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UNITED STATES : — OHIO
Population of the chief cities was as follows, according to the Census of 1920:—
Cities
Population
Cities
Population
Cities
Population
Cleveland . .
796,836
Hamilton
39,675
Ashtabula
22,022
Cincinnati .
401,158
Lorain . . .
37,295
Alliance . .
21,603
Toledo . . .
243,109
Portsmouth .
33,011
East Liverpool
21,411
Columbus . .
237,031
Zanesville
29,561 Elyria . . .
20,474
Akron . . .
208,435
Steubenville .
28,503 Massillon . .
17,428
Dayton . ' . .
153,830
Marion . . .
| 27,891
Findlay . .
17,015
Youngstown .
132,258
Mansfield
- 27,824
Chillicothe .
15,831
Canton . . .
87,091
Newark . .
j 26,718
Marietta . .
15,100
Springfield
60,840
Norwood .
! 24,966 Bellaire . .
15,061
Lakewood . .
41,732
Middletown .
23,594 i Piqua . . .
15,044
Lima . . .
41,306
Sandusky . .
22,897 ! Lancaster. .
14,706
Of the total population in 1910, 55 9 per cent, was urban.
The chief religious bodies are Roman Catholic, Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, and Baptist.
School attendance during full term is compulsory on children from 6 to 15 years of age. In Ohio in 1919 the 10,707 public elementary schools had 28,224 teachers (3,171 men and 25,053 women), and 880,290 enrolled pupils, (450,371 boys and 429,919 girls) ; 588 public high schools had 6,914 teachers (2,483 men and 4,431 women), and 132,711 pupils (60,639 boys and 72,072 girls), in 1919. There are 5 State normal schools with 77 teachers and 1,127 students in 1918. Expenditure on education in 1919 was 60,040,295 dollars. For superior instruction the State contains 40 Universities and colleges, of which the following are the more important (1920) : —
Founded
Institutions Professors
Students (all depart- ments)
1872
Ohio 8tate University, Columbus . . 487
5,105
1874
Cincinnati University (City)
303
3,006
1826
Western Reserve University, Cleveland .
331
1,990
1844
Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware (M.E.)
78
1,258
1833
Oberlin College, Oberlin ....
92
1,178
1809
Ohio University, Athens (State)
56
984
1824
Miami University, Oxford (State)
67
1,499
1831
Denison University, Granville (Bapt.)
47
781
1880
Case School of Applied Science, Cleveland
74
887
1868
Wooster University (Presb.)
37
671
1845
Wittenberg College, Springfield (Luth.) .
28
364
1846
Mt. Union College, Alliance (M.E.) .
24
816
1847
Ottarbein University, Westerville(U.B.)
22
365
1824
Kenyon College, Oambier (Episcopal)
17
127
The daily average number of paupers in the county homes during 1918 was 7,947, being 151*0 per 100,000 of population, and the average daily number of prisoners in the penal institutions during the year ending July 1, 1920, was 3,774, being 655 per 100,000 of the population.
