Ohio
State of Ohio Eik-name(s): The Buckeye State; Birthplace of Aviation; The Heart of It All
Motto(s): Anthem: Beautiful Ohio (1969)Hang On Sloopy (1985)Map o the Unitit States wi Ohio hielichted
Kintra Unitit States Admittit tae the Union March 1, 1803 (17t, declared retroactively on 7 August 1953 ) Caipital (an lairgest ceety ) Columbus Lairgest ceety caipital Lairgest metro Greater Cincinnati Greater Columbus (see fitnotes)Govrenment
• Govrenor Mike DeWine (R ) • Lieutenant Governor Jon A. Husted (R)Legislatur General Assemmly • Upper hoose Senate • Lawer hoose Hoose o Representatives Judiciar Supreme Coort o Ohio U.S. senators Sherrod Brown (D )Rob Portman (R)U.S. Hoose delegation 12 Republicans 4 Democrats (leet ) Area
• Total 116,096 km2 (44,825 sq mi) • Laund 106,156 km2 (40,948 sq mi) • Water 10,040 km2 (3,877 sq mi) 8.7% Area rank 34th Dimensions
• Length 355 km (220 mi) • Width 355 km (220 mi) Elevation
260 m (850 ft) Highest elevation 472 m (1,549 ft) Lowest elevation 139 m (455 ft) Population (2019)
• Total 11,689,100 • Rank 7t • Density 109/km2 (282/sq mi) • Density rank 10t • Median hooseaud income
$54021 • Income rank
36t Demonym(s) Ohioan; Buckeye (colloq.) Leid
• Offeecial leid De jure : NaneDe facto : Inglis • Spoken leid Inglis 93.3% Spaingie 2.2% Ither 4.5% Time zone UTC−05:00 (Eastren ) • Summer (DST ) UTC−04:00 (EDT )USPS abbreviation ISO 3166 code US-OH Trad. abbreviation O., Oh. Latitude 38°24′ N tae 41°59′ N Longitude 80°31′ W tae 84°49′ W Website ohio .gov
Ohio is a state in the Unitit States o Americae . The caipital is Columbus .
The state taks its name frae the Ohio River , whilk is Anglicised frae the Seneca wird ohiːyo' , meanin "guid watter", "muckle watter" or "muckle boucht". Pairtitioned frae the Northwast Territory , Ohio wis the 17t state amettit tae the Union on 1 Mairch 1803, an the furst unner the Northwast Ordinance . Ohio wis i the bygane cryed "the Buckeye State" efter its Ohio buckeye trees , and Ohioans are kent forbye as "Buckeyes".
The govrenment o Ohio is componed o the executive brainch, led bi the Govrenor ; the legislative brainch, whilk comprises the bicameral Ohio General Assemmly ; an the judicial brainch, led bi the state Supreme Coort . Ohio occupies 16 seats in the Unitit States Hoose o Representatives . Ohio is weel kent for its status as baith a swing state and a bellwether in naitional elections. Sax Preses o the Unitit States hae been electit that haed Ohio as thair hame state .
References
↑ "Ohio's State Motto" . Ohio Historical Society. 1 Julie 2005. Archived frae the original on 6 October 2007. Retrieved 27 Mairch 2009 .
↑ "Ohio's State Symbols" . Ohio Governor's Residence and State Garden. Archived frae the original on 23 Apryle 2009. Retrieved 26 Mairch 2009 .
↑ "Ohio's State Rock Song" . Ohio Historical Society. 1 Julie 2005. Archived frae the original on 7 Februar 2009. Retrieved 27 Mairch 2009 .
↑ a b Mary Stockwell (2006). Ohio Adventure . Gibbs Smith. p. 88. ISBN 978-1-4236-2382-3 .
↑ "The Admission of Ohio as a State" . United States House of Representatives. Archived frae the original on 10 November 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2019 .
↑ "Ohio Quick Facts" . Ohio Historical Society. Archived frae the original on 8 Februar 2009. Retrieved 26 Mairch 2009 .
↑ "City of Columbus: Fun Facts" . City of Columbus, Ohio. 2006. Archived frae the original on 1 Mey 2009. Retrieved 26 Mairch 2009 . Archived 2009-05-01 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Accordin tae the U.S. Census July 2017 Annual Estimate , Greater Columbus is the lairgest Metropolitan statistical aurie (MSA) that is enteerly within Ohio, wi a population o 2,078,725; an Greater Cincinnati is the lairgest MSA that is at least pairtially within Ohio, wi a population o 2,179,082, approximately 25% o that is in Indiana or Kentucky. Which MSA is the lairgest in Ohio depends on the context.
↑ a b "Elevations and Distances in the United States" . United States Geological Survey . 2001. Archived frae the original on 22 Julie 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2011 .
↑ a b Elevation adjuistit tae North American Vertical Datum of 1988 .
↑ "Median Annual Household Income" . The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation . Archived frae the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016 .
↑ a b "Why is Ohio known as the Buckeye State and why are Ohioans known as Buckeyes?" (PDF) . Archived frae the original (PDF) on 28 Apryle 2008. Retrieved 28 Apryle 2008 .
↑ Bureau, U.S. Census. "American FactFinder—Results" . factfinder2.census.gov . Archived frae the original on 12 Februar 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2012 . Archived 2020-02-12 at Archive.today
↑ "Official USPS Abbreviations" . United States Postal Service. 1998. Archived frae the original on Mairch 28, 2009. Retrieved Mairch 26, 2009 .
↑ "Quick Facts About the State of Ohio" . Ohio History Central. Retrieved 2 Julie 2010 . From Iroquois word meaning 'great river'
↑ Mithun, Marianne (1999). "Borrowing" . The Languages of Native North America . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 311–3. ISBN 978-0-521-29875-9 . Ohio ('large creek')
↑ "Native Ohio" . American Indian Studies . Ohio State University . Archived frae the original on 2 Februar 2007. Retrieved 25 Februar 2007 . Ohio comes from the Seneca (Iroquoian) ohiiyo' 'good river'
↑ William M. Davidson (1902). A History of the United States . Scott, Foresman and Company. p. 265.
↑ Berg-Andersson, Richard E. (2000). "The Math Behind the 2000 Census Apportionment of Representatives" . The Green Papers. Retrieved 25 Mairch 2009 .
↑ a b Pollard, Kelvin (2008). "Swing, Bellwether, and Red and Blue States" . Population Reference Bureau. Retrieved 25 Mairch 2009 .
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