Ohio

Buckeye State

Ohio is home to many firsts a few of which include the first ambulance service (1865), America�s first traffic light (1914), America�s first full time auto service station (1899), the first state to enact laws protecting working women (1852), the first hot dog (1900) and home to the world�s first city to be lighted electrically (Cleveland in 1879).

Today Ohio is a vibrant state with many large industries offering its residents both work and comfortable lifestyle. Ohio is one of the nation's industrial leaders, ranking third in manufacturing employment nationwide. Major manufacturing centers are located in or near Ohio's major cities - Akron is known for rubber; Canton for roller bearings; Cincinnati for jet engines and machine tools; Cleveland for auto assembly, auto parts, and steel; Dayton for office machines, refrigeration, and heating and auto equipment; Youngstown and Steubenville for steel; and Toledo for glass and auto parts.

The state's fertile soil produces soybeans, corn, oats, greenhouse and nursery products, wheat, hay and fruit, including apples, peaches, strawberries, and grapes. More than half of Ohio's farm receipts come from dairy farming, sheep and hog raising. Ohio ranks fourth among the states in lime production and also ranks high in sand and gravel and crushed stone production.

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Quick Facts

Population: 11,464,042
Land in Area: 40,948
Per Capita Personal Income: $34,874 as of 2007
Capital: Columbus

Professional Sports Teams

Football: Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns

Basketball: Cleveland Cavaliers
Basketball (WNBA): Cleveland Rockers

Baseball: Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians

Hockey: Columbus Blue Rockets

Soccer: Columbus Crew

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That the state tree, a variety of horse chestnut, gives the state its current nickname of the Buckeye State? It owes its adoption to William Henry Harrison who, during the 1840 presidential campaign adopted a log cabin made of buckeye timber as his emblem, and many of his supporters would carry buckeye canes.

That Akron, Ohio is the Rubber Capital of the World?

That fifty percent of the US population lives within a 500 mile radius of Columbus, Ohio?

That Cleveland boasts America's first traffic light. It began operation on Aug. 5, 1914?

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