States / Ohio
Population of State Living in Coastal Areas
Coastal Employment
Annual Wages
Climate and Weather Disasters
(Affecting Ohio 2010 to 2018)*
Of the total population of approximately 11.6 million in Ohio, over 2.5 million people live in coastal portions of the state.
Coastal Ohio employs over 1.2 million people annually, earning a total of $62 billion. This equates to almost $159 billion in gross domestic product.
Two billion-dollar weather disasters affected Ohio in 2018—and a total of 21 affected the state between 2010 and 2018. The most common of these disasters was severe storms, including high wind damage from tornadoes.*
Sources:
American Community Survey Five-Year Estimates (NOAA Data)
*Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters (NOAA Website)
(All economic and demographic facts represent the latest data available [2015] and are regularly updated as new data become available)
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