People QuickFacts	Ashland	Ohio
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	20,367	11,541,007
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	20,362	11,536,502
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	Z	Z
 	Population, 2010    	20,362	11,536,504
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	6.0%	6.2%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	21.0%	23.7%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	17.7%	14.1%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	53.2%	51.2% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	95.8%	82.7%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.4%	12.2%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.2%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.0%	1.7%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	1.3%	2.1%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	1.2%	3.1%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	95.0%	81.1% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	77.7%	85.3%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	3.7%	3.9%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	5.4%	6.5%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	88.8%	87.8%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	26.8%	24.5%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	1,532	914,971
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	17.5	22.9 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	8,914	5,127,508
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	65.3%	68.7%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	23.6%	22.9%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$106,100	$135,600
 	Households, 2007-2011    	7,763	4,554,007
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.39	2.46
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$20,514	$25,618
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$40,503	$48,071
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	15.5%	14.8%

   	Business QuickFacts	Ashland	Ohio
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	1,505	897,939
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	5.8%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.3%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	2.3%	2.0%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	S
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	1.1%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	19.2%	27.7% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	723,584	295,890,890
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	83,290	135,575,279
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	301,483	138,816,008
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$13,843	$12,049
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	29,999	17,779,905

   	Geography QuickFacts	Ashland	Ohio
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	11.17	40,860.69
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	1,823.1	282.3
 	FIPS Code    	02568	39
 	Counties    	Ashland 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