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Columbus Region Facts and Figures

Columbus, the state capital and largest city in Ohio, is the 15th largest city in the U.S.
Columbus is the fastest growing city in the Midwest and was first in the Midwest to recover all jobs lost to the recession
With one of the highest concentrations of college students in the nation, the Columbus Region's 59 college and university campuses enroll 136,000 students annually
No single industry sector represents more than 18 percent of employment, resulting in an exceptionally stable economy
Economic base sectors are headquarters and business services, international business, logistics, manufacturing, and science and technology

Financial activities accounted for $28.0 billion in economic output in 2014, and professional and business services accounted for $16.1 billion
Columbus' office space is 40 percent cheaper than Chicago and 60 percent cheaper than New York
The Columbus location quotient of 6.7 compared to the U.S. is higher than both the New York and Los Angeles MSAs, each at 3.5 and 3.2 respectively (ESRI, 2015)
- Columbus is the third largest U.S. metro for fashion designers, behind only the aforementioned

More than 450 internationally-owned companies employ nearly 60,000 people in the Columbus Region
109 different languages are spoken throughout the Columbus Region
Japan, the United Kingdom and Canada are the Columbus Region's largest foreign investors

KPMG ranks Ohio No. 2 in the nation in effective tax rate for new distribution centers
Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University is ranked No. 3 and No. 4 among undergraduate and graduate, supply chain and logistics programs nationwide
4,183 logistics and distribution operations employ over 80,000 people in the Columbus Region
The Columbus Region is within a 10-hour truck drive to 47 percent of the U.S. population, 47 percent of the manufacturing capacity and 48 percent of U.S. headquarter operations
Rickenbacker Inland Port is a dynamic, international logistics center home to:
- Direct rail connection to the Virginia ports via the Heartland Corridor as well as other major markets including Seattle, Los Angeles, New York and Central Mexico
- Rickenbacker International Airport, one of the world's largest cargo-dedicated airports, which continues to expand its international freighter service such as the addition of weekly Cargolux and Cathay Pacific Airways flights between Rickenbacker and Hong Kong

$12.5 billion in economic output was generated by manufacturing in 2015
Manufacturers experienced a 52 percent increase in productivity (output per worker) from 2001 to 2015
Honda of America Mfg., Inc is located in the Columbus Region, along with an extensive network of its suppliers, and leads Ohio's automotive industry.

Battelle, the world's largest contract research and development organization, and The Ohio State University, the third largest university in the nation, spend a combined $6 billion in research annually
Ohio has one of the lowest effective tax rates for new research and development facilities
The Columbus Region is home to the nation's largest angel investor group

For more information regarding the Columbus Region please visit the Columbus 2020 Team at ColumbusRegion.com

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