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 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.