Ashland, Alabama

The 2000 Census showed that Ashland had a population of 1,965 people^<1>. This represents 0.04% of the total population of Alabama, making it the state's 166th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
163	Creola	SW	207 mi [333.1 km]	2,077	3.75% increase
164	Reform	W	126 mi [202.8 km]	1,790	9.5% decrease
165	Good Hope	NW	82 mi [132 km]	2,079	5.75% increase
-166-	Ashland			1,882	4.22% decrease
167	Florala	S	158 mi [254.3 km]	1,884	4.07% decrease
168	Butler	SW	160 mi [257.5 km]	1,711	12.35% decrease
169	Ragland	NW	37 mi [59.5 km]	2,136	11.37% increase

Ashland had 975 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Ashland has an area^<4> of 7.24 square miles [18.75 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Ashland had a 2000 population density of 271.5 people per square mile [104.8 people/km²].

Clay County

The town of Ashland is located in Clay County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 14,264 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 1,965 people, Ashland contained 13.78% of the Clay County total.

In addition, where the community of Ashland has a population density of 271.5 people per square mile [104.8 people/km²], Clay County averages 23.57 people per square mile [9.1 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	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Cleburne	QF-01029	NE	14,799	4.55% increase
	Coosa	QF-01037	SW	10,814	8.83% decrease
	Randolph	QF-01111	E	22,620	0.91% increase
	Talladega	QF-01121	W	80,279	---
	Tallapoosa	QF-01123	S	40,773	2.27% decrease

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.

The Commemorative Quarter for Alabama<6>

Search for Local Businesses

People are finding 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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