·     Ohio’s unemployment rate is at a 16 year high, with 7.4% - or 445,000 Ohioans-- looking for a job. Six of Ohio’s counties have unemployment rates exceeding 10%;
·     Once a great manufacturing state, Ohio has lost almost a quarter of its goods-producing jobs-- nearly twice the national average;
·     Ohio has the nation’s seventh highest foreclosure rate in the nation, with approximately one foreclosure for every 60 homes in the state;  
·     Over a million Ohioans lack health insurance;
·     Only 76% of Ohio’s students graduate from high school and only half attend college after graduating;
·     Over 25% of students leave the state of Ohio soon after they graduate from college.
 
Despite these grim statistics, there are many reasons to believe that Ohioans are engaged and ready for change.