COLUMBUS, Ohio — Gov. Mike DeWine released Thursday’s list of Top 10 Ohio Counties Ranked by Highest Occurrence and there were no Northeast Ohio counties included on it.
The 10 counties on the list are as follows:
- Putnam
- Montgomery
- Meigs
- Butler
- Jackson
- Darke
- Shelby
- Mercer
- Henry
- Auglaize
Most of the counties that made the list are rural counties, DeWine pointed out Thursday.
The state also released a list of all 88 Ohio counties ranked by highest occurrence and the highest Northeast Ohio county on the list, ranked at 19th, was Erie. Wayne County was ranked 23rd and Cuyahoga County was ranked 30th, with Medina County following at 31st.
Many Northeast Ohio Counties were ranked on the lower end of the list with Carroll County ranked last and Ashland, Holmes and Ashtabula also ranking low.
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