Editing Ohio (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1800 = 45365
| 1810 = 230760
| 1820 = 581434
| 1830 = 937903
| 1840 = 1519467
| 1850 = 1980329
| 1860 = 2339511
| 1870 = 2665260
| 1880 = 3198062
| 1890 = 3672329
| 1900 = 4157545
| 1910 = 4767121
| 1920 = 5759394
| 1930 = 6646697
| 1940 = 6907612
| 1950 = 7946627
| 1960 = 9706397
| 1970 = 10652017
| 1980 = 10797630
| 1990 = 10847115
| 2000 = 11353140
| 2010 = 11536504
| 2020 = 11799448
| estyear = 2024
| estimate = 11883304
| estref = <ref>{{cite web |title=Ohio |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/OH/PST045224 |website=census.gov |access-date=December 20, 2024 }}</ref>
| align-fn = center
| footnote = Source: 1910–2020<ref>{{cite web |title=Historical Population Change Data (1910–2020) |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/dec/popchange-data-text.html |website=Census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=May 1, 2021 |archive-date=April 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429012609/https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/dec/popchange-data-text.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
}}

===Population===
From just over 45,000 residents in 1800, Ohio's population grew faster than 10% per decade (except for the [[1940 census]]) until the [[1970 United States census|1970 census]], which recorded just over 10.65 million Ohioans.<ref>{{cite web|title=Census of Population: 1970, Part 37—Ohio, Section 1|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|year=1970|url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_oh1-01.pdf|access-date=March 27, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100415053910/http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_oh1-01.pdf|archive-date=April 15, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> Growth then slowed for the next four decades.<ref>{{cite web |last=Balistreri |first=Kelly |title=Ohio Population News: Why did Ohio lose a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives? |publisher=Center for Family and Demographic Research at [[Bowling Green State University]] |date=February 2001 |url=http://www.bgsu.edu/downloads/cas/file36222.pdf |access-date=March 27, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516165832/http://www.bgsu.edu/downloads/cas/file36222.pdf |archive-date=May 16, 2008 }}</ref> The [[United States Census Bureau]] counted 11,808,848 in the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], a 2.4% increase since the [[2010 United States census]].<ref name=2020census>{{cite web |title=Apportionment population and number of representatives by state: 2020 census |url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/2020/data/apportionment/apportionment-2020-table01.pdf |publisher=US Census Bureau |date=April 26, 2021 |access-date=April 26, 2021 |archive-date=April 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426194028/https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/2020/data/apportionment/apportionment-2020-table01.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Ohio's population growth lags that of the entire United States, and [[White Americans|whites]] are found in a greater density than the U.S. average. {{As of|2000}}, Ohio's [[center of population]] is located in [[Morrow County, Ohio|Morrow County]],<ref name="POPCENTER">{{cite web|title=2000 Population and Geographic Centers of Ohio |publisher=Ohio Department of Development, Office of Strategic Research |date=March 2001 |url=http://www.odod.state.oh.us/research/FILES/G101.pdf |access-date=March 26, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051124004820/http://www.odod.state.oh.us/research/FILES/G101.pdf |archive-date=November 24, 2005 }}</ref> in the [[county seat]] of [[Mount Gilead, Ohio|Mount Gilead]].<ref name="POPCEN">{{cite web|title=Population and Population Centers by State: 2000 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=December 6, 2008 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/cenpop/statecenters.txt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508041813/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cenpop/statecenters.txt |archive-date=May 8, 2013 }}</ref> This is approximately {{convert|6346|ft|m}} south and west of Ohio's population center in 1990.<ref name="POPCENTER" />
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[[file:Ohio change in population by county 2010 to 2020.svg|thumb|right|Population growth by county in Ohio between the 2010 and 2020 censuses. {{legend|#800000|-10 to -5 percent}}
{{legend|#ff0000|-5 to -2 percent}}
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{{legend|#80ff80|0 to 2 percent}}
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As of 2011, 27.6% of Ohio's children under the age of 1 belonged to minority groups.<ref>"[http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2012/06/americas_under_age_1_populatio.html Americans under age{{nbsp}}1 now mostly minorities, but not in Ohio: Statistical Snapshot] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714084214/http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2012/06/americas_under_age_1_populatio.html |date=July 14, 2016 }}". ''[[The Plain Dealer]]''. June 3, 2012.</ref> Approximately 6.2% of Ohio's population was under five years of age, 23.7% under 18 years of age, and 14.1% were 65 or older; females made up an estimated 51.2% of the population.

According to [[United States Department of Housing and Urban Development|HUD]]'s 2022 [[Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress|Annual Homeless Assessment Report]], there were an estimated 10,654 [[Homelessness|homeless]] people in Ohio.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2007-2022 PIT Counts by State |url=https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huduser.gov%2Fportal%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fxls%2F2007-2022-PIT-Counts-by-State.xlsx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK |access-date=March 13, 2023 |archive-date=March 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314020239/https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huduser.gov%2Fportal%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fxls%2F2007-2022-PIT-Counts-by-State.xlsx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Part 1: point-in-time estimates of homelessness |work=The 2022 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress |url=https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/2022-AHAR-Part-1.pdf |date=December 2022 |publisher=HUD USER |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115000413/https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/2022-AHAR-Part-1.pdf |archive-date=November 15, 2023 }}</ref>

{{See also|Homelessness in Ohio}}

====Birth data====
''Note: Births in table do not add up because Hispanics are counted both by their ethnicity and by their race, giving a higher overall number.''

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
|+ Live births by single race/ethnicity of mother
|-
! [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|Race]]
! 2013<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr64/nvsr64_01.pdf |title=National Vital Statistics Reports |series=Volume 64, Number 1 |date=January 15, 2015 |first1=B. E. |last1=Hamilton |first2=J. A. |last2=Martin |first3=M. J.K. |last3=Osterman |first4=S. C. |last4=Curtin |first5=T.J. |last5=Mathews |website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |access-date=June 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911162514/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr64/nvsr64_01.pdf |archive-date=September 11, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! 2014<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr64/nvsr64_12.pdf |title=National Vital Statistics Reports |date=December 23, 2015 |series=Volume 64, Number 12 |first1=B. E. |last1=Hamilton |first2=J. A. |last2=Martin |first3=M. J.K. |last3=Osterman |first4=S. C. |last4=Curtin |first5=T.J. |last5=Mathews |website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |access-date=June 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214040341/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr64/nvsr64_12.pdf |archive-date=February 14, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! 2015<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr66/nvsr66_01.pdf |title=National Vital Statistics Reports |date=January 5, 2017 |series=Volume 66, Number 1 |first1=B. E. |last1=Hamilton |first2=J. A. |last2=Martin |first3=M. J.K. |last3=Osterman |first4=A. K. |last4=Driscoll |first5=T.J. |last5=Mathews |website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |access-date=June 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831155911/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr66/nvsr66_01.pdf |archive-date=August 31, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! 2016<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr67_01.pdf |title=National Vital Statistics Reports |date=January 31, 2018 |series=Volume 67, Number 1 |first1=B. E. |last1=Hamilton |first2=J. A. |last2=Martin |first3=M. J.K. |last3=Osterman |first4=A. K. |last4=Driscoll |first5=P. |last5=Drake |website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |access-date=May 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180603002249/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr67_01.pdf |archive-date=June 3, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! 2017<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr67_08-508.pdf |title=National Vital Statistics Reports |date=November 7, 2018 |series=Volume 67, Number 8 |first1=B. E. |last1=Hamilton |first2=J. A. |last2=Martin |first3=M. J.K. |last3=Osterman |first4=A. K. |last4=Driscoll |first5=P. |last5=Drake |website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |access-date=February 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201210916/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr67_08-508.pdf |archive-date=February 1, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! 2018<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr68/nvsr68_13-508.pdf |title=National Vital Statistics Reports |date=November 27, 2019 |series=Volume 68, Number 13 |first1=B. E. |last1=Hamilton |first2=J. A. |last2=Martin |first3=M. J. K. |last3=Osterman |first4=A. K. |last4=Driscoll |website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |access-date=December 21, 2019 |archive-date=November 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128161211/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr68/nvsr68_13-508.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
! 2019<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr70/nvsr70-02-508.pdf |title=National Vital Statistics Reports |date=March 23, 2021 |series=Volume 70, Number 2  |first1=B. E. |last1=Hamilton |first2=J. A. |last2=Martin |first3=M. J.K. |last3=Osterman |first4=A. K. |last4=Driscoll |website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |access-date=April 1, 2021 |archive-date=March 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324160631/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr70/nvsr70-02-508.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
! 2020<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr70/nvsr70-17.pdf |title=National Vital Statistics Reports |date=February 7, 2022 |series=Volume 70, Number 17 |first1=B. E. |last1=Hamilton |first2=J. A. |last2=Martin |first3=M. J.K. |last3=Osterman |first4=A. K. |last4=Driscoll |first5=C. P. |last5=Valenzuela |website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |access-date=February 20, 2022 |archive-date=February 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210175206/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr70/NVSR70-17.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
! 2021<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr72/nvsr72-01.pdf |title=National Vital Statistics Reports |date=January 31, 2023 |series=Volume 72, Number 1 |first1=B. E. |last1=Hamilton |first2=J. A. |last2=Martin |first3=M. J.K. |last3=Osterman |first4=A. K. |last4=Driscoll |first5=C. P. |last5=Valenzuela |website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |access-date=February 3, 2022 |archive-date=February 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201003942/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr72/nvsr72-01.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
! 2022<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr73/nvsr73-02.pdf |title=Data |website=www.cdc.gov |access-date=2024-04-05 |archive-date=April 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404230758/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr73/nvsr73-02.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
! 2023<ref>
{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr74/nvsr74-1.pdf |title=Data |website=www.cdc.gov |access-date=2025-04-12}}</ref>
|-
| [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]]
| 104,059 (74.9%)
| 104,102 (74.6%)
| 103,586 (74.4%)
| 100,225 (72.6%)
| 98,762 (72.1%)
| 97,423 (72.1%)
| 95,621 (71.1%)
| 92,033 (71.2%)
| 92,761 (71.5%)
| 90,671 (70.7%)
| 88,799 (70.0%)
|-
| [[African Americans|Black]]
| 24,952 (18.0%)
| 24,931 (17.9%)
| 25,078 (18.0%)
| 22,337 (16.2%)
| 22,431 (16.4%)
| 22,201 (16.4%)
| 22,555 (16.8%)
| 21,447 (16.6%)
| 20,748 (16.0%)
| 20,380 (15.9%)
| 20,107 (15.8%)
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
| 3,915 (2.8%)
| 4,232 (3.0%)
| 4,367 (3.1%)
| 4,311 (3.1%)
| 4,380 (3.2%)
| 4,285 (3.2%)
| 4,374 (3.3%)
| 3,995 (3.1%)
| 3,862 (3.0%)
| 3,923 (3.1%)
| 3,862 (3.0%)
|-
| [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]]
| 320 (0.2%)
| 301 (0.2%)
| 253 (0.2%)
| 128 (0.1%)
| 177 (0.1%)
| 169 (0.1%)
| 204 (0.2%)
| 102 (>0.1%)
| 107 (>0.1%)
| 89 (>0.1%)
| 72 (>0.1%)
|-
| ''[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]'' (any race)
| ''6,504'' (4.7%)
| ''6,884'' (4.9%)
| ''6,974'' (5.0%)
| ''7,420'' (5.4%)
| ''7,468'' (5.5%)
| ''7,432'' (5.5%)
| ''7,725'' (5.7%)
| ''7,669'' (5.9%)
| ''8,228'' (6.3%)
| ''9,062'' (7.1%)
| ''9,748'' (7.7%)
|-
| '''Total'''
| '''138,936''' (100%)
| '''139,467''' (100%)
| '''139,264''' (100%)
| '''138,085''' (100%)
| '''136,832''' (100%)
| '''135,134''' (100%)
| '''134,461''' (100%)
| '''129,191''' (100%)
| '''129,791''' (100%)
| '''128,231''' (100%)
| '''126,896''' (100%)
|}
* Since 2016, data for births of [[White Hispanic and Latino Americans|White Hispanic]] origin are not collected, but included in one ''Hispanic'' group; persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.

===Ancestry===
[[File:Ethnic Origins in Ohio.png|thumb|Ethnic origins in Ohio]]
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" ; text-align:right; font-size:80%;"
|+ style="font-size:90%" |Ethnic composition as of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]
|-
! Race and ethnicity<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/race-and-ethnicity-in-the-united-state-2010-and-2020-census.html |title=Race and Ethnicity in the United States: 2010 Census and 2020 Census |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=August 12, 2021 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=September 26, 2021 |archive-date=August 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815165418/https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/race-and-ethnicity-in-the-united-state-2010-and-2020-census.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" data-sort-type="number" |Alone
! colspan="2" data-sort-type="number" |Total
|-
| [[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White (non-Hispanic)]]
|align=right| {{bartable|75.9|%|2||background:gray}}
|align=right| {{bartable|79.9|%|2||background:gray}}
|-
| [[African Americans|African American (non-Hispanic)]]
|align=right| {{bartable|12.3|%|2||background:mediumblue}}
|align=right| {{bartable|14.0|%|2||background:mediumblue}}
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]{{efn|Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin are not distinguished between total and partial ancestry.}}
|align=right| {{bartable}}
|align=right| {{bartable|4.4|%|2||background:green}}
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
|align=right| {{bartable|2.5|%|2||background:purple}}
|align=right| {{bartable|3.1|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
| [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]]
|align=right| {{bartable|0.2|%|2||background:gold}}
|align=right| {{bartable|1.7|%|2||background:gold}}
|-
| [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]]
|align=right| {{bartable|0.04|%|2||background:pink}}
|align=right| {{bartable|0.1|%|2||background:pink}}
|-
| Other
|align=right| {{bartable|0.4|%|2||background:brown}}
|align=right| {{bartable|1.2|%|2||background:brown}}
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" style="font-size: 90%;"
|+ '''Ohio historic racial breakdown of population'''
|-
! Racial and ethnic composition !! 1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0056/twps0056.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725044857/http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0056/twps0056.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 25, 2008|title=Historical Census Statistics on Population Totals By Race, 1790 to 1990, and By Hispanic Origin, 1970 to 1990, For The United States, Regions, Divisions, and States|date=September 2002 |website= U. S. Census Bureau |first1=Campbell |last1=Gibson |first2=Kay |last2=Jung }}</ref>!! 2000<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://censusviewer.com/city/OH|title=Population of Ohio: Census 2010 and 2000 Interactive Map, Demographics, Statistics, Quick Facts|website=Censusviewer.com|access-date=April 17, 2021}}{{Dead link|date=June 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>!! 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.2010.html|title=US Census Bureau 2010 Census|website=Census.gov|access-date=December 6, 2017|archive-date=May 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170522200920/https://census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.2010.html|url-status=live}}</ref>!! 2020<ref name="2020DP1">{{Cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDP2020.DP1?g=040XX00US39 |title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2020 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Ohio |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=April 16, 2024 |archive-date=April 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416221848/https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDP2020.DP1?g=040XX00US39 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[White American|White]] || 87.8% || 85.0% || 82.7% || 77.0%
|-
| [[African American]] || 10.6% || 11.5% || 12.2% || 12.5%
|-
| [[Asian American|Asian]] || 0.8% || 1.2% || 1.7% || 2.5%
|-
| [[Native Americans in the United States|Native]] || 0.2% || 0.2% || 0.2% || 0.3%
|-
| [[Native Hawaiian]] and<br />[[Pacific Islander|other Pacific Islander]] || – || – || – || –
|-
| [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|Other race]] || 0.5% || 0.8% || 1.1% || 1.9%
|-
| [[Multiracial American|Two or more races]] || – || 1.4% || 2.1% || 5.8%
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In 2010, there were 469,700 foreign-born residents in Ohio, corresponding to 4.1% of the total population. Of these, 229,049 (2.0%) were naturalized [[Citizenship of the United States|U.S. citizens]] and 240,699 (2.1%) were not.<ref name="census1" /> The largest groups were:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_1YR_B05006&prodType=table|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212054818/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_1YR_B05006&prodType=table|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 12, 2020|title=American FactFinder—Results|website=factfinder2.census.gov|access-date=September 6, 2013}}</ref> Mexico (54,166), India (50,256), China (34,901), Germany (19,219), Philippines (16,410), United Kingdom (15,917), Canada (14,223), Russia (11,763), South Korea (11,307), and Ukraine (10,681). Though predominantly white, Ohio has large black populations in all major metropolitan areas throughout the state, Ohio has a significant Hispanic population made up of Mexicans in Toledo and Columbus, and Puerto Ricans in Cleveland and Columbus, and also has a significant and diverse Asian population in Columbus.

Ancestry groups (which the census defines as not including racial terms) in the state were:<ref name="census1" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_1YR_B04003&prodType=table|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150118121537/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_1YR_B04003&prodType=table|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 18, 2015|title=American FactFinder—Results|website=factfinder2.census.gov|access-date=March 28, 2013}}</ref> 26.5% [[German American|German]], 14.1% [[Irish American|Irish]], 9.0% [[English American|English]], 6.4% [[Italian American|Italian]], 3.8% [[Polish American|Polish]], 2.5% [[French American|French]], 1.9% [[Scottish American|Scottish]], 1.7% [[Hungarian Ohioans|Hungarian]], 1.6% [[Dutch American|Dutch]], 1.5% [[Mexican American|Mexican]], 1.2% [[Slovak American|Slovak]], 1.1% [[Welsh American|Welsh]], and 1.1% [[Scotch-Irish American|Scotch-Irish]]. Ancestries claimed by less than 1% of the population include [[Sub-Saharan African]], [[Puerto Ricans in the United States|Puerto Rican]], [[Swiss American|Swiss]], [[Swedish American|Swedish]], [[Arab American|Arab]], [[Greek American|Greek]], [[Norwegian American|Norwegian]], [[Romanian American|Romanian]], [[Austrian American|Austrian]], [[Lithuanian American|Lithuanian]], [[Finnish American|Finnish]], [[West Indian American|West Indian]], [[Portuguese American|Portuguese]] and [[Slovene American|Slovene]].

===Languages===
[[File:AmishRakingHay.jpg|thumb|An [[Amish]] farmer raking hay in southeast Ohio]]

About 6.7% of the population age 5 years and older reported speaking a language other than English, with 2.2% of the population speaking Spanish, 2.6% speaking other Indo-European languages, 1.1% speaking Asian and Austronesian languages, and 0.8% speaking other languages.<ref name="census1"/> Numerically: 10,100,586 spoke [[American English|English]], 239,229 [[Spanish language in the United States|Spanish]], 55,970 [[German language in the United States|German]], 38,990 [[Chinese language in the United States|Chinese]], 33,125 [[Arabic language|Arabic]], and 32,019 [[French in the United States|French]]. In addition, 59,881 spoke a [[Slavic language]] and 42,673 spoke another [[West Germanic languages|West Germanic language]] according to the 2010 census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_1YR_B16001&prodType=table|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212213140/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_1YR_B16001&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=March 20, 2013}}</ref> Ohio also had the nation's largest population of [[Slovene language|Slovene speakers]], second largest of [[Slovak language|Slovak speakers]], second largest of [[Pennsylvania Dutch language|Pennsylvania Dutch (German) speakers]], and the third largest of [[Serbian language|Serbian speakers]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mla.org/map_data_langlist&mode=lang_tops|title=Data Center Language List|access-date=December 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930024604/http://www.mla.org/map_data_langlist%26mode%3Dlang_tops|archive-date=September 30, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Religion===
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According to [[Public Religion Research Institute]]'s 2021 ''American Values Survey'', 64% of Ohioans identified as [[Christian]]. Specifically, 19% of Ohio's population identified as [[Mainline (Protestant)|Mainline Protestant]], 17% as [[Evangelicalism|Evangelical Protestant]], 7% as [[Black church|Historically Black Protestant]], and 18% as [[Catholic]]. Roughly 30% of the population were unaffiliated with any religious body. Small minorities of [[Judaism|Jews]] (2%), [[Hinduism|Hindus]] (1%), [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] (<1%), [[Islam|Muslims]] (<1%),  [[Buddhism|Buddhists]] (<1%), [[Mormonism|Mormons]] (<1%), and other faiths exist according to this study.<ref name="Values Atlas" /> Altogether, those identifying with a religion or spiritual tradition were 70% of the state's population.

Per the [[Association of Religion Data Archives]]'s (ARDA) 2020 study, Christianity remained the predominant religion. [[Nondenominational Christianity|Non-denominational Christianity]], numbering 1,411,863, were the largest Protestant cohort, although Catholicism remained the single-largest denomination with 1,820,233 adherents.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maps and data files for 2020 {{!}} U.S. Religion Census {{!}} Religious Statistics & Demographics |url=https://www.usreligioncensus.org/index.php/node/1639 |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=www.usreligioncensus.org |archive-date=January 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115001940/https://www.usreligioncensus.org/index.php/node/1639 |url-status=live }}</ref> According to the ARDA, in 2010 the largest Christian denominations by adherents were the [[Catholic Church]] with 1,992,567; the [[United Methodist Church]] with 496,232; the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]] with 223,253, the [[Southern Baptist Convention]] with 171,000, the Christian Churches and Churches of Christ with 141,311, the [[United Church of Christ]] with 118,000, and the [[Presbyterian Church (USA)]] with 110,000.<ref name="www.thearda.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/s/39/rcms2010_39_state_adh_2010.asp |title=The Association of Religion Data Archives &#124; State Membership Report |publisher=www.thearda.com |access-date=December 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217025357/http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/s/39/rcms2010_39_state_adh_2010.asp |archive-date=December 17, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> With about 80,000 adherents in 2020, Ohio had the [[List of U.S. states by Amish population|second largest Amish population]] of all U.S. states, only behind neighboring [[Pennsylvania]].<ref name="Elizabethtown College, the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies">{{Cite web |url=https://groups.etown.edu/amishstudies/statistics/statistics-population-2020/ |title=Amish Population Profile, 2020 |date=August 18, 2019 |website=Elizabethtown College, the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies |access-date=February 5, 2021 |archive-date=January 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111151807/https://groups.etown.edu/amishstudies/statistics/statistics-population-2020/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

According to a [[Pew Forum]] poll in 2014, a majority of Ohioans, 56%, felt religion was "very important", 25% that it was "somewhat important", and 19% that religion was "not too important/not important at all". Among them, 38% of Ohioans indicate that they attend religious services at least once weekly, 32% occasionally, and 30% seldom or never.<ref name="pew2014">{{cite web|url=http://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/ohio/|title=Religious Landscape Study|date=May 11, 2015|access-date=March 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317164701/http://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/ohio/|archive-date=March 17, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>