 26.4%
Married couple working families with one or two full time workers had the lowest rates of poverty and made up less than 10% of families in poverty. In 2011, of the married couple families in poverty 18,317 had two workers (at least part time), 19,759 had one worker (part or full time), and 36,843 had no workers. Single Ohio women with children who worked part time had higher rates of poverty (54.9%) than did single women with children who did not work at all (50.4%). This finding could be a result of the lack of benefits in low paying jobs, which can make it economically difficult for single mothers to accept part time employment. Single women with children have higher levels of poverty than single men with children even if they have the same work status (part or full time).
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Wealth, Wages, and Rising Costs, continued
Figure 5. Ohio working families with incomes below federal poverty level, 2011
Both householder and spouse worked full time, year round 1 worked full time, year round/1 worked part time or part year Both worked part time or part year 1 worked full time, year round/1 did not work 1 worked part time or part year/1 did not work Male worked full time, year round Male worked part time or part year Female worked full time, year round Female worked part time or part year
1,121 7,055 10,141 19,759 29,640 6,071 14,256 27,705 87,417
More than 27,000 Ohio single women with children worked full time, yet their wages did not pull them out of poverty. In 2011, more than half of the single female families in poverty worked part time or full time (115,122). In 2011, of the single male families in poverty, 20,597 worked part time or full time.
Table 18. Rising costs of goods and services vs. growth in Ohio median hourly wage, 20002011
2000 Ohio median hourly wage 1 dozen grade A large eggs* Unleaded regular gasoline per gallon* National health care expenditures per capita Public four-year in-state college (net tuition and fees) $14.77 $1.09 $2.11 $6,176 $1,340 2011 $15.20 $1.68 $3.70 $8,402 $2,190 Change 2000-2010 $0.43 $0.59 $1.59 $2,226 $850 % Change 2000-2011 2.9% 53.8% 75.3% 36.1% 63.4%
Source: BLS Consumer Price Index, June 2011; CollegeBoard Advocacy and Policy Center, Trends in College Pricing 2011; The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Health Care Cost: A Primer
*These numbers do not represent an actual price paid for these goods; they represent a price index. These data come from the Consumer Price Index (CPI), provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). According to the BLS, the CPI is a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services."
Between 2000 and 2011, Ohios median hourly wage increased by 2.9%, but the cost of other goods and services increased by a much higher percentage.
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Education and Higher Education
Table 19. Poverty by educational attainment (ages 25 and older) in Ohio, 2011
Highest level of educational attainment Less than high school graduate High school graduate or GED Some college or associate degree Bachelors degree or higher Total 855,807 2,639,384 2,206,200 1,900,572 In poverty 253,306 341,703 250,724 76,907 Poverty rate 29.6% 12.9% 11.4% 4.0% Share of poverty 27.5% 37.0% 27.2% 8.3%
Figure 6. Poverty by educational attainment (ages 25 and older) in Ohio, 2011

400,000 30%
29.6
320,000
24%
Persons in poverty
240,000
18%
Poverty rate
160,000
12%
12.9
11.4
80,000
6%
4.0
0
Less than high school graduate High school graduate or GED Some college, associate Bachelor's degree or higher degree
0%
Ohioans with greater levels of education were less likely to be in poverty than were Ohioans without a high school diploma. Individuals with a bachelors degree or higher had the lowest rate of poverty. However, 1 in 12 Ohioans who were in poverty, age 25 years and over, had a bachelors degree or higher. The poverty rate among individuals without a high school degree or equivalent was more than double the rate of those with a high school degree and more than seven times greater than those with a bachelors degree or higher.
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Education and Higher Education, continued
Table 20. Average hourly wage for young workers, 19892011
Year High school graduates College graduates
All 2000 2007 2011 Change 20002007 Change 20072011 Change 20002011 $10.63 $10.51 $9.45 -1.1% -10.1% -11.1%
Men $11.37 $11.31 $10.00 -0.5% -11.6% -12.0%
Women $9.75 $9.47 $8.73 -2.8% -7.9% -10.5%
All $17.77 $17.61 $16.81 -0.9% -4.6% -5.4%
Men $18.58 $19.27 $18.29 3.7% -5.1% -1.6%
Women $17.21 $16.41 $15.74 -4.6% -4.1% -8.5%
Source: Economic Policy Institute's analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group Microdata
Note: Data are for college graduates age 2124 and high school graduates age 1720 who are not enrolled in further schooling.
The average hourly wages for younger workers fell over the last dozen years. Men ages 17 to 20 who were high school graduates had the steepest decline in average hourly wages between 1989 and 2011.
Table 21. Change in average college debt school year 20002001 to school year 20092010 in the United States
College type Year Average debt of graduates Percentage of graduates with debt
Public, 4-year or above Public, 4-year or above Private nonprofit, 4-year or above Private nonprofit, 4-year or above
20002001 20092010 20002001 20092010
$14,896 $21,740 $16,978 $27,712
55% 56% 63% 65%
Source: The Institute for College Access and Success, College InSight, http://www.college-insight.org
Recent college graduates are facing higher education debts along with higher unemployment compared to less-recent graduates. According to the Institute for College Access and Success, in 2010 the average student loan debt for graduates in Ohio was $27,713; this ranked as the seventh highest average among all states. 68% of Ohio graduates have student loan debt.
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Veterans
Table 22. Poverty among veterans and non-veterans 18 years and over, 2011
Total In poverty Poverty rate
All veterans 18 years and older Veterans ages 18 to 64 With a disability No disability Veterans 65 and older With a disability No disability All non-veterans 18 years and older Non-veterans ages 18 to 64 With a disability No disability Non-veterans 65 and older With a disability No disability
859,103 492,187 89,219 402,968 366,916 135,297 231,619 7,716,591 6,503,831 724,353 5,779,478 1,212,760 437,533 775,227
60,791 46,246 15,675 30,571 14,545 6,987 7,558 1,144,004 1,036,414 240,493 795,921 107,590 55,014 52,576
7.1% 9.4% 17.6% 7.6% 4.0% 5.2% 3.3% 14.8% 15.9% 33.2% 13.8% 8.9% 12.6% 6.8%
Overall, veterans have a much lower rate of poverty in the United States and Ohio than do non-veterans. In 2011, Ohio had 60,791 veterans below the poverty line. 37.3% of veterans below the poverty line have a disability (a much higher rate of poverty than the rate of non-veterans with a disability, which was 25.8%).
Table 23. Veteran homelessness in Ohio, 2011

Continuum of care geography Total homeless 2011 % of total all Ohio homeless Homeless veterans 2011 Share of all Ohio homeless Share of Ohio homeless veterans
Akron/Barberton/Summit County Canton/Massillon/Alliance/Stark County Cincinnati/Hamilton County Cleveland/Cuyahoga County Columbus/Franklin County Dayton/Kettering/Montgomery County Toledo/Lucas County Youngstown/Mahoning County Balance of state Total
857 482 1,275 2,235 1,418 986 1,096 223 4,431 13,003
7% 4% 10% 17% 11% 8% 8% 2% 34% 100%
165 20 192 345 187 156 104 12 200 1381
1.3% 0.2% 1.5% 2.7% 1.4% 1.2% 0.8% 0.1% 1.5% 10.6%
11.9% 1.4% 13.9% 25.0% 13.5% 11.3% 7.5% 0.9% 14.5% 100.0%
Source: Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio, Ohio Homelessness Report, 2011
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Children
Table 24. Income to poverty ratio by age group in Ohio, 2011
Under age 6 % Under age 18 % Age 1864 % age 65 %
Total Under .50 (FPL) Under 1.00 (FPL) Under 2.00 (below self-sufficiency level*)
845,830 125,781 249,530 426,919
7.5% 14.9% 29.5% 50.5%
2,649,180 306,512 640,884 1,204,451
23.6% 11.6% 24.2% 45.5%
7,005,215 511,352 1,082,781 2,230,804
62.4% 7.3% 15.5% 31.8%
1,579,676 32,758 122,135 498,542
14.1% 2.1% 7.7% 31.6%
Note: FPL = federal poverty level. *Self-sufficiency level means earnings of less than 200% of the federal poverty level. It is used as a benchmark to roughly identify households that lack economic security statewide. It is distinct from the Self-Sufficiency Standard (see pages 1213), which is calculated for each Ohio county individually.
14.9% of Ohio children under age 6 (125,781 children) lived in extreme poverty (< 50% FPL) in 2011. Nearly 1 in 4 Ohio children under age 18 lived in poverty in 2011. Nearly 1 in 3 children under age 6 lived in poverty. Half (50.5%) of Ohio children under age 6 lived below the self-sufficiency level in 2011, and 45.5% of all Ohio children lived under the self-sufficiency level in 2011. In 2011, the poverty rate for all children was 24.2%much greater than the rate for adults ages 18 to 64 (15.5%) and more than three times greater than the poverty rate for adults age 65 and older (7.7%).
Table 25. Change in the number of children in poverty in Ohio, 19992011

Children in poverty 1999 2005 2011 Change 19992011 % change
Total number of children (under 18 years) Number of children in poverty Poverty rate of all children
2,838,338 408,685 14.4%
2,715,439 505,642 18.6%
2,649,180 640,884 24.2%
-189,158 232,199 9.8%
-6.7% 56.8% -
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Decennial Census, 2000; American Community Survey, one-year estimate, 2005 and 2011
In 2011, there were 189,158 fewer children in Ohio than in 1999, but 232,199 more children were in poverty than in 1999. Childrens rate of poverty increased by 9.8 percentage points, from 14.4% in 1999 to 24.2% in 2011. The total number of children in poverty increased by 56.8% from 1999 to 2011.
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