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| State
Home Page: | |
http://www.state.oh.us/ | | Capital: | | Columbus | | Year Admitted
to Union: | | 1803 -
17th | | Population: | |
11,464,042 (2005) |
| Density: | | 277.3
persons per sq. mi. (10th) | | Per Capita
Income: | | $29,953
(22nd) | | Land Area: | | 41,330
sq mi (35th) | | Percent
of Land Federally Owned: | | 1.5 | | Governor: | | Ted Strickland |
| Lottery start-up date: | | 1974 | |
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| | Ethnicity | | White
persons: | | 9,755,900 (85.1%) |
| Persons
of Hispanic or Latino origin: | | 263,673 (2.3%) |
| African-American
or Black persons: | | 1,364,221 (11.9%) |
| American
Indian & Alaska Native persons: | | 22,928 (0.2%) |
| Asian,
Pacific Islander & Native Hawaiian persons: | | 160,496 (1.4%) |
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| | Legislature | | Seats
in House: | | 99 two-year term approximate district population: 111,000 | | Seats
in Senate: | | 33 four-year term | | Number
of Constitutions: | | 2 | | Effective
Date of Present Constitution: | | Sept.
1, 1851 | | U.S. Congressional Representatives: | | 18 | | Curious
Facts: | | Oberlin College, founded in 1833, was the first college in the United States to admit women.Cincinnati had the first professional city fire department and the first ambulance service. |
| | | Ohio was
the first state created from the Northwest Territory | | | | The Ohio
State University is the nation's largest single university campus | | | | The first
dental school in the nation was started in 1828 at Bainbridge by Dr. John
M. Harris | | | | Brothers
Wilbur and Orville Wright developed the first airplane. | | Sources
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