Editing Ohio (section)

{{Short description|U.S. state}}
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{{Infobox U.S. state
| name = Ohio
| image_flag = Flag of Ohio.svg
| flag_border = no
| flag_link = Flag of Ohio
| image_seal = Seal of Ohio (B&W).svg
| seal_link = Seal of Ohio
| image_map = Ohio in United States.svg
| nicknames = The Buckeye State;<br />Birthplace of Aviation; The Heart of It All
| motto = "[[With God, all things are possible]]"<ref>{{cite web|title=Ohio's State Motto|publisher=Ohio Historical Society|date=July 1, 2005|url=http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=1885|access-date=March 27, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071006062224/http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=1885|archive-date=October 6, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref>
| anthem = "[[Beautiful Ohio]]"<ref name="GOVRES" /><br />[[File:Beautiful Ohio - Henry Burr & Ruth Lenox, 1919.ogg|center]]
| seat = [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Ohio Quick Facts|publisher=Ohio Historical Society|url=https://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/ohio_quick_facts.php|access-date=March 26, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208222032/http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/ohio_quick_facts.php|archive-date=February 8, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="CITY">{{cite web |title=City of Columbus: Fun Facts |publisher=City of Columbus, Ohio |year=2006 |url=http://home.columbus.gov/GenInfo/index.asp |access-date=March 26, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501070353/http://home.columbus.gov/GenInfo/index.asp |archive-date=May 1, 2009 }}</ref>
| LargestCity = capital
| LargestMetro = [[Greater Cleveland]] (combined and urban)<br>[[Cincinnati metropolitan area|Cincinnati]] (metro)<br />[[Columbus metropolitan area, Ohio|Columbus]] (metro)<br />(see footnotes){{efn|According to the U.S. Census,<ref>[https://www.census.gov July 2017 Annual Estimate] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961227012639/https://www.census.gov/ |date=December 27, 1996 }}</ref> Greater Columbus is the largest [[Metropolitan statistical area]] (MSA) that is ''entirely within'' Ohio, with a population of 2,078,725; and Greater Cincinnati is the largest MSA that is ''at least partially'' within Ohio, with a population of 2,179,082, approximately 25% of which is in Indiana or Kentucky. Which MSA is the largest ''in Ohio'' depends on the context.}}<!-- See talk page AND OBTAIN CONSENSUS before altering this. -->
| Languages = English 93.3%<br />Spanish 2.2%<br />Other 4.5%<ref name="census1">{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_1YR_DP02&prodType=table|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212212624/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_1YR_DP02&prodType=table|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 12, 2020|title=American FactFinder—Results|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|website=factfinder2.census.gov|access-date=October 17, 2012}}</ref>
| population_demonym = Ohioan; Buckeye<ref name="DNR"/> (colloq.)
| Governor = {{nowrap|[[Mike DeWine]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]])}}
| Lieutenant Governor = {{nowrap|[[Jim Tressel]] (R)}}
| Legislature = [[Ohio General Assembly|General Assembly]]
| Upperhouse = [[Ohio Senate|Senate]]
| Lowerhouse = [[Ohio House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]
| Judiciary = [[Supreme Court of Ohio]]
| Senators = {{nowrap|[[Bernie Moreno]] (R)}}<br />{{nowrap|[[Jon Husted]] (R)}}
| Representative = 10 Republicans<br /> 5 [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]]
| TradAbbreviation = O., Oh.
| postal_code = OH<ref>{{cite web|title=Official USPS Abbreviations |publisher=United States Postal Service |year=1998
| url                     = https://www.usps.com/ncsc/lookups/usps_abbreviations.html
| access-date              = March 26, 2009
| url-status              = dead
| archive-url              = https://web.archive.org/web/20090328210335/https://www.usps.com/ncsc/lookups/usps_abbreviations.html
| archive-date             = March 28, 2009
| df                      = mdy-all }}</ref>
| OfficialLang = ''[[De jure]]'': None<br />''[[De facto]]'': English
| area_rank = 34th
| area_total_sq_mi = 44,825
| area_total_km2 = 116,096
| area_land_sq_mi = 40,948
| area_land_km2 = 106,156
| area_water_sq_mi = 3,877
| area_water_km2 = 10,040
| area_water_percent = 8.7
| population_rank = 7th
| population_as_of = 2024
| 2010Pop = {{IncreaseNeutral}} 11,883,304<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/OH |accessdate=January 4, 2025|title= United States Census Quick Facts Ohio}}</ref>
| population_density_rank = 10th
| 2000DensityUS = 282
| 2000Density = 109
| MedianHouseholdIncome = ${{round|67769|-2}} (2<span>0</span>23)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2024/demo/acsbr-023.pdf|title=Household Income in States and Metropolitan Areas: 2023|accessdate=January 12, 2025}}</ref>
| IncomeRank = [[List of U.S. states and territories by income#States and territories ranked by median household income|36th]]
| AdmittanceOrder = 17th,<br />declared retroactively on<br />{{Start date and age|1953|8|7}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The Admission of Ohio as a State |publisher=United States House of Representatives |url=https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1951-2000/The-admission-of-Ohio-as-a-state/ |access-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110193143/https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1951-2000/The-admission-of-Ohio-as-a-state/ |archive-date=November 10, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| AdmittanceDate = {{Start date and age|1803|3|1}}<ref name="MS" />
| timezone1 = [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern]]
| utc_offset1 = −05:00
| timezone1_DST = [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]]
| utc_offset1_DST = −04:00
| Latitude = 38°24′ N to 41°59′ N
| Longitude = 80°31′ W to 84°49′ W
| width_mi = 220
| width_km = 355
| length_mi = 220
| length_km = 355
| elevation_max_point = [[Campbell Hill (Ohio)|Campbell Hill]]<ref name=USGS>{{cite web |url=http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/booklets/elvadist/elvadist.html |title=Elevations and Distances in the United States |publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]] |year=2001 |access-date=October 24, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722022527/http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/booklets/elvadist/elvadist.html |archive-date=July 22, 2012 }}</ref>{{efn|name=NAVD88|Elevation adjusted to [[North American Vertical Datum of 1988]]}}
| elevation_max_ft = 1,549
| elevation_max_m = 472
| elevation_ft = 850
| elevation_m = 260
| elevation_min_point = [[Ohio River]] at {{nowrap|[[Indiana]] border}}<ref name=USGS/>{{efn|name=NAVD88}}
| elevation_min_ft = 455
| elevation_min_m = 139
| iso_code = US-OH
| website = https://ohio.gov
| Capital = [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]]
| Representatives = 
}}
{{Infobox region symbols|country=United States
| state               = Ohio
| image_flag               = Flag of Ohio.svg
| image_flag_border         = no
| image_seal               = Seal of Ohio (B&W).svg
| amphibian          = [[Spotted salamander]]
| bird               = [[Northern cardinal|Cardinal]] (1933)<ref name="GOVRES" />
| butterfly          =
| crustacean         =
| fish               =
| flower             = {{ubl|[[Dianthus caryophyllus|Red carnation]] (1904)<ref name="GOVRES" />
|[[Trillium grandiflorum|Great white trillium]] (1986)<ref name="GOVRES" /> (wildflower)}}
| grass              =
|insect              = [[Coccinellidae|Ladybug]] (1975)<ref name="GOVRES" />
|mammal              = [[White-tailed deer]] (1987)<ref name="GOVRES">{{cite web| title = Ohio's State Symbols| publisher = Ohio Governor's Residence and State Garden| url = http://www.governorsresidence.ohio.gov/children/symbols.aspx| access-date = March 26, 2009| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090423055259/http://www.governorsresidence.ohio.gov/children/symbols.aspx| archive-date = April 23, 2009| url-status = live}}</ref>
| reptile            = [[Coluber constrictor|Black racer snake]] (1995)<ref name="GOVRES" />
| tree               = [[Aesculus glabra|Buckeye]] (1953)<ref name="GOVRES" />
| beverage           = [[Tomato juice]] (1965)<ref name="GOVRES" />
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| fossil             = ''[[Isotelus|Isotelus maximus]]'', a [[trilobite]] (1985)<ref name="GOVRES" />
| gemstone           = Ohio [[flint]] (1965)<ref name="GOVRES" />
| instrument         =
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| slogan             = ''The Heart Of It All''
| soil               =
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| fruit              = [[Asimina triloba|Pawpaw]]
| image_route       = OH-7.svg
| image_quarter            = 2002 OH Proof.png
| quarter_release_date = 2002
}}
'''Ohio''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=en-us-Ohio.ogg|oʊ|ˈ|h|aɪ|.|oʊ}} {{respell|oh|HY|oh}})<ref>{{Cite Merriam-Webster|Ohio|accessdate=2024-03-08}}</ref> is a [[U.S. state|state]] in the [[Midwestern United States|Midwestern]] region of the [[United States]]. It borders [[Lake Erie]] to the north, [[Pennsylvania]] to the east, [[West Virginia]] to the southeast, [[Kentucky]] to the southwest, [[Indiana]] to the west, and [[Michigan]] to the northwest. Of the 50 [[List of states and territories of the United States|U.S. states]], it is the [[List of U.S. states and territories by area|34th-largest by area]]. With a population of nearly 11.9 million, Ohio is the [[List of U.S. states and territories by population|seventh-most populous]] and [[List of U.S. states and territories by population density|tenth-most densely populated state]]. Its [[List of capitals in the United States|capital]] and [[List of cities in Ohio|most populous city]] is [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]], with the two other major [[Metropolitan statistical area|metropolitan centers]] being [[Cleveland]] and [[Cincinnati]], alongside [[Dayton, Ohio|Dayton]], [[Akron, Ohio|Akron]], and [[Toledo, Ohio|Toledo]]. Ohio is nicknamed the "Buckeye State" after its [[Aesculus glabra|Ohio buckeye trees]], and Ohioans are also known as "Buckeyes".<ref name="DNR">{{cite web|date=November 1998|title=Why is Ohio known as the Buckeye State and why are Ohioans known as Buckeyes?|url=https://forestry.ohiodnr.gov/portals/forestry/pdfs/buckeyestate.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412012307/https://forestry.ohiodnr.gov/portals/forestry/pdfs/buckeyestate.pdf|archive-date=April 12, 2019|access-date=December 7, 2018}}</ref>

Ohio derives its name from the [[Ohio River]] that forms its southern border, which, in turn, originated from the [[Seneca language|Seneca]] word ''{{Lang|see|ohiːyo'}}'', meaning "good river", "great river", or "large creek".<ref>{{cite web |title=Quick Facts About the State of Ohio |url=http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/ohio_quick_facts.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127153916/http://ohiohistorycentral.org/ohio_quick_facts.php |archive-date=November 27, 2010 |access-date=July 2, 2010 |publisher=Ohio History Central |quote=From Iroquois word meaning 'great river'}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://americanindianstudies.osu.edu/ohio.cfm |title=Native Ohio |access-date=February 25, 2007 |website=American Indian Studies |publisher=[[Ohio State University]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070202230727/http://americanindianstudies.osu.edu/ohio.cfm<!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=February 2, 2007 |quote=Ohio comes from the Seneca (Iroquoian) ohiiyo' 'good river' |url-status=dead }}</ref> The state was home to several ancient indigenous civilizations, with humans present as early as 10,000 BCE. It arose from the lands west of the [[Appalachian Mountains]] that were contested by various native tribes and European colonists from the 17th century through the [[Northwest Indian War]]s of the late 18th century. Ohio was partitioned from the [[Northwest Territory]], the first frontier of the new United States, becoming the 17th state admitted to the Union on March 1, 1803, and the first under the [[Northwest Ordinance]].<ref name="MS">{{cite book |author=Mary Stockwell |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VJKroULBUpgC&pg=PA88 |title=Ohio Adventure |publisher=Gibbs Smith |year=2006 |isbn=978-1-4236-2382-3 |page=88 |access-date=June 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150331200155/http://books.google.com/books?id=VJKroULBUpgC |archive-date=March 31, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="WD">{{cite book|author=William M. Davidson|title=A History of the United States |url=https://archive.org/details/ahistoryuniteds08unkngoog |year=1902|publisher=Scott, Foresman and Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/ahistoryuniteds08unkngoog/page/n294 265]|access-date=June 16, 2015}}</ref> It was the first post-colonial [[Slave states and free states|free state]] admitted to the union and became one of the earliest and most influential industrial powerhouses during the 20th century.

Although Ohio has shifted to a more [[Knowledge economy|information]] and [[Service economy|service-based economy]] in the 21st century, it remains an industrial state, ranking [[List of U.S. states and territories by GDP|seventh in GDP]] {{As of|2019|lc=y}},<ref>{{Cite web|title=U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP), by state 2019 |website=Statista |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/248023/us-gross-domestic-product-gdp-by-state/|access-date=December 28, 2020 |language=en |archive-date=November 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120095452/https://www.statista.com/statistics/248023/us-gross-domestic-product-gdp-by-state/|url-status=live}}</ref> with the third-largest manufacturing sector and second-largest automobile production.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Girardi-Schachter |first=Taylor |date=September 3, 2019 |title=Top 10 States For Manufacturing 2019 |url=https://www.globaltrademag.com/top-10-states-for-manufacturing-2019/ |access-date=December 31, 2019 |website=Global Trade Magazine |archive-date=December 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203150536/https://www.globaltrademag.com/top-10-states-for-manufacturing-2019/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Seven [[presidents of the United States]] have [[List of presidents of the United States by home state|come from the state]], earning it the moniker "the Mother of Presidents".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ohio Presidents – Ohio Secretary of State |url=https://www.ohiosos.gov/profile-ohio/people/ohio-presidents/ |access-date=December 28, 2020|website=Ohiosos.gov |archive-date=January 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121044026/https://www.ohiosos.gov/profile-ohio/people/ohio-presidents/|url-status=dead}}</ref>