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Ohio dry counties vs. wet counties

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AlanM
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Ohio dry counties vs. wet counties

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Those that have been here on the forums for a while know that I'm a numbers person and love to play with statistics.
(That's why I love John Lott's "More Guns - Less Crime")

Anyway, in another thread a few weeks ago someone made the comment that Ohio had some dry counties. That is no alcohol sales. So I decided to verify that statement to satisfy my curiosity.

Things I found out:
1. There are NO perfectly dry counties.
2. The driest county is Adams with 17 businesses with permits, 28,213 people, and 1659.6 people per permit holder. (Wierd fact: the FIRST alphabetically)
3. The wettest county is Wyandot with 66 businesses with permits, 2,235 people, and 33.9 people per permit holder. (Wierd fact: the LAST alphabetically)

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The 10 wettest counties: (Wettest first)
County, permits, population, persons/permit
Wyandot     66    2235  33.86
Harrison    198   15387 77.71
Perry       350   35241 100.69
Jackson     305   33270 109.08
Monroe      116   14221 122.59
Sandusky    387   60637 156.68
Ottawa      250   40823 163.29
Marion      355   65768 185.26
Defiance    203   38637 190.33
Madison     216   41861 193.80

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The 10 driest counties: (Driest last)
County, permits, population, persons/permit
Champaign   63    39650 629.37
Preble      65    41643 640.66
Gallia      48    30912 644.00
Meigs       35    22722 649.20
Hocking     44    28975 658.52
Scioto      106   76587 722.52
Morrow      44    34455 783.07
Lawrence    71    62573 881.31
Holmes      43    41445 963.84
Adams       17    28213 1659.59
If anyone wants the entire spreadsheet let me know and I'll get it to you.

OBTW - Franklin Co. has the most permits with 3477, with a population of 1,129,067, and 324.72 people per permitted business.
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Re: Ohio dry counties vs. wet counties

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Interesting. Living in Wyandot I should have known we'd be right up there!
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Re: Ohio dry counties vs. wet counties

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What about Caroll County? Whenever I went to Leesville in college, we always regretted it if we forgot the booze since there is no beer to be found anywhere there.
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At one time Adams County was completely dry when I was young. You had to drive out of the county or over to KY to get a beer.
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mrbone wrote:What about Caroll County? Whenever I went to Leesville in college, we always regretted it if we forgot the booze since there is no beer to be found anywhere there.
Carroll Co. 92 permits, 28,439 people, 309.12 people/permit holders.

I'm not going to do this 88 times.
Should I post a link to the Excel file?
Or convert it to text and link to that?
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Re: Ohio dry counties vs. wet counties

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mrbone wrote:What about Caroll County? Whenever I went to Leesville in college, we always regretted it if we forgot the booze since there is no beer to be found anywhere there.
When were you in college/Carroll County ?
Our Township use to be dry years ago but a little store just got a permit to sell beer, the nearby Church use to protest the other owners and the permit was denied but for some reason the Church didn't protest this time
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Re: Ohio dry counties vs. wet counties

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The population of Wyandot co. is a little over 22,000. It appears that you jumped a space. Please correct your data.
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Re: Ohio dry counties vs. wet counties

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Heretic wrote:The population of Wyandot co. is a little over 22,000. It appears that you jumped a space. Please correct your data.
I AM SOOOO MORTIFIED!!! :oops: :oops: :oops:
You are absolutely correct. I've reloaded and rechecked all my data and here is what I SHOULD have posted. :roll:
OBTW - That was the ONLY error I could find. :?

Those that have been here on the forums for a while know that I'm a numbers person and love to play with statistics.
(That's why I love John Lott's "More Guns - Less Crime")

Anyway, in another thread a few weeks ago someone made the comment that Ohio had some dry counties. That is no alcohol sales. So I decided to verify that statement to satisfy my curiosity.

Things I found out:
1. There are NO perfectly dry counties.
2. The driest county is Adams with 17 businesses with permits, 28,213 people, and 1659.6 people per permit holder. (Wierd fact: the FIRST alphabetically)
3. The wettest county is Harrison with 198 businesses with permits, 15,387 people, and 77.71 people per permit holder.

Code: Select all

The 10 wettest counties: (Wettest first)
County, permits, population, persons/permit
Harrison    198   15387 77.71
Perry       350   35241 100.69
Jackson     305   33270 109.08
Monroe      116   14221 122.59
Sandusky    387   60637 156.68
Ottawa      250   40823 163.29
Marion      355   65768 185.26
Defiance    203   38637 190.33
Madison     216   41861 193.80
Union       240   48223 200.93

Code: Select all

The 10 driest counties: (Driest last)
County, permits, population, persons/permit
Champaign   63    39650 629.37
Preble      65    41643 640.66
Gallia      48    30912 644.00
Meigs       35    22722 649.20
Hocking     44    28975 658.52
Scioto      106   76587 722.52
Morrow      44    34455 783.07
Lawrence    71    62573 881.31
Holmes      43    41445 963.84
Adams       17    28213 1659.59
If anyone wants the entire spreadsheet let me know and I'll get it to you.

OBTW - Franklin Co. has the most permits with 3477, with a population of 1,129,067, and 324.72 people per permitted business.
AlanM
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Re: Ohio dry counties vs. wet counties

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GatorNavy wrote: When were you in college/Carroll County ?
Our Township use to be dry years ago but a little store just got a permit to sell beer, the nearby Church use to protest the other owners and the permit was denied but for some reason the Church didn't protest this time
I visited there from 200 to 2003.
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Re: Ohio dry counties vs. wet counties

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mrbone wrote:
GatorNavy wrote: When were you in college/Carroll County ?
Our Township use to be dry years ago but a little store just got a permit to sell beer, the nearby Church use to protest the other owners and the permit was denied but for some reason the Church didn't protest this time
I visited there from 200 to 2003.
I worked at the Lodge in the mid 70's, started when I was 15 :shock: I had connections and when the lodge had company parties the companies had to bring in their own booze because it was a "Dry" area.
All the leftover hooch went into a cooler, the company was notified after a week to come get their excess, if they didn't come and pick it up it was "distributed" to employees.
Good times back then, goooood times
I guess the lodge sells booze now and the Gas station in Sherrodsville sells beer too, most of the dry townships were heavy moonshine areas, some still are
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