Ohio has $13.6B in tracked subsidies across 5593 beneficiary companies. 1217 of these companies also donated to political campaigns (24% donor rate). County-level data available for 88 of 88 counties.

$13.6B Total Subsidies Tracked
5,593 Beneficiary Companies
1,217 Donor-Beneficiaries Matched 24% donor rate
$26.9M Total Donated by Beneficiaries

County Overview

88 counties ranked by subsidy total. Click any county for full details.

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Key Findings

  • 1,217 of 5,593 subsidized companies (24.3%) made campaign donations — $26.9M total.
  • $41.4M in donations flowed from beneficiaries to 1,310 political committees. Top recipient: VOTE YES ON ISSUE 3 ($2.8M).
  • 8 companies showed statistically significant pre-award donation spikes (BH-corrected, q<0.05). Top: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA (0.0× baseline, z=0.0).
  • $13.59B in total subsidies tracked across 5,593 beneficiary companies in Ohio.

Political Committee Activity

$41.4M Total donated to committees
1310 Committees receiving funds

Top recipient: VOTE YES ON ISSUE 3 ($2840K — 0% beneficiary-funded)

Pre-Award Donation Spikes

8 companies showed statistically unusual donation increases in the years around their subsidy award (Benjamini-Hochberg corrected, q<0.05).

Largest spike: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA (0× baseline, z=0)

All Counties

County-level subsidy data for Ohio
CountyScoreTotal SubsidiesCompanies
Cuyahoga50.3$1917.5M237
Hamilton41.8$769.4M83
Auglaize41.0$162.3M17
Lake34.7$181.1M50
Portage29.9$480.2M30
Logan27.6$143.4M5
Montgomery24.5$564.0M83
Williams23.1$77.2M8
Vinton20.9$0.2M1
Harrison20.8$0.0M1
Scioto20.6$113.9M7
Clark20.3$157.3M19
Van Wert18.1$14.3M10
Lucas18.0$458.1M66
Summit15.7$28.8M90
Licking15.1$194.7M29
Huron14.2$1.7M11
Franklin13.4$232.3M252
Ross13.0$1.1M5
Fulton12.1$45.9M13
Fayette11.9$7.6M2
Butler11.9$134.1M59
Erie11.3$5.3M4
Delaware10.8$25.5M19
Geauga10.7$5.8M19
Defiance10.4$1.9M8
Trumbull10.3$88.6M26
Marion10.3$12.0M12
Mercer10.2$6.9M10
Preble10.1$0.7M2
Carroll10.1$0.5M2
Stark9.8$9.7M46
Miami9.6$3.7M21
Wood9.6$53.8M25
Clermont9.1$96.6M99
Allen9.0$2.4M14
Columbiana8.9$0.5M10
Tuscarawas8.8$4.5M24
Knox8.8$2.6M3
Mahoning8.7$11.3M14
Ottawa8.4$3.6M6
Greene8.2$82.2M65
Hancock7.8$10.0M17
Medina7.7$6.9M25
Coshocton7.6$0.6M3
Darke7.6$5.2M10
Ashtabula7.2$2.3M13
Putnam7.2$2.4M9
Champaign6.9$1.1M6
Fairfield6.8$1.2M9
Paulding6.7$0.1M3
Sandusky6.6$2.2M11
Seneca6.4$1.1M12
Lorain6.3$13.3M35
Ashland6.3$1.6M10
Richland6.3$5.5M16
Hocking6.0$0.6M4
Jefferson5.6$7.0M10
Morrow5.4$1.9M4
Pike5.2$0.1M4
Highland5.1$0.7M4
Clinton4.5$4.8M7
Hardin4.3$1.2M5
Guernsey4.2$0.3M6
Holmes4.2$2.3M11
Muskingum4.0$10.8M9
Henry4.0$4.3M7
Union3.8$16.6M13
Athens3.3$27.2M5
Washington2.5$4.8M10
Warren2.4$13.6M37
Shelby2.1$1.0M10
Wayne1.5$6.3M21
Lawrence1.2$9.9M3
Madison1.2$6.2M5
Morgan0.6$1.4M2
Brown0.5$2.7M1
Pickaway0.4$2.9M5
Monroe0.2$0.6M3
Belmont0.2$2.3M2
Crawford0.1$0.3M2
Perry0.0$0.2M1
Wyandot0.0$0.1M2
Jackson0.0$0.1M4
Gallia0.0$0.0M1
Noble0.0$0.0M1
Adams0.00
Meigs0.00
How we calculated this

State summaries aggregate county-level data from Good Jobs First subsidy records cross-referenced with state campaign finance databases. Donor rates reflect the percentage of subsidy recipients matched to campaign contributors. County scorecards use a composite weighted score (subsidy concentration 35%, donor overlap 30%, tax burden 20%, WARN notices 15%).

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