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

Statewide Claims to Fame

Clay County is 9th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Clay County is 13th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Race - Two or More

Clay County is 19th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Clay County is 20th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Home ownership rate

Clay County, Alabama Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Clay County	Rank	Alabama	US
Current population (2012)	13,435	59th	4,822,023	313,914,040
Size in square miles	604.0	53rd	50,645.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	23.1	52nd	94.4	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Clay County	Rank	Alabama	US
Residents younger than 5	5.6%	52nd	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.2%	46th	23.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	18.5%	9th	14.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Clay County	Rank	Alabama	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	72.8%	56th	81.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	9.1%	66th	22.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Clay County	Rank	Alabama	US
Race - White	83.1%	22nd	70.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	14.6%	44th	26.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	32nd	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	60th	1.2%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	56th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.6%	13th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	25th	4.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	80.2%	19th	66.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Clay County	Rank	Alabama	US
Female residents	50.6%	51st	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.2%	27th	3.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Clay County	Rank	Alabama	US
Housing units	6,768	58th	2,182,088	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	8.1%	40th	15.5%	25.9%
Households	5,837	56th	1,831,269	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	76.4%	20th	70.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$83,400	44th	$120,800	$186,200
People per household	2.4	63rd	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	64th	13,506	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Clay County	Rank	Alabama	US
Income per capita	$18,284	50th	$23,483	$27,915
Income per household	$35,410	40th	$42,934	$52,762
Income below poverty line	18.7%	41st	17.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Clay County	Rank	Alabama	US
Non-farm private establishments	184	61st	97,743	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	3,001	52nd	1,573,138	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,005	57th	382,350	27,092,908
Retail sales	$70,558	62nd	$57,344,851	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$5,123	57th	$12,364	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$4,352	58th	$6,426,342	$613,795,732

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