Editing Ashland, Alabama (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1870= 118
|1880= 387
|1890= 635
|1900= 422
|1910= 1062
|1920= 1655
|1930= 1476
|1940= 1608
|1950= 1593
|1960= 1610
|1970= 1921
|1980= 2052
|1990= 2034
|2000= 1965
|2010= 2037
|2020= 1984
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 6, 2013}}</ref>
}}
Ashland first appeared on the 1870 U.S. Census<ref>http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1870a-05.pdf, 1870 AL Census</ref> as an unincorporated village, incorporating as a town the following year. The 6th beat (precinct) of Clay County also bore the name of Ashland, and has continued to report to date (2010), becoming a census division in 1960.<ref>http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/37721510v1p2ch2.pdf, 1960 AL Census</ref> The population of the beat/precinct/census division is as follows: 1870–1,499; 1880–2,178; 1890–2,848; 1900–2,891; 1910–3,581; 1920–4,629; 1930–3,713; 1940–3,757; 1950–3,197; 1960–5,696; 1970–5,852; 1980–6,167; 1990–5,780; 2000–6,515; 2010–6,128. From 1870 to 1950, Ashland was also the largest community in Clay County. It lost that distinction to [[Lineville, Alabama|Lineville]] beginning in 1960, when the latter eclipsed Ashland by just 2 people (1,612 to 1,610).

===2010 Census data===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=2015-07-18 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2010, there were 2,037 people, 849 households, and 516 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|272.9|PD/sqmi}}. There were 986 housing units at an average density of {{convert|135|/sqmi}}. The racial makeup of the city was 71.5% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 24.1% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.7% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 2.0% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.3% from two or more races. [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race were 5.7% of the population.

There were 849 households, out of which 26.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 18.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.2% were non-families. 37.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.22 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 21.3% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 24.3% from 25 to 44, 24.9% from 45 to 64, and 20.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41.8 years. For every 100 females there were 84.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.1 males.

The [[median income]] for a household in the city was $30,759, and the median income for a family was $44,659. Males had a median income of $30,360 versus $29,438 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $17,258. About 24.4% of families and 20.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 7.9% of those under age 18 and 29.2 of those age 65 or over.

===2020 Census data===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Ashland racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US0102860&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-18|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|1,309
|65.98%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|503
|25.35%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|3
|0.15%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|25
|1.26%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|1
|0.05%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|77
|3.88%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|66
|3.33%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 1,984 people, 677 households, and 333 families residing in the town.