Ohio population

Business and higher education leaders are backing the plan.

Ohio's population grew by just 2.3%, making it one of seven states to lose a Congressional seat.

Data released Thursday from the 2020 U.S. Census found Cleveland’s population shrank by 6 percent in the last 10 years. As of April 2020, Cleveland’s population was 372,624, down from almost 397,000 in 2010. The census hasn’t released any graphics showing demographic, economic or racial statistics for the city from the 2020 census yet. Nationwide, the census found the growth of cities is slowing and is concentrated in a few places like Phoenix and Houston.

The reduction in the state's seats will bring it closer to the number in had in 1833.

As the rest of the nation celebrated in recent days that middle class income finally had recovered from the Great Recession, there was no cause to cheer…

Ohio’s population growth isn’t keeping up with some other states, and that could mean a big change after the 2020 census. Ohio’s population has been…