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Compared to a year ago, total nonfarm payroll employment
increased by 38,600, or 0.7%. During the same period, total nonfarm
payrolls nationwide grew 1.4%. The increase in Ohio's total nonfarm
payroll employment was largely in educational and health services
Compared to a
year ago,
(+14,500), leisure and hospitality (+12,300), financial activities (+9,500),
construction (+5,700), and nondurable goods manufacturing (+4,700). Job
losses were primarily in government (-9,700). In the 12 months ending in Ohio's total
November 2017, Ohio's total nonfarm payroll employment growth was
slightly lower than the year-over-year increase in the previous year.
nonfarm
payroll
Ohio's personal income rose 0.8% in the third quarter of 2017,
following 0.2% growth in the second quarter, according to BEA estimates.
Personal income growth also accelerated in the third quarter in 31 other
employment
increased by
states and the District of Columbia. Nationwide, average state personal 38,600, or
income rose 0.7% in the third quarter of 2017, up from 0.6% in the second
quarter. Personal income growth in Ohio and most other states was
accounted for mainly by higher net earnings. The leading contributors to
Ohio's personal income growth in the third quarter were increased
earnings in the healthcare and social assistance industry, construction,
wholesale trade, and the finance and insurance industry.
0
.7%.
Between July 1, 2016, and July 1, 2017, Ohio's total population
increased from 11.62 million to 11.66 million, an increase of 36,055 or
0
.3%, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's estimates released on
December 20, 2017. In comparison, the U.S. total population grew by 0.7%
during the same period. Between July 1, 2016, and July 1, 2017, total births
in the state outnumbered deaths by 22,458. Migration of people into the
state exceeded migration out of state by 13,926 as new Ohio residents
from foreign countries totaled 22,131, partly offset by domestic net
outmigration of 8,205. Ohio ranked 32nd out of all 50 states and the
District of Columbia in terms of percentage population change, but
ranked 18th in terms of total population change. Nationwide, Idaho was
the fastest growing state (2.2%). Ohio remained the nation's seventh most
populous state with 3.6% of the nation's population while California
remained the most populous state.
In 2017, more Ohioans continued to move out of the state than
residents of other states moved to Ohio, according to the United Van
Lines' 41st Annual National Movers study. The study tracks United Van
Lines customers' state-to-state migration patterns within the
4
8 contiguous states and the District of Columbia over the past year. The
main reasons for Ohioans who moved out of the state were for a job and
retirement while proximity to family was the primary factor for residents
of other states to move to Ohio. In 2017, Ohio ranked seventh in terms of
January 2018
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