FLAG: Pennant shaped with alternating horizontal stripes of red and white. A blue triangle covered with 17 stars at the staff end containing a red circle surrounded by a white border.
GOVERNOR: Richard F. Celeste (D) 1990
EXECUTIVE TERM: 4 years
VOTERS IN 1988 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: 55.1% casting votes
ELECTORAL VOTES: 23
SENATORS: John Glenn (D) 1992, Howard M. Metzenbaum (D) 1994
NUMBER OF U.S. REPRESENTATIVES: 21
AGE OF MAJORITY (FULL CIVIL RIGHTS): 18
AGE OF MARRIAGE W/CONSENT: Female-16 Male-18
AGE OF MARRIAGE W/O CONSENT: 18
AGE OF BUYING ALCOHOL: 21
AGE OF LEAVING SCHOOL: 18
STATE FUNDING FOR ART: $0.9 per capita
STATE GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES: $1,559 per capita
FEDERAL INCOME TAXES PAID: $1,439 per capita
DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL FUNDS: $3,083 per capita
FEDERAL SPENDING, DEFENSE PROGRAMS: $6,871 (millions)
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, CIVILIAN: 90,000
SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS: 16.2% of population
PUBLIC AID RECIPIENTS: 7.2% of population
FOOD STAMP RECIPIENTS: 9.7% of population
.CRIME IN OHIO
CRIME RATE, TOTAL: 4,645 offenses per 100,000 population
VIOLENT CRIME RATE: 452 offenses per 100,000 population
MURDERS: 5.4 per 100,000 population
FORCIBLE RAPE: 43 per 100,000 population
ROBBERY: 161 per 100,000 population
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT: 243 per 100,000 population
PROPERTY CRIME RATE: 4,193 offenses per 100,000 population
BURGLARY: 1,031 per 100,000 population
LARCENY-THEFT: 2,763 per 100,000 population
MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT: 399 per 100,000 population
PRISON INMATES: 26,113 total
PRISON INMATE RATE: 240 per 100,000 population
PRISONERS EXECUTED, 1980-1988: 0 executed
POLICE PROTECTION: 23.3 police per 10,000 population
LAWYERS: 395 population per lawyer
.ECONOMY OF OHIO
INCOME PER CAPITA: $15,536
DISPOSABLE PERSONAL INCOME: $13,326
GROSS STATE PRODUCT: $176,102 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, AGRICULTURE: $2,348 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MINING: $1,441 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, CONSTRUCTION: $5,563 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MANUFACTURING: $51,421 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, TRANSPORTATION: $16,308 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, WHOLESALE TRADE: $11,445 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, RETAIL TRADE: $17,258 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, FINANCE: $27,058 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, SERVICES: $26,725 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, GOVERNMENT: $16,535 (millions)
U.S. EXPORTS: $8,900 (millions)
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS: $5,060 (millions)
PATENTS GRANTED: 2,376 (1988)
NEW BUSINESS FAILURES: 82 failures per 10,000 concerns
BLACK-OWNED FIRMS: 13,948 total
EMPLOYED/POPULATION RATIO: 60.7% employed of total population
FEMALE LABOR FORCE: 54.5% of labor force
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE: 6% unemployed
UNION MEMBERSHIP IN MANUFACTURING: 40.9% unionized
NEW HOUSING STARTS: 44,000 units
NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION: $2,372 (millions)
MORTGAGE LOANS FORECLOSED: 0.7%
VALUE ADDED BY MANUFACTURE: $71,669 (millions)
MANUFACTURING WORKERS, CHANGE 1982-1987: 2.4%
EXPORT RELATED FACTORY EMPLOYMENT: 13.9% of total employment
RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD: $16,209
CHANGE IN RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD 1982-86: 36.3%
MINERALS PRODUCED (NON-FUELS): $769 (millions)
MINERAL FUELS PRODUCED: $1,724 (millions)
CRUDE PETROLEUM PRODUCTION: 12 million barrels
NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION: NA billion cubic feet marketed
NET ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATION: 124 billion kWh
ELECTRICAL ENERGY INSTALLED CAPACITY: 27.6 million kW
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS: 2
.AGRICULTURE OF OHIO
PRINCIPAL FARM COMMODITIES: Soybeans dairy products, corn, cattle (66% of total)
MOTOR VEHICLE TRAVEL: 706 thousands of miles traveled per road mile
LICENSED DRIVERS: 689 per 1,000 population
MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT DEATHS: 16.9 deaths per 100,000 population
REGISTERED AUTOMOBILES: 661 per 1,000 population
REGISTERED MOTORCYCLES: 25 per 1,000 population
DRIVERS EXCEEDING 55 MPH SPEED LIMIT: 55.5%
COMMERCIAL AM RADIO STATIONS: 126
COMMERCIAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 141
EDUCATIONAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 63
COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 33
EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 12
DAILY NEWSPAPERS: 87
DAILY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION: 0.25 papers per capita
.TRAVEL IN OHIO
STATE BOARD OF TOURISM: Ohio State Board of Tourism, P.O. Box 1001, Columbus, 43215, (614) 466-8844
TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: Columbus--State Capitol; Cleveland--Museum of Art, Sea World; Cincinnati--art museum, zoo, fire museum, Union Terminal architecture, steamboat cruises, Findlay open-air market, Kings Island amusement park; Toledo--Museum of Art (glass collection), Crosby Gardens; Dayton--Air Force museum; New Philadelphia--Schoenbrunn Village (restoration of Moravian mission town); Millersburg (Amish Village); Locust Grove--Serpent Mound.