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Common Sense Ohio - Ohio Gas Prices and Gas Taxes

Lawyer Talk: Off the Record
Lawyer Talk: Off the Record
Episode • Oct 12, 2022 • 1h 3m

Gas prices and gas taxes - why is Ohio continuing to keep an Ohio tax on gas?

California and corpses as fertilizer - coming to Ohio?

Ohio board of education voting - to support Title IX

What does "conservatism" mean? Who is defining the term? We see it as conserving the fundamental fact of freedom.

JD Vance and Tim Ryan debate.

Did you know? Auto manufacturers began as electric car manufacturers. But the modifications and efficiencies of gas engines changed how cars were manufactured. So battery-powered autos are a 120-year-old idea.

Novak v. Parma - The Institute for Justice - https://ij.org/case/novak-v-parma/

Ohio Turkey arrested in Miami Township


Ohio 2020 Census update

Nearly 11.8 million in Ohio - according to the 2020 U.S. Census

2.7% work outside of the state

Most Ohioans drive alone - 81.2%

Carpool 7.6%

Walk 2.2%

Public transportation 1.4%

Commute time - 23.7 minutes (national, 26.9 minutes)


We work 38.4 hours per week


25% work in education, healthcare or social assistance

15.1% manufacturing

11.3% in retail


Median* HH income is $58,116 (nation is $64,994)


Homeownership - 66.3% (nation 64.4)

Value of homes in Ohio

.6% are valued at 1million+

38% 100k-199K

26.8% under 100K

11.7% 200k-299K


Monthly rent - the median* is $825

Columbus - $989

Delaware Cty - $1118


47.5% of residents 15+ are married (down from 2010 at 50.3%)

Of the married Ohioans - 15,700 are LGBTQ couples - which comprises 1% of married couples - this is 1/10 of 1% of the Ohio population - .001

32.6% have never been married

12% divorced

6.3% widowed

1.6% separated


Children in Ohio...

45.5% live with married parents

28.4% live in single-mother families

18.8% live in single-father families


23.4% report having German ancestry

12.7% Irish

8.6% English

6.1% Italian


81.7% white

13.3% Black

2.7% Asian

.3% Native American


Women outnumber men - 51% to 49%


Ohioans are slightly older than the national average with a median age of 39.5 compared to 38.2 nationally.


*Average can simply be defined as the sum of all the numbers divided by the total number of values. A mean is defined as the mathematical average of the set of two or more data values. Average is usually defined as mean or arithmetic mean. Mean is simply a method of describing the average of the sample.



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