The 2000 Census revealed some interesting facts about Ohio and its people:

Ohio ranked seventh among the 50 states in population with 11,353,140 people. Columbus is the state’s largest city with a population of 711,470; Cleveland follows at 478,403 and Cincinnati at 331,285.
Ohio land area, in square miles: 40,948
Persons per square mile: 277.3
Percent of males in population: 48.6
Percent of females in population: 51.4
Percent of Ohioans who speak a language other than English at home: 6.1
Percent who are high school graduates: 83
Percent who have earned a bachelor’s degree: 21.1
The average travel time to work, in minutes, for commuters in the Buckeye State: 22.9

The state of Ohio encompasses 41,330 square miles.
Ohio contains 88 counties.
Ashtabula is Ohio’s largest county with 711 square miles.
Lake is Ohio’s smallest county with 232 square miles.
Highest geographical point is Campbell Hill located in Bellefontaine at 1,550 ft.
Lowest geographical point is the Ohio River at 433 ft.
The geographic center of the state is located in Centerburg
in Knox County.

Marietta was Ohio’s first permanent settlement. It was founded in 1788 by General Rufus Putnam and named in honor of Marie Antoinette, then queen of France.

Chillicothe was Ohio’s first capital. The Chillicothe statehouse was the first stone building erected in Ohio.
The nation’s first interracial, coeducational college, Oberlin College, was founded in Oberlin in 1833.
Cleveland became the world’s first city to be lighted
electrically in 1879 when Charles Brush successfully demonstrated arc lights on the streets.
Ohio University, founded in 1804 in Athens, was the first university in Ohio and the Northwest Territory.
In Marietta, John Gilman first used x-rays in surgery in 1896.