Ohio is bordered by Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the west, and Michigan to the northwest.
Its capital and largest city is Columbus, with other large population centers including Cleveland, Cincinnati, Dayton, Akron, and Toledo. With a population of nearly 11.8 million, Ohio is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated state. Ohio ( / oʊ ˈ h aɪ oʊ/ ⓘ) is a state in the Midwestern United States.
