Ashland | |
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census-designated place | |
Location in Alameda County and the state of California |
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Location in the United States | |
Coordinates: 37°41′41″N 122°06′50″W / 37.69472°N 122.11389°WCoordinates: 37°41′41″N 122°06′50″W / 37.69472°N 122.11389°W | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Alameda |
Government | |
• State Senate | Bob Wieckowski (D) |
• State Assembly | Bill Quirk (D) |
• U. S. Congress | Eric Swalwell (D) |
Area | |
• Total | 1.838 sq mi (4.761 km2) |
• Land | 1.838 sq mi (4.761 km2) |
• Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) 0% |
Elevation | 43 ft (13 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 21,925 |
• Density | 12,000/sq mi (4,600/km2) |
Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
• Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
ZIP code | 94541 |
Area code(s) | 510 |
FIPS code | 06-02980 |
GNIS feature IDs | 1657955, 2407773 |
Ashland (formerly, San Leandro South) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Alameda County, California, United States. The population was 21,925 at the 2010 census.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.8 square miles (4.7 km2), all of it land.
Ashland developed in the 1940s. It was named for an Oregon ash tree.
The 2010 United States Census reported that Ashland had a population of 21,925. The population density was 11,926.7 people per square mile (4,604.9/km²). The racial makeup of Ashland was 6,705 (30.6%) White, 4,269 (19.5%) African American, 232 (1.1%) Native American, 4,031 (18.4%) Asian, 260 (1.2%) Pacific Islander, 5,124 (23.4%) from other races, and 1,304 (5.9%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9,394 persons (42.8%).
The Census reported that 21,739 people (99.2% of the population) lived in households, 103 (0.5%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 83 (0.4%) were institutionalized.
There were 7,270 households, out of which 3,209 (44.1%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 2,786 (38.3%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 1,589 (21.9%) had a female householder with no husband present, 635 (8.7%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 639 (8.8%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 54 (0.7%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 1,713 households (23.6%) were made up of individuals and 417 (5.7%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.99. There were 5,010 families (68.9% of all households); the average family size was 3.52.