The City of Ashland, KY

Ashland, the largest city in Boyd County, is located upon the southern bank of the Ohio River. The population was 21,684 to the most recent US Census survey. Ashland is a part of the Huntington-Ashland-Ironton metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, this metropolitan statistical area (MSA) had a population of 287,702. New definitions from February 28, 2013 placed the population at 363,000. Ashland is the second-largest city within the MSA, after Huntington, West Virginia. Ashland serves as an important economic and medical center for northeast Kentucky and is part of the fifth-largest metropolitan area in Kentucky.