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Ashland County, Wisconsin

A county in Wisconsin, ranked 62 of 72 by population.

CountyFIPS 55003

Within Wisconsin
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
16,203
+175 (+1.1%) since 2020
Land area
1,045
square miles. A further 54.4% of the total area is water
Population density
15.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Ashland
Seat of county government.
Established
1860
165 years ago
Largest city
Ashland city
Population 7,927 for the whole place, which extends beyond this county.

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, Wisconsin 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 366 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 72 counties of Wisconsin, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn WisconsinNationally
Population16,20362nd of 722,025th of 3,144
Land area1,045 sq mi11th of 72625th of 3,144
Population density15.5 per sq mi64th of 722,378th of 3,144
Median household income$62,46263rd of 721,850th 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
Population16,203Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202016,028Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?16,034Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,045 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1,247 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area2,292 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?15.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$62,462American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$170,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households6,832American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units9,445American 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
-35
156 births, 191 deaths
Net migration
+37
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 8 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
Bayfield CountyWisconsin78 mi16,787
Iron CountyWisconsin78 mi6,127
Cook CountyMinnesota41 mi5,522
Sawyer CountyWisconsin24 mi18,846
Ontonagon CountyMichigan19 mi5,823
Gogebic CountyMichigan18 mi14,285
Price CountyWisconsin18 mi13,988
Lake CountyMinnesota4.1 mi10,746

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

All 72 counties of Wisconsin

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