People pick up food from the Sugartree Ministry food bank. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Ohio’s poverty rate was 8.7% in 2021, according to a recent study by Columbus-based firm Scioto Analysis.
Jan. 22—Poverty rates increased in about half of Ohio's counties in 2022, but five local counties saw declines and Warren County had one of the lowest rates in the nation, according to new U.S. Census ...