Demographics

Typologies are defined by the Kirwan Institute at the census tract level, and are based on a combination of road network density, housing density, population density and age of housing.

A "housing problem" indicates a household where housing costs exceed 30 percent of income, a housing unit has incomplete kitchen or plumbing facilities, or more than one occupant per room.

A "severe housing problem" indicates a household where housing costs exceed 50 percent of income, a housing unit has incomplete kitchen or plumbing facilities, or there are more than 1.5 occupants per room.

The foreign-born population includes anyone who was not a U.S. citizen at birth. It does not include people born in Puerto Rico or other U.S. territories or those born abroad to a U.S. citizen parent or parents.

According to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR), refugees are people who have fled their country of origin to escape a war or due to a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, social status, or politics, and have been awarded special protective status. Only a small fraction of the world's refugee population is considered for final resettlement in the United States. The U.S. State Department then helps match refugees with local resettlement agencies around the country. Refugee arrivals count the number of refugees initially resettled in Ohio by the U.S. Department of State and do not reflect secondary migration.