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Population (year 2000): 291. Estimated
population in July 2005: 286 (-1.7% change)
Males: 144 (49.5%), Females: 147 (50.5%)
Zip code:
71002
Median resident age: 39.9 years
Median household income: $23,438 (year 2000)
Median house value: $45,000 (year 2000)
Races in Ashland:
- White Non-Hispanic (86.3%)
- Black (10.3%)
- American Indian (2.4%)
- Hispanic (1.7%)
Ancestries: United States (27.8%), Irish
(21.0%), German (7.6%), English (6.9%), French (5.5%), Dutch
(2.1%).
Land area: 27.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Ashland
- High school or higher: 78.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 27.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 9.1%
- Unemployed: 3.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 39.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Ashland village
- Never married: 19.2%
- Now married: 58.4%
- Separated: 4.6%
- Widowed: 8.2%
- Divorced: 9.6%
1.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: 0 (0.0%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Ashland:
- CHRISTUS COUSHATTA HEALTH CARE CENTER (about 15
miles; COUSHATTA, LA)
- COMMUNITY REHABILITATION HOSPITAL COUS (about 15
miles; COUSHATTA, LA)
- NATCHITOCHES PARISH HOSPITAL (about 26 miles;
NATCHITOCHES, LA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Ashland:
- BARKSDALE AFB (about 46 miles; BOSSIER CITY, LA; ID:
BAD)
- SHREVEPORT REGIONAL (about 54 miles; SHREVEPORT, LA;
ID: SHV)
- ALEXANDRIA INTL (about 69 miles; ALEXANDRIA, LA; ID:
AEX)
Other public-use airports nearest to Ashland:
- THE RED RIVER (about 16 miles; COUSHATTA, LA; ID:
0R7)
- NATCHITOCHES REGIONAL (about 27 miles; NATCHITOCHES,
LA; ID: IER)
- JONESBORO (about 29 miles; JONESBORO, LA; ID: F88)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Ashland:
- NORTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA (about 26
miles; NATCHITOCHES, LA; Full-time enrollment: 7,710)
- LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY-SHREVEPORT (about 40
miles; SHREVEPORT, LA; FT enrollment: 3,059)
- GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSITY (about 40 miles;
GRAMBLING, LA; FT enrollment: 4,299)
- LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY (about 43 miles; RUSTON,
LA; FT enrollment: 9,013)
- BOSSIER PARISH COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 51 miles;
BOSSIER CITY, LA; FT enrollment: 2,743)
- UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE (about 78 miles;
MONROE, LA; FT enrollment: 8,116)
- SOUTHERN ARKANSAS UNIVERSITY MAIN CAMPUS (about 79
miles; MAGNOLIA, AR; FT enrollment: 2,646)
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