Ohio's population (Columbus, Cincinnati, Toledo: jobs, health care, university)

[paintballer1708]

Ohio's population just hit the 11,470,000 mark, up from 10,800,000 in 2000. Making us the 7th most populous state in the nation. I will also add that our capital city Columbus is at the 730,000 mark, up from 632,000 in 1990. It is currently the 15th most populous city in the nation, soon to be the 14th with San Fransico's population decline. Just thought i would give you an insight, and where we stand on a national level compared to other states' populations.

[OneWayOut]

Hate to be a "fussy Freddy", but, according to a US census bureau article posted on July 28, 2006:

Ohio's population in 2000 was: 11,353,140
Ohio's population in 2005 was: 11,464,042,

Which is a 1.0% increase between April 2000, and July 2005.

According to Mayor Carty Finkbeiner, people have been consistently moving out of the Toledo area for years. Articles on this keep getting posted in The Blade.

[HAS]

Originally Posted by OneWayOut

Hate to be a "fussy Freddy", but, according to a US census bureau article posted on July 28, 2006:

Ohio's population in 2000 was: 11,353,140
Ohio's population in 2005 was: 11,464,042,

Which is a 1.0% increase between April 2000, and July 2005.

According to Mayor Carty Finkbeiner, people have been consistently moving out of the Toledo area for years. Articles on this keep getting posted in The Blade.

Yeah, but who's to say they're not moving from the Toledo area to another area of OH?

[OneWayOut]

Originally Posted by HAS

Yeah, but who's to say they're not moving from the Toledo area to another area of OH?

Never said they weren't. However, Carty evidently is very worried about this subject.

The job situation is very poor in the Toledo area, so I cannot blame them. The University of Toledo, and Bowling Green State University are both very good schools, but the graduates are having problems getting jobs here. That is one. The other is the majority of high school graduates are going to colleges in other states and never coming back here. The only people that are staying in Toledo, as Carty says, have deep roots here, such as, family business, Chrysler worker, or other factory jobs.

I keep an eye on the help wanted section of The Blade here, and honestly, it is pathetic for a city of this size. The few jobs listed in it are retail/fast food-- $10.00/hr or less, or health care positions, nurses/assistants, or truck drivers.

I am in the trucking industry, and I can say for sure that Toledo is a good place for it-- almost an excellent place. There are more trucking jobs here than anything else. This had much to do with my ill-gotten transfer from Maryland. An overwhelming majority of college and high-school graduates looking for other positions are leaving because the jobs they seek are simply not here. I myself am a college graduate and love the trucking industry that I have been a part of for many years, as has my family back in MD. The greatest thing about it, it is all over the country. It is just a matter of finding the right place.

[paintballer1708]

Wow from one conflict to another. Can we please stop with the bashing. It seems like the same people all the time. Toledo has a growing metro area. The city is decling and is slowing down very quickly in population decline. And HAS is right. Many from Toledo find themselves moving to Columbus, Akron and Cincinnati.

[paintballer1708]

Oh, btw we have learned not to trust the census bureau. They tend to pick favorites. LOL as crazy as it sounds, its true. Cincinnati no longer has a declining population, but they have said we have had one for years. Ohio has been growing faster than its 70s and 80s growth rates. Back then in both Ohio and PA they only showed 20,000 more people in one decade!!! Now we are growing over 100,000 each new census. Which is about every five years or so.

[wesley45133]

Originally Posted by paintballer1708

Oh, btw we have learned not to trust the census bureau. They tend to pick favorites. LOL as crazy as it sounds, its true. Cincinnati no longer has a declining population, but they have said we have had one for years. Ohio has been growing faster than its 70s and 80s growth rates. Back then in both Ohio and PA they only showed 20,000 more people in one decade!!! Now we are growing over 100,000 each new census. Which is about every five years or so.

Paintballer is right! The City of Cincinnati did a census of their own, and the population is not declining.

[South Range Family]

This is why I like Ohio so much. We only have 3 million more people than New York City, spread out over an entire State. I'm a firm believer in, the farther away you are from your neighbor, the less likely you will want to shoot them.

[paintballer1708]

^LOL. Well we are one of the most densely populated states. We are currently in the top 10 most populated states as well, being #7. With the new census that just came out Ohio sits very close to the 11.5 million mark. We just passed up Pennsylvania in people per square mile. I believe it is something like 287 people per square mile in Ohio compared to 284 in PA. Ohio was about 277 in 2000, and in 2005 it was 287. We passed PA up somewhere along that time.

[wesley45133]

I love being farther away from my neighbors, because they blast their music ALL NIGHT LONG! I also thought Ohio was #6 population wise?