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The State Adult Literacy Survey: A Look At Results For Ohio
The State of Literacy in America: Estimates at the Local, State, and National Levels
| Resident population (1,000) | State Rank | U.S. | |
| 1990 | 10,847 | 7 | 248,718 |
| 1997 | 11,186 | 7 | 267,636 |
| 1999 | 11,257 | 7 | 272,691 |
| (Persons 20 Years & Over) | Ohio | U.S. |
| 12th Grade or Less, No Diploma | 1,794,770 | 42,600,296 |
| High School Graduate | 2,793,205 | 53,459,489 |
| Some College, No Bachelor Degree | 1,865,231 | 47,160,089 |
| Bachelor or Higher Degree | 1,254,850 | 34,293,949 |
| Synthetic Estimate | SALS Estimate | |
| Combined Mean Proficiency Percent in Level 1 Percent in Level 2 Percent in Levels 3-5 |
280 11 28 61 |
279 15 31 54 |
| Prose Mean Proficiency Percent in Level 1 Percent in Level 2 Percent in Levels 3-5 |
282 9 28 63 |
280 15 28 57 |
| Document Mean Proficiency Percent in Level 1 Percent in Level 2 Percent in Levels 3-5 276 |
12 30 58 276 |
17 31 52 |
| Quantitative Mean Proficiency Percent in Level 1 Percent in Level 2 Percent in Levels 3-5 | 282 11 26 63 |
280 17 27 56 |
| Population | 8,081,313 | 8,261,176 |
| # of adults without HS Diploma (12th Grade or Less ) | 1,794,770 |
| # of ABLE programs ¹ | 169 |
| # of sites operating full-time programs (25 hours or more) ² | 401 |
| # of ESL participants ² | 11,928 |
| Estimated Cost Per Enrollee/ year ² | $187.31 |
² Source: The Ohio Division of Adult Education Office of Vocational and Adult Education
Annual Performance Report--1996,
For the Adult Education State-Administered Program
| State or other area | 1990 | 1991 | ||||
| Total | Level of Enrollment | Total | Level of Enrollment | |||
| Adult Basic Education | Adult Secondary Education | Adult Basic Education | Adult Secondary Education | |||
| Ohio | 95,476 | 79,527 | 15,949 | 108,753 | 88,302 | 20,451 |
| Table 2 | State of Ohio | Industry Employment Trends, 1983-1994, and Projections, 1994-2005 | Major Industry Divisions | (employment in thousands) | ||||||
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| Industry Division | ||||||||||
| 1983 | 1994 | Change, 1983-1994 | Projected 2005 | Change, 1994-2005 | ||||||
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| Nonfarm wage and salary | 4,092.5 | 100.0 | 5,076.2 | 100.0 | 983.7 | 24.0 | 5,754.2 | 100.0 | 678.0 | 13.4 |
| Goods-producing | 1,223.4 | 29.9 | 1,290.5 | 25.4 | 67.1 | 5.5 | 1,280.6 | 22.3 | -9.9 | -0.8 |
| Mining | 26.6 | 0.6 | 14.5 | 0.3 | -12.1 | -45.5 | 13.0 | 0.2 | -1.5 | -10.3 |
| Construction | 130.8 | 3.2 | 205.5 | 4.0 | 74.7 | 57.1 | 233.3 | 4.1 | 27.8 | 13.5 |
| Manufacturing | 1,066.0 | 26.0 | 1,070.5 | 21.1 | 4.5 | 0.4 | 1,034.3 | 18.0 | -36.2 | -3.4 |
| Durable goods | 721.9 | 17.6 | 705.9 | 13.9 | -16.0 | -2.2 | 661.6 | 11.5 | -44.3 | -6.3 |
| Nondurable goods | 344.1 | 8.4 | 364.6 | 7.2 | 20.5 | 6.0 | 372.7 | 6.5 | 8.1 | 2.2 |
| Service-producing | 2,869.2 | 70.1 | 3,785.8 | 74.6 | 916.6 | 31.9 | 4,473.6 | 77.7 | 687.8 | 18.2 |
| Transport & Utilities | 198.5 | 4.9 | 222.3 | 4.4 | 23.8 | 12.0 | 235.6 | 4.1 | 13.3 | 6.0 |
| Trade | 933.5 | 22.8 | 1,225.2 | 24.1 | 291.7 | 31.2 | 1,393.4 | 24.2 | 168.2 | 13.7 |
| Finance, Insurance & Real Estate | 207.8 | 5.1 | 270.3 | 5.3 | 62.5 | 30.1 | 291.3 | 5.1 | 21.0 | 7.8 |
| Services | 873.3 | 21.3 | 1,327.9 | 26.2 | 454.6 | 52.1 | 1,762.0 | 30.6 | 434.1 | 32.7 |
| Government | 656.1 | 16.0 | 740.1 | 14.6 | 84.0 | 12.8 | 791.3 | 13.8 | 51.2 | 6.9 |
| Agriculture (1) | -- | -- | 101.8 | -- | -- | -- | 95.7 | -- | -6.1 | -6.0 |
| Private Household | -- | -- | 16.6 | -- | -- | -- | 13.7 | -- | -2.9 | -17.5 |
| Nonfarm self-employed & unpaid workers | -- | -- | 397.3 | -- | -- | -- | 444.5 | -- | 47.2 | 11.9 |
| Total Employment (2) | -- | -- | 5,591.9 | -- | -- | -- | 6,308.1 | -- | 716.2 | 12.8 | (1) Excludes SICs 074,5,8 (agricultural services). | (2) Wage and salary data are from the BLS Current Employment Statistics (payroll) survey, which counts jobs, whereas self- employed, unpaid family worker, agricultural, and private household data are from the Current Population Survey (household survey), which counts workers. | Source: Ohio Bureau of Employment Services, Labor Market Information Division, June 1996. |
| Average annual pay | State | Rank | U.S. |
| 1990 | $22,844 | 15 | $23,602 |
| 1994 | $26,134 | 16 | $26,939 |
| Personal income per capita (constant 1992 dol.) | |||
| 1990 | $18,887 | 22 | $20,090 |
| 1995 | $20,475 | 21 | $21,188 |
| Median household income (constant 1994 dol.) | |||
| 1990 | $34,032 | 21 | $33,952 |
| 1994 | $31,855 | 25 | $32,264 |
| All persons | Number below poverty level | Percent below poverty level | Persons age 65 and over | Number below poverty level | Percent below poverty level | |
| Ohio | 10,574,315 | 1,325,768 | 12.5 | 1,320,966 | 140,798 | 10.7 |
| Persons 16 years and over | 8,349,183 |
| In labor force | 5,298,073 |
| Percent in labor force | 63.5 |
| Civilian labor force | 5,279,995 |
| Employed. | 4,931,357 |
| Unemployed | 348,638 |
| Percent unemployed | 6.6 |
| Armed Forces. | 18,078 |
| Not in labor force. | 3,051,110 |
| Percent of civilian population employed | State | Rank | U.S. |
| 1990 | 62.0 | 36 | 62.8 |
| 1995 | 62.8 | 34 | 62.9 |
| To access census information by State and County Go to http://venus.census.gov/cdrom/lookup |
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