How bad is Ohio's recession

Ohioan's earned 14% less in 2009 than 10 years earlier a drop that is twice as steep as the nation's according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The national household median income fell 2.9% from $51,726 in 2008 to $50,221 last year. For Ohio the median income went from $47,428 in 2008 to $45,395 last year.

Ohioan's living in poverty is 15.2% which is above the national average of 14.3%. Also Ohio sit higher than the national average of  children who live in homes below the povery line which is $22,050 for a four person family with Ohio average being 21.9%. With such a drop in income and growing reliance on public assistance programs are not surprising.

One in every eight households were recipients of food assistance last year which is about 124,000 homes out of 4.53 million. Ohio household receiving cash assistance is up by about 33,000 in 2009 than the year before.The Census data reinforces evidence of an overwrought public assistance system at both state and county levels.

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