Ashland, Alabama

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The last Census shows that Ashland had a population^<1> of 1,965 people in 2000. This represents 0.04% of the total population of Alabama, making it the state's 183rd most populous community.

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

Rank	Community	Population	Direction	Distance<2>
181	Reform	1,978	W	125 mi [201.2 km]
182	Good Hope	1,966	NW	82 mi [132 km]
183	Ashland	1,965
184	Florala	1,964	S	159 mi [255.9 km]
185	Butler	1,952	SW	160 mi [257.5 km]

Every year, the US Census produces an estimate for the number of people living in Ashland. The most recent estimate is for the year 2007 and at that time, Ashland had a population of 1,873 people. This is a decrease of 4.68% 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 Ashland had 975 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Ashland has a total area of 7.27 square miles [18.82 km²]^<4>. Of this total, only a minor amount of the area is covered by water (0.03 square miles [0.07 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Ashland had a 2000 population density of 271.5 people per square mile [703 people/km²].

Clay County

Ashland is located in Clay County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 14,265 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 1,965 people, Ashland accounted for 13.77% of the Clay County total.

In addition, where the community of Ashland has a population density of 271.5 people per square mile [703 people/km²], Clay County averages 23.58 people per square mile [61.1 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Ashland and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Ashland. 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 Ashland.

A Census Quickfact is available for Clay County (QF-01027).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Clay County.

County	Census QuickFact	Direction	Population (2007 est)	Population (2000 Census)	Change in Population
Cleburne	QF-01029	NE	14,700	14,157	3.84%
Coosa	QF-01037	SW	10,864	11,863	-8.42%
Randolph	QF-01111	E	22,425	22,418
Talladega	QF-01121	W	80,255	80,341	-0.11%
Tallapoosa	QF-01123	S	40,747	41,722	-2.34%

Miscellaneous Information

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

Ashland 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 Ashland.

Search for Local Businesses

People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when 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) Ashland. 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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