The Ohio Legislative District Fact Sheets are the most comprehensive and reliable collection of data points on conditions facing people in each Ohio Senate and Ohio House district in the state that we are able to produce. Still, every statistic carries some level of uncertainty and these Fact Sheets are no exception. It is important...
The social services safety net and basic needs like food and housing is the most important health, social, or economic issue confronting the state of Ohio, according to the latest Community Solutions audience survey. Economic development, job training, and employment fell to the lowest level since we started asking the question a decade ago, landing...
Emily Muttillo has been named Senior Research Fellow at The Center for Community Solutions. She will continue in her role as Director of Research and Williamson Family Fellow for Applied Research. She directs much of Community Solutions’ consulting work and leads the high-performing team focused on data analysis and demographic and socioeconomic research. During her...
Ohio is becoming more racially diverse. The demographic shift will naturally continue because the younger generation is more likely than previous generations to report being something other than “Non-Hispanic White Alone.” That’s the way the U.S. Census Bureau describes people who are white and nothing else. As we’ve written about in the past, the Census...
In 2021, Ohio’s Hispanic and Latinx population reached over a half-million people, joining 21 other states. The number of people of Hispanic heritage has risen steadily over the last decade, growing more than 40 percent since 2010. People of Hispanic Heritage live in every corner of Ohio. According to the latest data available from the...
The first reliable data on poverty in Cleveland during the COVID-19 pandemic was released last week. The U.S. Census Bureau’s 2021 1-year estimates show that nearly 105,000 people in the City of Cleveland lived in poverty in 2021. Of those, more than 33,500 are children. At 45.5 percent, Cleveland has the highest child poverty rate...
Asian Pacific American Heritage month found its place in May based on two dates, highlighting both immigration and labor. May 7, 1843, marks the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants to the United States. Golden Spike Day, May 10, 1869, recognizes the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the U.S., which had significant contributions...
In collaboration with the Center for Community Solutions, Akron Children’s Hospital is conducting a community health needs assessment (CHNA) focused on issues impacting the health and well-being of children within a 12-county footprint. We need your help! Those who join and are confirmed to be from the region who fully participate in the focus group can...
The number and percent of people living in poverty in Cleveland appears to have dropped in 2020, according to the American Community Survey 5-year estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Although the change is not statistically significant, improvements in the economic circumstances for children continued a recent trend, and estimates of child poverty in...
