Ohio · Census place 3902568

Ashland, Ohio

Ashland is a city in Ashland County, Ohio with an estimated 18,770 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 95th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
18,770
#95 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
-2.4%
-457 people
Land area
11.4 sq mi
+ 0.06 sq mi water
Density
1,644 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Ashland. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbus.

Ashland population, 2020 to 2024

Ashland lost 457 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.4%. In the latest year it moved by +46. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 238th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Ashland is 1.3 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 19,227. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Ashland covers 11.42 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 1,644 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Ashland is less dense than the typical town.

What county Ashland is in

All of Ashland's residents live in Ashland County, which had 52,420 residents in 2024. Ashland holds 35.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ashland

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ashland by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 44805. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Ashland is

The Census internal point of Ashland is at 40.867100, -82.315200. Columbus, the capital, is 72.2 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mansfield, OH (47,593 people), 13.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Akron, OH, 43.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.867100, -82.315200
DMS
40°52'1.56"N 82°18'54.72"W
UTM
17N 389166.4E 4524836.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
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Daylight in Ashland

At 40.87° N, Ashland gets about 15 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ashland

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is West Salem, 12.9 miles away, with 1,437 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Ashland, OH?

18,770 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 457 (2.4%) from 19,227 in July 2020.

What county is Ashland in?

Ashland County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Ashland?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 44805.

How far is Ashland from Columbus?

72.2 miles (116.2 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Ashland.

What is the nearest larger city to Ashland?

Mansfield, OH, with 47,593 residents, 13.2 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.