Typical Ohio household income increased by $773 (1.6%) in 2018, from $55,236 to $56,111. The median Ohio household is making $460 less than when the last recession began and $2,000 less than in 2000, adjusted for inflation. #CensusData policymattersohio.org/press-room/201…
The median black household in Ohio was paid $33,590, just over half of the typical white household, a difference of more than $27,466. The gap between black and white household income grew by $1,446, about 5.6%, since 2007. #censusdata
Latino household earnings increased by $3,283 to $44,813, the largest bump of any ethnic group. #CensusData
Ohio's poverty rate remained high at 13.9% ...19.5% for children, both statistically the same as in 2017.
There were 114,540 more Ohioans in poverty in 2018 than in 2007. #CensusData
Nearly 1 in 5 Ohio children, more than 1 in 4 black Ohioans (28.7%), and nearly one in four LatinoOhioans (23.8%) lived in poverty last year. #CensusData
Ohio was 1 of 8 states w/ an increase in the share of people w/o health insurance.
This was the second year in a row that Ohioans lost coverage.
The number of uninsured Ohioans rose to 744,000, up 58,000 from 2017.
The share of uninsured children in Ohio is now 5.5%.
“Job growth and a low unemployment rate are not enough. Ohioans need better workplace protections, more bargaining power and real on-ramps to the middle class.”
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Yesterday the #Census released new data that show how Americans fared last year w/ a caveat: the pandemic ended doorknocking early and caused a pretty big undercount.
Everyone should be able to put food on the table and keep the lights on - even during tough times. But when the health crisis hit, and necessary public health orders caused many people to lose their jobs, a lot of people didn't have reserves needed.
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People are suffering because of decisions made by some of our elected leaders who are more accountable to what's best for corporations instead of what's best for people.
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Like most of us, @GovMikeDeWine wants Ohio to be a healthy place to live.
Unlike most of us, he has the power to enact statewide policy solutions to help all Ohioans thrive, regardless of race, status or wealth.
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@GovMikeDeWine took a step toward a healthy Ohio for everyone when he convened his Minority Health Strike Force. Now that team has delivered a detailed blueprint for health equity in our state:
Thread: This #Labor Day, let’s reflect on how Ohio’s working ppl have stepped up during COVID-19: the ICU nurse tending to a gravely ill patient, the janitor keeping the building safe and clean, the meatpacking workers making sure we have food to eat despite their high risk. 1/
Every #LaborDay, we release our “State of Working Ohio” report. We look back at how working ppl fared over the last year. This year we’re focused on policies to provide working ppl w/ a much needed “reset” and longer-term reforms to “unrig” the economy 2/ policymattersohio.org/research-polic…
Before COVID-19 struck, working Ohioans produced record wealth, but they weren’t sharing in it the way they should have been. The wealthiest captured most of the gains. #LaborDay 3/
Most Ohioans have been doing our part to take care of each other – from wearing masks to running errands for neighbors. But years of bad policy -- sponsored by and in service to corporations & the wealthy -- have left us vulnerable.
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State leaders are sitting on billions in the rainy day fund and unspent federal funding, even as many Ohioans are on the brink of disaster, many more are already there, and long-neglected public programs that help us all are eroded even further.
Ohio lawmakers can extend the Art Modell Law to other businesses. The law, passed after the Browns' owner moved the team to Baltimore, requires pro sports teams to give at least 6 months’ notice of intent to leave, and give locals the opportunity to buy the franchise. 2/
Strengthen WARN Act protections & enforcement. The Federal Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification (WARN) Act requires large employers give 60 days’ notice to the state & workers before a big layoff. Some states include smaller firms & layoffs and provide severance pay 3/