Where are the military families in Ohio?

They're everywhere. If you look at the "dot maps (ppt) " you will see that military families live in every county in Ohio. As might be expected, the more populated areas of the state also have more military families. Often, military families may live hours from the facility where their unit is based.

How many military youth are in Ohio?

From the most recent numbers provided by the Defense

Manpower Data Center (2009), the total numder of military YOUTH in Ohio from all branches and components is at 34,060 ! Below you will find a county breakdown.

 

How many military families are there in Ohio?

There is no simple way to answer this question. The "dot maps (ppt)" show the location of Army and Air National Guard and Army Reserve service members in Ohio. Map 1 combines Army National Guard (OHARNG), Ohio Air National Guard (OHANG) and Army Reserves (USAR). Map 2 is the Army National Guard and Map 3 is the Air National Guard. Note that the scale of the first map (1 dot = 5 service members) is different from the other two (where 1 dot = 1 service member). In all, there are approximately 18,000 National Guard (Army and Air) and 4,500 Army Reserve service members in Ohio. This is not the entire picture of military families, however, because it does not account for all the branches of the service. The dots on the map represent the service member, some of whom are single, some of whom are married but do not have children, and some of whom have children. All of them, however, are part of families and extended families.

How many children in Ohio have a parent deployed in military service?

Again, there is no simple way to answer this question. Our best estimate is that at any point in time, about 1,000 to 1,500 children have a parent deployed. But the number is constantly changing, so it's hard to keep up with it. Additionally, there is the cumulative impact - that is, those who have ever had a parent deployed, and that number, of course, is much larger than the number at any given point in time. To get an idea of the scope of the situation, with the Ohio National Guard alone, about half of the 18,000 service members have been deployed since 9/11.

 

Ohio Military Youth by County (ages 0-18)

Total=34,060

Adams 43 Allen 237 Ashland 200 Ashtabula 247 Athens 142 Auglaize 152 Belmont 179 Brown 105 Butler 860 Carroll 65 Champaign 140 Clark 776 Clermont 444 Clinton 171 Columbiana 249 Coshocton 106 Crawford 161 Cuyahoga 1,665 Darke 121 Defiance 94 Delaware 503 Erie 167

Fairfield 683 Fayette 77 Franklin 3,048 Fulton 169 Gallia 63 Geauga 126 Greene 4,181 Guernsey 125 Hamilton 1,214 Hancock 144 Hardin 70 Harrison 40 Henry 86 Highland 126 Hocking 86 Holmes 27 Huron 213 Jackson 69 Jefferson 163 Knox 195 Lake 343 Lawrence 151

Licking 604 Logan 170 Lorain 643 Lucas 1,078 Madison 142 Mahoning 556 Marion 170 Medina 377 Meigs 61 Mercer 78 Miami 431 Monroe 38 Montgomery 3,803 Morgan 44 Morrow 92 Muskingum 269 Noble 20 Ottawa 99 Paulding 45 Perry 114 Pickaway 191 Pike 39

Portage 362 Preble 145 Putnam 68 Richland 564 Ross 187 Sandusky 170 Scioto 219 Seneca 118 Shelby 118 Stark 953 Summit 1,081 Trumbull 711 Tuscarawas 186 Union 136 Van Wert 80 Vinton 30 Warren 767 Washington 172 Wayne 186 Williams 91 Wood 377 Wyandot 49

Source: Department of Defense, August 2009

Includes Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy in all components (active duty, National Guard, and Reserves). Does not include Coast Guard. Counties with 500 or more youth are highlighted.

 

Fast Facts:

• Military youth live in every county in Ohio; they are concentrated in population centers around the state.
• The majority of youth are associated with the Reserve Component: 34% National Guard & 27% Reserves. The largest proportion of active duty service members are in the Air Force in the area surrounding Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
• Ages: 36% are aged 0 to 5, 39% are aged 6-12, and 25% are aged 13 to 18 years old.
• The 18 counties with 500 or more account for approximately 2/3 of the military youth population.

 

Contact: Theresa Ferrari, State 4-H Military Liaison & OMK Project Director

614-247-8164 or ferrari.8@osu.edu

 

To print a breakdown of military youth by county, click here.