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State Fact Sheets: Ohio

• Population, Income, Education, and Employment
• Farm Characteristics
• Farm Financial Indicators
• Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties
• About the State Fact Sheets

Data updated October 22, 2008

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Population, Income, 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
2007 (latest estimates)	2,217,558	9,249,359	11,466,917
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 (2006 dollars)
2005	26,516	34,519	32,970
2006	26,728	34,901	33,320
Percent change	0.8	1.1	1.1

Earnings per job (2006 dollars)
2005	33,770	44,408	42,626
2006	33,392	44,024	42,242
Percent change	-1.1	-0.9	-0.9

Poverty rate (percent)
1979	11.0	10.1	10.3
1989	14.0	12.2	12.5
1999	11.0	10.5	10.6
2005 (latest model-based estimates)	13.2	12.9	13.0
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 Robert Gibbs, 202-694-5423

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Education (Persons 25 and older)
Percent not completing high school
1980	36.7	32.2	33.0
1990	28.1	23.5	24.3
2000	20.0	16.3	17.0

Percent completing high school only
1980	45.0	39.5	40.5
1990	44.0	34.5	36.3
2000	45.6	33.8	36.1

Percent completing some college
1980	9.8	13.6	12.8
1990	17.8	23.4	22.4
2000	22.2	26.6	25.8

Percent completing college
1980	9.0	14.8	13.7
1990	10.1	18.6	17.0
2000	12.2	23.2	21.1
More information on Ohio education • County-level Education Data • Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room • Contact Robert Gibbs, 202-694-5423

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Employment
Total number of jobs
2005	1,142,426	5,675,660	6,818,086
2006	1,154,926	5,738,225	6,893,151

Unemployment rate (percent)
2006	5.7	5.4	5.4
2007	6.0	5.5	5.6
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

Percent employment change
2004-2005	1.2	0.7	0.8
2005-2006	1.1	1.4	1.3
2006-2007	0.1	0.3	0.3

* Urban and rural (metro and nonmetro) defintions are based on the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) June 2003 classification. See Measuring Rurality: New Definitions in 2003 for more information.

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

Farm Characteristics

	1992	1997	2002
1992, 1997 and 2002 Census of Agriculture

Total land area (million acres)	26.21	26.21	26.21
Total farmland (million acres)	14.25	14.74	14.58
Percent of total land area	54.4	56.2	55.6

Cropland (million acres)	11.53	11.67	11.42
Percent of total farmland	80.9	79.2	78.3
Percent in pasture	7.7	8.0	6.1
Percent irrigated	0.2	0.3	0.3

Harvested Cropland (million acres)	9.79	10.07	10.04

Woodland (million acres)	1.51	1.72	1.69
Percent of total farmland	10.6	11.7	11.6
Percent in pasture	25.7	22.1	20.1

Pastureland (million acres)	0.62	0.64	0.80
Percent of total farmland	4.4	4.3	5.5

Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. (million acres)	0.58	0.70	0.68
Percent of total farmland	4.1	4.8	4.6

Conservation practices
Farmland in conservation or wetlands reserve programs (million acres)	0.16	0.40	0.37
Percent of total farmland	1.1	2.7	2.5

Average farm size (acres)	201	187	187

Farms by size (percent)
1 to 99 acres	49.1	54.6	58.7
100 to 499 acres	41.2	36.6	32.3
500 to 999 acres	6.8	5.8	5.5
1000 to 1,999 acres	2.4	2.3	2.7
2,000 or more acres	0.5	0.6	0.8

Farms by sales (percent)
Less than $9,999	46.3	53.1	60.0
$10,000 to $49,999	30.0	25.0	21.8
$50,000 to $99,999	9.6	7.9	6.8
$100,000 to $499,999	12.4	11.8	9.9
More than $500,000	1.3	1.8	1.5

Tenure of farmers
Full owner (farms)	41,342	48,953	52,168
Percent of total	58.5	62.2	67.1

Part owner (farms)	21,876	22,773	20,863
Percent of total	30.9	28.9	26.8

Tenant owner (farms)	7,493	7,011	4,766
Percent of total	10.6	8.9	6.1

Farm organization
Individuals/family, sole proprietorship (farms)	60,936	69,123	70,890
Percent of total	86.2	87.8	91.1

Family-held corporations (farms)	1,602	1,976	1,689
Percent of total	2.3	2.5	2.2

Partnerships (farms)	7,690	6,986	4,549
Percent of total	10.9	8.9	5.8

Non-family corporations (farms)	170	193	154
Percent of total	0.2	0.2	0.2

Others - cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. (farms)	313	459	515
Percent of total	0.4	0.6	0.7

Characteristics of principal farm operators
Average operator age (years)	52.0	52.5	53.8
Percent with farming as their primary occupation	48.9	42.2	55.9
Men (persons)	66,482	72,822	70,137
Women (persons)	4,229	5,915	7,660

More information on farm characteristics • Census of Agriculture • Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540. Data from the 1992 Census of Agriculture is not adjusted for coverage. See Coverage Adjustment from NASS.

Farm Financial Indicators

	2006	2007
Farm income and value added data

Number of farms	76,200	75,700

	Thousands $
Final crop output	3,482,285	4,443,555
+ Final animal output	1,985,508	2,553,082
+ Services and forestry	1,310,971	1,439,991
= Final agricultural sector output	6,778,765	8,436,628

- Intermediate consumption outlays	3,317,412	4,117,957
+ Net government transactions	118,398	-32,615
= Gross value added	3,579,751	4,286,057

- Capital consumption	984,130	1,015,496

= Net value added	2,595,621	3,270,561

- Factor payments	1,207,489	1,320,822
Employee compensation (total hired labor)	380,749	500,143
Net rent received by nonoperator landlords	477,156	442,060
Real estate and nonreal estate interest	349,584	378,619

= Net farm income	1,388,132	1,949,739

More information on farm income • Farm Income Data • Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room • Contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.

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, 2007
1. Soybeans	1,531,649	22.2	7.3
2. Corn	1,501,894	21.8	4.4
3. Dairy products	985,050	14.3	2.8
4. Greenhouse/nursery	647,426	9.4	3.8
5. Chicken eggs	483,441	7.0	7.2

All commodities	6,897,616		2.4

More information on Ohio's top agriculture commodities • Leading commodities for cash receipts in Excel • Contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.

	Rank among states	Value million $
Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2007
1. Soybeans and products	5	828.0
2. Feed grains and products	9	453.6
3. Other	8	339.4
4. Wheat and products	11	269.8
5. Live animals and meat	20	59.1

Overall rank	11	2,174.8

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

	Percent of state total receipts	Million $
Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 2002
1. Darke County	7.1	304.2
2. Mercer County	6.5	277.4
3. Wayne County	3.7	158.6
4. Licking County	2.5	105.7
5. Lorain County	2.3	97.8

State total		4,263.5

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.
Regional Economic Information System, April 2006, Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce.
1980, 1990, and 2000 Census of Population, Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce.
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: October 22, 2008