People QuickFacts	Ashland	Kentucky
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	21,506	4,380,415
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	21,684	4,339,357
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	-0.8%	0.9%
 	Population, 2010    	21,684	4,339,367
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	6.6%	6.5%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	22.1%	23.6%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	17.8%	13.3%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	53.3%	50.8% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	93.9%	87.8%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	2.8%	7.8%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.3%	0.2%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.6%	1.1%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	Z	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	1.9%	1.7%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	1.5%	3.1%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	93.0%	86.3% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	83.4%	84.7%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	1.9%	3.1%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	2.9%	4.7%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	85.4%	81.7%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	17.5%	20.6%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	1,912	323,823
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	16.1	22.6 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	10,584	1,927,164
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	61.0%	69.5%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	21.4%	17.8%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$89,400	$118,700
 	Households, 2007-2011    	9,289	1,681,085
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.29	2.49
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$23,333	$23,033
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$33,169	$42,248
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	22.3%	18.1%

   	Business QuickFacts	Ashland	Kentucky
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	2,010	337,600
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	3.1%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.3%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	2.9%	1.6%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.0%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	1.1%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	17.0%	25.6% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	D	119,105,421
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	603,466	74,680,759
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	650,093	50,405,925
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$30,434	$11,843
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	76,008	6,300,866

   	Geography QuickFacts	Ashland	Kentucky
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	10.74	39,486.34
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	2,019.2	109.9
 	FIPS Code    	02368	21
 	Counties    	Boyd County
 	

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts