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2. State Alias
3. Population
4. Industries
5. Social Demographics
6. Metropolitan Areas
7. Popular Sports Teams
8. Security Companies
9. Crime Statistics
10. Police Department
11. List of Counties

Ohio History:

Ohio’s history includes thousands of years of human activity. The present Ohio today was said to be first settled by the Paleo-Indian people who first lived in the area sometime between 17,727 BC and 11.424 BC. Following the Civil War, the state became a major industrial place. Iron ores were brought in in the Great Lakes and provided routes for exports, as did railroads. By the time the American Revolution War broke, Native Americans based in Ohio were divided as to which side to support. When the US won in the war, the British then ceded claims to Ohio and all its territories in the West to as far as the Mississippi River to the new nation. Finally on February 9, 1803, then US President Jefferson signed the act of Congress that expressively approved the constitution and boundaries of Ohio. However, it was not until 1812 when Ohio was formally admitted to statehood as the nation’s 17th state.

Ohio State Alias:

Ohio is nicknamed “The Buckeye State” because during the older years, vast buckeye trees once covered the whole of Ohio’s plains and hills. Accordingly, the name “buckeye” stemmed from the native American-Indians who called the nut “hetuck”. This means “buck eye”, as found in the marking of a nut that strikingly resembles the eye of a deer.

Ohio Population:

During the 1800s, Ohio only has over 45,000 residents. The population eventually grew at rates more than 10% a decade. On the 1970 census, Ohio already had a recorded population of 10.65 million. However, the growth slowed down in the succeeding four years. According to the United States Census Bureau, Ohio’s population as of July 1, 2013 was 11,570,808, a very small 0.3% increase since the recent 2010 US Census. As of 2010, the center of population in Ohio is located at Morrow Country. Of the total population, 27.6% of these are children under the age of one that belonged to minority groups.

Ohio Industries:

Ohio was ranked second in best business climate in 2010 by Site Selection magazine. It has also won awards from the Governor’s Cup magazine for three consecutive years, in terms of business growth and developments. As of 2010, the gross domestic product of Ohio was $478 billion. The financial activities and manufacturing sectors each compose 18.3% of the GDP of Ohio. The state has the biggest bioscience sector in the Midwest. Ohio is also the biggest producer of rubber, fabricated metals, plastics, appliances and electrical equipment. At present, 5,212,000 Ohioans are employed by wage or salary. By employment, the biggest sector of Ohio is transportation, trade and utilities, employing more than a million residents.

Ohio Social Demographics:

Records show that as of 2010, almost half a million residents in Ohio are foreign-born residents, about 4.1% of the entire population of the state. Of this figure, 2% were naturalized US Citizens. The biggest groups included Mexicans, Indians, Chinese, Germans, Filipinos, British, Canadians, Russians, Koreans and Ukrainians.

Ohio Metropolitan Areas:

The Office of Management and Budget identified 9 combined statistical areas, sixteen metropolitan statistical areas and twenty nine micropolitan statistical areas in Ohio. The nine CSAs include Columbus-Marion-Chillicothe, Cleveland-Akron-Canton, Cincinnati-Wilmington-Maysville, Mansfield-Ashland-Bucyrus, Dayton-Toldeo-Port Clinton, Youngstown-Warren, Springfield-Sidney, Lima-Van Wert-Celina and Findlay-Tiffin.

Ohio Popular Sports Teams:

Ohio has six major professional sports teams: for basketball, baseball, football, lacrosse, soccer and hockey. The Cincinnati Reds play for the MLB, Ohio Machine for the Major League Lacrosse, Cincinnati Bengals for the NFL, Cleveland Indians for MLB, Cleveland Cavaliers for the NBA, the Columbus Crew for the Major League Soccer and the Columbus Blue Jackets for the National Hockey League.

Ohio Home Security Companies:

• Frontpoint
• ADT
• Protect America
• ACE Security Systems
• Gillmore Security
• Alarm Force
• Guardian Alarm Company
• Security Systems of America

Ohio Crime Statistics:

In 2013, Ohio recorded 394,478 crimes, of which 34,595 are violent crimes and 359,883 for property crimes. The usual violent crimes in the state include murders, rapes, robbery and assaults. Burglary, theft and motor vehicle theft are also the top three highest property crimes. Annual crimes per 1,000 residents are 3.00 for violent crimes and 3.17 for property crimes.

Crime Breakdown for Ohio

• 3.00 Violent Crimes per 1,000 Residents
• 31.17 Property Crimes per 1,000 Residents
• Your Chances of being a Victim of Violent Crime in OH is 1 in 334
• Your Chances of being a Victim of Property Crime in OH is 1 in 32
• There are 39 crimes per square mile in OH
• Your Chances of being a Victim of Burglary in OH is 1 in 111
• The OH Burglary Rate is Below the National Average

Source: http://www.neighborhoodscout.com/oh/crime/

Ohio Police Department:

The Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) is a major division of the Ohio Department of Public Safety and is also tasked as the official highway patrol of the state of Ohio. It is composed of over 1, 600 state troopers and approximately 1, 000 support personnel, which include civilian specialists, motor vehicle inspectors, dispatchers, etc.

Police officers are responsible for enforcing the laws, procedures and regulations along with their general police services. The state troopers are allowed to enforce above the average citations, which paved the way to lowered crime statistics, especially among motorists. In 2006, they recorded to have cited a total of 133, 650 drivers mainly for aggressive driving offenses.

• Ohio State Police Website: http://statepatrol.ohio.gov/
• Ohio Amber Alert: http://www.amberalert.gov/active.htm
• Ohio Health & Safety: http://www.ohio.edu/riskandsafety/ehs/

Ohio List of Counties: