Capital: Columbus
Motto: With God, all things are possible
Nickname: Buckeye State
Origin of name: From an Iroquoian word meaning "great river"
Ten largest cities (1994):
Columbus, 635,913;
Cleveland, 492,901;
Cincinnati, 358,170;
Toledo, 322,550;
Akron, 221,886;
Dayton, 178,540;
Youngstown, 91,775;
Parma, 85,792;
Canton, 84,188;
Lorain, 70,919
Land area (rank): 40,953 sq mi. (106,067 sq km) (35)
Geographic center: In Delaware Co., 25 mi. NNE of Columbus
Number of counties: 88
Largest county (1995 pop. est.): Cuyahoga, 1,398,169
1997 resident population est.: 11,186,331
1990 resident census population (rank): 10,847,115 (7th largest in the United States)
Male: 5,226,340; Female: 5,620,775.
White: 9,521,756 (87.8%); Black: 1,154,826 (10.6%); Hispanic: 139,696 (1.3%); Asian or Pacific Islander: 91,179 (0.8%); American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut: 20,358 (0.2%); Other race: 58,996 (0.5%).
1990 percent population under 18: 25.8; 65 and over: 13.0; median age: 33.3
USA VOLLEYBALL OHIO VALLEY REGION (OV) Ron Wyzynski, Exec. Director 315 Johnson Rd. Kent, OH 44240 888/873-9478 (toll-free); 330/678-4601(h); 330/673-2514(fax) e-mail: ronwy@ald.net Web Site: http://www.ovr.org
In Ohio in 1996-1997 school year, 774 high schools fielded girls teams with 19,088 girls representing those schools. 67 high schools fielded boys teams with 1,527 boys representing those schools.
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DIVISION I - WOMENS
University of Dayton Dayton OH 45469 Xavier University Cincinnati OH 45207-6114 University of Akron Akron OH 44325 Bowling Green State Univ. Bowling Green OH 43403 Kent State University Kent OH 44242 Miami University Oxford OH 45056 Ohio State University Columbus OH 43210 Ohio University Athens OH 45701 University of Toledo Toledo OH 43606 Youngstown State University Youngstown OH 44555-0001 University of Cincinnati Cincinnati OH 45221 Cleveland State University Cleveland OH 44115 Wright State University Dayton OH 45435-0001DIVISION II - WOMENS
ASHLAND UNIVERSITY ASHLAND OH 44805 UNIVERSITY OF FINDLAY FINDLAY OH 45840DIVISION III - WOMEN
Baldwin-Wallace College Berea OH 44017 Bluffton College Bluffton OH 45817-1196 Capital University Columbus OH 43209-2394 Case Western Reserve Univ. Cleveland OH 44106 The Defiance College Defiance OH 43512 Denison University Granville OH 43023 Heidelberg College Tiffin OH 44883-2462 Hiram College Hiram OH 44234-0067 John Carroll University University Hgts. OH 44118-4581 Kenyon College Gambier OH 43022-9223 Lake Erie College Painesville OH 44077 Marietta College Marietta OH 45750 Mount Saint Joseph Cincinnati OH 45233-1672 Mount Union College Alliance OH 44601 Muskingum College New Concord OH 43762 Oberlin College Oberlin OH 44074 Ohio Northern University Ada OH 45810 Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware OH 43015 Otterbein College Westerville OH 43081 Wilmington College Wilmington OH 45177 Wittenberg University Springfield OH 45501-0720 College of Wooster Wooster OH 44691DIVISION I - MENS
Ohio State University Columbus OH 43210