Immigration slowdown threatens Ohio’s future

By: Rob Moore

Outlets: Ohio Capital Journal

Published: February 4, 2026

Words: 576

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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For one reason or another, I have been writing and thinking a lot about population growth lately. An important contributor to population growth in Ohio over the past ten years has been international immigration, which also happens to be on my mind a lot these days.

According to American Community Survey responses, Ohio’s population grew by about 290,000 from 2014 to 2024, an increase of only about 2.5% over that time …

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