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| Statistics | |
|---|---|
| GDP | $741.40 billion (3rd quarter 2021)[1] |
Population belowpoverty line | 15.4%[2] |
| 0.4594[3] | |
Labor force | 5,883,960[4] |
| Unemployment | 4.2%[5][failed verification] |
| Public finances | |
| Revenues | $27.3 billion[6] |
| Expenses | $31 billion[7] |
Theeconomy ofOhio nominally would be the 20th largest global economy (behindTurkey and ahead ofSwitzerland) according to The World Bank as of 2022.[8] The state had a GDP of $822.67 billion in 2022, which is 3.23% of theUnited States total,[9] ranking 7th in the nation behindPennsylvania and ahead ofGeorgia.[10] In 2013, Ohio was ranked in the top ten states for best business climate by Site Selection magazine, based on a business-activity database. The state was edged out only by Texas and Nebraska for the 2013 Governor's Cup award from the magazine, based on business growth and economic development.[11]
Ohio is commonly noted as the Nation's Industrial Capital, dating to its roots in theRust Belt and Ohio's present-day intelligence and scientific dominance.[12][unreliable source?] Ohio was one of four states in the U.S. to have areas make the Intelligent Community Forum's list of global Smart 21 Communities for 2014, withColumbus, Ohio receiving the honors.[13] Ohio has six of the top 146 public school national universities in the nation, according toU.S. News & World Report's 2020 rankings.[14] The state was ranked No. 8 by the same magazine in 2008 for best high schools,[15] while overall, in 2010 the state's schools were ranked No. 5 in the country byEducation Week.[16] However, by 2016 the state's high school rankings had slipped to #11 according toU.S. News & World Report,[17] and #22 overall in quality by Education Week in 2017.[18] It was second only toTexas in having the most U.S. cities in the top 30 best places for new college graduates, according toBusinessWeek in 2010.[19] The year ending July 2011 saw the state ranked fourth in the nation in job creation behindTexas,California, andNew York.[20] By 2016 the state wasn't in the top 10 for job growth,[21] but between 2017 and 2018 the state saw an increase in job creation of 44,600.[22]
After California and Texas, Ohio is the third largest U.S. manufacturing state, with total output in 2017 approaching $108 billion. Home to more than 12,000 manufacturers, 12.6% of the Ohio work force is dedicated to manufacturing.[23]
Ohio is considered a center of science and industry, with museums dedicated to such in Columbus,COSI, theGreat Lakes Science Center in Cleveland, theImagination Station in Toledo, and theBoonshoft Museum of Discovery in Dayton. The state includes many historically strong industries, such as banking and insurance, which accounts for 8% of the gross state product, motor vehicle manufacturing, research and development, and steel production, accounting for 14-17% of the nation's raw output. More traditional industries includeagriculture, employing one out of seven Ohioans, and new and developing sectors includebioscience,green,information, andfood processing industries. Ohio is the biggest manufacturer of plastics and rubber in the country, has the largest bioscience sector in the Midwest, and ranked fourth in the country for green economic growth through 2007.
The state is recognized internationally as the "Fuel Cell Corridor",[24] whileToledo is recognized as a national solar center,[25][26]Cleveland a regenerative medicine research hub,[27]Dayton an aerospace and defense hub,Columbus a technological research and development hub,[27] andCincinnati a mercantile hub.[27]
Wal-Mart is the largest private sector employer in Ohio with approximately 50,500 employees in 2017. The largest Ohio employer with headquarters in Ohio is theCleveland Clinic, with approximately 49,050 employees and headquarters inCleveland.[28] The largest employer at a single location in Ohio isWright Patterson Air Force Base inDayton.[29] 70% of the nation's electrometallurgical ferroalloy manufacturing employees are located in Ohio.[citation needed]
Theeconomy ofOhio nominally would be the 25th-largest global economy behindSweden and ahead ofNigeria according to the 2013World Bank projections,[30] and the 24th-largest global economy behindSweden and ahead of Norway according to the 2013International Monetary Fund projections.[31] According to theBureau of Economic Analysis, the state had a projected GDP of $526.1 billion in 2013, up from $517.1 billion in 2012, and up from $501.3 billion in 2011.[32]
A 2014 report by the Quantitative Economics and Statistics Practices (QUEST) of Ernst & Young in conjunction with the Council On State Taxation (COST), ranks Ohio third in the nation for friendliest tax environment. The study, entitled "Competitiveness of state and local business taxes on new investment," provides a state-by-state comparison of tax liabilities. The Top 5 states ranked with the lowest effective tax rate on new investment are: (1) Maine (3.0%), (2) Oregon (3.8%), (3) Ohio (4.4%), (4) Wisconsin (4.5%), and (5) Illinois (4.6%).[33] In 2013, Ohio was ranked in the Top 10 among states with the best business climate by Site Selection magazine, based on a business-activity database. The state was edged out by Texas and Nebraska for the 2013 Governor's Cup award from the magazine, based on business growth and economic development.[11] Ohio was ranked No. 11 by the council for best friendly-policy states according to their Small Business Survival Index 2009.[34] The Directorship's Boardroom Guide ranked the state #13 overall for best business climate and #7 for best litigation climate.[35] Forbes ranked it #8 for best regulatory environment in 2009.[36] Ohio was also ranked No. 8 byU.S. News & World Report in 2008 for best high schools.[15] Overall, the state's schools were ranked No. 5 in the nation in 2010.[16] However, by 2016 the state's high school rankings had slipped to #11 according toU.S. News & World Report,[17] and #22 overall in quality by Education Week in 2017.[37] The year ending July 2011 saw the state being ranked fourth in the nation in job creation behindTexas,California, andNew York.[20] By 2016, the state wasn't ranked within the top 10 for job growth,[21] and between 2015 and 2016, the state saw a decrease in job creation of 38,800. Since February 2010, the state was 2.5% below the national average.[22]
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Ohio's private sector consists of 921,000 employers, which hire at least 50.4% of the state's non-farm private workforce.[38] The state has a developing technology sector, and it is home to over 28,000 employers employing roughly 820,000 people; its rate of technology operations is 14% higher than the US average.[38] Between 2006 and 2014, Ohio's employment is expected to grow by 290,700 jobs, or approximately 5.0%.[38] Personal income grew an average of 3.1% in 2008.[38] About 659,900 people are employed in the state's manufacturing sector.[38] Major manufacturing employers in the state includeAK Steel,Timken, andHonda. In 2007, foreign-based companies employed 229,500 of Ohio's citizens, led byJapan, theUnited Kingdom,Germany,France, andSwitzerland.[39]
Ohio's exports constituted 3.2% of total U.S. exports in 2009, with top destinations beingCanada at $14.2 billion, followed byMexico,China, theUnited Kingdom,Greece,Brazil,Japan,Germany,France, andAustralia.[40] In 2009, the state was ranked as the nation's seventh-largest exporter with $34.1 billion.[39] About 092 companies exported in 2009, with transportation equipment accounting for $9.9 billion, machinery $4.9 billion, chemicals $4.4 billion, and computer and electronics products $2.4 billion.[39]
As of 2020[update], Ohio was ranked No. 5 in the nation forFortune 500 companies with 27, includingCardinal Health (#16),Marathon Petroleum (#22),Kroger (#23),Procter & Gamble (#50),Nationwide Insurance (#74),Progressive Insurance (#86),Sherwin-Williams (#180),Goodyear Tire and Rubber (#216),L Brands (#248),Fifth Third Bank (#325),Dana (#367) andOwens Corning (#431).[41]
The following is a list of the top ten employers with headquarters in Ohio, as of January 2023[update].[42]
| Rank | Employer | Number of Ohio employees | Headquarters location | Sector |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland Clinic Foundation | 56,986 | Cleveland | Health |
| 2 | Kroger | 44,077 | Cincinnati | Retail: Food Stores |
| 3 | Ohio State University andMedical Center | 35,656 | Columbus | Education and Health |
| 4 | Wright Patterson Air Force Base | 28,000 | Dayton | Government: Air Force base |
| 5 | University Hospitals Health System | 30,891 | Cleveland | Health |
| 6 | Mercy Health Partners | 30,510 | Cincinnati | Health |
| 7 | OhioHealth | 30,488 | Columbus | Health |
| 8 | ProMedica | 18,712 | Toledo | Health |
| 9 | Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center | 17,204 | Cincinnati | Health |
| 10 | Kettering Health | 14,413 | Dayton | Health |
The following is a list of the top Ohioan employers not headquartered in Ohio, as of January 2023[update].[42]
| Rank | Employer | Number of Ohio employees | Headquarters location | Sector |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wal-Mart | 55,262 | Bentonville, Arkansas | Retail: General Merchandise |
| 2 | Amazon | 45,000 | Seattle, Washington | Retail: General Merchandise |
| 3 | JP Morgan Chase | 20,228 | New York, New York | Finance: Bank |
| 4 | Giant Eagle | 17,400 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Retail: Food Stores |
| 5 | FedEx | 15,250 | Memphis, Tennessee | Transportation: Air Delivery |
| 6 | United Parcel Service | 15,236 | Atlanta, Georgia | Transportation: Air Delivery |
| 7 | Lowe's Companies | 14,400 | Mooresville, North Carolina | Retail: Home Improvement |
| 8 | Honda Motor Company | 14,400 | Tokyo, Japan | Manufacture: Motor Vehicles |
| 9 | The Home Depot | 12,600 | Atlanta, Georgia | Retail: Home Improvement |
| 10 | Target | 12,410 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Retail: Department Stores |
Dayton is designated as the state's aerospace hub due to its high concentration ofaerospace andaviation technology. In 2009, GovernorTed Strickland designated Dayton as Ohio's aerospace innovation hub, the first such technology hub in the state.[43] Aircraft engine manufacturing accounts for nearly 75% of Ohio's aerospace and defense industry workforce.
The aerospace and defense industry employs 16,000 Ohioans.[47] Employment has been increasing after 2003, despite an overall decrease in employment since the industry's peak at 37,000 employees in 1990.[47] In 2005, Ohio ranked fifth among US states in the production of aerospace products and parts, and eighth in the number of aerospace industry workers.[47] Recently[when?] the states' employees have ranked No. 1 in value produced per worker.[48] Ohioan workers in the aerospace industry made an annual average salary of $75,765 in 2005, compared to $48,208 in for workers in the manufacturing sector generally.[47] Nearly 75% of the state's aerospace and defense employees work in the aircraft engine manufacturing sub-sector;[47] onlyConnecticut has larger aircraft engine workforce.[47]
Notable aerospace and defense companies in Ohio includeGE Aviation,Timken,Goodrich Corporation,GE Honda Aero Engines,CFM International, andAircraft Braking Systems.[47]France-basedCIRCOR Aerospace, Inc., which develops systems for aerospace fluid control, has a commercial unit located in the state.[49]Boeing'sCentral Ohio Aerospace and Technology Center inHeath is a venture amongst five of the top 10 U.S. defense contractors, includingAtlantic Inertial Systems,Honeywell,Kearfott,Northrop Grumman,L3 Communications, andRaytheon, which is also the headquarters of theAir Force Metrology and Calibration Program Office.RTI International Metals's location inNiles produces titanium used in everyFrance-basedAirbus aircraft. RTI was originally headquartered in Niles before moving toPittsburgh in the 21st century, while Airbus has invested $4.3 billion in the state.[50]Makino's Titanium Research and Development Center is located inMason.Nextant Aerospace has manufacturing facilities at the Cuyahoga County Airport.
Defense systems play a smaller role in the industry. Ohio corporations were awarded around $5.5 billion ofUnited States Department of Defense procurements.[47] Notable defense contractors includeGoodyear Tire and Rubber Company in Akron,Lockheed Martin inAkron, which won a contract to develop a space-ship in 2003 and produces the vertical launch ASROC missile,[51][52] andArmor Holdings Aerospace and Defense Group inFairfield.[47] United Kingdom-basedBAE Systems has a large facility inWest Chester producing armored vehicles, armor kits, and ballistic glass.[53]
TheJoint Systems Manufacturing Center inLima, in cooperation withGeneral Dynamics, assembles armored combat vehicles, including theExpeditionary Fighting Vehicle andM1A2 Abrams tank.[48]Columbus-basedZyvex Performance Materials develops thePiranha Unmanned Surface Vessel. Gravitational Energy Corporation, located inCuyahoga Falls, proliferates Gravity Assisted Power (GAP) machines in cooperation with DriPowder, LLC to the military.[54]
The United States Department of Defense currently maintains a large Supply Center in Whitehall, a suburb of Columbus.
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, located in Dayton, and partially named for theWright Brothers from Ohio who are credited with inventing the airplane, employs 27,400 residents. The Air Force estimates that Wright-Patterson's annual economic impact on theDayton region is $5.1 billion.[55]
In 2008, Ohio was ranked No. 1 in the Midwest and 4th in the nation for biotech industry strength by Business Facilities magazine.[57] As of 2008, there were over 1,100 biotech related firms operating in the state,[58] employing 1.4 million residents overall in direct or indirect related fields, including healthcare, with $2.5 billion in investment in 2007.[59][60] Ohio had three city-regions in the top 30 biotech locations in the country, with Cleveland-Akron ranked No. 20, Columbus #22, and Cincinnati #28.
The overall economic impact of the bioscience industry in Ohio, including healthcare, amounted to $148.2 billion in 2007, representing 15.7% of Ohio's economic output.[60] Half of the biotech industry is located in northeast Ohio, with 574 firms, while central and southern Ohio are home to around 200 each.[61] 635 companies are FDA-certified to manufacture medical devices.[61] Biotech research and development employs directly 12,415 residents, while agricultural bioscience contributed the largest economic impact, at $10.7 billion. Medical device manufacturers employ 9,757 residents.[61][62]
Major hospital employers include theCleveland Clinic Health System with 41,400 employees, Catholic Healthcare Partners in Cincinnati with 28,200,University Hospitals of Cleveland with 21,800, OhioHealth in Columbus with 15,300, ProMedica in Toledo with 14,500, andPremier Health Partners in Dayton with 14,000.Welltower, an S&P 500 company headquartered in Toledo, is a major healthcare real estate firm.
In 2011,Dayton was ranked the #3 city in the United States for "excellence in health care". The ranking is from HealthGrade's list of America's Top 50 Cities for Hospital Care. Other Ohio cities listed includeCincinnati at #6 and Cleveland at #16.[63][64] Also in 2011, the cities of Cincinnati and Dayton were ranked No. 1 and #4 in the nation for emergency room care.[65] Then in 2013, HealthGrades ranked the Dayton region number one in the nation for the lowest hospital mortality rate.[66]
Ohio medical facilities include theCleveland Clinic, which has locations throughout the world. In 2009,U.S. News & World Report ranked the clinic as the fourth best hospital in the country, and the #1 heart center in the country for the 15th year in a row.[67]The Ohio State University Medical Center was ranked No. 21.[68] Overall, the magazine ranked 16 Ohio hospitals among the best hospitals in the nation, making the state #3 in the country in total. TheCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center ranked No. 6 in the nation for pediatric hospitals, and overall, four children's hospitals in Ohio ranked among the best.
Apart fromU.S. News & World Report', in 2010,HealthGrades ranked nine Ohio hospitals in the top 50 in the United States[69] and 27 of Ohio's hospitals as Distinguished Hospitals for Clinical Excellence, with the majority of these hospitals in the Cleveland and Dayton areas.[70] They also ranked 37 Ohio hospitals in the 5% of the country for emergency care service.[71]
Child magazine ranked Cincinnati Children's #4,Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus #6, including #1 for emergency care, andRainbow Babies & Children's Hospital in Cleveland #9.[72][73]University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland was named in the top 15 for major teaching hospitals, whileRiverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus and Hillcrest Hospital inMayfield Heights ranked in the top 16 for minor teaching hospitals.Southwest General Health Center inMiddleburg Heights was ranked in the top 15 for large community hospitals, and Mercy Hospital Clermont inBatavia Union Hospital inDover Sycamore Medical Center inMiamisburg and Wooster Community Hospital inWooster ranked in the top 16 for medium-sized community hospitals.[74]
In 2009,Thomson-Reuters named theKettering Medical Center inKettering,The Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus,Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati, andGrandview Medical Center in Dayton to their top 30 list of teaching hospitals with cardiovascular programs.[75]
Ohio is home to pharmacy chains includingDiscount Drug Mart inMedina, and previouslyPhar-Mor, which was headquartered inYoungstown, andRevco, which was headquartered inTwinsburg.
Ohio's medical colleges are sixth in the nation in terms of economic impact, resulting in 425,000 direct or indirect positions and $37.2 billion.[76]
TheUniversity System of Ohio is the nation's largest comprehensive public system of higher education. Member universities include theUniversity of Cincinnati, which has a $3+ billion annual economic impact and is the largest employer in Cincinnati,Kent State University, which contributes a $1.9 billion economic impact in Northeast Ohio,[77] and theUniversity of Toledo, which contributes a $1.1 billion economic impact in Northwest Ohio.[78]
Ohio's agricultural industries represent $124 billion of the state's economic output, employing one in eight Ohioans directly or indirectly. Ohio's agricultural market exports many different products. Ohio ranks 1st in the production ofSwiss cheese out of all 50 states, 3rd inegg production, 6th insoybeans, 8th in hogs, and 9th incorn for grain. The agriculture and food processing and eatery industries are heavily intertwined in Ohio. For example, Ohio being the 3rd largest producer of tomatoes in the United States, in turn has the world's largestketchup processing plant inFremont.[80]
The number offarms in Ohio stood at 75,462 as of 2018.
Ohio is a producer of horticulture products, from greenhouse and nursery plants to bulbs.[81] The state is a producer ofwhite ash trees for landscaping, totalling 25,000 annually.[82] California, Florida, Texas, Michigan, and Ohio accounted for 42% of the nation's production of bedding plants in 2002.[83] Oberer's Flowers, headquartered in Dayton, is the nation's fifth-largest florist, while Aris Horticulture, headquartered inBarberton, is active in research and breeding.[84][85] Lake County Nursery offers over 1,000 varieties of plants and California-based Monrovia Nursery Company operates nurseries inSpringfield.
The energy sector of Ohio is composed of thousands of companies and cities representing the oil, natural gas, coal, solar, wind energy, fuel cell, biofuel, geothermal, hydroelectric, and other related industries. Ohio is second nationally in solar energy industry manufacturing as Toledo is considered a national solar hub, nicknamed "Solar Valley." In 2021,First Solar announced its third Ohio facility, a new $680 millionphotovoltaic panel manufacturing plant in suburban Toledo that will bring its total production capacity in the state to nearly 6 gigawatts annually.[86]
Oil and natural gas accounts for $3.1 billion annually in sales while ethanol generates $750 million. The state is recognized internationally as the "Fuel Cell Corridor", andHamilton is poised to become the biggest municipal provider of renewable energy in the Midwest, and one of the largest in the country, with over 70%. In 2008, the state led the country in alternative energy manufacturing according to Site Selection Magazine, while the natural gas industry has experienced growth due to theGreat Shale Gas Rush.
Several notable energy companies are headquartered in the state, includingAmerican Electric Power,Columbia Gas of Ohio,DPL Inc.,Marathon Petroleum Company, American Municipal Power, Inc.,Cliffs Natural Resources,Murray Energy,FirstEnergy, Oxford Resource Partners LP, AB Resources, American Hydrogen Corporation, andIGS Energy.Rolls-Royce North America's Energy Systems Inc., a subsidiary ofUnited Kingdom-basedRolls-Royce plc, is headquartered inMt. Vernon, specializing in gas compression, power generation, and pipeline technologies.[87] Ultra Premium Oilfield Services and V&M Star Steel operate steel production facilities in the state, which cater to energy exploration.
Ohio consumed 160.176TWh of electricity in 2005, fourth among U.S. states,[88][89] and has a storied history in the sector, including the first offshore oil drilling platform in the world, and a modern, renewable energy economy along with the traditional nuclear, oil, coal, and gas industries.
Ohio is a major research and development center, home to many institutions. In 2008, institutions and companies in the state won 10 R&D 100 Awards, given annually to the top 100 innovations recognized byR&D Magazine, finishing second behind California.[90]Ohio State University is among the country's top public research institutions at #7.[91] Ohio is ranked in the top eight for states conducting clinical trials, including conducting the most clinical trials per capita.[92]
In 2006, the state had a high-tech payroll of $9.8 billion, with 155,174 high-tech employees at 10,756 high tech locations. In 2005, industry in Ohio spent $5.9 billion on research and development, with colleges spending $1.5 billion, but by 2009, $8.2 billion in R&D contracts were identified, ranking 13th nationally.[93] Ohio receives around $2.7 billion annually in federal R&D funds, ranking #9.[94]
Ohio is a major center for insurance corporations, ranking 6th out of all 50 states in the insurance industry, based on overall employment,[95] and Ohio ranks 4th incasualty insurance out of all 50 states.[95] As far asgross state product, from the period of 1990–1999 Ohio insurance contribution to Ohio'sgross state product grew about 161% from $2.6 billion to $6.8 billion,[95] despite population growth from 1990 to 2000 of only about 4.67%, from 10,847,115 to 11,353,140.[96] Ohio's insurance employment is expected to grow continuously at a rate of 9.8%.[95] Ohio is home to the 3rd most claim examiners in the United States, out of all 50 states.
FiveFortune 500 companies are Ohio-based insurance companies.[95] These companies are:
Ohio is home to three commercial banks that rank among the largest commercial banks in the United States as measured by asset size. Up until 2008, Ohio had four banks among the Top 25, however theacquisition of Cleveland-basedNational City Corp. byPittsburgh-basedPNC Financial Services eliminated the fourth.
TheFederal Reserve Bank of Cleveland is located in the state. Other notable institutions headquartered in the state includeFirst Federal Bank of the Midwest,Liberty Savings Bank, andPark National Bank.
Germany-basedBMW operates a financial subsidiary inDublin.
Ohio-nativeCharles Kettering invented the self-starter for the automobile, an advancement which contributed to the mainstreaming of the transport.
The current state of the motor vehicle industry in Ohio is mixed and dotted. In 2002, the Ohio motor vehicle industry produced about $16 billion of items.[97] This is about 14% of the automobile production of the United States, and Ohio outputs every state in production of motor vehicles except forMichigan.[97] These $16 billion account for approximately 4.1% of Ohio'sgross state product; however, the motor vehicle industry only accounts for 1.1% of the United States' output.[97] In 2003, Ohio was able to produce about 1,885,000 motor vehicles, accounting for 15.6% of the United States' production, and, again, more than any state except forMichigan, in which 928,000 of these wereautomobiles.[97]
The Ohio Department of Development estimates that there are 555 motor vehicle production establishments in Ohio, and that by employing around 138,000 people, Ohio motor vehicle production employees account for 12.7% of the United States' motor vehicle production employees.[97] Despite sharp losses since 1999, the motor vehicle production industry was able to recover in 2001, producing a net gain of 148,000 vehicles.[97]General Motors produced the highest number of motor vehicles in Ohio, with 36.5% of the production of motor vehicles in Ohio, followed closely byHonda with 35.9%. Other major motor vehicle producers in Ohio includeDaimlerChrysler (with 17.5% of production) andFord (with 10.5% of production).[97] However, despite the growth listed above, employment statistics and outlooks are much more grim.
In 2004, the number of people employed in the motor vehicle assembly industry in Ohio was reported to be around 31,000, down from about 40,000 throughout the 1990s,[97] while in the motor vehicle parts production industry in Ohio, in December 1997, employment stood at approximately 122,000 employees;[97] however, that number dropped by about 26% to 90,000 employees by 2004.[97] Despite the growth facts above, the loss of employment is more likely to directly affect Ohio's economy. The Ohio Bureau of Labor Market Information estimates that there will be 3,300 less assembly employees and 2,400 less parts manufacturing employees in 2012 than 2002.[97] Major firms operating in the state includeFord,Honda, andGeneral Motors. Some major motor vehicle assembly production plants in the state include theToledo Complex,Marysville Auto Plant,East Liberty Auto Plant,Ohio Assembly, andToledo North Assembly.France-basedFaurecia Group operates a division in Toledo.[99]
In June 2010, auto parts manufacturerSanoh America, located inStreetsboro, announced a $3.5 million, 35,000-square-foot (3,300 m2) expansion of their North American headquarters,[100] whileAustria-based automotive part manufacturerMiba announced $30 million in new investments at production sites around the state.[101] In September of that year, the new 87,100-square-foot (8,090 m2) R&D facility ofAmtex, Inc., a subsidiary ofJapan-based Hayashi Telempu Co. based inLebanon, became operational inPlymouth.[102]
Ohio is considered the historical center of steel production in the U.S.[103] The state produces annually around 14.5 million tons, with a $7.2 billion state economic impact[104] The largest steel foundry in North America is located in Columbus, Columbus Castings.[105] It was formerly part ofBuckeye Steel Castings, which traces its root back to the 19th century.
Ohio produces between 14% and 17% of the United States' raw steel.[106] The sector of objects made from purchased steel in Ohio ranks 2nd out of all 50 states,[106] and 3rd in the sector of iron, steel, and ferroalloys.[106]
Seventy percent of the United States' electrometallurgical ferroalloy manufacturing employees are located in Ohio.[106] The entire industry as a whole, although not as concentrated as the electrometallurgical ferroalloy manufacturing sector, employs 34,000 paid workers at 234 individual workplaces.[106] Ohio's 234 workplaces make up 9.5% of the United States industry's workplaces,[106] and the 34,000 paid workers make up 13.6% of the United States industry's workers.[106] Of these workers and workplaces, the sector of iron, steel, and ferroalloys make up the largest sector in Ohio's industry,[106] with 17,000 paid workers in 73 workplaces.[106]
However, despite Ohio's large presence in the iron and steel market, employment rates have declined in Ohio,[106] generally attributed to weakening national economy.[106] Between 1998 and 2005, the number of Ohio iron and steel industry workers decreased from 52,700 to 34,000.[106] The Ohio Department of Development predicts the decreases will continue in coming years.[106] The average annual salary for iron and steel industry workers in Ohio was $59,686, compared the national industry average of $53,352.[106]
Major iron and steel manufacturers with world headquarters in Ohio:[106]Timken Company, located inCanton, andWorthington Industries, located inColumbus. Other manufacturers includeCleveland-Cliffs in Cleveland, and Republic Engineered Products, North America's largest supplier of specialty bar quality steel, located inCanton.[107] V&M Star Steel, a subsidiary ofFrance-basedVallourec, broke ground on a $650 million production facility in Youngstown in June 2010.[108]
In August 2010Arizona-basedInternational Technical Coatings announced plans to construct a 667,000-square-foot (62,000 m2), $15 million production facility in Columbus,[109] while Pro-Tec, a joint venture betweenU. S. Steel andJapan-basedKobe Steel headquartered inLeipsic, announced in September 2010 a $290 million, 415,000-square-foot (38,600 m2) expansion of existing facilities.[110]
In April 2018,Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. broke ground on a $700 million hot-briquettediron production facility inToledo, Ohio. When complete in 2020, the plant will process nearly 2.5 million tons per year ofiron ore for use in the domestic steel industry.[111]
One of Ohio's historically strong industries is the rubber and plastics industry. Ohio ranks 1st of all 50 states in rubber and plastics production,[112] producing around $17.4 billion of rubber and plastics shipments annually.[112] SevenFortune 1000 rubber and/or plastics corporations are located in Ohio:[113][112]
Ohio ranks 1st in thegross state product of the rubber and plastics industry of any state.[112] For the 5-year period of 2000–2004, inflation-adjusted production increased around 10%.[112] In addition, in this period, the US rubber and plastics industry only grew 6%.[112]
Ohio exported around $1.3 billion worth of rubber and plastics shipments in 2006.[112] Rubber and plastics exports make up for 7.3% of total sales.[112] Canada is the largest importer of Ohio's $1.3 billion worth of exports, accounting for 46% of this amount.[112] The Census Bureau expects that an addition $1.1 billion worth of material is indirectly exported, through the means of other goods that are made from rubbers and plastics, including motor vehicles and machinery.[112]
However, despite increased production, employment has been decreasing in Ohio's rubber and plastic industry.[112] In 2000, Ohio employed around 92,000 rubber and plastics industry workers. By 2006, those rates have declined by about 26% to about 69,000 workers.[112] The Ohio Bureau of Labor Market Information predicts that, from 2004 to 2014, there will be 11,200 less workers in Ohio's industry.[112] They also predict that plastics employment in Ohio will decrease by 13.7%, and that rubber products employment will decrease by 20.7%.[112] The industry currently employs about 73,000 Ohio workers,[112] and employs about 12.3% of the United States' rubber employees, and 7.8% of the United States' plastics employees.[112]
In October 2010,Sweden-based Hexpol AB announced the acquisition ofSolon-based Excel Polymers for $215 million.[114]
In August 2011,China-basedA3T L.L.C broke ground on their North American headquarters in Akron and signed an R&D agreement with theUniversity of Akron.[115]
In 1837, William Procter and James Gamble founded a candle and soapmaking business in Cincinnati calledProcter & Gamble. In the 1880s, the company introduced the productIvory, a bar of soap. Eventually they began manufacturingCrisco, and sponsored radio dramas, which led to the name "soap operas". Today Procter & Gamble is the 8th largest company in the world by market capitalization fully diversified in household products, and has 135,000 employees worldwide, with manufacturing operations located throughout the state, and their headquarters still in Cincinnati.
In 1866, Henry Sherwin and Edward Williams foundedSherwin-Williams, a general building supplies company, in Cleveland. Their first factory was opened on the Cuyahoga River in 1873, and today the company has four manufacturing and distribution facilities in Ohio, located in Columbus, Cincinnati, Grove City, and Bedford Heights, and numerous locations throughout the country and world, with their world headquarters maintained in Cleveland. The company employs 3,394 residents alone just in the Cleveland-area.[116][117]
In 1879,James Ritty, a saloon owner, invented a mechanical cash register, paving way for its production through theNational Cash Register Company, based in Dayton. The company prospered through the 21st century, producingautomated teller machines, barcode scanners, and other related products, employing thousands. It was eventually relocated to Georgia in 2009.
In 1886 Ohio-nativeCharles Martin Hall helped pioneer theHall–Héroult process, which made aluminum inexpensive to produce. He sold his share in 1888 to the Pittsburgh Reduction Company, known today asAlcoa. Alcoa has operations in the state, including facilities in Cleveland which manufacture aluminum wheels forAutomobili Lamborghini.[118]
Between 1902 and 1911 theMarion Steam Shovel Company, whose founders wereEdward Huber, George W. King and Henry Barnhardt, shipped 112 then state-of-the-art power shovels toPanama to dig thePanama Canal.[119] A successor firm also built the crawler-transporters that were used byNASA in the 1960s and 1970s to transportSaturn V rockets to the launch pad atCape Canaveral to send men into space and to the Moon.
In 1907, a janitor namedJames Spangler working for the Hoover family invented the first electronically portable vacuum cleaner. Production of the device began at a factory inNew Berlin (later renamed North Canton), and today the company is known asThe Hoover Company, with its headquarters still located in North Canton.[120]
In 1918, the Parker Appliance Company was founded in Cleveland, later becoming theParker Hannifin Corporation. They manufacture motion and control technologies, with locations throughout Ohio, the country, and the world. Their headquarters is maintained in Cleveland, employing 2,201 residents in the local area.[117]
Overall, Ohio is home to 21,250 manufacturing operations. Cincinnati is ranked No. 6, Cleveland #10, and Columbus #19 respectively in the nation for manufacturing jobs. Ohio leads the nation in general-purpose machinery production and is #2 in metalworking machinery production.[121] In 2004, Ohio was third in the nation for major industrial operations,[122] and second in the nation for total manufacturing payroll.[123] Ohio was third in the nation in manufacturing GDP in 2008,[124] but has lost 106,629 manufacturing jobs and over 1,000 manufacturers since 2007.[125]
Crown Equipment Corporation, headquartered inNew Bremen, employs 8,300 residents in the state and is the 7th largest manufacturer of heavy-duty equipment in the world.[126] They recently[when?] unveiled 20 new fork-lift models employing fuel cell technology, bringing that total product-specific inventory to 29 models.[127] Ametek Technical and Industrial Products is headquartered inKent and a manufacturer of industrial products with sales of $950 million in 2009.[128] Headquartered in Toledo, Libbey, Inc. is the leading producer of glass tableware products in the Western Hemisphere.[129]
Miamisburg-basedNewPage Corporation is the largest producer of coated paper in North America, with sales of $3.1 billion.[130] Verantis Corporation, headquartered inMiddleburg Heights, is an environmental engineering company.[131]
Germany-basedThyssenKrupp has several operations in the state,[132] including AIN Plastics in Columbus, Ken-Mac Metals in Cleveland, Copper and Brass sales divisions in Toledo, Cleveland, and Dayton, a ThyssenKrupp Industrial Services division in Toledo, and a ThyssenKrupp Bilstein of America sales division in Hamilton.[133] ThyssenKrupp Krause is located in Cleveland,[134] Vertical System Elevators in Cincinnati as well as other ThyssenKrupp Elevator divisions in Cincinnati,Westerville,Northwood, andBroadview Heights,[135] and Rotek Incorporated is located inAurora, which underwent an $82 million facility expansion in 2008.[136]
United Kingdom-basedMondi Group has facilities inLancaster.Brush Wellman is headquarteredMayfield Heights and is a supplier of alloy, precious metals, electronic, and engineered material systems and products, with a major facility inElmore.Liebert is a manufacturer of environmental, power, and monitoring systems located in Columbus.
Headquartered in Cleveland and founded in 1932,MTD Products employs 6,800 residents in the state and is a major manufacturer of heavy duty lawn equipment.[126] Advanced Drainage Systems headquartered inHilliard employs 3,900 residents and specializes in manufacturing industrial components and equipment.[126]Aleris International, headquartered inBeachwood, employs 8,500 residents and is one of the world's largest recyclers of aluminum and zinc, manufacturing alloy sheet metal.[126] Park-Ohio, Inc., located in Cleveland, operates in 16 countries with over 3,000 employees.[137] Mallory Marine is a manufacturer of aquatic travel components and located in Cleveland.[138] Cincinnati-based Michelman, Inc. is involved in developing water-based barrier and functional coating.
Newark-basedThe Longaberger Company is a manufacturer of home and lifestyle products, andBrooklyn is home to theAmerican Greetings Corporation, the world's largest publicly traded greeting card manufacturer.
Sweden-basedTrelleborg AB recently[when?] announced they were moving their Wheel Systems Americas headquarters fromHartville toFairlawn.[139]Westlake-basedNordson Corporation is a manufacturer of precision equipment.Parma-based GrafTech International Limited is a manufacturer of carbon and graphite products with facilities on four continents.
ESCORT is a manufacturer of radar detection devices and navigational services headquartered inWest Chester.[140]
New Jersey-basedHartz Mountain Corporation, a pets-product manufacturer, announced an expansion of their existing operations in the state in 2010.[141]Little Tikes is a toy manufacturer headquartered inHudson.
In August 2010,Switzerland-basedWICOR announced plans for a manufacturing operation inUrbana,[142] while in September of that yearItalian-ownedEurostampa North America announced plans for the construction of a new $7.2 million, 70,000-square-foot (6,500 m2) facility in theRoselawn neighborhood of Cincinnati,[143] which broke ground later month and will also serve as their headquarters.[144]
GE Lighting is headquartered in Cleveland, with manufacturing operations in the state, includingBucyrus, which was awarded $60 million for expansion in September 2010 for the manufacturing of energy-efficient light bulbs.[145] In October 2010,West Virginia-based Simonton Windows announced it was moving its headquarters to Columbus.[146] Deceuninck North America, a subsidiary ofBelgium-basedDeceuninck NV, is headquartered inMonroe and operates one of the largest vinyl window extruders in North America.[147]
Australia-based Blastmaster announced in September 2010 plans to locate their North American headquarters in the Columbus area.[148] In October 2010,California-basedAvery Dennison opened their Customer Innovation Center inMiamisburg to showcase their RFID technology.[149]
Hexion Specialty Chemicals is headquartered inColumbus and is a manufacturer of resins and coatings.[126]Lubrizol Corporation is a provider of specialty chemicals headquartered inWickliffe and a Fortune 500 company.Kentucky-basedAshland Performance Materials is located inDublin. Columbus is home to the world's largest clearinghouse of chemicals data, CAS, orChemical Abstracts.
In June 2010,Yaskawa America announced the construction of their new North American headquarters in Dayton, a 300,000-square-foot (28,000 m2) facility, which broke ground in August.[150][151] KC Robotics, located inFairfield, is a major distributor of robots, including Yaskawa's Motoman.
Robotics Research, located in Cincinnati, is a developer of robotic technology.FANUC Robotics America, Inc. has a regional headquarters located inMason. Other companies include YAC Robot Systems inHamilton, Bellevue Manufacturing Company inBellevue,Panasonic Robotics inHilliard, Ohio(shares office with INS Robotics) andAdept Technology, which has an office in Cincinnati.
Lockheed Martin in Akron manufacturers laser-enhanced sniper systems for theDepartment of Defense.[152] AT&F Steel in Cleveland operates the largest Hybrid Laser Arc Welding facility in the United States.[153]Elyria-based RIDGID, a division ofMissouri-basedEmerson, manufacturers hand-held laser devices.[154]
Kent State University was one of the inventors of the modernliquid crystal display at theirLiquid Crystal Institute.[155]
Through 2005, Ohio was ranked in the top ten for states with the best environment for nanotechnology development. The Center for Multifunctional Polymer Nanomaterials and Devices at the Ohio State University was awarded $22.5 million from theThird Frontier around the start of the 21st century with a goal of returning $78 million in research and commercialization. TheUniversity of Dayton Research Institute was also awarded investments from the state. Other major research institutes include the Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology at theUniversity of Cincinnati. TheUniversity of Toledo is home to professor Abdul-Majeed Azad, a world-renowned nanotechnologist who won a Nano50 Award fromNASA in 2007 for developing a method of converting steel mill waste into nanoscale iron particles, and is also a recent recipient of theFulbright Distinguished Chair Award.[156]
Nanotek Instruments, a Dayton area company, is a nanomaterial research and development company focused on bringing nanotechnology into consumer applications. Founded in 1997, Nanotek Instruments currently holds some of the oldest intellectual property on the "wonder material" graphene.[157] Nanotek's current research focuses on using the properties of graphene in energy storage applications such as Li-ion batteries and supercapacitors. Their research on graphene based supercapacitors was selected as one of the top five nanotechnologies of 2010.[158]
In 2007, Nanotek Instruments spun off Angstron Materials for the purpose of mass-producing graphene materials.Angstron Materials, also located in Dayton, is currently the world's largest producer of nano graphene platelets.[159] Angstron's graphene platelets are being used in multiple research areas, including energy storage, thermal management, nanocomposites, transparent conducting films, sensor, and lithium-ion batteries.[160]
Other Ohio companies involved in nanotechnology development includeMesoCoat, the winner of three R&D 100 awards;[161] SRICO in Columbus;Cleveland Clinic;Zyvex Performance Materials (developers of thePiranha Unmanned Surface Vessel); PowderMet, a research and development operation;[162]General Electric, NanoFilm,Procter & Gamble,Battelle Memorial Institute, NanoSperse,First Solar,Goodyear Tire and Rubber, and Midwest Optoelectronics, among others.[155]
The Columbus/Dayton corridor is considered one of two "centroids" in America's logistics sector.[163] This is evident in the Dayton region, in part, with the expansion of a 1,000,000-square-foot (93,000 m2) distribution center byCaterpillar Inc. and a majorPayless ShoeSource distribution center.[164] Transportation and warehousing employs 183,000 Ohioans, amounting to a $12 billion industry, or 3.6% of the GSP. Since 2003, Ohio has added 21,500 logistics jobs.[165]
Ohio has the 8th largest highway system, and 4th largest interstate system in the country. Ohio's trucking industry ranks 4th in the nation with a total economic output of $5.2 billion. The state ranks third in the country in total value of inbound and outbound shipments at $907 billion, and first in value of outbound shipments at $244 billion.[165]
Ohio has the fourth largest rail system, and is ranked third in total economic output at $1.3 billion.[165]
Major employers includeBAX Global, now part ofGermany-basedDB Schenker; Total Quality Logistics,UPS,FedEx,Roadway Express,CSX Corp,Pacer International, andABX Air.[165] Parsec Inc., based inCincinnati, controls 45% of the nation's intermodal transportation business.[166][167] The logistics headquarters ofThyssenKrupp Industrial Services North America is located inNorthwood.[168]
Wooster-basedTechniGraphics is a provider of imagery and geospatial services to the U.S. intelligence community.[169]
In 2009, CSX began the construction of a $175 million intermodal facility inNorth Baltimore, employing OCR technology from theSaudi Arabia-based Gulf Stevedoring Contracting Company. As part of their "National Gateway" project, it is a rival to Norfolk Southern's "Heartland Corridor" project.[170][171] Norfolk Southern operates a large intermodal facility in Columbus as part of their "Heartland Corridor," which the company recently[when?] constructed.[172]
Cleveland Ships in October 2010 announced a bid to take overNorthrop Grumman's shipbuilding operations,[173] and later that monthCanada-basedGreat Lakes Feeder Lines announced thePort of Cleveland was a target for its U.S. international container service headquarters, the first on theGreat Lakes.[174]
Ohio's food processing industry produces $23.5 billion in food shipments annually and is #5 nationally.[79] The frozen food industry is the largest sub-industry,[79] surpassing even the state of California by $700 million in frozen food shipments,[79] in which Ohio ships $2.4 billion of frozen food shipments annually.[79] Ohio also ranks 1st out of every state in the United States in frozen food shipments and Ohio's frozen food industry accounts for 20.7% of the United States' frozen food processing.[79]
Several of the world's largest food operating plants are operated in Ohio: the world's largestyogurt processing plant is operated byFrance-basedGroupe Danone inAuglaize County, which announced an $88 million expansion of its facilities in 2011;[175]Campbell's operates the world's largestsoup processing plant inNapoleon,Heinz operates the world's single largestketchup processing plant inFremont, andGeneral Mills operates the world's largestfrozen pizza processing plant inWellston.[79]Nestle maintains a major presence inSolon employing over 2,000 people in a variety of corporate, technical, and production capacities supporting the local manufacture of Hot Pockets, Lean Pockets, Stouffer's, Lean Cuisine, Buitoni, Nestlé Toll House, Libby's pumpkin and Carnation milk.[176]
Major food processing companies in Ohio includeKroger (Cincinnati),T. Marzetti Company (Columbus),The J.M. Smucker Co. (Orrville),The Iams Company (Cincinnati),Shearer's Foods (Massillon),Sunny Delight Beverages (Cincinnati), andGivaudan (Cincinnati).[79] TheBoston Beer Company andJim Beam Brands has operations in Cincinnati.Mane SA, a $1.2 billion processor of flavors and fragrances headquartered in France, maintains their US headquarters and major manufacturing presence inMilford.Wyandot Snacks, based inMarion, andRudolph Foods ofLima, are major family-owned players in the snack space.Pierre's Ice Cream, headquartered in Cleveland, recently underwent an $8 million, 35,000-square-foot (3,300 m2) facility expansion of their operations.[177]
Other food processing sub-industries that Ohio is prominent in includepet food (8.4% of the nation's pet food, ranking in 2nd),ketchup anddressings (7.6% of the nation's ketchup and dressing production, ranking 2nd),cookies andcrackers (9.9% of the nation's production, ranking 4th), andsoft drinks (6.2% of the nation's production, ranking 4th).[79] The county with the most food processing facilities isHamilton County, followed byFranklin County andStark County.[79]
Alpine Cheese inWinesburg is the only manufacturer in theWestern hemisphere ofNorwegianJarlsberg cheese. In October 2010,Coca-Cola announced a $120 million expansion of their existing facilities in Columbus.[178]
Major eateries headquartered in Ohio includeBob Evans Restaurants andWhite Castle (Columbus) andWendy's (Dublin).Buffalo Wild Wings was founded in Columbus in 1982. The firstArby's was located inBoardman.Charley's Grilled Subs is headquartered in Columbus.Perkins Restaurant and Bakery was founded in Cincinnati.TravelCenters of America, which is the second-largest truck stop chain in the country, is headquartered inWestlake. It is also Fortune 500 company.
Toledo-basedMarco's Pizza was named the fastest growing pizza brand in 2023 and now boasts over 1,100 locations in the United States, with 200 more in development.[179]
Through 2008, the state was home to 124 wineries, up from 75 in 1999, producing 4108 employment positions. The industry generated $458 million in revenues and $124 million in wages. 2.2 million visitors toured Ohio's wineries during that year, while the state ranked No. 11 nationally in production and #9 in grape production.[180] Notables include Lake Erie Wineries, Debonne Vineyards, and Ferrante Winery and Ristorante.
Cameron Mitchell Restaurants is headquartered in Columbus.
Ohio-nativeThomas Edison helped contribute to the modern communications world through many of his inventions, including hisstock ticker,Kinetoscope,phonograph, and his contributions to thetelegraph. Ohio residentGranville Woods invented the telegraph, which he sold to theAmerican Bell Telephone Company.
Ohio is in the 1stquintile in the information industry, in terms of establishments for the information industry.[181] In 2002, Ohio had reached 4,143 establishments, which are 3% of the United States' information establishments.[181] Information establishments include printing and publishing establishments, broadcasting establishments, and telecommunications establishments.[181] TheOhio Supercomputer Center is one of the largest supercomputer facilities in the country.
As of 2002, there were approximately 106,754 workers in Ohio working in the information industry.[181] The total industry ranks 8th out of all 50 states in the number of establishments, and 9th in the number of paid workers, which was 106,754 in 2002.[181]
A prime sector in Ohio's information industry is the broadcasting sector.[181] The broadcasting sector ranks 9th out of all 50 states in the number of establishments,[181] which is 1,954,[181] 11th in number of paid workers,[181] and 11th to its contribution to Ohio'sgross state product, which is $6.6 billion.[181]
In the second half of 2010, telecommunications companies announced $540 million in investments and projects in the state, to result in over 20,000 new employment positions.[182]
Major telecommunication employers with headquarters in the state includeCincinnati Bell,Ohio Bell, a subsidiary of AT&T in Cleveland; Ohio Telecom inPort Clinton, RACO Industries inBlue Ash, First Communications in Akron, andHorizon Telcom, Inc. in Chillicothe. Companies with operations in the state includeL-3 Communications,Time Warner,AT&T,Verizon,Sprint, SBA Networks, Collabera Inc.,Cavalier Telephone, Waveland Communications, Embarq, Open Range Communications, Russell Cellular, andWindstream Communications.Frontier Communications in 2010 announced $150 million in investment in the state to upgrade systems and high-speed internet services.[182]
Although since overshadowed bySilicon Valley, Ohio played a major role in the development of the Americaninformation technology sector during the 1960s.Dayton was the birthplace ofLexisNexis, the first successfulcomputer-assisted legal research service. The Ohio Computer Library Center transformed into the Online Computer Library Center as it expanded to serve libraries around the world; today, it goes by the nameOCLC and is still based inDublin.
Today,Miamisburg-basedTeradata is the world's largest data warehousing and enterprise analytics company, andRichfield-basedOEConnection is the world's largest online automotive parts exchange, orOPSX.[183][failed verification] One Call Now, headquartered inTroy, is the nation's largest information notification service and part of INC Magazine's fastest-growing companies list three years in a row,[184][non-primary source needed] whileOneCommand, headquartered inMason, is an integrated and automated, personalized communications firm.
Hyland Software is located in Cleveland and employs 1100+.[185]India-basedTata Group operates an information center inReno,[186] while a software consultancy subsidiaryTata Consultancy Services located inMilford recently[when?] won a Workforce One Investment Board of Southwest Investing in People Award.[187]Virginia-basedComputer Sciences Corporation has operations inDayton,[48] and Zethus Software is located inYoungstown.[188]
Convergys Corporation, the largest holder of outsourcedSAP licenses in the world, is headquartered in Cincinnati.Dublin-based Glomark-Governan is active in Enterprise Value Creation systems.[189] QC Software is headquartered in Cincinnati and a provider of Tier 1 warehouse control systems.[190]Hilliard-based Redemtech, a division ofMicro Center, is involved in technology change management.[191]Veeam Software is located in Dublin, andTOA Technologies is active in cloud computing-based mobile workforce management and based in Ohio's "Silicon Suburb" ofBeachwood.
In July 2010,AT&T announced the construction of a $120 million data center in Akron, their 9th facility dedicated to such for the eastern seaboard of the United States,[192] which was followed by the announcement in August of the construction of a $20 millionInvolta data facility, also in Akron, which will be constructed to meetLEED certification.[193][194]
In October 2010,South Korea-basedNautilus Hyosung, an ATM manufacturer, began operating their global software headquarters inMiamisburg.[195] In December 2010, France-basedAlcatel-Lucent announced a $20.2 million project to move existing operations in Columbus to a new 60,000-square-foot (5,600 m2) facility in the city,[196] followed byNew Jersey-based Zycus, a software company, which announced in January 2011 it was opening offices in the state.[197]
Diebold, the world's third largest ATM manufacturer, announced in 2011 it would construct a new $100 million headquarters in the Akron/Canton area.[198]
A main sector of the industry is the publishing sector.[181] It ranks 9th out of all states in the number of establishments,[181] which is 1,015,[181] 10th in the number of employees,[181] and 13th in its contribution to thegross state product.[181]McGraw-Hill operates a division in Columbus,Brown Publishing Company distributes over 70 publications throughout the state, and was recently[when?] sold toOhio Community Media; American Legal Publishing Corporation, headquartered in Cincinnati, codifies ordinances for 1,800 cities and counties, andKnight-Ridder has its roots in Akron, although now headquartered in California.
Block Communications, located in Toledo, owns major newspapers such as thePittsburgh Post-Gazette, as well as numerous television stations and networks from Idaho to Illinois. TheE.W. Scripps Company, headquartered in Cincinnati, is a major American media company with newspapers from Florida, Texas, to California, and owns television stations located in markets from Baltimore to Phoenix.
Ohio is home to somemajor legal firms, includingJones Day andSquire Patton Boggs, headquartered in Cleveland. The state is also home to some of the United States' largest firms, includingBaker Hostetler in Cleveland,Taft Stettinius & Hollister,Frost Brown Todd, andDinsmore & Shohl in Cincinnati, andVorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease in Columbus.
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Ohio is home to major retailers such asMacy's,Luxottica,Abercrombie & Fitch Co.,Limited Brands,Victoria's Secret,Pink (Victoria's Secret),Bath & Body Works,Express,Big Lots, Inc.,Value City,Tween Brands,Lane Bryant andDSW.Lululemon Athletica,Gap, Inc,Eddie Bauer andJCPenney also have major distribution centers inColumbus.
In 2009 voters approved a ballot initiative allowing the construction of four new casinos in the state. Thirty months later Horseshoe Casino Cleveland, developed by Rock Gaming LLC and Caesars Entertainment Corporation, became Ohio's first casino, when it opened on May 14, 2012.[199] Hollywood Toledo, developed and operated by Penn National Gaming, opened 2 weeks later on May 29 followed by Hollywood Columbus, which opened on October 8, 2012.[200] Horseshoe Cincinnati is expected to be the state's fourth and final full-service casino when it opens on March 4, 2013.[201]
Ohio has two of the largest amusement parks in North America:Cedar Point inSandusky andKings Island inMason. Other major attractions include theRock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland; thePro Football Hall of Fame inCanton; theBass Islands near Sandusky; theNational Museum of the United States Air Force, the world's largest and oldest military aviation museum located in Dayton;The Wilds, one of the world's largest conservation centers located inCumberland; theColumbus Zoo and Aquarium;Lake Erie; and the annualArnold Sports Festival in Columbus. Other notable attractions include theToledo Museum of Art, theNational McKinley Birthplace Memorial inNiles, theEgypt Valley Wildlife Area inBelmont County, theStan Hywet Hall and Gardens in Akron, theCincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, theGreat Lakes Science Center in Cleveland, theCenter of Science and Industry in Columbus, theBoonshoft Museum of Discovery in Dayton, the125 historic covered bridges located throughout the state and theGreat Serpent Mound inAdams County.
Toledo has been home to theNational Museum of the Great Lakes since 2014. Docked at the museum, on the right bank of theMaumee River, is theCol. James M. Schoonmaker, a 617 ft. long museum ship that was once the largest freighter on the Great Lakes.[202]
Notable hospitality venues include theRitz-Carlton and InterContinental Suites in Cleveland, Westin's The Great Southern Hotel and theHyatt Regency in Columbus, and The Cincinnatian Hotel in Cincinnati.
The motion picture industry has had a steady presence in the state for decades. Production companies include Hemlock Films, Tri-C, Access Video, Creative Technology, Second Story Productions, and Shadetree Films in the Cleveland area; Media Magic Productions, which includes an Emmy-winning producer, and Classic Worldwide Productions in the Toledo area; BCB Productions, Mills James, one of the nation's largest independent production companies, I'AMedia, Arginate Studios, Media Source, and Ascension 7 Films in the Columbus area; and Bright Light Productions, J. Cage Productions, and Panoptic Media in the southwestern Ohio area.[203] Studios and sound stages include RISE Studios and CSI Production Concepts in Cincinnati, Cleveland Audio Visual, and Gaiam Inc. in West Chester.
Since the Ohio Film Tax Credit was signed in July 2009, twelve projects have received approval with a combined budget of $76.4 million through spring 2011.[204] The legislation makes eligible projects over $300,000 in production costs to receive up to 25% reimbursement up to $5 million and 35% for locally employing. The legislation resulted in 9 movies filmed or planned in northeast Ohio alone in 2010, resulting $9.46 million in wages for 3700 local employees, with an economic impact of $24.3 million for local businesses.[205] In 2010 expenditures on film in the state were estimated to total over $31 million, filming in locations that include Akron and Cincinnati also.[206] In 2011,Marvel Studios announced it would be filming portions ofThe Avengers in the Cleveland area, the largest film production in state history.[204]
Other films that went into production in 2011 included "Boot Tracks" starringStephen Dorff, "Confession" starringDanny Glover andMelissa Leo,[207] "The Yank" starringFred Willard, and the film adaptation of "I, Alex Cross". The video game Galaxy Command is also slated for production.[207] These productions will contribute to a further $17.1 million economic impact on the state.[208]
Academy Award-winning films with production occurring in Ohio have includedTerms of Endearment,The Silence of the Lambs,The Deer Hunter,Rain Man, andTraffic. Other notable films includeAir Force One,Men in Black,Shawshank Redemption,The Rainmaker,The Soloist,Eight Men Out,Tango and Cash,Major League,Spider-Man 3,A Christmas Story, andHappy Gilmore.[209][210][211]
Ohio is in the early stages of the development and exploration of the Utica-Point Pleasant deposits in Ohio with more than 1,000 wells drilled.[212] The hydraulic fracturing process enables energy companies to tap into shale deposits to extract oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids, and condensate.
Ohio is home to four majoroil refineries, with two located inOregon and one each in Lima and Canton. These facilities represented nearly 600,000 barrels per day of refining capacity as of 2018[update].[213]
Ohio had an estimated $575 billion in total personal income in 2018.[214] The mean household income for the top 5% in the state is $296,000.
According to theBureau of Labor Statistics in 2018, the mean wage for Ohioans was $48,220. The highest paid professionals in the state were concentrated in the medical fields.Anesthesiologists, with average mean wage of $285,000, were the highest paid, followed by surgeons at $267,680,obstetricians andgynecologists at $255,560,orthodontists at $228,420, general internists at $219,910, and all otherphysicians at $212,160. Average mean wage for other selected professionals include chief executive officers at $201,100, computer and information research scientists at $135,510, financial managers at $135,610, postsecondary health specialty teachers at $130,280, human resource managers at $123,680, industrial production managers at $109,190, nurse practitioners at $101,970, and police officers at $61,040.[215]
The state of Ohio's residents in 2017 had an overall $45,615 per capita personal income, up from $36,360 in 2010. Ohio's per capita income is 29th in the US and is 91% of the national average.[216]
According to theUnited States Census Bureau, there are an estimated 5,045,356 houses in Ohio, of which 4,499,506, or about 89.2% are estimated to be occupied;[217] this is 0.8% above the national average rate of occupation.[217] Houses with a mortgage are estimated to cost owners about $1,216 per month,[217] which is $186 below the national average.[217] The United States Census Bureau also estimates that 3,150,239 houses are owner-occupied,[217] or about 70%, which is 2.7% above the national average, and that an estimated 1,349,267 houses are renter-occupied.[217] The median house value is $135,200,[217] which is a significant $50,000 below the national average. Also, there are an estimated 545,850 unoccupied houses.[217] The highest number of houses in Ohio were built from 1940 to 1959 (1,175,325 houses),[218] and that 3,058,721 houses are in some way dependent on utility gas.[218]
In late 2009, the average home value in Cleveland was $139,900, Cincinnati $149,900, and Columbus $164,900.[219] Clear Capital's Home Data Index in July 2009 showed that Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati led the nation in home value increases, up 19.6, 15.6 and 12.9 percent.[220] The top five counties through November 2006 for average listing price wereGeauga County at $388,822,Ottawa County at $314,786,Union County at $306,872,Warren County at $267,236, andHamilton County at $237,965.[221]
Some historians suggest Ohio is the birthplace of public housing, having submitted the first application for such to thePublic Works Administration in 1933. The state was also the first to establish a local public housing authority.Ernest J. Bohn, a Romanian immigrant to Cleveland, is credited as a pioneer inpublic housing.[222]
The 2022 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR) toCongress, produced by TheU.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, estimated that 10,654 Ohioans faced homelessness during the year, representing 9 in every 10,000 individuals.[223] Over 80% of the homeless were sheltered.[223] This population was made up of 3,214 people who belonged to families with children, 703 unaccompanied youth, 633veterans, and 1,023 chronically homeless individuals.[223]
Homelessness in Ohio has been declining, asOhio ranks as one of theU.S. states with lower rates of homelessness and has a strong support system in place for the homeless population.[223] Although unchanged in recent years, the 2022 homeless population in Ohio saw a 5.4% decrease from 2007.[223] The AHAR concluded that since 2007, Ohio had seen the fourth largest decrease by state in chronic homelessness, with 1,285, or 55.7%, of the chronically homeless population escaping the cycle.[223] However, all three major cities in Ohio experienced increased homeless populations due to housing shortages in 2023.[224][225][226]
In a 1986 study of nearly 1,000 homeless individuals in Ohio, it was determined that Ohio's homeless population was quite different from traditional homeless communities. Most of the studied individuals had lived in no more than two places in the month before the study, with 65% of them having either been born in thecounty they lived in or lived in that county for at least a year.[227] Furthermore, 87% of the population had held a job in the past, and 25% had been working in the month before being interviewed.[227]A new report by the Quantitative Economics and Statistics Practices (QUEST) of Ernst & Young in conjunction with the Council On State Taxation (COST), ranks Ohio as third in the nation for friendliest tax environment. The study, "Competitiveness of state and local business taxes on new investment," provides a state-by-state comparison of tax liabilities. The top five states ranked with the lowest effective tax rate on new investment are: (1) Maine (3.0%); (2) Oregon (3.8%); (3) Ohio (4.4%); (4) Wisconsin (4.5%); and (5) Illinois (4.6%).[33]
According to the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, Ohio's top personal income tax rate ranks #25 as of 2014[update].[228] The rate has been steadily declining since the 2005 tax reform, dropping from $11,506.20 + 7.5% of excess over $200,000 in 2004 to $8,671.63 + 5.421% of excess over $208,500 in 2013.[229] Ohio has replaced its corporate income tax with a gross receipts tax called the Commercial Activity Tax (CAT).[229] Businesses with annual taxable gross receipts of more than $150,000 are subject to an annual minimum CAT of $150.[229] Businesses with annual taxable gross receipts in excess of $1 million are subject to the annual minimum CAT of $150 plus apply a CAT effective rate of .26% on receipts above $1 million on a quarterly basis (with a $250,000 quarterly exclusion).[229] Ohio is #24 in average property taxes at 3.016% of personal income, but the taxes vary by city and district. The state is #29 in overall average percentage of income used for sales, excise, and gross receipt taxes at 3.234%.[230]
Below are the simple personal income tax rates for Ohio:[229]
| Income range | Tax rate per dollar earned |
|---|---|
| $0–$26050 | $0 |
| $26050–$100000 | $360.69 + 2.75% of excess over $26,050 |
| More than $100000 | $2,394.32 + 3.5% of excess over $100,000 |
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