County Profiles Ohio county profiles in Adobe Acrobat format. Ohio's People Population estimates, demographic trends, and historical data. It's hardly surprising that people are so fascinated whenever the Census Bureau releases the latest figures from the decennial count. Numbers are money. The amount an area gets from the federal government for various programs is largely based on population.
Numbers are clout.
The states with the most people get the largest representation in Congress. That's a downer for Ohio, which will lose two seats in the House of Representatives. Fortunately, the Columbus area will continue to have two seats. Numbers are indicators of where people want to be - on local, state and national configurations. For instance, the population growth in central Ohio far outstripped that in the rest of the state, which merely inched ahead.