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Ohio is a Midwestern state
of the United States. As
part of the Great Lakes
region, Ohio has long been a
cultural and geographical
crossroads in North America.
At the time of European
contact, and in the years
that followed, Native
Americans in the current
territory of Ohio included
the Shawnee, Iroquois,
Miamis, and Wyandots.
Starting in the 1700s, the
area was settled by people
from New England, the
Mid-Atlantic States,
Appalachia, and the Upper
South.
Prior to 1984, the United
States Census Bureau
classified Ohio as part of
the North Central Region.
That region was subsequently
renamed as "Midwest" and
divided into two divisions.
Ohio is now in the East
North Central States
division. Ohio has the
highest population density
of any state outside of the
Eastern Seaboard, and it is
the seventh-largest U.S.
state according to
population.
Ohio was the first state
admitted to the Union under
the Northwest Ordinance. Its
U.S. postal abbreviation is
OH; its old-style
abbreviation was O. Natives
of Ohio are known as Ohioans
or Buckeyes, after the
buckeye tree.
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