Ohio’s population ticks back up, but larger declines projected by 2050

Jan. 9—Ohio gained about 26,238 new residents in 2023, which was the state's first population increase in three years, according to new Census data. But Ohio's rate of population growth trailed a majority of U.S. states, and the Buckeye State is expected to lose hundreds of thousands of residents in the next two and a half decades, according to state projections. However, population loss is …