Ashland (Oregon)

Jackson County

41-03050

Ashland is a small town in the south of the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located south of Medford on Interstate 5 in Jackson County near the California border. The city has 19,522 inhabitants ² in an area of ​​16.83 km.

Become known beyond the border is Ashland listed in cooperation with famous international artists due to the held each summer Ashland Shakespeare Festival, the associated in several theaters and stages the works of Shakespeare and others.

Ashland is the home of Southern Oregon University.

In Ashland many walking routes through the Siskiyou Mountains and rafting tours start on the Klamath River. The nearby Mount Ashland is a great ski area. Because of the many forests, the area is heavily forest fire threatened to Ashland.

In Ashland, there are well-developed walking and biking trails and many parks. The cultural offer of the city, in contrast to other places in the area have a more European character.

The tax burdens and special financing (Food -Tax ) are for residents higher than in the surrounding cities. This has the consequence that there are hardly any "poor " people. Who has money and wants to afford ( and can not), moved to Ashland.

Demography

According to the census of 2000, there were 19,522 people; were counted 8,537 households and 4,481 families. The population density was 1,160 inhabitants per km ². There 9,050 residential units were recorded. The racial the population was composed of 91.55 % White, 0.60 % African American, 1.02 % Native American, 1.87 % Asian, 0.13 % Pacific Islander residents from the and 1.71 % from other ethnic groups; 3.11 % said the lineage of several ethnicities. 3.56 % of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 8,537 households out of which 25.3 % have children living with them. 37.4 % were married couples living together, 11.7 % had a female householder with no husband, and 47.5 % were non-families. 33 % of all households are made up and 10.9% had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.14 and the average family size 2.72 persons.

The population was spread out with 18.8% under the age of 18, 17.5 % from 18 to 24, 23.3% 25-44 years, 25.5% from 45 to 64 years and 14.8 % of 65 years or older. The average age (median) was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 85.6 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.7 males.

The median income for a household (median) was $ 32,670, and the median income for a family $ 49,647. Males have a median income of $ 36,825, women $ 30,632. The per capita income was $ 21,292. Under the poverty line lived 12.5 % of families and 19.6 % of the population.

In the years 2000 to 2005, the enrollment rates in primary schools fell by 16 %, followed by two elementary schools were closed within two years: The Briscoe Elementary was closed in 2003, the Lincoln Elementary 2005.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

• Don Barclay (* December 26, 1892, † 16 October 1975, in Palm Springs, California), actor