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Public money

How Ohio funds state services

The FY2027 enacted General Revenue Fund budget, audited statewide tax revenue, and appropriations by service area. Each section keeps its own fiscal period and accounting scope; state and local taxes are separate.

Enacted budget plan

$46.1BFY2027

Signed with line-item vetoes June 30, 2025

FY2027 General Revenue Fund budget

July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027

Exact reported total: $46,082,609,659

Enacted FY2027 General Revenue Fund appropriations, including state-source GRF and the federal share of the GRF Medicaid line. This is not Ohio's all-funds budget.

Ohio Legislative Service Commission: H.B. 96 FY2026–FY2027 Appropriation Spreadsheet — As Enacted

FY2027

How the enacted budget is financed

$46.1B$46,082,609,659

Enacted FY2027 General Revenue Fund appropriations, including state-source GRF and the federal share of the GRF Medicaid line. This is not Ohio's all-funds budget.

State-source GRF$30.7B · 66.7%

State-source appropriations within the General Revenue Fund.

Federal GRF share$15.4B · 33.3%

The federal share of the Medicaid/Health Care Services GRF appropriation identified by the Legislative Service Commission.

FY2025 audited actual

Where state tax revenue comes from

$33.6B$33,591,787,000

Shares of the $33.6 billion in taxes reported as general revenue by Ohio's governmental activities. The denominator includes general taxes and taxes restricted for transportation, while excluding grants, service charges, tobacco-settlement revenue, investment income, and business-type activities.

Sales and use taxes$14.3B · 42.7%

Audited state sales and use tax general revenue.

Individual income taxes$10.8B · 32.0%

Audited state individual income tax general revenue.

Corporate and public utility taxes$3.4B · 10.2%

The ACFR's combined corporate and public-utility tax line, including Ohio's commercial activity tax structure.

Motor-fuel taxes$2.8B · 8.2%

Motor-vehicle fuel taxes restricted for transportation.

Other taxes$1.6B · 4.8%

The ACFR's remaining audited general-tax line after separately reported tax categories.

Cigarette taxes$712.2M · 2.1%

Audited cigarette tax general revenue.

FY2027 enacted appropriations

FY2027 General Revenue Fund spending plan

$46.1B$46,082,609,659

Every FY2027 GRF line in the Legislative Service Commission's as-enacted spreadsheet is assigned exactly once to one of these service areas. The groups reconcile to the enacted GRF total above.

Health and human services$25.6B · 55.5%

Medicaid, developmental disabilities, children and youth, behavioral health, job and family services, health, opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities, aging, and minority health.

Education$13.7B · 29.6%

Education and Workforce, higher education, school facilities, deaf and blind education, educational broadcasting, and the State Library.

Corrections, justice, and public safety$3.6B · 7.8%

Adult and youth corrections, courts, public defense, the Attorney General, public safety, the National Guard, veterans services, and related justice bodies.

Local distributions and infrastructure$2.4B · 5.2%

The Revenue Distribution Fund, Public Works Commission, and Department of Transportation GRF appropriations.

General government and other$443.5M · 1.0%

Legislative, executive, administrative, tax, audit, election, pension-subsidy, civil-rights, and other statewide operations not placed in another service group.

Economic development, environment, and culture$424.4M · 0.9%

Development, natural resources, agriculture, environmental protection and review, history, arts, and expositions.

Tax structure

Common statewide rates

Property and district rates can be local. Each card states the applicable scope.

Individual income tax

2.75% above $26,050For tax years beginning in 2026, Ohio imposes no tax on the first $26,050 of the statutory income measure and then applies $332 plus 2.75% of the amount above that threshold; taxable business income has separate rules.Ohio General Assembly: Ohio Revised Code Section 5747.02 — Tax rates

Sales and use tax

5.75% state + localOhio's statewide rate is 5.75%; county and transit-authority rates vary by location and are added to it.Ohio Department of Taxation: Ohio Sales and Use Tax Rate Map

Commercial activity tax

0.26% above $6MThe CAT applies at 0.26% to Ohio taxable gross receipts after the $6 million annual exclusion; it is a gross-receipts tax rather than a conventional corporate net-income tax.Ohio Department of Taxation: 2025 Annual Report — Commercial Activity Tax

Property tax

Local millage variesReal-property rates are levied locally and vary by parcel; taxable value is generally 35% of true value, and the combined unvoted rate is subject to Ohio's 10-mill limitation.Ohio Legislative Service Commission: Property Tax — Real Property, Fiscal Year 2024

Latest audited results

Fiscal year ended June 30, 2025

Audited government-wide activity for Ohio's primary government. Revenue is the ACFR's reported program revenue plus general revenue; these accrual-accounting results are not the FY2027 GRF appropriation.

Ohio Office of Budget and Management: FY2025 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report

Government-wide revenue: $96.9B
Government-wide expenses: $96.7B

Method, scope, and limitations

FactVote used the FY2027 as-enacted GRF spreadsheet, totaled every GRF line by agency, and assigned every agency exactly once to a service area. Audited tax-source shares and government-wide results come from the FY2025 Statement of Activities. Shares are recalculated from exact amounts within each section; enacted appropriations and audited accrual results are never mixed.

The $46.1 billion headline is General Revenue Fund authority, not Ohio's all-funds budget; it includes a federal Medicaid share identified inside the GRF.
H.B. 96 was signed with line-item vetoes and later had certain vetoes overridden; these figures preserve the Legislative Service Commission's as-enacted appropriation spreadsheet and do not imply that every policy provision remained unchanged.
Ohio property taxes and many municipal income taxes are local and are not included in the audited statewide tax-source denominator.

Last verified August 28, 2026 · Review by July 31, 2027 · Ohio figures refresh annually.

Taxes and the economy

Taxes, government spending, jobs, wages, and small business.

Taxes and economy

$71,389

Median household income

2020–2024 estimate

Median money income received by Ohio households, expressed in inflation-adjusted 2024 dollars.

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Additional household measure

People below the poverty threshold: 12.7%

How it was measured

U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts estimate derived from the American Community Survey.

Keep in mind

Household income is not take-home pay and does not directly account for taxes, benefits, household size, debt, or regional cost differences.
The poverty measure and income estimate are multi-year survey measures, not current economic forecasts.

Related state trends

Taxes and economy over time

Employment and unemployment place the latest economic facts in a longer statewide context.

Work

Employment and unemployment

4.4%unemployed

The unemployment rate is paired with employed Ohioans indexed to 2015, so job recovery and labor-market slack remain readable on separate scales.

Unemployment rate
Employed people

Unemployment rate: 4.4%
Employed people: 5.7M
Employment since 2015: +4.2%

U.S. comparison & state rank2024

Unemployment rate

Ohio: 4.4%
U.S. benchmark: 4.0%
State rank #1 has the highest unemployment rate — worse: #9 of 50

Ranks sort the measured value from highest to lowest. Each State rank explains what #1 means for that fact.U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED: National unemployment rate

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Year	Unemployment rate	Employed people	Employment index
2015	5.0%	5,441,692	100.0
2016	5.0%	5,480,498	100.7
2017	4.9%	5,528,212	101.6
2018	4.5%	5,553,722	102.1
2019	4.1%	5,628,875	103.4
2020	8.2%	5,264,189	96.7
2021	5.3%	5,436,614	99.9
2022	4.0%	5,535,292	101.7
2023	3.7%	5,627,187	103.4
2024	4.4%	5,671,397	104.2

Method and limitations

FactVote uses BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics annual averages for the statewide unemployment rate and civilian employment. The chart converts employment to an index with 2015 equal to 100; the data table retains the published employment level.

LAUS estimates are revised each year through the program's annual processing cycle.
Employment is residence-based civilian employment, not a count of jobs located in the state.
Annual averages smooth within-year changes.

Housing and property costs

Housing supply, affordability, renters, zoning, and property costs.

Housing

$1,034/month

Median gross rent

2020–2024 estimate

Median monthly gross rent for occupied rental units paying cash rent, including contract rent and estimated tenant-paid utilities.

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Other statewide housing measures

Median owner-occupied home value: $214,800
Owner costs with a mortgage: $1,517/month
Owner-occupied housing rate: 67.2%

How it was measured

U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts estimate derived from the American Community Survey.

Keep in mind

This is a statewide multi-year estimate; local rents and current asking rents can differ substantially.
The owner measures describe owner-occupied units and are not estimates of the current cost to purchase a home.

Related state trends

Housing over time

Home values and household income show how Ohio housing costs and purchasing power have changed together.

Housing pressure

Home prices versus income growth

+91.7%home prices

FHFA house prices and BEA personal income per person are indexed to the same starting year. A widening gap signals that home prices are rising faster than this broad income measure.

FHFA home prices
Income per person

Home-price growth: +91.7%
Income growth: +51.0%
Income per person: $67,291

U.S. comparison & state rank2025

Home-price growth

Ohio: +91.7%
U.S. benchmark: +86.6%
State rank #1 has the fastest home-price growth — depends on perspective: #19 of 50

Income growth

Ohio: +51.0%
U.S. benchmark: +55.9%
State rank #1 has the fastest income growth — better: #40 of 50

Ranks sort the measured value from highest to lowest. Each State rank explains what #1 means for that fact.Federal Housing Finance Agency: U.S. House Price Index U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis via FRED: U.S. personal income per capita

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Year	FHFA HPI	Home-price index	Income per person	Income index
2016	210.77	100.0	$44,574	100.0
2017	219.76	104.3	$46,114	103.5
2018	231.08	109.6	$47,821	107.3
2019	242.87	115.2	$49,395	110.8
2020	257.47	122.2	$52,852	118.6
2021	289.48	137.3	$57,537	129.1
2022	330.13	156.6	$58,300	130.8
2023	354.09	168.0	$61,822	138.7
2024	380.83	180.7	$64,587	144.9
2025	404.09	191.7	$67,291	151.0

Method and limitations

FactVote averages the four quarterly, not-seasonally-adjusted FHFA all-transactions HPI observations for each year. It compares that series with BEA annual per-capita personal income distributed by FRED, then rebases both to 100 in 2016.

This is a pressure indicator, not a home-price-to-income ratio and not a measure of monthly mortgage affordability.
Both series are nominal; neither is adjusted for inflation.
Per-capita personal income includes earnings, property income, and transfers and is not median household income.

Public safety and criminal justice

Policing, crime prevention, sentencing, incarceration, and rehabilitation.

Public safety and justice

311.9 per 100,000

Reported violent-crime rate

2024

Violent offenses reported to law enforcement per 100,000 residents in participating jurisdictions.

View breakdowns and source

How it was measured

FactVote sums the 12 monthly state offense rates returned by the FBI Crime Data Explorer for each calendar year. The accompanying coverage value is the mean of the 12 monthly population-coverage percentages returned with the same query.

Keep in mind

These are crimes reported to law enforcement, not all crimes that occurred.
Ohio's average monthly population coverage remained at or above 90% throughout this series, but coverage still varies and does not equal complete statewide reporting.
Reporting systems, agency participation, and later revisions can change the published series.
Average monthly population coverage in 2024 was 94.3%; this is not complete statewide reporting.

Public safety and justice

1,646.8 per 100,000

Reported property-crime rate

2024

Property offenses reported to law enforcement per 100,000 residents in participating jurisdictions.

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How it was measured

Keep in mind

These are crimes reported to law enforcement, not all crimes that occurred.
Ohio's average monthly population coverage remained at or above 90% throughout this series, but coverage still varies and does not equal complete statewide reporting.
Reporting systems, agency participation, and later revisions can change the published series.
Average monthly population coverage in 2024 was 94.3%; this is not complete statewide reporting.

Public safety and justice

45,704

People in Ohio state prisons

January 2026

Population held in Ohio state correctional institutions as of January 2026.

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System context

Correctional institutions: 28
Average daily institutional cost per offender: $117.41

How it was measured

Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction administrative data summarized by the nonpartisan Ohio Legislative Service Commission.

Keep in mind

This excludes most local jail populations, people on probation or parole, and people in federal custody.
The count does not measure reported crime, victimization, arrests, convictions, sentence length, recidivism, or prison capacity by itself.

Related state trends

Public safety and justice over time

Reported violent- and property-crime rates are shown with the coverage cautions needed to compare years responsibly.

Public safety

Reported violent and property crime rates

94.3% coverage

Reported offenses per 100,000 residents in participating jurisdictions. Amber points flag years when average monthly population coverage was below 90%.

Violent crime
Property crime
Partial reporting

Violent crime: 311.9 per 100k
Property crime: 1646.8 per 100k
Population coverage: 94.3%

U.S. comparison & state rank2024

Violent-crime rate

Ohio: 311.9 per 100k
U.S. benchmark: 359.1 per 100k
State rank #1 has the highest violent-crime rate — worse: #28 of 50

Property-crime rate

Ohio: 1646.8 per 100k
U.S. benchmark: 1760.1 per 100k
State rank #1 has the highest property-crime rate — worse: #29 of 50

Ranks sort the measured value from highest to lowest. Each State rank explains what #1 means for that fact.An asterisk marks a state-year with less than 90% average population coverage. The U.S. figures are FBI national estimates; state figures are reported rates.Federal Bureau of Investigation: UCR Summary of Reported Crimes in the Nation, 2024

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Year	Violent rate	Property rate	Population coverage
2015	296.3 per 100k	2627.8 per 100k	90.4%
2016	317.5 per 100k	2614.0 per 100k	91.9%
2017	312.6 per 100k	2475.1 per 100k	91.9%
2018	314.1 per 100k	2235.4 per 100k	91.6%
2019	316.6 per 100k	2091.4 per 100k	91.0%
2020	337.2 per 100k	1916.8 per 100k	90.9%
2021	340.8 per 100k	1770.7 per 100k	90.6%
2022	319.2 per 100k	1865.7 per 100k	93.1%
2023	316.1 per 100k	1800.9 per 100k	94.2%
2024	311.9 per 100k	1646.8 per 100k	94.3%

Method and limitations

These are crimes reported to law enforcement, not all crimes that occurred.
Ohio's average monthly population coverage remained at or above 90% throughout this series, but coverage still varies and does not equal complete statewide reporting.
Reporting systems, agency participation, and later revisions can change the published series.

Healthcare

Coverage, prescription costs, Medicaid, and access to care.

Healthcare

8.1%

People under 65 without health insurance

2024 ACS annual estimate

Share of Ohio’s civilian noninstitutionalized residents under age 65 who lacked comprehensive health-insurance coverage at the time of the ACS survey.

View breakdowns and source

How it was measured

U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts estimate derived from the American Community Survey.

Keep in mind

This excludes people age 65 and older and is a annual survey estimate rather than a current enrollment count.
Insurance status does not measure affordability, provider availability, coverage adequacy, or quality of care.

Related state trends

Healthcare over time

Health-insurance coverage and life expectancy provide separate views of access and population health over time.

Health coverage

Residents without health insurance

6.7%uninsured

The share of the civilian noninstitutionalized population without health insurance at the time of the American Community Survey interview.

Uninsured rate
90% confidence margin

Uninsured rate: 6.7%
Margin of error: ±0.2 points

U.S. comparison & state rank2024

Uninsured rate

Ohio: 6.7%
U.S. benchmark: 8.2%
State rank #1 has the highest uninsured rate — worse: #31 of 50

Ranks sort the measured value from highest to lowest. Each State rank explains what #1 means for that fact.U.S. Census Bureau: HIC-4_ACS health insurance coverage

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Year	Uninsured rate	90% margin of error
2014	8.4%	±0.2 points
2015	6.5%	±0.2 points
2016	5.6%	±0.2 points
2017	6.0%	±0.2 points
2018	6.5%	±0.2 points
2019	6.6%	±0.2 points
2020	Not released	—
2021	6.5%	±0.2 points
2022	5.9%	±0.2 points
2023	6.1%	±0.2 points
2024	6.7%	±0.2 points

Method and limitations

FactVote uses the Census Bureau's HIC-4_ACS historical table. Rates and 90% confidence margins of error are the published ACS 1-year estimates for the civilian noninstitutionalized population.

The Census Bureau did not release the standard 2020 ACS 1-year estimates because pandemic-era data collection did not meet its quality standards; the chart preserves that gap.
The rate is a survey estimate and the accompanying margin of error should be considered when comparing nearby values.
Coverage is measured at the interview and does not show how long someone was uninsured during the year.

Health outcomes

Life expectancy at birth

75.6 yearsat birth

Period life expectancy at birth based on Ohio's annual complete life tables and final state-specific death data.

Life expectancy at birth

U.S. comparison & state rank2022

Life expectancy

Ohio: 75.6 years
U.S. benchmark: 77.5 years
State rank #1 has the highest life expectancy — better: #38 of 50

Ranks sort the measured value from highest to lowest. Each State rank explains what #1 means for that fact.CDC National Center for Health Statistics: U.S. state life tables, 2018–2022

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Year	Life expectancy at birth
2018	76.8 years
2019	76.9 years
2020	75.3 years
2021	74.5 years
2022	75.6 years

Method and limitations

FactVote uses CDC National Center for Health Statistics annual complete life-table estimates for the total Ohio population. Values are rounded to the published tenth of a year.

The latest published comparable state series ends in 2022, even though newer national life-expectancy estimates may be available.
Period life expectancy summarizes current mortality rates; it is not a forecast of how long a particular person will live.
The 2020 and 2021 estimates reflect the mortality shock during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Education

Public schools, school choice, teachers, and higher education.

Education

91.8%

Adults with at least a high school diploma

2020–2024 estimate

Share of Ohio residents age 25 and older whose reported attainment is a regular high school diploma or equivalent (including GED or an alternative credential), some college, or an associate’s or higher degree.

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Additional attainment measure

Bachelor's degree or higher: 31.5%

How it was measured

U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts estimate derived from the American Community Survey.

Keep in mind

This measures adult educational attainment, not the current public-school graduation rate or school performance.
It combines people educated in different jurisdictions and time periods.

Related state trends

Education over time

Comparable NAEP assessment years show changes in statewide reading and mathematics performance.

Education

NAEP reading and math scores

216.0Grade 4 reading

Grade 4 and Grade 8 public-school mean scale scores from the Nation's Report Card. Reading and math are shown within each grade on their own panel.

Reading · circle
Math · square

Grade 4 reading: 216.0
Grade 4 math: 239.4
Grade 8 reading: 260.4
Grade 8 math: 278.8

U.S. comparison & state rank2024

Grade 4 reading

Ohio: 216.0
U.S. benchmark: 215.0
State rank #1 has the highest score — better: #14 of 50

Grade 4 math

Ohio: 239.4
U.S. benchmark: 237.5
State rank #1 has the highest score — better: #13 of 50

Grade 8 reading

Ohio: 260.4
U.S. benchmark: 258.0
State rank #1 has the highest score — better: #12 of 50

Grade 8 math

Ohio: 278.8
U.S. benchmark: 273.8
State rank #1 has the highest score — better: #11 of 50

Ranks sort the measured value from highest to lowest. Each State rank explains what #1 means for that fact.State ranks use public-school results. The U.S. benchmark includes the national public- and nonpublic-school sample.U.S. Department of Education, NCES: NAEP national results

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Assessment year	Grade 4 reading	Grade 4 math	Grade 8 reading	Grade 8 math
2003	221.9	237.8	266.6	281.6
2005	222.5	242.1	266.8	283.3
2007	225.7	244.5	268.0	284.9
2009	224.5	243.7	268.7	285.6
2011	223.8	244.0	268.3	288.6
2013	223.9	245.5	269.1	289.5
2015	224.9	243.6	265.9	285.1
2017	225.3	240.9	268.5	287.7
2019	222.0	241.1	267.0	285.7
2022	218.6	237.8	262.0	276.1
2024	216.0	239.4	260.4	278.8

Method and limitations

FactVote uses NAEP Data Service mean scale scores for all public-school students in Ohio. The series uses the total student group and the main reading and mathematics composite scales for Grade 4 and Grade 8.

NAEP is generally administered every two years; the 2021 administration was postponed, so the timeline moves from 2019 to 2022.
NAEP results are estimates from a sample. Statistical significance, not a visual gap alone, determines whether scores differ.
Each grade and subject has its own scale. Follow one line over time rather than comparing the numeric distance between grades or subjects.

Environment and energy

Clean water, conservation, climate, and energy production.

Environment

$3.80/gal

Regular gasoline price

Week of August 31, 2026

Estimated statewide average retail price of regular-grade gasoline across all formulations, including taxes.

Ohio$3.797/gal

United States$4.071/gal

Ohio's average was 27.4 cents per gallon lower, or about 6.7% below the U.S. average.

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Ohio and U.S. context

Regular gasoline price

Ohio: $3.797/gal
United States: $4.071/gal

Ohio's average was 27.4 cents per gallon lower, or about 6.7% below the U.S. average.

Both figures are EIA weekly retail estimates for regular gasoline, including taxes, for the week of August 31, 2026.U.S. Energy Information Administration: U.S. Gasoline and Diesel Retail Prices

Recent weekly prices

Prior week: $3.981/gal
Weekly change: −18.4¢
One year earlier: $3.172/gal
Change from one year earlier: +62.5¢

How it was measured

U.S. Energy Information Administration weekly retail motor-gasoline survey estimate for Ohio. FactVote displays the published dollars-per-gallon value and calculates changes from EIA's published prior-week and year-earlier observations.

Keep in mind

The statewide estimate does not represent the price at every station or in every Ohio community.
The series is nominal and not adjusted for inflation or seasonal patterns, and weekly estimates can be revised.
The price reflects crude-oil costs, refining, distribution, marketing, and taxes; it does not identify the effect of any single policy or market event.

Related state trends

Environment over time

Ohio electricity generation, residential power prices, and gasoline prices show how the state's energy costs and supply have changed.

Energy

Electricity mix and residential price

15.99¢/kWhresidential average

In-state utility-scale electricity generation by energy source is paired with the annual average residential electricity price on a separate scale.

Natural gas59.6%
Coal21.1%
Nuclear12.6%
Solar2.8%
Hydroelectric0.3%
Wind2.0%
Other1.6%

Residential price: 15.99¢/kWh
Total generation: 142.7 TWh
Largest source: Natural gas · 59.6%

U.S. comparison & state rank2024

Residential electricity price

Ohio: 15.99¢/kWh
U.S. benchmark: 16.48¢/kWh
State rank #1 has the highest electricity price — worse: #17 of 50

Ranks sort the measured value from highest to lowest. Each State rank explains what #1 means for that fact.U.S. Energy Information Administration: National residential electricity price

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Year	Total generation	Natural gas	Coal	Nuclear	Solar	Hydroelectric	Wind	Other	Residential price
2015	123.079 TWh	29.220 TWh	71.710 TWh	17.377 TWh	0.056 TWh	0.457 TWh	1.203 TWh	3.058 TWh	12.80¢/kWh
2016	119.886 TWh	29.906 TWh	68.775 TWh	16.817 TWh	0.066 TWh	0.500 TWh	1.245 TWh	2.576 TWh	12.47¢/kWh
2017	120.814 TWh	30.060 TWh	68.344 TWh	17.688 TWh	0.105 TWh	0.277 TWh	1.589 TWh	2.752 TWh	12.63¢/kWh
2018	127.937 TWh	45.967 TWh	58.727 TWh	18.315 TWh	0.119 TWh	0.244 TWh	1.750 TWh	2.815 TWh	12.56¢/kWh
2019	121.550 TWh	52.874 TWh	46.765 TWh	17.011 TWh	0.142 TWh	0.403 TWh	2.043 TWh	2.313 TWh	12.38¢/kWh
2020	122.538 TWh	53.927 TWh	45.009 TWh	18.219 TWh	0.164 TWh	0.374 TWh	2.289 TWh	2.557 TWh	12.29¢/kWh
2021	125.948 TWh	56.381 TWh	45.662 TWh	17.483 TWh	0.673 TWh	0.578 TWh	2.587 TWh	2.584 TWh	12.77¢/kWh
2022	135.810 TWh	68.865 TWh	42.993 TWh	16.827 TWh	0.921 TWh	0.507 TWh	3.154 TWh	2.544 TWh	13.85¢/kWh
2023	133.223 TWh	78.705 TWh	31.436 TWh	16.207 TWh	1.382 TWh	0.507 TWh	2.819 TWh	2.167 TWh	15.38¢/kWh
2024	142.747 TWh	85.137 TWh	30.080 TWh	17.947 TWh	4.002 TWh	0.468 TWh	2.822 TWh	2.292 TWh	15.99¢/kWh

Method and limitations

FactVote uses EIA's annual utility-scale net generation series and groups sources into seven categories. The residential price is EIA's annual average revenue per kilowatthour and includes generation, transmission, distribution, taxes, and fees reflected in electric bills.

Generation is electricity produced inside Ohio, not electricity consumed there; interstate imports and exports are not represented.
The consistent utility-scale series excludes estimated generation from small-scale solar systems under 1 megawatt. The 'other' category is the residual of remaining reported energy sources.
The residential price is a statewide nominal average and can mask large differences among utilities, plans, and household usage.

Fuel cost

Ohio regular gasoline prices

$3.768/galmonthly average

Monthly statewide retail prices for regular-grade gasoline show how Ohio pump prices have changed since 2020.

Regular gasoline · monthly average

Price: $3.768/gal
From prior month: −23.8¢
From one year earlier: +79.6¢

U.S. comparison & state rank2026-07

Regular gasoline

Ohio: $3.768/gal
U.S. benchmark: $3.932/gal
State rank #1 has the highest gasoline price — worse: #26 of 49

Ranks sort the measured value from highest to lowest. Each State rank explains what #1 means for that fact.Gasoline ranks cover states with a published FactVote monthly series. An asterisk marks an EIA regional or metro proxy rather than a statewide measurement.U.S. Energy Information Administration: U.S. regular gasoline prices

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Month	Regular gasoline price
January 2020	$2.460/gal
February 2020	$2.315/gal
March 2020	$1.934/gal
April 2020	$1.440/gal
May 2020	$1.815/gal
June 2020	$2.058/gal
July 2020	$2.091/gal
August 2020	$2.076/gal
September 2020	$2.021/gal
October 2020	$2.035/gal
November 2020	$1.946/gal
December 2020	$2.098/gal
January 2021	$2.259/gal
February 2021	$2.440/gal
March 2021	$2.676/gal
April 2021	$2.751/gal
May 2021	$2.856/gal
June 2021	$2.986/gal
July 2021	$3.063/gal
August 2021	$2.978/gal
September 2021	$3.024/gal
October 2021	$3.161/gal
November 2021	$3.216/gal
December 2021	$3.003/gal
January 2022	$3.054/gal
February 2022	$3.306/gal
March 2022	$4.007/gal
April 2022	$3.789/gal
May 2022	$4.219/gal
June 2022	$4.895/gal
July 2022	$4.414/gal
August 2022	$3.641/gal
September 2022	$3.515/gal
October 2022	$3.745/gal
November 2022	$3.663/gal
December 2022	$3.023/gal
January 2023	$3.319/gal
February 2023	$3.228/gal
March 2023	$3.290/gal
April 2023	$3.587/gal
May 2023	$3.476/gal
June 2023	$3.473/gal
July 2023	$3.318/gal
August 2023	$3.533/gal
September 2023	$3.565/gal
October 2023	$3.222/gal
November 2023	$3.098/gal
December 2023	$2.803/gal
January 2024	$2.867/gal
February 2024	$3.168/gal
March 2024	$3.354/gal
April 2024	$3.474/gal
May 2024	$3.476/gal
June 2024	$3.323/gal
July 2024	$3.450/gal
August 2024	$3.371/gal
September 2024	$3.089/gal
October 2024	$2.983/gal
November 2024	$2.827/gal
December 2024	$2.987/gal
January 2025	$2.997/gal
February 2025	$2.934/gal
March 2025	$2.920/gal
April 2025	$3.042/gal
May 2025	$3.015/gal
June 2025	$3.026/gal
July 2025	$2.972/gal
August 2025	$3.147/gal
September 2025	$2.976/gal
October 2025	$2.910/gal
November 2025	$2.981/gal
December 2025	$2.663/gal
January 2026	$2.695/gal
February 2026	$2.758/gal
March 2026	$3.439/gal
April 2026	$3.778/gal
May 2026	$4.627/gal
June 2026	$4.006/gal
July 2026	$3.768/gal
August 2026	$3.988/gal

Method and limitations

FactVote uses EIA's monthly Ohio Regular All Formulations Retail Gasoline Prices series. EIA calculates monthly averages as simple averages of the published weekly retail estimates; prices include taxes.

The statewide average masks differences among Ohio communities and individual stations.
Prices are nominal and not adjusted for inflation or seasonal patterns.
The latest weekly fact can differ from the monthly average, and published estimates can be revised.

Gun policy and public safety

Firearm rights, gun-safety rules, and violence prevention.

Gun policy

1,745

Firearm deaths

2024 final data

Deaths in which firearm injury was recorded as the underlying cause, with the rate age-adjusted per 100,000 residents.

Ohio14.6 per 100,000

United States13.1 per 100,000

Ohio's rate was 1.5 deaths per 100,000 higher than the national rate.

View breakdowns and source

Ohio and U.S. context

Age-adjusted firearm death rate

Ohio: 14.6 per 100,000
United States: 13.1 per 100,000

Ohio's rate was 1.5 deaths per 100,000 higher than the national rate.

Both rates use 2024 National Vital Statistics System mortality data and are age-adjusted.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Firearm Mortality and FastStats — Injuries

Population-adjusted measure

Age-adjusted firearm death rate: 14.6 per 100,000

How it was measured

CDC National Vital Statistics System death-certificate data published through CDC WONDER and Stats of the States.

Keep in mind

The total combines firearm homicides, suicides, accidents, legal-intervention deaths, and deaths of undetermined intent.
Mortality data do not measure nonfatal firearm injuries, defensive uses, gun ownership, or the effect of any specific policy.

Social Security, Medicare, and retirement

Retirement benefits, Medicare, and the long-term financing of these programs.

Immigration and border policy

Border enforcement, legal immigration, and pathways to citizenship.

Related state trends

Immigration over time

Population change is separated into natural change, domestic migration, and international migration.

People

Population growth and migration

11.9Mresidents

July 1 population estimates alongside the annual changes attributable to births minus deaths, domestic migration, and international migration.

Population
Births minus deaths
Domestic migration
International migration

Births minus deaths: −729
Domestic migration: +11.9K
International migration: +28.5K

U.S. comparison & state rank2025

Population

Ohio: 11,900,510
U.S. total: 341,784,857
State rank #1 is most populous — not a performance ranking: #7 of 50

Ranks sort the measured value from highest to lowest. Each State rank explains what #1 means for that fact.U.S. Census Bureau: Vintage 2025 national population estimates

View chart data

Year	Population	Natural change	Domestic migration	International migration	Residual
2020	11,798,534	—	—	—	—
2021	11,761,443	-18,790	-32,482	9,281	4,900
2022	11,764,950	-20,376	-6,882	35,678	-4,913
2023	11,808,390	-3,026	1,045	47,116	-1,695
2024	11,860,621	-1,360	-1,339	55,855	-925
2025	11,900,510	-729	11,926	28,505	187

Method and limitations

FactVote uses the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025 consistent state series. Population is the July 1 estimate. Change components describe the preceding annual estimates period, and the Census residual adjustment reconciles the components to the published population change.

Vintage estimates are revised as the Census Bureau incorporates newer records and methods.
Domestic and international migration are modeled demographic estimates, not direct counts of every move.
The small residual adjustment is included in the data table but not drawn as a separate bar.

Voting, democracy, and government accountability

Voting access, election administration, ethics, transparency, and corruption.

Democracy and accountability

71.7%

Registered-voter turnout in the 2024 general election

November 5, 2024 general election

Ballots cast statewide as a share of Ohio's registered voters for the certified 2024 general election.

View breakdowns and source

Latest certified turnout comparison

General: Nov. 5, 2024 · Primary: May 5, 2026

General election turnout: 71.7%
Primary election turnoutMay 5, 2026 primary election: 22.68%

The general rate is reported by the Secretary of State; FactVote calculates the primary rate from the exact certified totals and rounds to two decimals.

The Secretary's press release rounds the primary turnout summary to 23%; FactVote reports 22.68% from 1,791,152 votes cast and 7,896,681 registered voters.

Ohio Secretary of State: Secretary LaRose Certifies 2026 Official Primary Election Results Review by January 31, 2027

Certified participation totals

General ballots cast: 5,851,387
General registered voters: 8,159,946
Primary votes cast: 1,791,152
Primary registered voters: 7,896,681

How it was measured

The general rate comes from the Ohio Secretary of State's final statewide canvass. FactVote calculates the primary rate by dividing 1,791,152 certified votes cast by 7,896,681 registered voters and rounding to two decimals.

Keep in mind

The general and primary comparison spans different election cycles and should not be treated as a within-cycle change.
Registered-voter turnout is not the same as voting-eligible-population turnout.

Abortion and reproductive rights

Access to abortion and reproductive healthcare.

Reproductive rights

25,135

Induced abortions reported in Ohio

2025

Induced pregnancy terminations reported as occurring in Ohio during 2025, including telehealth prescriptions reported for Ohio residents.

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By completed weeks of gestation

Less than 9 weeks: 18,353 (73.0%)
9–12 weeks: 4,504 (17.9%)
13–19 weeks: 1,985 (7.9%)
20 weeks and over: 293 (1.2%)

How it was measured

Ohio Department of Health compilation of Confidential Abortion Reports and Post-Abortion Care Reports for Complications.

Keep in mind

The report excludes Ohio residents who obtained abortions outside Ohio.
The March 1 publication deadline required analysis of a preliminary dataset, and the department states that some reports may have been incomplete or in transit.
These gestational categories are the department's reporting groups and should not be relabeled as medical trimesters.

Facts are shown for context only and do not affect candidate matching or rankings. Dates, definitions, limitations, and primary sources are included with each figure.

State trends

How Ohio is changing

Nine statewide trend views cover population, work, housing, public safety, education, health coverage, longevity, gasoline prices, and energy without mixing unlike reporting periods. Each chart now sits directly beneath its related fact section.

Ohio

FY2027 General Revenue Fund budget

Fiscal year ended June 30, 2025

Taxes and the economy

Additional household measure

How it was measured

Unemployment rate

Housing and property costs

Other statewide housing measures

How it was measured

Home-price growth

Income growth

Public safety and criminal justice

How it was measured

How it was measured

System context

How it was measured

Violent-crime rate

Property-crime rate

Healthcare

How it was measured

Uninsured rate

Life expectancy

Education

Additional attainment measure

How it was measured

Grade 4 reading

Grade 4 math

Grade 8 reading

Grade 8 math

Environment and energy

Renewable-share calculation

Other major generation sources

How it was measured

Ohio and U.S. context

Recent weekly prices

How it was measured

Residential electricity price

Regular gasoline

Gun policy and public safety

Ohio and U.S. context

Population-adjusted measure

How it was measured

Social Security, Medicare, and retirement

Ohio and U.S. context

Benefit categories

How it was measured

Immigration and border policy

How it was measured

Population

Voting, democracy, and government accountability

Latest certified turnout comparison

Certified participation totals

How it was measured

Abortion and reproductive rights

By completed weeks of gestation

How it was measured