Ashford, Alabama

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The last Census shows that Ashford had a population^<1> of 1,853 people in 2000. This represents 0.04% of the total population of Alabama, making it the state's 193rd most populous community.

The following is a list of similarily sized communities (based on the 2000 Census):

Rank	Community	Population	Direction	Distance<2>
191	Bynum	1,863	N	173 mi [278.4 km]
192	Vincent	1,853	NW	166 mi [267.2 km]
193	Ashford	1,853
194	Trinity	1,841	NW	259 mi [416.8 km]
195	Morris	1,827	NW	199 mi [320.3 km]

Every year, the US Census produces an estimate for the number of people living in Ashford. The most recent estimate is for the year 2007 and at that time, Ashford had a population of 2,019 people. This is an increase of 8.96% since the 2000 Census.

The following table contains the yearly population estimates since the last Census (the next Census will be in 2010).

The city of Ashford had 877 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Ashford has a total area of 6.11 square miles [15.82 km²]^<4>. Of this total, only a minor amount of the area is covered by water (0.01 square miles [0.03 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Ashford had a 2000 population density of 303.9 people per square mile [787 people/km²].

Houston County

Ashford is located in Houston County.

The county had a population of 88,925 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 1,853 people, Ashford accounted for 2.08% of the Houston County total.

In addition, where the community of Ashford has a population density of 303.9 people per square mile [787 people/km²], Houston County averages 153.2 people per square mile [396.8 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Houston County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Ashford and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Ashford. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Unfortunately, the Census Bureau has not created a QuickFact that is specific to Ashford.

A Census Quickfact is available for Houston County (QF-01069).

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Ashford:

Ashford is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and in Division #6 (the East South-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Ashford.

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Ashford. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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