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Ashland County, Ohio

A county in Ohio, ranked 48 of 88 by population.

CountyFIPS 39005

Within Ohio
Ashland County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Ashland, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
52,523
+38 (+0.1%) since 2020
Land area
423
square miles. A further 0.9% of the total area is water
Population density
124
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Ashland
Seat of county government.
Established
1846
179 years ago
Largest city
Ashland city
Population 18,730.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Ashland County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Ashland County, Ohio from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 416 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Ashland County ranks

Position among the 88 counties of Ohio, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn OhioNationally
Population52,52348th of 88979th of 3,144
Land area423 sq mi49th of 882,396th of 3,144
Population density124 per sq mi41st of 88780th of 3,144
Median household income$69,86039th of 881,206th of 3,143

Full data for Ashland County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population52,523Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202052,485Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?52,446Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area423 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area426.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?124 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$69,860American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$186,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households20,720American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units22,568American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-15
603 births, 618 deaths
Net migration
+99
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 7 areas bordering Ashland County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Richland CountyOhio36 mi124,893
Wayne CountyOhio22 mi116,758
Holmes CountyOhio12 mi44,970
Huron CountyOhio10 mi58,250
Lorain CountyOhio8.6 mi323,219
Medina CountyOhio7.2 mi185,025
Knox CountyOhio6.2 mi64,002

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 88 counties of Ohio

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.