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- Year of Admission: 1803
- Order of Admission: 17th
- Date of Current State Constitution: 1851
- Capital: Columbus
- Population: 11,186,000 (1997)
- Land Area: 40,953 sq. mi.
- Population Density: 272.3 people per sq. mi.
- Nickname: Buckeye State
- Motto: With God, all things are possible.
- Government Configuration: Bicameral
- Houses: 2
- Number of State Senators: 33
- Number of State Representatives: 99
- Number of Representatives In U.S. Congress: 19
- Main Industries: Manufacturing, trade
- Major Natural Resources: fertile soil, coal, oil, natural gas, rock salt, saltwater brine