Clay, Alabama Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Clay is 4th in Alabama out of 114 other cities in People per household

Clay is 5th in Alabama out of 114 other cities in Home ownership rate

Clay is 12th in Alabama out of 114 other cities in Income per household

Clay is 18th in Alabama out of 114 other cities in Home median value

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Clay	Rank	Alabama	US
Current population (2012)	9,727	64th	4,822,023	313,914,040
Size in square miles	9.9	93rd	50,645.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	977.3	35th	94.4	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Clay	Rank	Alabama	US
Residents younger than 5	5.2%	106th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.9%	54th	23.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.1%	95th	14.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Clay	Rank	Alabama	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	92.0%	22nd	81.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	24.6%	40th	22.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Clay	Rank	Alabama	US
Race - White	84.1%	25th	70.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	13.3%	79th	26.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	67th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.6%	76th	1.2%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	83rd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.1%	84th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	99th	4.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	83.4%	22nd	66.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Clay	Rank	Alabama	US
Female residents	51.5%	87th	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.1%	92nd	3.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Clay	Rank	Alabama	US
Housing units	3,799	76th	2,182,088	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	1.8%	107th	15.5%	25.9%
Households	3,310	76th	1,831,269	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	90.0%	5th	70.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$171,400	18th	$120,800	$186,200
People per household	2.9	4th	2.5	2.6

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Clay	Rank	Alabama	US
Income per capita	$28,441	24th	$23,483	$27,915
Income per household	$72,306	12th	$42,934	$52,762
Income below poverty line	4.7%	105th	17.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Clay	Rank	Alabama	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	423	95th	382,350	27,092,908
Retail sales	$37,985	99th	$57,344,851	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$4,532	91st	$12,364	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$2,560	98th	$6,426,342	$613,795,732

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