Regional Profile
Ashland County, Ohio
| People QuickFacts |
Ashland County |
Ohio |
| Population, 2006 estimate |
54,727 |
11,478,006 |
| Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
4.2% |
1.1% |
| Population, 2000 |
52,523 |
11,353,140 |
| Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 |
5.9% |
6.4% |
| Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 |
23.4% |
24.1% |
| Persons 65 years old and over, percent 2005 |
14.2% |
13.3% |
| Female persons, percent, 2005 |
51.1% |
51.3% |
| White persons, percent, 2005 (a) |
97.7% |
85.1% |
| Black persons, percent, 2005 (a) |
1.0% |
11.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent 2005 (a) |
0.1% |
0.2% |
| Asian persons, percent, 2005 |
0.7% |
1.4% |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a) |
0.0% |
0.0% |
| Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 |
0.6% |
1.3% |
| Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b) |
0.7% |
2.3% |
| White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 |
97.0% |
83.1% |
| Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
60.7% |
57.5% |
| Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
1.1% |
3.0% |
| Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
4.4% |
6.1% |
| High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
83.3% |
83.0% |
| Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
15.9% |
21.1% |
| Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
7,766 |
1,909,489 |
| Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
20.3 |
22.9 |
| Housing units, 2005 |
21,653 |
5,007,091 |
| Homeownership rate, 2000 |
75.6% |
69.1% |
| Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
14.1% |
24.1% |
| Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$95,900 |
$103,700 |
| Households, 2000 |
19,524 |
4,445,773 |
| Persons per household, 2000 |
2.58 |
2.49 |
| Median household income, 2004 |
$41,074 |
$43,371 |
| Per capita money income, 1999 |
$17,308 |
$21,003 |
| Persons below poverty, percent, 2004 |
9.7% |
11.7% |
| Business QuickFacts |
Ashland County |
Ohio |
| Private nonfarm establishments, 2005 |
1,108 |
270,9681 |
| Private nonfarm employment, 2005 |
16,691 |
4,762,6181 |
| Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2005 |
-8.7% |
-4.8%1 |
| Nonemployer establishments, 2004 |
3,193 |
672,835 |
| Total number of firms, 2002 |
3,860 |
817,693 |
| Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F |
4.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F |
0.4% |
| Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F |
1.7% |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F |
S |
| Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F |
0.9% |
| Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
17.4% |
28.1% |
| Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) |
1,066,851 |
243,903,865 |
| Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
137,045 |
166,446,529 |
| Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
358,141 |
119,778,409 |
| Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$6,734 |
$10,497 |
| Accomodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
48,484 |
14,875,890 |
| Building permits, 2006 |
141 |
34,422 |
| Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) |
205,234 |
73,195,2901 |
| Geography QuickFacts |
Ashland County |
Ohio |
| Land area, 2000 (square miles) |
424.37 |
40,948.38 |
| Persons per square mile, 2000 |
123.9 |
277.3 |
| FIPS Code |
005 |
39 |
| Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area |
Ashland, OH |
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