Ohio House District 94 Fact Sheet

Representative Jay Edwards

Demographics District 94 District 94

Population 120,217
Under age 18 20,927 17.4%
Ages 18-64 81,322 67.6%
Ages 65+ 17,968 14.9%
Race Count %
White 112,270 93.4%
Black/African-American 2,528 2.1% Parts of Meigs, Athens, Vinton
and Washington counties
Asian-American/Pacific Islander 2,163 1.8%
American Indian/Alaska Native 336 0.3%
Other race reported 361 0.3%
Two or more races 2,559 2.1%
Ethnicity Count %
Hispanic/Latino (of any race) 1,647 1.4%

Income, Employment & Poverty District 94 Ohio

Median Household Income $40,431 $52,407
Employment (Ages 25-64) % %
Labor Force Participation Rate 67.6% 77.4%
Poverty Count % %
Persons living below poverty 27,504 25.3% 14.9%
Children (Ages 0-17) below poverty 5,978 29.2% 21.3%
Families with children living below poverty 3,094 27.6% 18.2%
Older Adults (Ages 65+) below poverty 1,927 11.2% 8.0%
Persons in deep poverty (under 50% of poverty) 14,316 13.2% 6.9%
Children (Age 0-17) in deep poverty (under 50% of poverty) 3,112 15.2% 10.2%

Poverty in perspective:
For a family of three (single Wages of Full Time Workers
parent, two kids) in Ohio,
$16,952
the living wage is $54,850
per year, more than three
$20,780
times what someone making
minimum wage earns $54,850
working 40 hours a week.
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Representative Jay Edwards

Education (Age 25+) District 94 Ohio

Less than a High School Diploma 8,709 11.6% 10.2%
High School Diploma or equivalent (GED) 28,501 38.1% 33.6%
Some college or associate’s degree 20,599 27.6% 29.0%
Bachelor’s degree or higher 17,034 22.7% 27.2%

Health District 94 Ohio

No Health Insurance Coverage 8,817 7.4% 7.4%
Medicaid Coverage 27,927 23.5% 19.7%
Disability Status (with a disability) 21,884 18.4% 13.8%
Birth Outcomes (2013-2017) Count Rate Rate
Low birthweight (under 5.5 pounds) 368 7.8% 8.6%
Preterm birth (less than 37 weeks) 497 10.6% 12.2%
Teen births (births per 1,000 females age 15-19) 359 10.4 23.6

Food Bank Benefits Eligibility

44.7% of District 94 residents, or 48,621

people, live at or below 200% of the Federal
Poverty Level, which means they are eligible
to receive food bank benefits in Ohio.

Housing District 94 Ohio

Unaffordable housing: Housing costs are more than 30% of the household income

Owner-Occupied households in unaffordable housing 3,718 25.3% 23.3%

Renter-Occupied households in unaffordable housing 7,337 55.1% 46.6%

Access & Benefits District 94 Ohio

Public Benefits Income Count % %
Households with Social Security Income (OASDI) 14,600 32.5% 31.4%
Households that received SNAP (food stamps) 8,771 19.5% 14.2%
Technology Count % %
Household has one or more computing device 36,724 81.7% 85.8%
Household has an internet subscription 31,561 70.3% 77.8%
Sources: Birth Outcomes data is from Ohio Department of Health (2013-2017), calculated by The Center for Community Solutions. All other data is from 2017
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, compiled by The Center for Community Solutions.

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